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This work presents experiments for the estimation of heat transfer from sub-millimeter spheroidal heaters at varying gravity conditions. Experiments were performed during the 50th Parabolic Flight Campaign of European Space Agency (May 2009). Heat pulses of varying strength were given to a miniature heater submerged in the liquid while its thermal response was registered during heating. Tests were conducted in water and FC-72, two liquids with distinctly different thermophysical properties. Runs were also conducted with packed beds and dense suspensions of two size classes of polystyrene particles in water. The contribution of natural convection in heat transfer was estimated from differences observed when the acceleration varied from 0g to 1.8g. Although the analysis of data is not finished yet, it is evident that natural convection is more profound in FC-72 than water. In addition, closely packed particles suppress entirely natural convection but this is not so for dense particle suspensions.
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Evgenidis, S.P., Zacharias, K.A., Karapantsios, T.D. et al. Effect of Liquid Properties on Heat Transfer from Miniature Heaters at Different Gravity Conditions. Microgravity Sci. Technol. 23, 123–128 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12217-010-9206-9
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