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- Pressure-fed_engine abstract "The pressure-fed engine is a class of rocket engine designs. A separate gas supply, usually helium, pressurizes the propellant tanks to force fuel and oxidizer to the combustion chamber. To maintain adequate flow, the tank pressures must exceed the combustion chamber pressure.Pressure fed engines have simple plumbing and lack complex and often unreliable turbopumps. A typical startup procedure begins with opening a valve, often a one-shot pyrotechnic device, to allow the pressurizing gas to flow through check valves into the propellant tanks. Then the propellant valves in the engine itself are opened. If the fuel and oxidizer are hypergolic, they burn on contact; non-hypergolic fuels require an igniter. Multiple burns can be conducted by merely opening and closing the propellant valves as needed. They can be operated electrically, or by gas pressure controlled by smaller electrically operated valves.Care must be taken, especially during long burns, to avoid excessive cooling of the pressurizing gas due to adiabatic expansion. Cold helium won't liquify, but it could freeze a propellant, decrease tank pressures, or damage components not designed for low temperatures. The Apollo Lunar Module Descent Propulsion System was unusual in storing its helium in a supercritical but very cold state. It was warmed as it was withdrawn through a heat exchanger from the ambient temperature fuel.Spacecraft attitude control and orbital maneuvering thrusters are almost universally pressure-fed designs.Examples include the Reaction Control (RCS) and the Orbital Maneuvering (OMS) engines of the Space Shuttle orbiter; the RCS and Service Propulsion System (SPS) engines on the Apollo Command/Service Module; the SuperDraco (propulsive landing) and Draco (RCS) engines on the Dragon V2; and the RCS, ascent and descent engines on the Apollo Lunar Module.Some launcher upper stages also use pressure-fed engines. These include the Aerojet AJ-10 and TRW TR-201 used in the second stage of Delta II launch vehicle, and the Kestrel engine of the Falcon 1 by SpaceX.The 1960s Sea Dragon concept by Robert Truax for a big dumb booster would have used pressure-fed engines.Pressure-fed engines have practical limits on propellant pressure, which in turn limits combustion chamber pressure. High pressure propellant tanks require thicker walls and stronger alloys which make the vehicle tanks heavier, thereby reducing performance and payload capacity. The lower stages of launch vehicles often use either solid fuel or pump-fed liquid fuel engines instead, where high pressure ratio nozzles are considered desirable.Other vehicles or companies using pressure-fed engine:OTRAG (rocket)Quad (rocket) of Armadillo AerospaceXCOR EZ-Rocket of XCOR AerospaceMasten Space SystemsAquarius Launch VehicleNASA's Project Morpheus prototype landerNASA Mighty Eagle mini lunar landerCONAE's Tronador II upper stage↑ 1.0 1.1 ↑ 2.0 2.1 ↑".
- Pressure-fed_engine thumbnail Pressure_fed_rocket_cycle.png?width=300.
- Pressure-fed_engine wikiPageExternalLink 03_sidebar3.html.
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- Pressure-fed_engine wikiPageRevisionID "706576701".
- Pressure-fed_engine wikiPageWikiLink AJ10.
- Pressure-fed_engine wikiPageWikiLink Adiabatic_process.
- Pressure-fed_engine wikiPageWikiLink Service_Module.
- Pressure-fed_engine wikiPageWikiLink Apollo_Lunar_Module.
- Pressure-fed_engine wikiPageWikiLink Aquarius_(rocket).
- Pressure-fed_engine wikiPageWikiLink Armadillo_Aerospace.
- Pressure-fed_engine wikiPageWikiLink Attitude_control.
- Pressure-fed_engine wikiPageWikiLink Big_dumb_booster.
- Pressure-fed_engine wikiPageWikiLink Category:Pressure-fed_rockets.
- Pressure-fed_engine wikiPageWikiLink Category:Rocket_engines.
- Pressure-fed_engine wikiPageWikiLink Category:Rocket_propulsion.
- Pressure-fed_engine wikiPageWikiLink Category:Thermodynamics.
- Pressure-fed_engine wikiPageWikiLink Comisión_Nacional_de_Actividades_Espaciales.
- Pressure-fed_engine wikiPageWikiLink Delta_II.
- Pressure-fed_engine wikiPageWikiLink Descent_Propulsion_System.
- Pressure-fed_engine wikiPageWikiLink Draco_(rocket_engine_family).
- Pressure-fed_engine wikiPageWikiLink Dragon_V2.
- Pressure-fed_engine wikiPageWikiLink Expander_cycle.
- Pressure-fed_engine wikiPageWikiLink Falcon_1.
- Pressure-fed_engine wikiPageWikiLink Gas-generator_cycle.
- Pressure-fed_engine wikiPageWikiLink Heat_exchanger.
- Pressure-fed_engine wikiPageWikiLink Helium.
- Pressure-fed_engine wikiPageWikiLink Hypergolic_propellant.
- Pressure-fed_engine wikiPageWikiLink Kestrel_(rocket_engine).
- Pressure-fed_engine wikiPageWikiLink Launch_vehicle.
- Pressure-fed_engine wikiPageWikiLink Liquid-propellant_rocket.
- Pressure-fed_engine wikiPageWikiLink Masten_Space_Systems.
- Pressure-fed_engine wikiPageWikiLink Mighty_Eagle.
- Pressure-fed_engine wikiPageWikiLink Multistage_rocket.
- Pressure-fed_engine wikiPageWikiLink OTRAG_(rocket).
- Pressure-fed_engine wikiPageWikiLink Orbital_maneuver.
- Pressure-fed_engine wikiPageWikiLink Project_Morpheus.
- Pressure-fed_engine wikiPageWikiLink Quad_(rocket).
- Pressure-fed_engine wikiPageWikiLink Robert_Truax.
- Pressure-fed_engine wikiPageWikiLink Rocket_engine.
- Pressure-fed_engine wikiPageWikiLink Sea_Dragon_(rocket).
- Pressure-fed_engine wikiPageWikiLink Solid-fuel_rocket.
- Pressure-fed_engine wikiPageWikiLink SpaceX.
- Pressure-fed_engine wikiPageWikiLink Space_Shuttle.
- Pressure-fed_engine wikiPageWikiLink Space_Shuttle_Orbital_Maneuvering_System.
- Pressure-fed_engine wikiPageWikiLink Staged_combustion_cycle.
- Pressure-fed_engine wikiPageWikiLink SuperDraco.
- Pressure-fed_engine wikiPageWikiLink Supercritical_fluid.
- Pressure-fed_engine wikiPageWikiLink TR-201.
- Pressure-fed_engine wikiPageWikiLink Tronador_(rocket).
- Pressure-fed_engine wikiPageWikiLink Turbopump.
- Pressure-fed_engine wikiPageWikiLink XCOR_Aerospace.
- Pressure-fed_engine wikiPageWikiLink XCOR_EZ-Rocket.
- Pressure-fed_engine wikiPageWikiLink File:Pressure_fed_rocket_cycle.png.
- Pressure-fed_engine wikiPageWikiLinkText "Pressure Fed".
- Pressure-fed_engine wikiPageWikiLinkText "Pressure-Fed".
- Pressure-fed_engine wikiPageWikiLinkText "Pressure-fed engine".
- Pressure-fed_engine wikiPageWikiLinkText "Pressure-fed".
- Pressure-fed_engine wikiPageWikiLinkText "pressure fed".
- Pressure-fed_engine wikiPageWikiLinkText "pressure-fed".
- Pressure-fed_engine wikiPageWikiLinkText "pressurizing propellant".
- Pressure-fed_engine wikiPageUsesTemplate Template:Cn.
- Pressure-fed_engine wikiPageUsesTemplate Template:Reflist.
- Pressure-fed_engine wikiPageUsesTemplate Template:Spacecraft_propulsion.
- Pressure-fed_engine wikiPageUsesTemplate Template:Thermodynamic_cycles.
- Pressure-fed_engine subject Category:Pressure-fed_rockets.
- Pressure-fed_engine subject Category:Rocket_engines.
- Pressure-fed_engine subject Category:Rocket_propulsion.
- Pressure-fed_engine subject Category:Thermodynamics.
- Pressure-fed_engine hypernym Designs.
- Pressure-fed_engine type MeanOfTransportation.
- Pressure-fed_engine type Concept.
- Pressure-fed_engine type Physic.
- Pressure-fed_engine type Thermodynamic.
- Pressure-fed_engine comment "The pressure-fed engine is a class of rocket engine designs. A separate gas supply, usually helium, pressurizes the propellant tanks to force fuel and oxidizer to the combustion chamber. To maintain adequate flow, the tank pressures must exceed the combustion chamber pressure.Pressure fed engines have simple plumbing and lack complex and often unreliable turbopumps.".
- Pressure-fed_engine label "Pressure-fed engine".
- Pressure-fed_engine sameAs Q624622.
- Pressure-fed_engine sameAs Ciclo_de_tanque_presurizado.
- Pressure-fed_engine sameAs 圧送式サイクル.
- Pressure-fed_engine sameAs 가압식_사이클.
- Pressure-fed_engine sameAs m.04qqrz.
- Pressure-fed_engine sameAs Q624622.
- Pressure-fed_engine sameAs 挤压循环.
- Pressure-fed_engine wasDerivedFrom Pressure-fed_engine?oldid=706576701.
- Pressure-fed_engine depiction Pressure_fed_rocket_cycle.png.
- Pressure-fed_engine isPrimaryTopicOf Pressure-fed_engine.