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Proposed NASA missions to Moon and Mars involve producing cryogenic propellant in-situ to reduce launch mass and requirements. One technique for liquefaction of the gases produced through electrochemical processes is to circulate cold gaseous neon or helium through broad area cooling tubes attached to the outside of the propellant tanks. To determine the performance of this liquefaction process tests were conducted at NASA Glenn Research Center in a 2.1 cubic meter tank with a broad area cooling network (CryoFILL). A thermal/fluid model of the tank and its cooling loops is developed in Thermal Desktop to compare with the test results. Details of the model and the model predictions and comparison to the experimental data from the CryoFILL liquefaction tests are presented here.
