The X-34 hypersonic flight vehicle is currently under development by Orbital Sciences Corporation (Orbital). The Main Propulsion ystem as been designed around the liquid propellant Fastrac rocket engine currently under development at NASA Marshall Space Flight Center. This paper presents analyses of the MPS subsystems used to manage the liquid propellants. These subsystems include the propellant tanks, the tank vent/relief subsystem, and the dump/fill/drain subsystem. Analyses include LOX tank chill and fill time estimates, LOX boil-off estimates, propellant conditioning simulations, and transient propellant dump simulations.


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    Title :

    Propellant Management and Conditioning within the X-34 Main Propulsion System


    Contributors:
    T. M. Brown (author) / J. P. McDonald (author) / A. Hedayat (author) / K. C. Knight (author) / R. H. Champion (author)

    Publication date :

    1998


    Size :

    12 pages


    Type of media :

    Report


    Type of material :

    No indication


    Language :

    English




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