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Effect of residual noncondensables on pressurization and pressure control of a zero-boil-off tank in microgravity
| Content Provider | NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS) |
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| Author | Kassemi, Mohammad Hylton, Sonya Kartizova, Olga |
| Copyright Year | 2013 |
| Description | The Zero-Boil-Off Tank (ZBOT) Experiment is a small-scale experiment that uses a transparent ventless Dewar and a transparent simulant phase-change fluid to study sealed tank pressurization and pressure control with applications to on-surface and in-orbit storage of propellant cryogens. The experiment will be carried out under microgravity conditions aboard the International Space Station in the 2014 timeframe. This paper presents preliminary results from ZBOT's ground-based research that focuses on the effects of residual noncondensable gases in the ullage on both pressurization and pressure reduction trends in the sealed Dewar. Tank pressurization is accomplished through heating of the test cell wall in the wetted and un-wetted regions simultaneously or separately. Pressure control is established through mixing and destratification of the bulk liquid using a temperature controlled forced jet flow with different degrees of liquid jet subcooling. A Two-Dimensional axisymmetric two-phase CFD model for tank pressurization and pressure control is also presented. Numerical prediction of the model are compared to experimental 1g results to both validate the model and also indicate the effect of the noncondensable gas on evolution of pressure and temperature distributions in the ullage during pressurization and pressure control. Microgravity simulations case studies are also performed using the validated model to underscore and delineate the profound effect of the noncondensables on condensation rates and interfacial temperature distributions with serious implications for tank pressure control in reduced gravity. |
| File Size | 2371574 |
| Page Count | 21 |
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| Alternate Webpage(s) | http://archive.org/details/NASA_NTRS_Archive_20140012553 |
| Archival Resource Key | ark:/13960/t6450pc8g |
| Language | English |
| Publisher Date | 2013-11-03 |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Subject Keyword | Marangoni and Natural Convection Condensation Evaporation Microgravity Fluids Propellant Storage Fuel Tanks Cryogenic Equipment Propellant Evaporation Spaceborne Experiments Two Dimensional Models Cryogenic Fluids Computational Mechanics Propellant Tanks Free Convection Condensation International Space Station Fuel Tank Pressurization Mathematical Models Ullage Microgravity Marangoni Convection Ntrs Nasa Technical Reports Server (ntrs) Nasa Technical Reports Server Aerodynamics Aircraft Aerospace Engineering Aerospace Aeronautic Space Science |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Presentation |
