Passive storage technologies
Abstract
Advances in storage technology and how passive techniques could be applied to the storage of propellants at the space station are described. The devices considered are passive orbital disconnect struts, cooled shield optimization, liftweight shields and catalytic converters.
- Publication:
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OTV Propulsion Issues
- Pub Date:
- April 1984
- Bibcode:
- 1984otvp.rept..157K
- Keywords:
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- Cryogenic Fluid Storage;
- Heat Shielding;
- Insulation;
- Passivity;
- Phase Transformations;
- Space Stations;
- Storage Stability;
- Cooling Systems;
- Gasification;
- Hydrogen;
- Propellant Storage;
- Struts;
- Thermal Conductivity;
- Thermionic Converters;
- Launch Vehicles and Space Vehicles