Liquid Acquisition Devices for Advanced In-Space Cryogenic Propulsion Systems

✍ Scribed by Hartwig, Jason William

• Publisher: Academic Press
• Year: 2016
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 462
• Edition: 1
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

Liquid Acquisition Devices for Advanced In-Space Cryogenic Propulsion Systems discusses the importance of reliable cryogenic systems, a pivotal part of everything from engine propulsion to fuel deposits. As some of the most efficient systems involve advanced cryogenic fluid management systems that present challenging issues, the book tackles issues such as the difficulty in obtaining data, the lack of quality data and models, and the complexity in trying to model these systems.

The book presents models and experimental data based on rare and hard-to-obtain cryogenic data. Through clear descriptions of practical data and models, readers will explore the development of robust and flexible liquid acquisition devices (LAD) through component-level and full-scale ground experiments, as well as analytical tools.

This book presents new and rare experimental data, as well as analytical models, in a fundamental area to the aerospace and space-flight communities. With this data, the reader can consider new and improved ways to design, analyze, and build expensive flight systems.

• Presents a definitive reference for design ideas, analysis tools, and performance data on cryogenic liquid acquisition devices
• Provides historical perspectives to present fundamental design models and performance data, which are applied to two practical examples throughout the book
• Describes a series of models to optimize liquid acquisition device performance, which are confirmed through a variety of parametric component level tests
• Includes video clips of experiments on a companion website

✦ Table of Contents

Content:
Front Matter,Copyright,Dedication,Foreword,Preface,AcknowledgmentsEntitled to full text1 - Introduction, Pages 1-13
2 - Background and Historical Review, Pages 15-44
3 - Influential Factors and Physics-Based Modeling of Liquid Acquisition Devices, Pages 45-85
4 - Room Temperature Liquid Acquisition Device Performance Experiments, Pages 87-110
5 - Parametric Analysis of the Liquid Hydrogen and Nitrogen Bubble Point Pressure, Pages 111-142
6 - High-Pressure Liquid Oxygen Bubble Point Experiments, Pages 143-166
7 - High-Pressure Liquid Methane Bubble Point Experiments, Pages 167-201
8 - Warm Pressurant Gas Effects on the Static Bubble Point Pressure for Cryogenic Liquid Acquisition Devices, Pages 203-214
9 - Full-Scale Liquid Acquisition Device Outflow Tests in Liquid Hydrogen, Pages 215-260
10 - The Bubble Point Pressure Model for Cryogenic Propellants, Pages 261-287
11 - The Reseal Point Pressure Model for Cryogenic Propellants, Pages 289-302
12 - Analytical Model for Steady Flow through a Porous Liquid Acquisition Device Channel, Pages 303-328
13 - Optimal Liquid Acquisition Device Screen Weave for a Liquid Hydrogen Fuel Depot, Pages 329-342
14 - Optimal Propellant Management Device for a Small-Scale Liquid Hydrogen Propellant Tank, Pages 343-369
15 - Conclusions, Pages 371-376
Appendix A - Historical Depot Demonstration Missions, Pages 377-381
Appendix B - Summary of Previously Reported Bubble Point Data, Pages 383-387
Appendix C - Langmuir Isotherm for the Liquid/Vapor Case, Pages 389-392
Appendix D - Langmuir Isotherms for the Solid/Liquid and Solid/Vapor Cases, Pages 393-396
Appendix E - Historical Heated Pressurant Gas Liquid Acquisition Device Tests, Pages 397-402
Appendix F - Previously Reported Porous Channel Solutions, Pages 403-409
Appendix G - Design Logic, Pages 411-413
Pages 415-419
Bibliography, Pages 421-458
Index, Pages 459-469