Some experimental progresses in the study of self-reweting fluids for the SELENE experiment to be carried in the Thermal Platform 1 hardware

Paper number

IAC-12,A2,3,7,x15403

Author

Prof. Stefan Van Vaerenbergh, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Belgium

Coauthor

Mr. M. Mojahed, Belgium

Coauthor

Mr. Quentin Galand, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Belgium

Coauthor

Mr. Naïm Rahal, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Belgium

Coauthor

Prof. Raffaele Savino, University of Naples "Federico II", Italy

Year

2012

Abstract

S. Van Vaerenbergh, M. Mojahed,  Q. Galand, N. Rahal, R. Savino

The Thermal platform 1 hardware is to be installed in the FSL facility.  The first and main experiment of it is the SELENe experiment on self rewetting fluids used for the enhancement of the heat transfer. Self rewetting fluids allows to enhance the heat transfer and also to mitigate the risk of apparition of dry patches. This was proposed in the frame of the AO 2009 by R. Savino et al. 
Such fluids are mixtures. The physico-chemical hydrodynamic processes involved are more complex than for pure fluids. We  present here part of the studies of these physico chemical aspects started in support and as part of SELENe program. Complementarity between space experiment and ground based experiments is considered.  Ground based experimental set-up has been developed for this purpose and some results for the selection of the fluid candidates are presented.

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