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. 2022 Apr 1;8:7. doi: 10.1038/s41526-022-00192-w

Table 4.

Chilldown efficiencies and mass flow rates for the six flight cases.

Reduced-G Ground-G
Case Teflon coated Bare SS304 Mass flow rate, kg/s Teflon coated SS304
1 (micro-g) 80 psig, continuous flow 18.54% 13.38% 0.0253 23.19% 19.54%
2 (micro-g) 80 psig 40% DC, 1 s Period 28.50% 21.26% 0.0350 28.49% 21.74%
3 (micro-g) 80 psig 70% DC, 1 s Period 23.48% 13.65% 0.0239 21.17% 17.78%
4 (micro-g) 60 psig, continuous flow 28.40% 17.83% 0.0100 24.50% 18.58%
5 (micro-g) 90 psig, continuous flow 16.87%* 12.96%* 0.0264* 17.26% 14.32%
6 (micro-g) 90 psig 50% DC, 1 s Period 23.88%* 18.63%* 0.0255* 20.52% 16.76%