Patent ID: 6626231
Filing Date: 2003-09-30
Classification: B64G,F28D

Abstract:
A heat transfer device including a capillary-pumped first fluid loop including an evaporator situated on a satellite in the vicinity of a source of dissipated heat and a condenser connected by heat transfer means to said evaporator and situated on a deployable radiator panel of said satellite, in which heat transfer device said deployable radiator comprises at least two panels, said heat transfer device itself further comprises at least one second capillary-pumped fluid loop, said fluid loops are connected in cascade with each other so that the evaporator of each fluid loop other than said first fluid loop is on the same panel as the condenser of the preceding loop and the condenser of each fluid loop other than said first fluid loop is on the panel next to that carrying the condenser of said first loop, and said evaporator of one loop is connected to said condenser of the same loop by flexible heat transfer means.