Publication Date:
2019-06-28
Description:
Testing of a simplified LO2 propellant conditioning concept for future expendable launch vehicles is discussed. Four different concepts are being investigated: no-bleed, low-bleed, use of a recirculation line, and He bubbling. A full-scale test article, which is a facsimile of a propellant feed duct with an attached section to simulate heat input from an LO2 turbopump, is to be tested at the Cold Flow Facility of the Marshall Space Flight Center West Test Area. Work to date includes: design and fabrication of the test article, design of the test facility and initial fabrication, development of a test matrix and test procedures, initial predictions of test output, and heat leak calibration and heat exchanger tests on the test articles.
Keywords:
PROPELLANTS AND FUELS
Type:
TABES PAPER 93-621
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In: TABES 93 - Annual Technical and Business Exhibition and Symposium, 9th, Huntsville, AL, May 11, 12, 1993, Submitted Papers (A93-49626 21-12); 7 p.
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