What is BS EN 16603-31-02 - Two-phase heat transport equipment about ?
BS EN 16603-31-02 defines qualification and acceptance requirements for two-phase heat transportation equipment (TPHTE), for use in spacecraft thermal control.
BS EN 16603-31-02 is applicable to qualification and acceptance activities of a new hardware.
However, acceptance requirements of BS EN 16603-31-02 can be used for existing hardware, which has been qualified previously to other requirements than listed herein.
Requirements for mechanical pump driven loops (MPDL) are not included in BS EN 16603-31-02.
BS EN 16603-31-02 also includes definitions and part of the requirements of ECSS-E-ST-32-02 applicable to TPHTE qualification and acceptance.
Who is BS EN 16603-31-02 - Two-phase heat transport equipment for ?
BS EN 16603-31-02 on two-phase heat transport equipment is applicable to:
- Aerospace and defence industries
- Government authorities related to the space system
- Design engineers
- Manufacturers of space system product
- Quality compliance personnel of space product
Why should you use BS EN 16603-31-02 - Two-phase heat transport equipment ?
Two-phase heat transportation equipment (TPHTE) is a hermetically closed system filled with a working fluid and transporting thermal energy by continuous evaporation and condensation process using the latent heat of the fluid.
Guidelines given in BS EN 16603-31-02 provides qualification and acceptance requirements for two-phase heat transportation equipment (TPHTE).
As a manufacturer of spacecraft, you can use BS EN 16603-31-02 guidelines for improving the production of these applications.
What’s changed since the last update ?
BS EN 16603-31-02:2018 supersedes EN 16603-31-02:2015. BS EN 16603-31-02:2018 includes some technical changes with respect to EN 16603-31-02:2015. These include:
- Implementation of Change Requests
- Clause 3 Terms, definition and abbreviated terms" updated, and Nomenclature added
- Titles of clauses 4, 5, 5.1, 5.5.1; updated
- Clause 4 updated to include TPHTE acceptance requirements in new clause 4.5 "TPHTE acceptance principles"
- Merge of former clauses 4.4 and 4.5 to new clause 4.4 "TPHTE qualification principles"
- DRDs in Annex A to H deleted. Requirements calling the DRDs updated to the DRD in the dedicated ECSS Standard
