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Dust as a Working Fluid for Heat Transfer Project

Mantovani, James G.
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The project known as "Dust as a Working Fluid" demonstrates the feasibility of a dust-based system for transferring heat radiatively into space for those space applications requiring higher efficiency, lower mass, and the need to operate in extreme vacuum and thermal environments - including operating in low or zero gravity conditions in which the dust can be conveyed much more easily than on Earth.

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Mantovani, James G.. 2015-07-24. Dust as a Working Fluid for Heat Transfer Project. https://ntrs.nasa.gov/citations/20150016074

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