Nuwatts Thermal Infrastructure
Architecture
Centralized active vs distributed passive. These tools are first-order trade-study models for early orbital compute thermal architecture exploration.
Architecture assumptions
Centralized active
Heat to reject103 kW
Radiator area192 m²
Radiator mass1,537 kg
Transport hardware538 kg
Total thermal mass2,075 kg
Overhead power5 kW
Distributed passive
Heat to reject98.2 kW
Radiator area183 m²
Radiator mass1,465 kg
Transport hardware220 kg
Total thermal mass1,685 kg
Overhead power0.2 kW
AreaActive vs passive
Active
192 m²
Passive
183 m²
MassActive vs passive
Active
2,075 kg
Passive
1,685 kg
OverheadActive vs passive
Active
5 kW
Passive
0.2 kW