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Evaporative heat transfer mechanisms within a heat melt compactor
| Content Provider | NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS) |
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| Author | Nguyen, Brian K. Owens, Jay C. Golliher, Eric L. Gotti, Daniel J. Hong, Andrew E. Fisher, John W. Rymut, Joseph Edward Pace, Gregory S. |
| Copyright Year | 2013 |
| Description | This paper will discuss the status of microgravity analysis and testing for the development of a Heat Melt Compactor (HMC). Since fluids behave completely differently in microgravity, the evaporation process for the HMC is expected to be different than in 1-g. A thermal model is developed to support the design and operation of the HMC. Also, low-gravity aircraft flight data is described to assess the point at which water may be squeezed out of the HMC during microgravity operation. For optimum heat transfer operation of the HMC, the compaction process should stop prior to any water exiting the HMC, but nevertheless seek to compact as much as possible to cause high heat transfer and therefore shorter evaporation times. |
| File Size | 857835 |
| Page Count | 13 |
| File Format | |
| Alternate Webpage(s) | http://archive.org/details/NASA_NTRS_Archive_20140004924 |
| Archival Resource Key | ark:/13960/t8dg1r654 |
| Language | English |
| Publisher Date | 2013-07-14 |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Subject Keyword | Heat Transfer Fluid Mechanics Evaporation Garbage Heat Treatment Melting Compressing Waste Treatment Solid Wastes Analysis Mathematics Compressors Weightlessness Simulation Waste Disposal Water Reclamation Parabolic Flight Compacting Mathematical Models Microgravity Ntrs Nasa Technical Reports Server (ntrs) Nasa Technical Reports Server Aerodynamics Aircraft Aerospace Engineering Aerospace Aeronautic Space Science |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |
