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US4513810:
Low gravity exothermic heating/cooling apparatus
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| Country: |
US United States of America
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| Inventor: |
Poorman, Richard M.; Huntsville, AL
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| Assignee: |
The United States of America as represented by the Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Washington, DC
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| Published / Filed: |
1985-04-30
/ 1982-03-18
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| Application Number: |
US1982000359627
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| IPC Code: |
Advanced:
F24J 1/00;
F25D 3/10;
F27B 17/02;
Core:
F27B 17/00;
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IPC-7:
F24J 1/00;
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| U.S. Class: |
Current:
165/061;
126/263.01;
126/263.02;
165/048.1;
165/064;
244/171.8;
Original:
165/061;
126/263;
244/163;
165/064;
165/048.R;
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| Field of Search: |
165/061-66,48 R
244/163
126/263
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| Government Interest: |
ORIGIN OF THE INVENTION
The invention described herein was made by an employee of the United States Government and may be manufactured and used by or for the Government for governmental purposes without the payment of any royalties thereon or therefor.
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| Priority Number: |
| 1982-03-18 |
US1982000359627 |
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| Abstract: |
A low gravity exothermic heating/cooling apparatus is disclosed for processing materials in space which includes an insulated casing (10) and a sample support (16), (18) carried within the casing which supports a sample container (14). An exothermic heat source (A) includes a plurality of segments (20) of exothermic material stacked one upon another to produce a desired temperature profile when ignited. The exothermic material segments are constructed in the form of an annular element having a recess opening (22) which defines an open central core (23) throughout the vertical axis of the stacked exothermic material (A). The sample container (14) is arranged within the core (23) of the stacked exothermic heating material. Igniters (24) are spaced vertically along the axis of the heating material to ignite the exothermic material at spaced points to provide total rapid burn and release of heat. To rapidly cool and quench the heat, a source (30) of liquid carbon dioxide is provided which is conveyed through a conduit (32) and a metering orifice (36) into a distribution manifold (34) where the carbon dioxide is gasified and dispersed around the exothermic heating material and the sample container via tubes (38) for rapidly cooling the material sample.
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| Attorney, Agent or Firm: |
Beumer, Joseph H. ;
Manning, John R. ;
Wofford, Jr., Leon D. ;
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| Primary / Asst. Examiners: |
Davis, Jr., Albert W.;
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| Family: |
None
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First Claim:
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What is claimed is:
1. Apparatus for heating a material sample in low-gravity environments by means of an exothermic reaction and thereafter cooling said sample, said apparatus comprising:
- casing means having a generally closed interior;
- sample support means carried within said casing means for supporting said sample;
- exothermic heat means rapidly releasing heat surrounding said sample supported by said support means for heating said sample to a desired temperature;
- said exothermic heating means including a plurality of individual segments of said exothermic material which can be ignited to give off heat, stacked upon one another and arranged to provide a desired temperature profile for heating said sample;
- each said segment including a central recess therethrough defining an open core when said segments are stacked upon one another, in which core said sample material is disposed and surrounded, said recess being defined by a first generally vertical surface extending from a top surface of said segment and terminating in a generally horizontal ledge surface, and a second generally vertical surface extending from said ledge surface terminating at a bottom surface of said segment;
- ignition means activating said exothermic heating means to release said heat;
- cooling means quenching said sample at a desired cooling rate for controlled cooling following heating to said desired temperature; and
- insulation carried within said casing means surrounding said exothermic heating means and said sample support means;
- whereby the sample may be rapidly heated and thereafter cooled for controlled processing of said sample.
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