To manage propellant in a spacecraft, the method of this disclosure includes storing propellant in a tank as a mixture of liquid and gas; transferring the propellant out of the tank; converting the mixture of liquid and gas propellant into a single phase, where the single phase is either liquid or gaseous; and supplying the single phase of the propellant to a thruster.

    Pour gérer un propergol dans un engin spatial, le procédé de la présente invention consiste à : stocker un propergol dans un réservoir sous la forme d'un mélange de liquide et de gaz; transférer le propergol hors du réservoir; transformer le mélange de propergol liquide et gazeux en une phase unique, la phase unique étant soit liquide, soit gazeuse; et fournir la phase unique du propergol à un propulseur.


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    Title :

    SPACECRAFT THERMAL AND FLUID MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS


    Additional title:

    SYSTÈMES DE GESTION THERMIQUE ET DE FLUIDE D'ENGIN SPATIAL


    Contributors:
    KOKORICH MIKHAIL (author) / SERCEL JOEL (author) / MITCHELL AARON (author) / MINSTER GEDI (author) / WANG YUQI (author) / WILSON LEE (author) / SMALL JAMES (author)

    Publication date :

    2020-11-19


    Type of media :

    Patent


    Type of material :

    Electronic Resource


    Language :

    English


    Classification :

    IPC:    B64G Raumfahrt , COSMONAUTICS / F02K JET-PROPULSION PLANTS , Strahltriebwerke



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