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Effects Of Micro-Gravity On Thin-Wire Subcooled Nucleate Boiling Dynamics, Troy Munro, Andrew Fassmann
Effects Of Micro-Gravity On Thin-Wire Subcooled Nucleate Boiling Dynamics, Troy Munro, Andrew Fassmann
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Nucleate boiling is a highly effective means of transferring heat, and as space exploration begins to reach farther from Earth, efficient heat management systems in microgravity are becoming increasingly important. In the summer of 2010, members of the USU Get Away Special (GAS) team flew aboard NASA’s Weightless Wonder in order to study the effect of various system parameters on nucleate boiling heat transfer behavior in microgravity. This one dimensional study of boiling used a new geometry never tried before and concluded that heat transfer rates during boiling in microgravity do not significantly differ from those observed on Earth. These …