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Prediction of Pressurant Mass Requirement for Propellant Tank with Operating Condition Variation  

Kwon, Oh-Sung (한국항공우주연구원 추진제어팀)
Han, Sang-Yeop (한국항공우주연구원 추진제어팀)
Cho, In-Hyun (한국항공우주연구원 추진제어팀)
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Aerospace Engineering and Technology / v.10, no.1, 2011 , pp. 54-62 More about this Journal
Abstract
The pressurant mass required for propellant tank pressurization with operating condition variation was estimated by using the numerical model already developed for this purpose. The model was applied to the concept design results of KSLV-II first stage oxygen tank. The supplied pressurant temperature, oxygen volumetric flow rate, and the ratio of length to diameter of the tank were selected as variables. The required pressurant mass and mass flow rate, collapse factor, ullage temperature distribution were predicted, and the results showed that the pressurant temperature had the largest effect on the amount of the required pressurant mass. The pressurizing efficiency of the propellant tank was calculated through analyzing energy distribution in the ullage. It was found that the gas-to-wall heat transfer in the ullage was dominant, and much of the pressurant energy was lost to tank wall heating.
Keywords
pressurant; pressurization system; propellant tank; ullage;
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