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AssigneeHamilton Sundstrand Corporation
InventorsJohn W. Steele, Peter A. Canga, Barbara M. Peyton, Tony Rector, Douglas Zupan
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A thermal management system includes a space structure, a feed water container, a water feed line, a pump, and a filter device. The space structure includes a heat source connected with a fluid loop for conveying a working fluid through the heat source to regulate temperature and a sublimator connected with the fluid loop to receive the working fluid. The sublimator has a porous surface. The water feed line is connected with the container and the sublimator. The pump is located in the feed water line and is operable to move the feed water from the container to the sublimator. The sublimator is operable to cool the working fluid using the porous surface. The filter device is located in the water feed line between the pump and the feed water container. The filter device includes an adsorbent bed to remove organic compounds.
A thermal management system comprising:
A method for providing clean feed water in a thermal management system including a space structure having a heat source connected with a fluid loop for conveying a working fluid through the heat source to regulate temperature and a sublimator connected with the fluid loop to receive the working fluid, the sublimator having a porous surface, a feed water container having feed water, the feed water having organic compounds that are capable of forming an adherent layer on the porous surface of the sublimator, a feed water line connected with the feed water container and the porous surface of the sublimator, and a pump in the feed water line to deliver the feed water from the feed water container to the porous surface of the sublimator, the method including, at a position upstream of the pump, removing the organic compounds from the feed water using a filter device to thereby provide clean feed water to the porous surface.
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