Liquid management apparatus for spacecraft

Details Liquid management apparatus for spacecraft Liquid management apparatus for spacecraft

1991-12-19

1994-01-18

Tudor, Harold J.

Fluid handling

Diverse fluid containing pressure systems

60257, 137574, 137590, 244135R, 96187, 96219, 96220, B67D 554

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active

052793230

ABSTRACT:
In a liquid storage tank 10 for use on a spacecraft, a transfer apparatus 15 (comprising gathering vanes 33, an elongate array of fins 32, and a sponge structure formed from panels 31) functions to transfer liquid from the inner surface of the tank 10 to the vicinity of an outlet line 40. A screen 23 is disposed between the panels 31 and the outlet line 40. When wetted with liquid, the screen 23 prevents gas and/or vapor in the tank 10 from passing to the outlet line 40. A perforated plate 22 disposed between the screen 23 and the outlet line 40 causes liquid to pass from the tank 10 to the outlet line 40 in a regular and generally unbroken flow.

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