Qualification and future development of propellant tanks for telecommunication satellites

Spencer, B.; Rigollet, R.; Fontaine, Joelle; Salome, R.

doi:10.2514/6.1991-3387

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“…Sponges have particular success in missions that require refill, or for higher frequency station keeping maneuvers. General examples of sponge designs are available in the literature [54][55][56][57][58].…”

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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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