Thermal analysis and optimization of the electronic crates of Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer

2020 ◽  
Vol 64 (1-4) ◽  
pp. 271-279
Author(s):  
Fayi Yan
Keyword(s):  
Control System ◽  
Particle Physics ◽  
Space Station ◽  
Heat Pipes ◽  
Thermal Control ◽  
Magnetic Spectrometer ◽  
Modeling And Simulations ◽  
Thermal Control System ◽  
Operational Temperature ◽  
Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer

Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer (AMS-02) is a particle-physics detector from a module attached to the outside of the International Space Station (ISS). The temperature of the components in AMS-02 must be kept within their different operational ranges but also must be stable over both time and volume. Thermal modeling and simulations for the radiator and the electronic crates of AMS-02 were carried out by applying the Crank–Nicholson implicit solution. Based on reducing the temperature gradient of the radiator and the mass of the thermal control system, the layout of the heat pipes in the radiator was optimized to solve the overheating issue of the electronic crates. The non-operational and operational temperature dissipation for the thermal control system was calculated. The analysis results for the radiator and the electronic crates can meet the running requirements of AMS-02 on the ISS.

Thermal control system of Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer

2013 ◽  
Vol 56 (10) ◽  
pp. 2553-2562 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zheng Cui ◽  
Feng Luo ◽  
NaiHua Wang ◽  
Lin Cheng
Keyword(s):  
Control System ◽  
Thermal Control ◽  
Magnetic Spectrometer ◽  
Thermal Control System ◽  
Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer

An Overview of the Redesigned Space Station Thermal Control System

1994 ◽  
Author(s):  
Joe Chambliss ◽  
Jeff Dominick ◽  
Jim Kukla ◽  
Frank McCall
Keyword(s):  
Control System ◽  
Space Station ◽  
Thermal Control ◽  
Thermal Control System

Astrophysics and Particle Physics in Space with the Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer

2003 ◽  
Vol 18 (28) ◽  
pp. 1951-1966 ◽  
Author(s):  
Giovanni Lamanna
Keyword(s):  
Particle Physics ◽  
Gamma Ray ◽  
Space Shuttle ◽  
Space Station ◽  
Cosmic Ray ◽  
High Energy ◽  
Magnetic Spectrometer ◽  
High Energy Particle ◽  
Physics Experiment ◽  
Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer

The Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer (AMS) is a high energy particle physics experiment in space scheduled to be installed on the International Space Station (ISS) by 2006 for a three-year mission. After a precursor flight of a prototype detector on board of the NASA Space Shuttle in June 1998, the construction of the detector in its final configuration is started and it will be completed by 2004. The purpose of this experiment is to provide a high statistics measurement of charged particles and nuclei in rigidity range 0.5 GV to few TV and to explore the high-energy (> 1 GeV ) gamma-ray sky. In this paper we describe the detector layout and present an overview of the main scientific goals both in the domain of astrophysics: cosmic-ray origin, age and propagation and the exploration of the most energetic gamma-ray sources; and in the domain of astroparticle: the anti-matter and the dark matter searches.

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