Title :
Absorption heat pumps for enhancement of heat rejection from spacecraft
Author :
Grossman, Gershon
Author_Institution :
L´´Garde Inc., Tustin, CA, USA
Abstract :
The author is concerned with the use of an absorption heat pump. Design considerations are discussed and staged operation is investigated. The results show the absorption heat pump to be a promising cycle and an attractive alternative to the more common vapor compression system, particularly for those applications where waste heat at two temperature levels is available, e.g. at a higher temperature from the power source and at a lower temperature from the payload. The heat from the former can be used to power the heat pump to boost the temperature of the latter
Keywords :
heat pumps; space vehicle power plants; absorption heat pump; heat rejection; payload; power source; spacecraft; waste heat; Absorption; Heat pumps; Heat transfer; Payloads; Power system management; Space heating; Space vehicles; Temperature; Thermal management; Waste heat;
Conference_Titel :
Energy Conversion Engineering Conference, 1989. IECEC-89., Proceedings of the 24th Intersociety
Conference_Location :
Washington, DC
DOI :
10.1109/IECEC.1989.74437
