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Among the scientific experiments that will be taken to the International Space Station (ISS) aboard the space shuttle Discovery, there is one that was designed by experts at the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI). The experimental heat-transfer system will be installed aboard the station for a total of three years, after which time it will be brought back on Earth, for analysis. The project is called the Constrained Vapor Bubble (CVB).The new instrument could provide a better understanding of processes involving the nature of heat and mass transfer operations, such as evaporation, condensation, and boiling. The reason why it will be different from other similar experiments is the fact that it will take place outside the Earth's atmosphere, in microgravity, and under precisely controlled lab conditions, its creators say. Results collected with the CVB could also lead to the development of new cooling systems for spacecraft and other orbital structures in the future. “A!
fter years of hard work to advance this project to its current state, I am very excited to see our Constrained Vapor Bubble make its way into space and onto the International Space Station,” 1956 Rensselaer graduate and Professor Emeritus in the RPI Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering...
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