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http://dx.doi.org/10.5139/JKSAS.2009.37.6.580

Design and Thermal Analysis of Focal Plane Assembly Cooling Unit of Earth Observation Camera  

Seo, Joung-Ki (KAIST 인공위성연구센터(SaTReC))
Cho, Hee-Ken (KAIST 인공위성연구센터(SaTReC))
Lee, Deog-Gyu (한국항공우주연구원)
Lee, Seung-Hoon (한국항공우주연구원)
Choi, Hae-Jin (한국항공우주연구원)
Kang, Seok-Bong ((주) 두원중공업)
Publication Information
Journal of the Korean Society for Aeronautical & Space Sciences / v.37, no.6, 2009 , pp. 580-585 More about this Journal
Abstract
Thermal analysis and design of FPA(Focal Plane Assembly)-CU(Cooling Unit) for Earth observation camera is performed. FPA-CU is the first cooling device for a spacecraft which is designed and manufactured by its own technology in Korea. FPA-CU has a special feature, TBM(Thermal Buffer Mass) which is discriminated from typical cooling devices using heat pipes and radiator. TBM can be regarded as a thermal energy reservoir and it shows thermally transient characteristics, which make it difficult to design the size and shape of TBM. In current study, a method to determine the volume and the size of TBM is proposed and validated. The transient thermal analysis for FPA-CU for 5 operational scenarios is performed and validates the final design of FPA-CU (Radiator,TBM, Heat pipe I/F). In case of an abnormal operation of a heat pipe among three radiator heat pipes, the temperature of FPA can be increased $3{\sim}4^{\circ}C$ according to the numerical simulation.
Keywords
Thermal Analysis; Radiator; Thermal Buffer Mass; Spacecraft Cooling Unit; Heat Pipe;
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