@Article{RiehlDutr:2005:DeExLo,
               author = "Riehl, Roger R. and Dutra, T.",
          affiliation = "Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas Espaciais, Divis{\~a}o de 
                         Mec{\^a}nica Espacial e Controle (INPE-DMC)",
                title = "Development of an experimental loop heat pipe for application in 
                         future space missions",
              journal = "Applied Thermal Engineering",
                 year = "2005",
               volume = "25",
               number = "1",
                pages = "Applied Thermal Engineering 25 (1): 101--112 Jan 2005",
                month = "Jan.",
             keywords = "loop heat pipe, thermal control, capillary evaporator, two-phase 
                         flow.",
             abstract = "The application of loop heat pipes (LHPs) as two-phase thermal 
                         control devices for space missions has been considered and 
                         successfully used in many spacecraft. Therefore, issues related to 
                         design, miniaturization of such a device and use of hazardous 
                         working fluids such as ammonia are still a concern. In order to 
                         face such concerns, this paper presents the development of an 
                         experimental LHP that deals with miniaturization and the use of an 
                         alternative working fluid. An experimental LHP was built and 
                         tested with acetone as the working fluid, designed to manage up to 
                         70 W and using a capillary evaporator with reduced active length. 
                         The experimental results showed good thermal management 
                         performance of the proposed LHP for the imposed limitations to its 
                         design and operation. The proposed LHP presented to be a reliable 
                         thermal management device for application in future space 
                         missions, especially when considering the use of a less hazardous 
                         working fluid and the particular geometric characteristics. (C) 
                         2004 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.",
           copyholder = "SID/SCD",
                 issn = "1359-4311",
             language = "en",
           targetfile = "development experomental.pdf",
        urlaccessdate = "16 jun. 2024"
}