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Experimental study of space lubricant evaporation in a high vacuum environment

POUZAR, J. KOŠŤÁL, D. ŠPERKA, P. KŘUPKA, I. HARTL, M.

Anglický název

Experimental study of space lubricant evaporation in a high vacuum environment

Typ

článek v časopise ve Web of Science, Jimp

Jazyk

en

Originální abstrakt

The liquid lubricant evaporation in space applications poses significant challenges, raising the risk of inaccurate estimation of lubricant implementation and the potential contamination of satellite subsystems. The study of vacuum evaporation becomes highly relevant with the increasing use of liquid lubricants in satellite constellations. This research presents a novel methodology for assessing the lubricant evaporation rate, focusing on establishing a correlation between existing analytical models and experimental measurements. The obtained experimental results clearly demonstrate a disparity between the existing analytical models and the measured evaporated mass of vacuum base oils. Importantly, these results indicate higher evaporation rates predicted by the analytical approach. This emphasises the importance of refining the analytical models to accurately predict the amount of liquid lubricant evaporated.

Anglický abstrakt

The liquid lubricant evaporation in space applications poses significant challenges, raising the risk of inaccurate estimation of lubricant implementation and the potential contamination of satellite subsystems. The study of vacuum evaporation becomes highly relevant with the increasing use of liquid lubricants in satellite constellations. This research presents a novel methodology for assessing the lubricant evaporation rate, focusing on establishing a correlation between existing analytical models and experimental measurements. The obtained experimental results clearly demonstrate a disparity between the existing analytical models and the measured evaporated mass of vacuum base oils. Importantly, these results indicate higher evaporation rates predicted by the analytical approach. This emphasises the importance of refining the analytical models to accurately predict the amount of liquid lubricant evaporated.

Klíčová slova anglicky

Space tribology; Vacuum evaporation; Multiply-alkylated cyclopentane; Perfluoropolyether

Vydáno

02.11.2023

Nakladatel

PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD

Místo

OXFORD

ISSN

0042-207X

Ročník

219

Číslo

A

Strany od–do

1–7

Počet stran

7

BIBTEX


@article{BUT185804,
  author="Josef {Pouzar} and David {Košťál} and Petr {Šperka} and Ivan {Křupka} and Martin {Hartl},
  title="Experimental study of space lubricant evaporation in a high vacuum environment",
  year="2023",
  volume="219",
  number="A",
  month="November",
  pages="1--7",
  publisher="PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD",
  address="OXFORD",
  issn="0042-207X"
}