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Condensation on curvilinear fins (effect of groove flooding): EMERALD experiment of ESA

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Some aspects of the ESA space program EMERALD are presented. A problem of the film type condensation on curvilinear fin is considered with taking into account the essential influence of the capillary forces and non uniform temperature of the fin. Disjoining pressure effect on condensate film flow is studied numerically, because of very thin film of condensate on the fin tip. Value of the groove flooding depth changes significantly the condensate outflow from the condenser. Calculations for water condensation predict a very high value of the heat transfer coefficient, more than 50 kW/m2K, on a quite important part of the surface area and confirm the idea of proposed condenser and Double Capillary Pumped Loop.

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  1. Heat Transfer International Research Institute of ULB and IT RAS, Brussels, Belgium

    Oleg Kabov, Igor Marchuk & Darya Rodionova

  2. Inctitute of Thermophysics SB RAS, Lavrentyev prospect 1, 630090, Novosibirsk, Russia

    Oleg Kabov & Igor Marchuk

  3. Microgravity Research Centre, ULB, Brussels, Belgium

    Oleg Kabov

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Paper was presented on the Second International Topical Team Workshop on TWO-PHASE SYSTEMS FOR GROUND AND SPACE APPLICATIONS October 26–28, 2007, Kyoto, Japan.

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Kabov, O., Marchuk, I. & Rodionova, D. Condensation on curvilinear fins (effect of groove flooding): EMERALD experiment of ESA. Microgravity Sci. Technol 19, 121–124 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02915771

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