Date of Award
2013
Document Type
Thesis
Degree Name
Master of Science in Engineering (MSE)
Department
Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
Committee Chair
Francis C. Wessling
Committee Member
Babak Shotorban
Committee Member
H. W. Coleman
Subject(s)
Microgravity--Research, Low gravity environments--Research, Chemical processes--Effect of reduced gravity on, Ebullition--Effect of reduced gravity on, Heat--Transmission--Low gravity environments
Abstract
Nucleate and pool boiling in microgravity is an area of interest due to the increase in heat transfer that this regime provides on Earth. An apparatus to experimentally test these properties may enable an increase of use of boiling in microgravity. The design, functional testing, and re-design of an apparatus to test the properties of boiling in microgravity is presented. An uncertainty analysis provides an understanding of the confidence in the performance of the instrument. The outcome of this research has shown several areas of improvement of the apparatus.
Recommended Citation
Becnel, Eric, "The design of an apparatus for the experimental testing of nucleate boiling in microgravity" (2013). Theses. 44.
https://louis.uah.edu/uah-theses/44