Project Title:
Modular Cold Plates For High Heat Fluxes
09.16-1227
Modular Cold Plates For High Heat Fluxes
Thermacore Inc.
780 Eden Road
Lancaster
PA
17601
Dussinger
Peter M.
NAS9-17610
Amount:
JSC
NAS9-35272
Abstract:
Full and effective use of the thermal bus on the space station will requireuniversal thermal/mechanical mounting plates for power dissipating experiments and
permanent equipment. The cold plates designed for this purpose will use heat pipe
technology to increase the thermal conductivity of the plates and to minimize the
contact resistance between the plates and the thermal bus.
Flexible heat pipes with a cold plate as an evaporator will also be developed. These
can then be coupled to the thermal bus and will increase the utility of the thermal
bus significantly.
The efforts will be directed at developing high performance modular cold plates with
an emphasis on system integration with the space station. Cold plates, flexible
heat pipe-cold plates, and thermal bus couplers will be designed, fabricated, and
tested in depth. The results of this developmental effort will aid designers in
system studies for the heat rejection system of the space station.