Date of Award
3-2005
Document Type
Thesis
Degree Name
Master of Science in Astronautical Engineering
Department
Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics
First Advisor
Miltion E. Franke, PhD
Abstract
Phase-change thermal energy storage devices offer thermal control systems an option that allows a smaller heat sink to be used by absorbing the thermal energy quickly and storing it in the phase change to prevent failure of electronic components and then slowly releasing the heat to the heat sink. This paper experimentally determined the transient response of carbon foam with a phase-change material by measuring the response to a step temperature input to test samples. The transient response was recorded until steady state was reached. An analytic response was created and compared against the measured response. A simplified analytic prediction of the transient response was developed by using an energy balance. This approximation was then compared against the experimental results.
AFIT Designator
AFIT-GSS-ENY-05-M05
DTIC Accession Number
ADA434895
Recommended Citation
Wierschke, Kevin W., "Thermal Characteristics of Pitch Based Carbon Foam and Phase Change Materials" (2005). Theses and Dissertations. 3712.
https://scholar.afit.edu/etd/3712