• 月面制氧收集处理过程辐射散热器设计

    Design of Radiators for High Temperature Oxygen Processing on the Lunar Surface

    • 月球表面制氧辐射冷却过程对月球原位资源利用至关重要。针对月球表面不同制氧方式,分析了月球表面日间127 ℃条件下高温氧气初始状态预冷以及收集升压过程中的散热需求,设计了预冷以及级间辐射散热器,并基于COMSOL Multiphysics构建了适配月面无大气对流、依赖辐射散热的多物理场耦合模型,进行了辐射散热器的多场景仿真计算。仿真结果表明,设计工况下,预冷与压缩级间辐射散热器分别能够将氧气由600~1000 ℃和280 ℃冷却至127.12 ℃与129.67~130.63 ℃,辐射散热器实现了良好的温度分布均匀性与压降效果,具有充分设计裕量,在5倍设计流量下均能实现良好的散热效果。研究结果可为未来月球原位资源利用过程中高温气体的散热与处理提供参考。

       

      Abstract: The radiative cooling process of oxygen on the lunar surface is critically important for in-situ resource utilization. Different oxygen production methods on the lunar surface may produce oxygen at different initial temperatures and therefore lead to different cooling demands. For different oxygen production methods, this paper analyzes the heat rejection requirements during the initial precooling and pressurization of oxygen under the daytime lunar surface temperature of 127 ℃. The analysis considers both the precooling of oxygen in its initial high-temperature state and the heat rejection required during oxygen collection and pressure increase. Precooling and interstage radiators are designed, and a multi-physics coupled model is developed using COMSOL Multiphysics for the lunar environment where heat dissipation relies solely on radiation without atmospheric convection. The model is adapted to the thermal conditions of the lunar surface and is used to calculate the performance of the radiators under multiple operating scenarios. Multiple simulations of the radiators are carried out, and the results show that the precooling and interstage radiators can effectively cool oxygen from 600 ℃ to 1000 ℃ and 280 ℃ down to 127.12 ℃ and 129.67 ℃ to 130.63 ℃, respectively. Under the design conditions, the precooling radiator meets the cooling requirements for oxygen with initial temperatures ranging from 600 ℃ to 1000 ℃, while the interstage radiator meets the heat rejection requirements during oxygen pressurization. The radiators achieve good temperature uniformity and low pressure drop, which exhibit a sufficient design margin and maintain excellent heat dissipation performance even at five times the design flow rate. Both radiators can therefore maintain effective cooling performance when the oxygen flow rate is increased to five times the design value. This study can provide a reference for gas cooling and handling processes in future lunar in-situ resource utilization.

       

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