Acceptability of stainless steel for nitrogen tetroxide propellant management devices and flight tankage

Heubush, Henry; Pugmire, T. K.

doi:10.2514/6.1988-3024

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“…The 702B, a recently evolved communications satellite based on the Boeing 702 MP platform, also used a screen channel PMD for its propellant tank. The Milstar satellites, which provided worldwide communication for military personnel, employed a 30x160 mesh screen channel LAD for its PMD [127,128]. Galleries were also used in the only known NASA mission to have failed in the Mars Observer mission, due to "propulsion and pyrotechnic" problems [129].…”

Section: Vehicles and Missionsmentioning

confidence: 99%

A Detailed Historical Review of Propellant Management Devices for Low Gravity Propellant Acquisition

Hartwig

2016

52nd AIAA/SAE/ASEE Joint Propulsion Conference

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This paper presents a comprehensive background and historical review of Propellant Management Devices (PMDs) used throughout spaceflight history. The purpose of a PMD is to separate liquid and gas phases within a propellant tank and to transfer vapor-free propellant from a storage tank to a transfer line en route to either an engine or receiver depot tank, in any gravitational or thermal environment. The design concept, basic flow physics, and principle of operation are presented for each type of PMD. The three primary capillary driven PMD types of vanes, sponges, and screen channel liquid acquisition devices are compared and contrasted. For each PMD type, a detailed review of previous applications using storable propellants is given, which include space experiments as well as space missions and vehicles. Examples of previous cryogenic propellant management are also presented.

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Section: Vehicles and Missionsmentioning

confidence: 99%