Material Water Ring Vacuum Pump for Spacecraft

Space environment affects the performance and life of spacecraft. Many faults of spacecraft are directly and indirectly related to the space environment. Therefore, it is very important for the development of space technology to study the interaction between space environment and aerostat and take corresponding measures to reduce the impact of various factors. For the influence of space charged particles, various protective measures are mainly adopted. For the influence of space vacuum environment, the structure and functional materials used in spacecraft are mainly screened in terms of outgassing.

In spacecraft, metal materials are seldom eliminated because of outgassing index, while organic materials and composite materials with larger outgassing are widely used in spacecraft, so it is necessary to screen them.

The main indicators for screening materials in terms of gas emission are as follows:

1. Ectopic Testing Indicators for Material Outgassing Screening

Total mass loss (TML). It is expressed by the percentage of the mass difference of the sample before and after the test to the initial mass of the sample. Total mass loss includes not only the mass loss of material itself, but also the mass loss caused by material deflation, which reflects the degree of material performance change.

(2) Condensable volatiles (CVCM) collected. The quality difference of the collection plate before and after the test is expressed as a percentage of the initial mass of the sample. Some of the mass lost in the vacuum environment may re-condense on the cooler surface, possibly polluting the sensitive surface of the spacecraft. The collected condensable volatile index mainly reflects the amount of condensation on the condensation surface, and also reflects the degree of contamination on the sensitive surface caused by the material escape. (3) Water vapor recovery (WVR). The difference between the mass of the sample just exposed in a thermal vacuum and that of the sample after being re-exposed at 50% humidity for 24 hours is expressed as a percentage of the initial mass of the sample. This index mainly reflects the material's ability to absorb water vapor. Because water vapor is very harmful to optical devices, especially infrared optical devices, it is very meaningful for the choice of optical materials to be non-condensable.

2. In-situ test index of material outgassing screening

In order to predict the mass loss of long-life spacecraft during the whole life period, it is necessary to understand the mass loss and the variation of condensable volatiles with time, and to analyze their variation rules. Therefore, it is impossible to predict directly by TML, CVCM and WVR. In-situ measurement of mass loss and condensable volatiles in vacuum must be realized. The in-situ test indexes of material outgassing screening are as follows:

(1) The change of mass loss percentage (MLR) with time. That is to say, the cumulative loss of quality in the test time accounts for the percentage of the initial quality, in units of.

(2) Evolution rate of condensable volatile with time (VCMER). That is to say, the mass of the condensed volatiles accumulated and escaped during the test time is the percentage of the initial mass, in units of 1%.

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