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System integration of high intensity energy subsystems – a thermal management challenge

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  03 February 2016

D. M. Pratt and
D. Moorhouse
D. M. Pratt
Affiliation:
Air Force Research Laboratory, Wright-Patterson AFB, OH, USA
D. Moorhouse
Affiliation:
Air Force Research Laboratory, Wright-Patterson AFB, OH, USA
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Abstract

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Current and future Air Force weapons systems lack the necessary power and cooling capacity to provide full systems level capability as a result of energy and thermal management limitations. Cooling capacity of fuel is already fully utilised leaving little room for additional cooling needs. Additionally, increasing speed, power, and miniaturisation of future systems continue to stress any thermal management capability that we can now deliver. Thus, the focus of this paper is a conceptual assessment of the key energy and thermal management technologies to meet the future energy challenges. It presents an overview of the current state of the art and also possible future research.

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Research Article
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The Aeronautical Journal , Volume 112 , Issue 1134 , August 2008, pp. 477 - 482
Copyright
Copyright © Royal Aeronautical Society 2008 

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