Design and Development of an Advanced Liquid Hydrogen Turbopump

Download or read book Design and Development of an Advanced Liquid Hydrogen Turbopump written by and published by . This book was released on 1998 with total page 13 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This paper discusses design and development of an Advanced Liquid Hydrogen Turbopump for a 50,000 pound (22,6?9 kg) thrust Upper Stage Expander Cycle Engine 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 Technology (IHPRPT) program. The Advanced Liquid Hydrogen Turbopump is designed to provide improved system thrust to weight, decreased hardware/support costs, and increased reliability. These benefits will be accomplished and demonstrated through design, development, and test of this high speed, high efficiency, two stage hydrogen turbopump capable of supplying 16 lbm/sec (7.3 kg/sec.) of liquid hydrogen at 4600 psia (323.4 kg/sq cm).