Design and Test of a Radial Inflow Turbine for an Advance Liquid Hydrogen Turbopump

Abstract

Pratt & Whitney has developed a high performance Radial Inflow Turbine (RIT) to power the Advanced Liquid Hydrogen Turbopump (ALH) for the Upper Stage Demonstrator engine. The design is based on Pratt & Whitney developed RIT methodology that reduces axial length and tip diameter compared to state-of-the-art RIT's, while maintaining or exceeding existing performance levels. The full power speed is very high delivering ruined power to the pump. Included are the design characteristics and preliminary test results at low speed.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jul 01, 2000
Accession Number
ADA409848

Entities

People

  • J. L. Rodriguez

Organizations

  • Pratt & Whitney

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Aeronautics
  • Air Force
  • Air Force Research Laboratories
  • Astronautics
  • Computational Fluid Dynamics
  • Contracts
  • Control Systems
  • Diameters
  • Efficiency
  • Fluid Dynamics
  • High Pressure
  • Liquid Hydrogen
  • Mach Number
  • Pressure Distribution
  • Radial Turbines
  • Test Facilities
  • Valves

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Computer Science.
  • Internal Combustion Engine (ICE) Technology.
  • Pulsed Power and Plasma Physics.