PROPELLANT STORABILITY IN SPACE

Abstract

At the start of this report period, emphasis was placed upon the formulation of a thermal test plan. Two series of tests are planned in the Solar Environmental Simulator. A 3' x 6' cylindrical tank will be tested with liquid N. In another cylindrical tank of the same dimensions methly alcohol will be used as the test fluid. A 3rd test will consist of 2 spheres 4 ft in diameter, placed side by side. With alcohol in one tank and liquid N in the other, thermal interactions between a cryogenic and an earth storable propellant combination will be studied. A final series of tests will be conducted at the Malta Test Station. For these, the heat loads obtained from the Solar Environmental Simulator experiment will be imposed upon the test tankage. The design of the test tankage, meteorite shields, and support system was initiated.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 30, 1963
Accession Number
AD0425957

Entities

Organizations

  • General Electric

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Human Systems
  • Space
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Climate Change
  • Dynamic Loads
  • Energy
  • Frequency
  • Gages
  • Heat Energy
  • Heat Transfer
  • Heat Transmission
  • Instrumentation
  • Ionization Gages
  • Materials
  • Measurement
  • Measuring Instruments
  • Simulators
  • Test Facilities
  • Thermal Conductivity
  • Thermodynamics

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Aerospace Test and Evaluation
  • Rocket Propulsion.

Technology Areas

  • Space
  • Space - Hall-Effect Thruster