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Refrigerating Rocket Fuel by Launching Equipment with the Use of Liquid Nitrogen
| Authors: Aleksandrov A.A., Denisov O.E., Zolin A.V., Chugunkov V.V. | Published: 29.07.2013 |
| Published in issue: #4(637)/2013 | |
| Category: Calculation and Design of Machinery | |
| Keywords: launching equipment, rocket fuel, liquid nitrogen, refrigerating with recuperative heat exchangers, contact heat exchange |
Hydrocarbon rocket fuel is a widely-used «green» propellant component. Choosing its refrigerating technology is the urgent problem of a ground support terrestrial equipment design. The article considers the comparison of two different hydrocarbon rocket fuel refrigerating technologies with the use of liquid nitrogen. Their efficiency indexes are compared. Recommendations for the use within ground support terrestrial equipment facilities are given.