@Article{WerkhausenCostLopeHey:2021:CoReSp,
               author = "Werkhausen, Andrei Dalvan and Costa, Jonathan Verdeli and Lopes, 
                         Igor Mainenti Leal and Hey, Heyder",
          affiliation = "{Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas Espaciais (INPE)} and {Instituto 
                         Nacional de Pesquisas Espaciais (INPE)} and {Instituto Nacional de 
                         Pesquisas Espaciais (INPE)} and {Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas 
                         Espaciais (INPE)}",
                title = "Cost reduction on space tests through optimal control",
              journal = "Case Studies in Thermal Engineering",
                 year = "2021",
               volume = "26",
                pages = "e101001",
                month = "Aug.",
             keywords = "Thermal-vacuum chamber, Environmental space tests, Optimal 
                         control.",
             abstract = "The main goal of this work is to reduce the liquid/gaseous 
                         nitrogen (LN2 / GN2) waste on thermal-vacuum space tests. In this 
                         paper, we present the results of a feasibility investigation of 
                         the optimal control techniques in this issue. It is found that it 
                         is possible to reduce the overall consumption by approximately 5% 
                         during thermal balance/thermal cycling space test campaigns. 
                         Therefore, optimal control techniques improve the best practices 
                         on those activities.",
                  doi = "10.1016/j.csite.2021.101001",
                  url = "http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.csite.2021.101001",
                 issn = "2214-157X",
             language = "en",
           targetfile = "1-s2.0-S2214157X21001647-main.pdf",
        urlaccessdate = "09 maio 2024"
}