TY - JFULL AU - M. Abdou and M. K. Khalil PY - 2020/4/ TI - Experimental Investigation the Effectiveness of Using Heat Pipe on the Spacecraft Mockup Panel T2 - International Journal of Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering SP - 101 EP - 111 VL - 14 SN - 1307-6892 UR - https://publications.waset.org/pdf/10011097 PU - World Academy of Science, Engineering and Technology NX - Open Science Index 159, 2020 N2 - The heat pipe is a thermal device which allows efficient transport of thermal energy. The experimental work of this research was split into two phases; phase 1 is the development of the facilities, material and test rig preparation. Phase 2 is the actual experiments and measurements of the thermal control mockup inside the modified vacuum chamber (MVC). Due to limited funds, the development on the thermal control subsystem was delayed and the experimental facilities such as suitable thermal vacuum chamber with space standard specifications were not available from the beginning of the research and had to be procured over a period of time. In all, these delays extended the project by one and a half year. Thermal control subsystem needs a special facility and equipment to be tested. The available vacuum chamber is not suitable for the thermal tests. Consequently, the modification of the chamber was a must. A vacuum chamber has been modified to be used as a Thermal Vaccum Chamber (TVC). A MVC is a vacuum chamber modified by using a stainless mirror box with perfect reflectability and the infrared lamp connected with the voltage regulator to vary the lamp intensity as it will be illustrated through the paper. ER -