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http://dx.doi.org/10.3795/KSME-B.2010.34.2.213

Development and Validation of Cryopanel Cooling System Using Liquid Helium for a Satellite Test  

Cho, Hyok-Jin (Space Environment Test Department, Korea Aerospace Research Institute (KARI))
Moon, Guee-Won (Space Environment Test Department, Korea Aerospace Research Institute (KARI))
Seo, Hee-Jun (Space Environment Test Department, Korea Aerospace Research Institute (KARI))
Lee, Sang-Hoon (Space Environment Test Department, Korea Aerospace Research Institute (KARI))
Hong, Seok-Jong (Space Environment Test Department, Korea Aerospace Research Institute (KARI))
Choi, Seok-Weon (Space Environment Test Department, Korea Aerospace Research Institute (KARI))
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Transactions of the Korean Society of Mechanical Engineers B / v.34, no.2, 2010 , pp. 213-218 More about this Journal
Abstract
A cooling system utilizing liquid helium to chill the cryopanel (800 mm $\times$ 700 mm dimensions) down to 4.2 K was designed, implemented, and tested to verify the role of the cryopanel as a heat sink for the payload of a spacecraft inside the large thermal vacuum chamber (effective dimensions : 8 m ($\Phi$) $\times$ 10 m (L)) of KARI (Korea Aerospace Research Institute). Two LHe (Liquid Helium) Dewars, one for the main supply and the other for refilling, were used to supply liquid helium or cold helium gas into this cryopanel, and flow control for the target temperature of the cryopanel within requirements was done through fine adjustment of the pressure inside the LHe Dewars. The return helium gas from the cryopanel was reused as a thermal barrier to minimize the heat influx on the core liquid helium supply pipe. The test verified a cooling time of around three hours from the ambient temperature to 40 K (combined standard uncertainty of 194 mK), the capacity for maintaining the cryopanel at intermediate temperatures, and a 1 K uniformity over the entire cryopanel surface at around 40 K with 20 W cooling power.
Keywords
LHe; Cryopanel; Satellite; Dewar;
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