Study on a reversible thermal panel for spacecraft (detailed design based on parametric studies and experimental verification)

Hosei Nagano; Akira Ohnishi; Yuji Nagasaka; Yasuhiko H. Mori; Akira Nagashima

doi:10.1299/kikaib.71.2987

Study on a reversible thermal panel for spacecraft (detailed design based on parametric studies and experimental verification)

Hosei Nagano, Akira Ohnishi, Yuji Nagasaka, Yasuhiko H. Mori, Akira Nagashima

Department of System Design Engineering

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This paper describes a new passive thermal control device - a Reversible Thermal Panel (RTP), which changes its function reversibly from a radiator to solar absorber by deploying/stowing the radiator/absorber reversible fin. Parametric studies were conducted and the RTP configuration which satisfies the thermal requirements were determined. The RTP engineering model was fabricated using highly oriented graphite sheets, honeycomb base plate and shape memory alloy. The heat rejection performances and autonomous thermal controllability were evaluated by thermal vacuum tests. The test results show the excellent performances of heat rejection, absorption and autonomous thermal control for the RTP.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	2987-2995
Number of pages	9
Journal	Nihon Kikai Gakkai Ronbunshu, B Hen/Transactions of the Japan Society of Mechanical Engineers, Part B
Volume	71
Issue number	712
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1299/kikaib.71.2987
Publication status	Published - 2005 Dec

Keywords

Deployable Radiator
Graphite Sheet
Light Weight
Reversible Thermal Panel
Rotary Actuator
Shape Memory Alloy
Solar Absorber
Spacecraft Thermal Control

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Condensed Matter Physics
Mechanical Engineering

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Study on a reversible thermal panel for spacecraft (detailed design based on parametric studies and experimental verification). / Nagano, Hosei; Ohnishi, Akira; Nagasaka, Yuji et al.

In: Nihon Kikai Gakkai Ronbunshu, B Hen/Transactions of the Japan Society of Mechanical Engineers, Part B, Vol. 71, No. 712, 12.2005, p. 2987-2995.

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Nagano, H, Ohnishi, A, Nagasaka, Y, Mori, YH & Nagashima, A 2005, 'Study on a reversible thermal panel for spacecraft (detailed design based on parametric studies and experimental verification)', Nihon Kikai Gakkai Ronbunshu, B Hen/Transactions of the Japan Society of Mechanical Engineers, Part B, vol. 71, no. 712, pp. 2987-2995. https://doi.org/10.1299/kikaib.71.2987

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