Heat Transfer to Uninsulated Missile Tanks Containing Liquid Hydrogen

Format:

Conference/Event

Author/Creator:

Schaechter, Wolfgang, author.

Conference Name:

National Aeronautic and Space Engineering and Manufacturing Meeting (Los Angeles, Calif)

Language:

English

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Place of Publication:

Warrendale, PA SAE International 1963

Summary:

An approximate analytical method was developed to predict boil-off losses due to external heating of uninsulated missile tanks containing liquid hydrogen. The analysis was applied to the upper-stage tankage of two typical missile configurations which differed only in the type of propulsion utilized; a solid propellant first stage with 90 seconds of action time, and a liquid propellant first stage which burned for 140 seconds.It was predicted that during first-stage flight 1516% of the liquid hydrogen fuel would be lost due to boil-off. These prohibitive losses could be avoided with a thin layer of light insulation such as corkboard. Therefore, it was concluded that uninsulated missile tanks, containing liquid hydrogen, were not desirable

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Publisher Number:

630374

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