A Loop Heat Pipe Radiator Array Rejecting Habitat Waste Heat Across the Day-Night Cycle

This study sizes a loop heat pipe radiator array rejecting 50.0 kilowatts of habitat waste heat from panels at 310 kelvin: each square metre radiates 482 watts, so the array needs 104 square metres before margin and 130 square metres with the stated design margin, served by 34 transport loops at the stated per-loop capacity. Sizing follows from computed thermal budgets derived in the study. This is a computed study with no targeting or weapon application. The work is simulated and computed from stated assumptions, not measured.