SPACECRAFT THERMOREGULATING SYSTEM Russian patent published in 2010 - IPC B64G1/50 

FIELD: space transport equipment.

SUBSTANCE: thermoregulation system incorporates a two-phase heat-carrier circuit. The circuit contains the following devices interconnected by path lines: storage battery, hydraulic pump, evaporating heat exchanger, radiator-capacitor, and vapour temperature controller in the evaporating heat exchanger. Liquid chamber of storage battery is limited by bellows, coupled with electric drive, which in its turn is coupled with heat sensor, installed in the evaporating heat exchanger. A scoop pump arranged at the radiator-capacitor inlet, is used as a separator of heat-carrier liquid and vapour phases. The pump inlet is coupled with outlet of evaporating heat exchanger. Scoop pump vapour outlet, ensuring supply of heat-carrier vapour phase, is coupled with the radiator-capacitor inlet; while as the second outlet, ensuring supply of heat-carrier liquid phase, is coupled with the evaporating heat exchanger inlet.

EFFECT: improvement of thermoregulating system operation reliability without increase of its weight, at the orbit shadow with reduction of heat supply to evaporating heat exchanger.

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