Boiling experiment facility for heat transfer studies in microgravity

46th AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting and Exhibit

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages

  Delombard, Richard ^a,b   Mcquillen, John ^a,c   Chao, David ^a,c  

^a NASA GLENN RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b ISS and Human Research Project Office   (United States)

^c Fluid Physics and Transport Branch   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEAT FLUX; HEAT TRANSFER; MICROGRAVITY;

BOILING HEAT TRANSFER; BUBBLE NUCLEATION; LIQUID SUBCOOLING; MICRO-HEATER ARRAY; MICROGRAVITY SCIENCE GLOVEBOX; MICROLAYER EVAPORATION; NUCLEATE POOL BOILING; TRANSITION BOILING;

MICROGRAVITY PROCESSING;

EID: 77955235792     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2514/6.2008-814     Document Type: Conference Paper

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