公开(公告)号：US20220196295A1

公开(公告)日：2022-06-23

申请号：US17125125

申请日：2020-12-17

Applicant: Hamilton Sundstrand Corporation

Inventor： Julie Strickland ,  Samuel Anderson ,  Jake Rohrig

IPC: F24T10/10 ,  E04B1/34

Abstract: An extraplanetary habitat system includes a habitat located on a site including a layer of regolith material and one or more heat-generating systems located in the habitat. A heat exchanger is operably connected to the habitat. The heat exchanger is located beneath the layer of regolith material and is configured to conduct the heat from the habitat into the layer of regolith material. A method of cooling one or more heat generating components of an extraplanetary habitat includes directing a flow of fluid from the habitat to a heat exchanger located beneath a layer of regolith material, exchanging thermal energy between the flow of fluid and the regolith material, thereby cooling the volume of fluid, and directing the flow of fluid from the heat exchanger to the habitat, thus cooling the habitat.

公开(公告)号：US10704696B2

公开(公告)日：2020-07-07

申请号：US16172278

申请日：2018-10-26

Applicant: Hamilton Sundstrand Corporation

Inventor： Cory Kaufman ,  Samuel Anderson ,  Gary Robert Spexarth ,  Cassandra Allen

IPC: F17C13/04 ,  F16K11/085 ,  B64G6/00 ,  F17C13/00

Abstract: Disclosed is a system for transporting fluid, including a first vessel and a second vessel, the system including: a split volume tank comprising a first volume and a second volume, wherein when one of the volumes expands the other volume collapses; and a four way valve fluidly connecting the first and second volumes and first vessel and the second vessel, the four way valve comprising a plurality of passages including a first passage and a second passage, the four way valve being controllable between a plurality of orientations including: a first orientation in which the first passage fluidly connects the first volume and the first vessel and the second passage fluidly connects the second volume and the second vessel; a second orientation in which the first passage fluidly connects the first volume and the second vessel and the second passage fluidly connects the second volume and the first vessel.