Two significant facets of Apollo oxygen tank operation are the occurrence of thermal stratification at high fluid densities and the tendency toward high heater temperatures at low fluid densities. Some insight into the nature of these phenomena can be gained, respectively, by consideration of a two fluid stratification model and a conductive heat transfer model. The alternative of convective blowdown tank operation at low densities is briefly examined.


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    Title :

    Heat transfer and thermal stratification in the Apollo 14 cryogenic oxygen tanks


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    Publication date :

    1971-05-01


    Type of media :

    Conference paper


    Type of material :

    No indication


    Language :

    English






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