STUDY OF AN ENDOTHERMIC FUEL FOR THE ATLAS ROCKET MOTOR.
Abstract
An analytical and experimental investigation was made of the heat transfer characteristics of TIB (tetraisobutylene) to determine the potential of this fuel as a replacement for RP-1 in an Atlas engine with FLOX (fluorine-liquid oxygen) oxidizer. Under regenerative cooling conditions of surface and fluid temperature, the heat sink from the endothermic dissociation of this fluid could not be realized. Experiments also evaluated the heat transfer characteristics of RP-1 at fluid temperatures over 300 F. (Author)
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Sep 30, 1965
- Accession Number
- AD0474712
Entities
People
- J. D. Seader
- J. G. Gerstley
- W. S. Hines