THERMOSYPHON FLOODING IN REDUCED GRAVITY ENVIRONMENTS

An innovative experiment to study the thermosyphon flooding limits was designed and flown on a parabolic flight campaign to achieve the Reduced Gravity Environments (RGE) needed to obtain empirical data for analysis. Current correlation models of Faghri and Tien and Chung do not agree with the data. A new model is presented that predicts the flooding limits for thermosyphons in earth’s gravity and lunar gravity with a 95% confidence level of +/- 5W.

Name thesis:degree_name

Master of Engineering

Level thesis:degree_level

masters

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

EMC - Aerospace Engineering

Grantor dc:publisher

Case Western Reserve University School of Graduate Studies

Year dc:date

2013

Author dc:creator

• Gibson, Marc A.

Contributors dc:contributor

• Prahl, Joseph

• Aerospace Engineering
• thermosyphon
• heat pipe
• titanium
• reduced gravity
• heat transfer
• flooding
• nuclear
• parabolic
• lunar
• Mars
• evaporator
• condenser

Statement dc:rights

• unrestricted
• This thesis or dissertation is protected by copyright: all rights reserved. It may not be copied or redistributed beyond the terms of applicable copyright laws.

Language dc:language

English

Repository record dc:identifier

http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=case1354132775

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:etd.ohiolink.edu:case1354132775