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AssigneeThe United States of America as represented by the Department of Energy
InventorsThomas E. Botts, James R. Powell, Roger Lenard
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A magnetically focused liquid drop radiator for application in rejecting rgy from a spacecraft, characterized by a magnetizable liquid or slurry disposed in operative relationship within the liquid droplet generator and its fluid delivery system, in combination with magnetic means disposed in operative relationship around a liquid droplet collector of the LDR. The magnetic means are effective to focus streams of droplets directed from the generator toward the collector, thereby to assure that essentially all of the droplets are directed into the collector, even though some of the streams may be misdirected as they leave the generator. The magnetic focusing means is also effective to suppress splashing of liquid when the droplets impinge on the collector.
A liquid droplet radiator having a droplet generator for producing directed streams of droplets, a collector spaced from the generator to collect the streams of droplets directed toward it from the generator, and fluid handling means for withdrawing fluid from the collector and delivering it to the generator under pressure, in combination with the improvement comprising a magnetizable liquid or slurry in said generator and in said means for withdrawing and delivering liquid, and magnetic means disposed in operative relationship to said collector for producing a magnetic flux field that extends into areas located transversely outward from the straight-line droplet stream "miss" path beyond the collector and is effective to focus and accelerate said streams of droplets, thereby to direct them from said areas into said collector.
A magnetically focused LDR having a generator for generating directed streams of magnetizable liquid or slurry into a predetermined flow pattern, a collector spaced from the generator, said collector being effective to collect streams of liquid or slurry directed toward it from the generator in said flow pattern, and means for withdrawing said liquid or slurry from the collector and for delivering it to the generator under pressure, in combination with the improvement comprising a magnetizable liquid or slurry disposed in operative relationship within said generator and said means for collecting and delivering said liquid or slurry, and magnetic means mounted adjacent to said collector to produce a magnetic flux field that extends into areas transversely outward from the central axis of the bore of the collector, and into the "miss paths" of liquid droplets, said flux field being effective to accelerate streams of liquid or slurry droplets to move them from said "miss path" areas that are outward from the collector, thereby to focus essentially all of the streams and direct them into the collector.
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