brief overview: mission- and aircraft-level thermal
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BriefOverview:Mission-andAircraft-levelThermalManagementSystems
Dr.MichaelvonSpakovskyRobertE.Hord,Jr.ProfessorinMechanicalEngineering
MechanicalEngineeringDepartment(0170)CenterforEnergySystemsResearch
VirginiaTechBlacksburg,VA24060
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Virginia Tech AircraftThermalManagementSubsystem(TMS):
Source/Sink(EnergyStorage)Issues
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q Numerousheatsources:― Cabin/cockpit― Air-cooledavionics― Liquid-cooledavionics― Engine― EPS+(generators,motors,
pumps,compressors,e-actuators,powernetwork,controllers,etc.)
q Limitedheatsinks(energystorage):― Ramair― Engine― Environment
q MEA/AEA,DEW,andISRaddingtoandincreasingthesizeandintensitiesofheatsources
q Survivability,compositematerials,etc.areeliminatingheatsinksorshrinkingtheircapacities ClearedforPublicRelease:88ABW-2014-4186/RQ-14-664,3SEPT2014
ColdPAOLoop
HotPAOLoop
EnvironmentalControl
Sub-system
VaporCompressionSub-SystemFuelLoop
Sub-System
RamAir
RamAir
Cabin/Cockpit
AvionicsEPS+
AvionicsEPS+
Propulsion Sub-system
heatsourceheatsink
TMSBoundary
Environment
activecooling
intermediateheatsink
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Virginia Tech TMSTrendsandTechnicalIssues
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q Integratedaircraft-andmission-levelTMSdesigniscriticaldueto§ increasedheatloads§ decreasedthermalenergystorageand
rejectioncapabilities
q Nonlinearheatloadandsinktrendsdrivenby§ MEAsandAEAs§ increasedfuelefficienciesleadingtoless
on-boardfuel§ increasedengineefficienciesleadingto
higherT’sandhigherheatloads§ high-Pfuelpumpswithhigherheatloads§ needforgreatermaneuverability(e.g.,
fueldraulicactuatorsforthrustvectoring)§ compositematerials(e.g.,forless
weight,survivability,etc.)§ DirectedEnergyWeapons(DEWs)and
highpowerISRsensors
Criticalityoftheincreasedheatloadfortypicalstate-of-the-artmilitaryaircraft(ClearedforPublicRelease,AFRLRZ09-0609)
§ safety(i.e.,fuelassinknotavailableforcommercialaircraftandbecomingmorelimitedformilitaryaircraft)
q TMSbecomingmainelectricpowerconsum-erandelectricalpowersubsystem(EPS)requiringgreaterTMScapabilities
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Virginia Tech AircraftThermalManagementSystem(TMS):
NeedforMission-/Aircraft-levelIntegratedDesign
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AFS-A PS ECS VC/PAOS FLS ES CHS OLS FCS
Weight (lbm) 14980.8 5418.3 1297.1 1608.1 491.5 929.5 325.3 37.8 429.3
% empty weight 58.7% 21.2% 5.1% 6.3% 1.9% 3.6% 1.3% 0.1% 1.7%
OptimizedAAFTMSrepresentsonly13%to11.5%ofthetotalemptyweightoftheaircraftyetplaysacriticalroleinensuringthermallimitsarenotbreached
Mission-andaircraft-leveloptimizedsupersonicair-to-air
fighter(AAF)results:1st
ILGOiteration
Source:adaptedfromK.Smith,2009,M.S.Thesis,VirginiaTech.
Wetasopposedtodryweight
values
AFS-A PS ECS VC/PAOS FLS ES CHS OLS FCS
Weight (lbm) 9628.4 3678.8 749.5 909.9 280.4 899.5 325.3 37.8 404.4
% empty weight 56.9% 21.7% 4.4% 5.4% 1.7% 5.3% 1.9% 0.2% 2.4%
Mission-andaircraft-leveloptimizedsupersonicAAFresults:
Globaloptimum
OptimizingtheTMSindependentlyofotheraircraftsub-systemsandthemissionwillsignificantlyaltertheTMSresultsandmaycausethermallimitsto
bebreached
Remainingwithinthermallimitsmakesthedifferencebetweenachievingamissionornot
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AAFandTMSreduction:53.4%
and43%
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Virginia Tech Aircraft-andMission-levelMDO:
OptimalUseofFLSasHeatSink
Fueltanktemperatureversustimeovertheentiremissionfortheoptimalvehicle
toff–takeoffscc1–1stsubsoniccruise/climbcap–combatairpatrolcacc–combataccelerationscc2–2ndsubsoniccruise/climbloit–loiter
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Source:adaptedfromD.Rancruel,2002,M.S.Thesis,VirginiaTech.
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Virginia Tech TMSSynergieswiththe
ElectricalPowerSubsystem(EPS)
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q EPS-TMSdesignoptimizationwouldtakeadvantageofbenefitsresultingfromthermal-electricalenergymanagementto§ reducepeakpowerdemands§ reduceoverallinstalledenergyconversion,
storage,andtransportcapacities
q EPS-TMSdesignoptimizationwouldquantifythebenefitsofsynergiestoimproveTMS(VCSandACM)performancevia,e.g.,§ electronicstocontrolthepressuresatwhich
compressorscutinandout§ electronicexpansionvalvesfortemperature
control§ separatehighandlowpressureelectronic
switchestopreventcompressors,etc.fromoperatingoutsideofsafelimits
§ electroniccontrolstoadjustcompressoroperationfordifferingcoolingloadsandreducedenergyconsumption
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q EPS-TMSdesignoptimizationwouldquantifythebenefitsofsynergiesfortheEPS§ forlocalizedtemperaturecontrolof
powerelectronics(e.g.,thermoelectricgeneratorsandcoolers,heatpipes,…)
§ foraircraftmonitoringandpredictivemaintenance(e.g.,engineandaircraftskinoverheating,deicing,etc.)
§ forelectricallydrivenECSs(e.g.,usingfuelcells,…)
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Virginia Tech EPSLocalCoolingTechniques
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ManylocalcoolingchoicesfortheEPS,allofwhichmustultimatelyinterfacewiththeTMS,particularlyduetosurvivabilityrequirementsandtheuseofcompositematerials:
q Heatspreadingq Aircooling
§ piezofans§ syntheticjetcooling(topright)§ nano-lightning(bottomleft)
q LiquidCooling§ heatpipes§ coldplates(topleft)§ microchannels§ electrohydrodynamic(bottom
right)§ electrowetting
q Liquidmetalcooling
q Spraycoolingq Liquidjetimpingementq Thermo-chemical
accumulators
q Immersioncoolingq Solidstatecooling
§ thermoelectric§ superlattice§ heterostructure§ thermionic§ thermotunneling Source:adaptedfromDr.WernerJ.A.Dahm,ASU,Thermal
Sciences&MaterialsWorkshop,Kettering,OH,16-17August2011.
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Virginia Tech HeatPipesforHighExternalThermalLoads
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q ExamplesofheatpipesforthermallymanagingtheheatloadsatleadingedgesincludeD-Shapedheatpipes,I-coreheatpipes,andheatspreaders.
q D-shapedandI-coreheatpipesarebuiltdirectlyintothematerialthatformstheleadingedge(seebelow).Thedisadvantageisthatitcanleadtodeformationoftheheatpipesduringthemanufacturingprocesswhentheleading-edgematerialisbentintoitsfinalshape.
q Twotypesofheatspreadersareshownbelow,aperiodicverticalI-truss-system(left)andaperiodictriangular-truss-system(right)
q Bothprovidestructuralsupporttotheleadingedge,increasingthebendingstiffnessandcompressivestrength,whilethetriangular-trusssystemallowsforflowinmultipledirections,facilitatingtheflowofvapor. Source:S.D.Kasen,ThermalManagement
atHypersonicLeadingEdges,Ph.D.dissertation,UniversityofVirginia(2013)
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Virginia Tech PhaseChangeMaterialsforHighInternal
ThermalLoadsq PCMenergystoragecanaddresscriticalthermalloadsonhighperformanceaircraftsinceit
providesameansforcoolingincreasedthermalloadsduetothe§ Increaseduseofcompositesontheaircraftskin;§ Increasedpowerrequirementsfornewsystems(e.g.,MEA/AEA,DEWs,ISRsensors,etc.);§ Reducedornoorrestrictedfuelonboard.
q PCMsarecontainedintankswithinteriormatricesmadeofhighconductingmaterials(e.g.,carbonfoam)tohelpdistributeheattothePCM.
Source:Reed,W.C.,vonSpakovsky,M.R.,andRaj,P.,ComparisonofHeatExchangerandThermalEnergyStorageDesignsforAircraftThermalManagementSystems,AIAASciTec(2016).
Pentadecane Hexadecane Octadecane
EffectiveThermalConductivity W/m/K 220.16 165.12 165.12
EffectiveDensity kg/m^3 1054.4 1057.1 1098.3
PhysicalparametersofPCMmaterials.
Pentadecane Hexadecane Octadecane
MeltTemperature °C 10 18 27ThermalConductivity W/m/K 0.2 0.15 0.15
Density kg/m^3 768 770 800LatentHeatofFusion kJ/kg 205 237 244
PhysicalparametersofPCM-carbonfoamcomposite.
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Virginia Tech SomeConclusions
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q Numberofheatsourceshasalwaysbeenlarge,whilethenumberofheatsinkshasalwaysbeenlimited
q MEA/AEA,DEW,ISR,increasedengineefficiencies,high-Pfuelpumps,theneedforgreatermaneuverability,etc.areaddingtoandincreasinginahighlynon-linearfashionthesizeandintensitiesofheatsources
q Survivability,compositematerials,increasedfuelefficiencies,safety,etc.areeliminatingheatsinksorshrinkingtheircapacities
q Reachingthermallimitsarerealthreatstothecompletionofmissionsandtothedesignandconstructionofcomplexmissions
q TMSisbecomingthemainelectricpowerconsumerandtheEPSisrequiringgreaterTMScapabilities
q Using“dryweight”toassessTMSviabilitymustbereplacedwithanassessmentof“wetweight”inordertoaddresstheseriousissueofthermallimits.
q Assessmentmustbedoneasearlyinthedesignprocessaspossible,i.e.,duringtheconceptualdesignphase
q Theneedforamission-andaircraft-levelMDA/MDOconceptualdesignframeworkisacute.
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