Mini Mechanically Pumped Loop Modelling, Design and Tests for standardized cubesat thermal control

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dc.creatorvan Es, Johannes
dc.creatorGanzeboom, Thomas
dc.creatorvan den Berg, T. H.
dc.creatorVan Vliet, Adry
dc.creatorBrouwer, Hugo S. B.
dc.creatorElvik, Sander
dc.date.accessioned2021-06-23T16:43:40Z
dc.date.available2021-06-23T16:43:40Z
dc.date.issued7/12/2021
dc.descriptionJohannes van Es, NLR
dc.descriptionThomas Ganzeboom, Royal Netherlands Aerospace Centre NLR
dc.descriptionT. H. van den Berg, NLR
dc.descriptionAdry Van Vliet, National Aerospace Laboratory NLR
dc.descriptionHugo S. B. Brouwer, ISIS - Innovative Solutions In Space BV
dc.descriptionSander Elvik, Demcon Kryoz
dc.descriptionICES107: Thermal Design of Microsatellites, Nanosatellites, and Picosatellitesen
dc.descriptionThe 50th International Conference on Environmental Systems was held virtually on 12 July 2021 through 14 July 2021.en_US
dc.description.abstractWith the miniaturization of space-borne sensors, more powerful payloads are anticipated to be used in small satellites. Therefore, new thermal concepts are required to cope with the increasing thermal dissipation and the negative effects. This paper presents a new thermal control concept to thermally standardize small satellites with power dissipation problems and making them thermally independent of their orbits. This new thermal design concept is a small Mechanically Pumped Loop (MPL). The heart of the system is the multi-parallel micro-pump (MPMP) as developed by the Netherlands Aerospace Centre (NLR). This pump concept provides a low mass MPL solution with high reliability. The article describes the concept of the loop and the pump in detail and explains how the design of the MPL takes into account the requirements imposed by CubeSats and their subsystems, thereby ensuring its compatibility with small satellites and a variety of missions. The Mini-MPL is modelled in Matlab to support MPL system design trade-offs. This model is described and modelling results are presented. Subsequently MPL tests results with a mini-MPL prototype are presented and compared with the model results to validate the model. The prototype tests demonstrate the mini-MPL performance and robust operation. Finally, the advantages and drawbacks of the system are elucidated by comparison with conventional thermal design options. The paper concludes with an outlook on further development and mini-MPL applications.en_US
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dc.identifier.otherICES-2021-39
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/2346/87057
dc.language.isoengen_US
dc.publisher50th International Conference on Environmental Systemsen_US
dc.subjectMini Mechanically Pumped Loop
dc.subjectPiezo pump
dc.subjectCubesat Thermal Control
dc.subjectThermal modelling
dc.subjectThermal testing
dc.titleMini Mechanically Pumped Loop Modelling, Design and Tests for standardized cubesat thermal controlen_US
dc.typePresentationen_US

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