Enhancing heavy lift booster performance by exploiting zeotropic condensation of air

40th AIAA/ASME/SAE/ASEE Joint Propulsion Conference and Exhibit

Volumn , Issue , 2004, Pages

  Brown, Kevin A ^a,b   Zhong, Yongfang ^a,b   Michna, Gregory J ^a,b   Jacobi, Anthony M ^a,b   Burton, Rodney L ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b Department of Aerospace Engineering ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR CYCLE; ANALYSIS OF LIQUIDS; CONDENSATION PROCESS; CONSTANT TEMPERATURE; COST MODELS; FLIGHT SYSTEMS; HEAVY LIFTS; HIGHEST TEMPERATURE; LIQUEFACTION PROCESS; LIQUID HYDROGENS; LIQUID PHASE; LOW POWER; LOW THRUST; LOW-COST ACCESS; LOW-MASS; OXYGEN CONCENTRATIONS; OXYGEN ENRICHMENT; OXYGEN-ENRICHED AIR; PERFORMANCE MEASURE; SPACE LAUNCH; SYSTEM SPECIFIC; TAKE-OFF SYSTEMS; TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM;

AIR; CONDENSATION; HEAT EXCHANGERS; HYDROGEN; LIQUEFACTION; LIQUEFIED GASES; OPERATING COSTS; OXYGEN; PROPULSION; SPACE FLIGHT;

AIR ENGINES;

EID: 77957850434     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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