SKA mid-frequency aperture array thermal analysis for South Africa

Hiddo Hanenburg; Jan Kragt; Raymond v. d. Brink; Marco Drost

doi:10.1117/12.2054878

22 July 2014 SKA mid-frequency aperture array thermal analysis for South Africa

Hiddo Hanenburg, Jan Kragt, Raymond v. d. Brink, Marco Drost

Proceedings Volume 9145, Ground-based and Airborne Telescopes V; 91454Q (2014) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2054878
Event: SPIE Astronomical Telescopes + Instrumentation, 2014, Montréal, Quebec, Canada

Abstract

SKA (Square Kilometre Array) is a radio telescope that will have a collecting area of a square kilometer. The Mid frequency range receivers of SKA will be located in the Karoo desert in South Africa. Several designs of enclosures are proposed to protect the antenna arrays and electronics against the harsh environment. Thermal analyses by Computational Fluid Dynamics are performed on the different designs of antenna enclosures to determine their effect on the maximum temperatures and the temperature stability of the receivers.

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Hiddo Hanenburg, Jan Kragt, Raymond v. d. Brink, and Marco Drost "SKA mid-frequency aperture array thermal analysis for South Africa", Proc. SPIE 9145, Ground-based and Airborne Telescopes V, 91454Q (22 July 2014); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2054878

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