Fridge experiments for microgravity testing (IMAGE)

Purdue University

Fridge experiments for microgravity testing

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A team of engineers has built three experiments to test the effects of microgravity on a new oil-free fridge design: a prototype for potential future use on the International Space Station (left), a setup for testing the prototype's vulnerability to liquid flooding (center), and a larger version of the prototype with sensors and instruments to capture how gravity affects the vapor compression cycles (right).

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Air Squared, Inc.

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