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ROCKET ENGINE
WHAT IS IT ???
For performance, a rocket must have large,
lightweight propellant tanks
Pressure fed tanks are heavy and/or
expensive and safety margins cost too much
in terms of performance.
Turbopumps are expensive and require a
massive engineering effort.
The solution is the The Dual Pistonless
Pump
Simple to design and manufacture and with
performance comparable to a turbopump and
complexity and reliability comparable to a
TOPICS
FIRST GENERATION
DESIGN:1. Drain the main tank at low
pressure into a small pump
chamber.
2. Pressurize the pump chamber
and feed to the engine.
3. Run two in parallel, venting
and filling one faster than the
other is
Expensive and
Difficult to Design
and Build:
Turbo pumps
Failure mode:
Explosion
Complex system:
Fluid Dynamics of
rotor/stator
Bearings
Seals
Cavitations
Heat transfer
Thermal shock
Rotor dynamics
Startup & Shut
down
ADVANTAGES
Pump
Performance
Pump performance
close to target of
1.5 kg/sec at 4 Mpa
(20 GPM, 600 psi)
Pressure
fluctuations are
minimal.
Pump
performs
better when running
on Helium
Pump
needs more
testing with rocket
engine and to be
flown to prove
design.
Another Calculation: Mass Savings of Pump and Tank Over Pressure Fed Tank
Mass Savings
100%
Propellant
pressure
80%
60%
2.4 Mpa
40%
4.2 Mpa
6.2 Mpa
20%
0%
0
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