2002
DOI: 10.1115/1.1488164
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Concentrated Solar Energy as a Diagnostic Tool to Study Materials Under Extreme Conditions

Abstract: This paper deals with the material testing under extreme conditions, mainly around space programs, using the French CNRS (Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique) solar facilities for planetary entry (Earth, Mars), solar corona in situ exploration, and cryogenic propulsion. For these purposes, different facilities were developed around the various solar concentrators: MESOX (Moyen d’Essai Solaire d’OXydation), for the study of the atomic oxygen recombination at the surface of heated materials and the oxid… Show more

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“…High-temperature characterization has been carried out using the MEDIASE (Moyen d'Essai et de Diagnostic en Ambiance Spatiale Extrême) set-up of the MegaWatt Solar Furnace [15][16][17] in Font Romeu (France). MEDIASE is composed by a high-vacuum chamber (ultimate pressure limit of 10 À6 mbar), equipped with a hemispherical silica glass window of 35 cm diameter.…”
Section: Methodsmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…High-temperature characterization has been carried out using the MEDIASE (Moyen d'Essai et de Diagnostic en Ambiance Spatiale Extrême) set-up of the MegaWatt Solar Furnace [15][16][17] in Font Romeu (France). MEDIASE is composed by a high-vacuum chamber (ultimate pressure limit of 10 À6 mbar), equipped with a hemispherical silica glass window of 35 cm diameter.…”
Section: Methodsmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Total hemispherical emissivity ε ∩ (T) as a function of temperature T has been measured in the range 700-1600 • C using a direct method 41 with the MEDIASE set-up developed at PROMES-CNRS laboratory [42][43][44] under the Solar Facilities for Europe (SOLFACE) program (6th Framework Program-European Community). Although the temperature values reached by different parts of a TPS during the re-entry phase in Earth's atmosphere depends on the geometry of the spacecraft and on the specific re-entry trajectory, the chosen temperature range (700-1600 • C) to perform emissivity and catalycity measurements is relevant to describe the typical reentry conditions of a blunt-body winged re-entry vehicle (e.g.…”
Section: Emissivity Measurement Methodsmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…The device, depicted in Fig. 3, is described in details elsewhere [9,10]. Emissivity experiments have been carried out in air at 200 Pa and at 10 -3 Pa.…”
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confidence: 99%