Indirect Solar Loading of Waste Heat Radiators

by Ronald C. Kirkpatrick, Los Alamos Natl Lab, United States,
James E. Tabor, Los Alamos Natl Lab, United States,
Erick L. Lindman, Los Alamos Natl Lab, United States,
Allen J. Cooper, Los Alamos Natl Lab, United States,



Document Type: Proceeding Paper

Part of: Engineering, Construction, and Operations in Space

Abstract:

Waste heat from space based power systems must ultimately be radiated away into space. The local topology around the radiators must be considered from two standpoints: the scattering of sunlight onto the surface of the radiator and the heat load that the radiator may put on nearby components of the system. A view factor code (SNAP) developed at Los Alamos allows the computation of the steady-state radiation environment for complex 3-D geometries. An example of the code's utility is given.

Subject Headings: Waste management | Solar power | Load factors | Thermal loads | Solar radiation | Heat transfer | Electric power

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