NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS) : Analysis pdf

NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS) : Analysis

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Venting of cryogenic and non-cryogenic fluids to a vacuum or a very low pressure will take place in many space-based systems that are currently being designed. This may cause liquid freezing either internally within the flow circuit or on external spacecraft surfaces. Typical ammonia flow circuits were investigated to determine the effect of the geometric configuration and initial temperature, pressure, and void fraction on the freezing characteristics of the system. The analysis was conducted also to investigate the ranges of applicability of the FLOW-NET program. It was shown that a typical system can be vented to very low liquid fractions before freezing occurs. However, very small restrictions in the flow circuit can hasten the inception of freezing. The FLOW-NET program provided solutions over broad ranges of system conditions, such as venting of an ammonia tank, initially completely filled with liquid, through a series of contracting and expanding line cross sections to near-vacuum conditions

• Creator/s: NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS
• Date: 1/1/1992
• Year: 1992
• Book Topics/Themes: NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS), AMMONIA, COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS, COMPUTER PROGRAMS, FLOW NETS, FREEZING, TWO PHASE FLOW, VENTING, CRYOGENIC FLUIDS, STORAGE TANKS, VACUUM, Navickas, J., Rivard, W. C

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