Fabrication and Test of an Advanced Expander Combustor

Abstract

This paper discusses fabrication and test of an advanced expander combustion chamber for a 50.000 pound (222.4 kN) thrust Upper Stage Expander Cycle Engine. The chamber is being developed by Pratt & Whitney Liquid Space Propulsion under contract for the United States Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) to support the Integrated High Payoff Rocket Propulsion Technology (IHPRPT) initiative. The Advanced Expander Combustor is designed to provide increased heat pick-up to the coolant and improved system thrust to weight, increased specific impulse, and increased reliability.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jun 01, 2000
Accession Number
ADA408495

Entities

People

  • R. Lyda
  • S. Fentress
  • T. Jennings

Organizations

  • Pratt & Whitney

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Ground and Sea Platforms
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Air Force Research Laboratories
  • Combustion
  • Combustion Chambers
  • Combustors
  • Contracts
  • Creep
  • Energy
  • Fabrication
  • Heat Energy
  • Heat Transfer
  • High Pressure
  • Ignition
  • Liquid Oxygen
  • Rocket Engines
  • Rocket Propulsion
  • Test Facilities

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Aerospace Engineering
  • Rocket Propulsion.

Technology Areas

  • Space
  • Space - Hall-Effect Thruster