Fabrication and Test of an Advanced Expander Combustor
Abstract
This paper discusses fabrication and test of an advanced expander combustion chamber for a 50.000 pound (222.4 kN) thrust Upper Stage Expander Cycle Engine. The chamber is being developed by Pratt & Whitney Liquid Space Propulsion under contract for the United States Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) to support the Integrated High Payoff Rocket Propulsion Technology (IHPRPT) initiative. The Advanced Expander Combustor is designed to provide increased heat pick-up to the coolant and improved system thrust to weight, increased specific impulse, and increased reliability.
- Publication:
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NASA STI/Recon Technical Report N
- Pub Date:
- June 2000
- Bibcode:
- 2000STIN...0306278J
- Keywords:
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- Combustion Chambers;
- Liquid Propellant Rocket Engines;
- Thrust Chambers;
- Spacecraft Propulsion;
- Spacecraft Propulsion and Power