THERMAL SCIENCE

International Scientific Journal

Xudong Ma

,

Rui Ma

,

Yilin Ye

,

Suying Yan

,

Feng Wang

,

Yuting Wu

ENVIRONMENTAL TESTS OF VAPOR COMPRESSION HEAT PUMP FOR SPACE APPLICATIONS

ABSTRACT
Heat pumps are needed to provide a suitable temperature for both people and equipment in spacecraft. This paper reports on work designed to see if vapor compression heat pumps, in particular, can be expected to function normally in space. A vapor compression heat pump was built and tested under conditions of high temperature (70℃), low temperature (0℃), and near-vacuum (10-4 Pa). It was found that the coefficient of performance of this heat pump was 2.99 at both high and low temperatures, and was 2.1 under near vacuum conditions. The results suggest that vapor compression heat pumps are suitable for use in space.
KEYWORDS
vapor compression heat pump, simulated space environment, environmental tests, COP, spacecraft thermal load
PAPER SUBMITTED: 2020-07-13
PAPER REVISED: 2020-08-10
PAPER ACCEPTED: 2020-08-19
PUBLISHED ONLINE: 2020-09-06
DOI REFERENCE: https://doi.org/10.2298/TSCI200713240M
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THERMAL SCIENCE YEAR 2021, VOLUME 25, ISSUE Issue 5, PAGES [3923 - 3932]
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