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Calculation of pressurization efficiency of cryogenic propellant tank  

Kwon, Oh-Sung (발사체추진제어팀)
Kim, Byung-Hun (발사체추진제어팀)
Kil, Gyoung-Sub (발사체추진제어팀)
Han, Sang-Yeop (발사체추진제어팀)
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Aerospace Engineering and Technology / v.12, no.2, 2013 , pp. 83-90 More about this Journal
Abstract
In this paper, the energy flows related to cryogenic propellant tank ullage were understood and pressurization efficiency of the tank was calculated using propellant feeding test data with the help of calculation program. The related energy flow terms and calculation method of each terms were described. Three test data of different tank pressure and incoming pressurant temperature were used. Under the test conditions, the pressurization efficiency was low in the range of 13.9%~19.3%. The proportion of energy loss to the incoming pressurant energy was in the range of 55.2%~67.6%. The energy loss to the propellant tank wall was the biggest one. If the temperature of incoming pressurant was the same, the rates of each energy flows to the incoming energy were almost the same regardless of the propellant tank pressure. The collapse factor of propellant tank was calculated using test data, and the relation of it to the heat loss rate was observed.
Keywords
cryogenic; propellant tank; pressurization efficiency; heat loss; pressurant;
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