FEASIBILITY DEVELOPMENT OF VARIABLE DEMAND LIQUID PROPELLANT GAS GENERATOR

Abstract

Theoretical and experimental studies were made to determine the feasibility of using a variable demand liquid-propellant gas generator for pressurization of propellant tanks. Operating principles and test results of two self-regulating variable-demand gas generators are presented. Red fuming nitric acid was successfully expelled by direct pressurization from a propellant tank at variable flow rates while maintaining a constant tank pressure. The results showed that a variable-demand liquid-bipropellant gas generator is feasible for a prepacked pressurization system.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 01, 1963
Accession Number
AD0427964

Entities

People

  • Daniel Meraz Jr.

Organizations

  • Naval Air Weapons Station China Lake

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Chemical Reactions
  • Combustion
  • Combustion Chambers
  • Control Systems
  • Flow Rate
  • Jet Propulsion
  • Liquid Propellants
  • Liquid Rocket Oxidizers
  • Munitions
  • Nitric Acid
  • Propellant Tanks
  • Propellants
  • Propulsion Systems
  • Rocket Oxidizers
  • Static Tests
  • Test And Evaluation

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Rocket Propulsion.