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Turbopumps. Book of
Rocket Propulsion M. L. "Joe"
Stangeland (Summer 1988). "
Turbopumps for
Liquid Rocket Engines". Threshold...
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company had
previously worked on
turbopumps for the RS-88 (Bantam) and NASA
Fastrac engine programs. The Merlin 1A
turbopump used a
unique friction-welded...
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centrifugal turbopumps due to
their high
power and
light weight,
although reciprocating pumps have been emplo**** in the past.
Turbopumps are
usually lightweight...
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propellant turbopumps.
Examples include the
Energomash RD-180 and the Blue
Origin BE-4. In the twin-shaft design, the two
propellant turbopumps are driven...
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potentially troublesome valves, seals, and
turbopumps,
which increase the cost of the
launch vehicle.
Turbopumps are
particularly troublesome due to high...
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through low-pressure fuel and
oxidizer turbopumps (LPFTP and LPOTP), and from
there into high-pressure
turbopumps (HPFTP and HPOTP). From
these HPTPs the...
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Turbopumps are very
commonly used with rockets, but
ramjets and
turbojets also have been
known to use them. The
drive gases for the
turbopump is usually...
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oxidizer and fuel
turbopumps were
connected in a
series by
exhaust ducting that
directed the
discharged exhaust gas from the fuel
turbopump turbine to the...
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running the fuel pumps. In the case of the M-1, the
hydrogen and
oxygen turbopumps were
completely separate, each
using their own turbine,
rather than running...
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level sensor (the
latter used for the fuel gauge).
Rocket engines use a
turbopump to
supply the fuel and
oxidizer into the
combustion chamber. List of auto...
