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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 12, 2019
Filed:
Dec. 04, 2015
Thomas Jaspero Cognata, Houston, TX (US);
Darren Hartl, College Station, TX (US);
Rubik Sheth, Houston, TX (US);
Craig Dinsmore, Houston, TX (US);
Thomas Jaspero Cognata, Houston, TX (US);
Darren Hartl, College Station, TX (US);
Rubik Sheth, Houston, TX (US);
Craig Dinsmore, Houston, TX (US);
Other;
Abstract
A heat rejection system that employs temperature sensitive shape memory materials to control the heat rejection capacity of a vehicle to maintain a safe vehicle temperature. The technology provides for a wide range of heat rejection rates by varying the shape and thus effective properties of the heat rejection system in response to temperature. When employed as a radiator for crewed spacecraft thermal control this permits the use of higher freezing point, non-toxic thermal working fluids in single-loop thermal control systems for crewed vehicles in space and other extraterrestrial environments.