Device for controlling the heat flows in a spacecraft and spacecraft equipped with such a device
US8240612B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Sep 11, 2007 |
| Grant date | Aug 14, 2012 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jan 2, 2029 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC F)Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
- CPC primaryF28D2021/0029
- WIPO fieldTransport
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
A device for controlling heat flow in a spacecraft which always has the same face facing towards the earth, a pair of mutually parallel opposed North and South faces perpendicular to the North-South axis of the earth and two pairs of mutually parallel opposed East/West and Earth/Anti-earth faces, heat-dissipating or -transmitting equipment being provided on the internal walls of the North and South faces, this device comprising a plurality of heat pipes connecting the North and South faces of said craft to another pair of opposed faces of said craft and forming a heat-pipe loop in thermal-conduction contact with one another.
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