Conceptual design study to determine optimal enclosure vent configuration for the Maunakea Spectroscopic Explorer (MSE)

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DOIResolve DOI: https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2056728
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TypeArticle
Proceedings titleGround-Based and Airborne Telescopes V
Series titleProceedings of SPIE; no. 9145
ConferenceGround-Based and Airborne Telescopes V, June 22-27, 2014
ISSN0277-786X
1996-756X
ISBN9780819496133
Article number91450A
SubjectAirborne telescopes; Computational fluid dynamics; Conceptual design; Domes; Spectrographs; Ventilation; aero-thermal; Baseline concepts; Computational fluid dynamics simulations; Dome seeing; flushing; MSE; Thermal Performance; Vent configurations
Abstract
The Maunakea Spectroscopic Explorer (MSE; formerly Next Generation Canada-France-Hawaii Telescope) is a dedicated, 10m aperture, wide-field, fiber-fed multi-object spectroscopic facility proposed as an upgrade to the existing Canada-France-Hawaii Telescope on the summit of Mauna Kea. The enclosure vent configuration design study is the last of three studies to examine the technical feasibility of the proposed MSE baseline concept. The enclosure vent configuration study compares the aero-thermal performance of three enclosure ventilation configurations based on the predicted dome thermal seeing and air flow attenuation over the enclosure aperture opening of a Calotte design derived from computational fluid dynamics simulations. In addition, functional and operation considerations such as access and servicing of the three ventilation configurations is discussed.
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LanguageEnglish
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