Session Details

Speaker(s): Ionela-Alexandra Gaza,Mugurel-Liviu Balan

Date: February 04, 2026

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Session Abstract

This session will present a comparison between thermal simulation results and real measurements from the DropCoal experiment installed on the International Space Station (ISS). DropCoal is a device that performs multiple liquids coalescence in microgravity. Being a controlled environment, a stringent requirement is that the housing maintains a touch temperature under a given maximum. This was the starting point for the thermal analyses run using the SOLIDWORKS Thermal Simulation tools. The device model was designed so that the analysis would generate not only important information about the exterior enclosure but also relevant results for the subsystems within it. With the experiment later successfully operating in the microgravity of the Space Station, we were able to analyze the resulting thermal parameters from the thermal sensors inside and compare them with those extracted from the thermal analyses.

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