Skip to main content
SpringerLink
Log in

Feed Systems Using Turbo-Pumps

  • Chapter
  • First Online:
Fundamental Concepts of Liquid-Propellant Rocket Engines

Part of the book series: Springer Aerospace Technology ((SAT))

  • 1868 Accesses

Abstract

A feed system is necessary to transfer either a mono-propellant or an oxidiser and a fuel from their respective tanks to the thrust chamber of a rocket engine. The feed systems discussed here are based on turbo-pumps, in which one or more turbines are used to drive pumps. The pumps, in turn, increase the pressures of the liquid propellants above their values of storage in the tanks, for the purpose of injecting them at high pressures into the main combustion chamber of the engine.

This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to check access.

Access this chapter

Log in via an institution
Chapter
USD 29.95
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Available as PDF
  • Read on any device
  • Instant download
  • Own it forever
eBook
USD 44.99
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Available as EPUB and PDF
  • Read on any device
  • Instant download
  • Own it forever
Softcover Book
USD 59.99
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Compact, lightweight edition
  • Dispatched in 3 to 5 business days
  • Free shipping worldwide - see info
Hardcover Book
USD 59.99
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Durable hardcover edition
  • Dispatched in 3 to 5 business days
  • Free shipping worldwide - see info

Tax calculation will be finalised at checkout

Purchases are for personal use only

Institutional subscriptions

References

  1. Stangeland ML (1988) Turbopumps for liquid rocket engines. Threshold Pratt & Whitney Rocketdyne’s Eng J Power Technol. http://www.pwrengineering.com/articles/turbopump.htm

  2. Scheer DD, Huppert MC, Viteri F, Farquhar J, Keller RB Jr (eds) (1978) Liquid rocket engine axial-flow turbopumps. NASA SP-8125, NASA Lewis Research Centre, Cleveland, OH, 127pp. https://ntrs.nasa.gov/archive/nasa/casi.ntrs.nasa.gov/19780023221.pdf

  3. Furst RB, Keller RB Jr (eds) (1973) Liquid rocket engine centrifugal flow turbopumps. NASA SP-8109, NASA Lewis Research Centre, Cleveland, OH, 116pp. https://ntrs.nasa.gov/archive/nasa/casi.ntrs.nasa.gov/19740020848.pdf

  4. Jakobson JK, Keller RB Jr (eds) (1971) Rocket engine turbopump inducers. NASA SP-8052, 107pp. https://ntrs.nasa.gov/archive/nasa/casi.ntrs.nasa.gov/19710025474.pdf

  5. Campbell WE, Farquhar J (1972) Centrifugal pumps for rocket engines. NASA conference paper, 34pp. https://ntrs.nasa.gov/archive/nasa/casi.ntrs.nasa.gov/19750003130.pdf

  6. Burgoyne D et al (2003) Radial, mixed, and axial flow pumps. Introduction, Engineering Science Data Unit, Publication No. 80030, 61pp. http://www.idmeb.org/contents/resource/80030b_15_23.pdf

  7. National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), U.S. Department of Commerce. https://physics.nist.gov/cgi-bin/cuu/Value?gn

  8. Milan J-J (2004) Wikimedia, 19:25, 24 Nov 2004 (UTC). https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Usure_par_cavitation_d%27un_impulseur_de_pompe_centrifuge_01.jpg

  9. Paugh JJ How to compute Net Positive Suction Head for centrifugal pumps, 3pp. http://www.warrenpumps.com/resources/npsh.pdf

  10. Evans J A brief introduction to centrifugal pumps, 12pp. http://www.pacificliquid.com/pumpintro.pdf

  11. Brennen ChE (1994) Hydrodynamics of pumps. Concepts ETI and Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-19-856442-2. https://authors.library.caltech.edu/25019/3/pumbook.pdf

  12. Sobin AJ, Bissel WR, Keller RB Jr (eds) (1974) Turbopump systems for liquid rocket engines. NASA SP-8107, 168pp. https://ntrs.nasa.gov/archive/nasa/casi.ntrs.nasa.gov/19750012398.pdf

  13. Lakshminarayana B (1996) Fluid dynamics and heat transfer of turbomachinery. Wiley, New York. ISBN 0-471-85546-4

    Google Scholar 

  14. Farquahr J, Lindley BK (1966) Hydraulic design of the M-1 hydrogen turbopump. NASA CR-54822, 101pp. https://ntrs.nasa.gov/archive/nasa/casi.ntrs.nasa.gov/19660023044.pdf

  15. Macaluso SB, Keller RB Jr (eds) (1974) Liquid rocket engine turbines. NASA SP-8110, NASA, 160pp. https://ntrs.nasa.gov/archive/nasa/casi.ntrs.nasa.gov/19740026132.pdf

  16. Moss LA, Smith TE (1987) SSME single crystal turbine blade dynamics. NASA CR-179644, 27pp. https://ntrs.nasa.gov/archive/nasa/casi.ntrs.nasa.gov/19870016951.pdf

  17. Hill PhG, Peterson CR (1965) Mechanics and thermodynamics of propulsion. Addison-Wesley, Reading, MA

    Google Scholar 

  18. Yahya, SM Wikipedia, Axial turbine, Turbomachinery, Public domain. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Axial_turbine

  19. Anonymous (1972) Skylab Saturn IB flight manual. NASA TM-X 70137, NASA, George C. Marshall Space Flight Centre, 273pp. https://ntrs.nasa.gov/archive/nasa/casi.ntrs.nasa.gov/19740021163.pdf

  20. Hartman MA, Butner MF, Keller RB Jr (eds) (1974) Liquid rocket engine turbopump gears. NASA SP-8100, 117pp. https://ntrs.nasa.gov/archive/nasa/casi.ntrs.nasa.gov/19750002094.pdf

  21. Wikimedia. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:H-1_rocket_engine_diagram_image.jpg

  22. Huzel DK, Huang DH (1967) Design of liquid propellant rocket engines, 2nd ed. NASA SP-125, NASA, Washington, DC, 472pp. https://ntrs.nasa.gov/archive/nasa/casi.ntrs.nasa.gov/19710019929.pdf

  23. Stepanoff AJ (1957) Centrifugal and axial flow pumps, 2nd edn. Wiley, New York. ISBN 0-471-82137-3

    Google Scholar 

  24. Hole G (1994) Fluid viscosity effects on centrifugal pumps. Pumps and Systems Magazine, 4pp. http://www.warrenpumps.com/brochures/Fluid%20Viscosity%20Effects.PDF

  25. Gülich JF (2008) Centrifugal pumps. Springer, Berlin. ISBN 978-540-73694-3

    Google Scholar 

  26. Arasmith S (2009) Introduction to small water systems. Chapter 6, Introduction to pumping systems. ACR Publications. https://dec.alaska.gov/Water/OPCert/Docs/Chapter6.pdf

  27. Satterfield Z (2013) Reading centrifugal pump curves. Tech Brief 12(1):5pp. http://www.nesc.wvu.edu/pdf/dw/publications/ontap/tech_brief/tb55_pumpcurves.pdf

  28. Wikimedia, by LEMEN, Wikimedia Commons. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Courbe_pompe.TIF

  29. Veres JP (1995) Centrifugal and axial pump design and off-design performance prediction. NASA TM 106745, 24pp. https://ntrs.nasa.gov/archive/nasa/casi.ntrs.nasa.gov/19950013379.pdf

  30. Sutton GP, Biblarz O (2001) Rocket propulsion elements, 7th edn. Wiley, New York. ISBN 0-471-32642-9

    Google Scholar 

  31. Anonymous. Engine systems, control and integration. Washington State University, 32pp. https://wsuwp-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/sites/44/2014/10/20.-Hybrid-engine-system-control-integration.pdf

  32. Wikimedia, by LittleGun—Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0. Wikimedia Commons. https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=15696087

  33. National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), U.S. Department of Commerce, Thermophysical Properties of Fluid Systems. https://webbook.nist.gov/chemistry/fluid/

  34. Urasek DC (1696) Investigation of flow range and stability of three inducer-impeller pump combinations operating in liquid hydrogen. NASA TM X-1727, 22pp. https://ntrs.nasa.gov/archive/nasa/casi.ntrs.nasa.gov/19690006881.pdf

  35. Sloteman DP, Cooper P, Dussord JL (1984) Control of backflow at the inlets of centrifugal pumps and inducers. In: Proceedings of the first international pump symposium. Turbomachinery Laboratories, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Texas A&M University, pp 9–22. http://hdl.handle.net/1969.1/164378

  36. Butner MF, Keller RB Jr (eds) (1971) Liquid rocket engine turbopump bearings. NASA SP-8048, 85pp. https://ntrs.nasa.gov/archive/nasa/casi.ntrs.nasa.gov/19710018535.pdf

  37. Csomor A, Sutton R (1977) Small, high-pressure, liquid oxygen turbopump, interim report. NASA CR-135211, 289pp. https://ntrs.nasa.gov/archive/nasa/casi.ntrs.nasa.gov/19770020459.pdf

  38. Csomor A (1979) Small, high-pressure, liquid oxygen turbopump. NASA CR-159509, 156pp. https://ntrs.nasa.gov/archive/nasa/casi.ntrs.nasa.gov/19790009050.pdf

  39. Huppert MC, Rothe K (1974) Axial pumps for propulsion systems. Conference paper, Pennsylvania State University Fluid Mechanics, Acoustics, and Design of Turbomachinery, Pt. 2, pp 629–654. https://ntrs.nasa.gov/archive/nasa/casi.ntrs.nasa.gov/19750003129.pdf

  40. Glassman AJ (ed) (1994) Turbine design and application, vols 1–3. NASA SP-290, NASA Lewis Research Centre, 390pp. https://ntrs.nasa.gov/archive/nasa/casi.ntrs.nasa.gov/19950015924.pdf

  41. Mattingly JD (2005) Elements of gas turbine propulsion. Tata McGraw-Hill, New Delhi. ISBN 978-0-07-060628-9

    Google Scholar 

  42. TimkenSteel Corporation. 4140 Alloy Steel Technical Data. http://www.timkensteel.com/~/media/TTCEW14201106474140HWAlloySteelTechDatap9082514.ashx

  43. DellaCorte Ch (2014) Novel super-elastic materials for advanced bearing applications. In: 2014 CIMTEC international ceramics conference, Florence, Italy, 8–13 Jun 2014. NASA, 9pp. https://ntrs.nasa.gov/archive/nasa/casi.ntrs.nasa.gov/20140010477.pdf

  44. Zuk J (1976) Dynamic sealing principles. NASA TM X-71851. In: Conference on theory and practice of lubrication, Dayton, OH, United States, 26–29 Apr 1976, 57pp. https://ntrs.nasa.gov/archive/nasa/casi.ntrs.nasa.gov/19760010311.pdf

  45. Burcham RE, Keller RB Jr (eds) (1978) Liquid rocket engine turbopump rotating-shaft seals. NASA SP-8121, 168pp. https://ntrs.nasa.gov/archive/nasa/casi.ntrs.nasa.gov/19780022641.pdf

Download references

Author information

Authors and Affiliations

  1. Rome, Italy

    Alessandro de Iaco Veris

Authors
  1. Alessandro de Iaco Veris
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

Corresponding author

Correspondence to Alessandro de Iaco Veris .

Rights and permissions

Reprints and permissions

Copyright information

© 2021 The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG

About this chapter

Check for updates. Verify currency and authenticity via CrossMark

Cite this chapter

de Iaco Veris, A. (2021). Feed Systems Using Turbo-Pumps. In: Fundamental Concepts of Liquid-Propellant Rocket Engines. Springer Aerospace Technology. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-54704-2_4

Download citation

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-54704-2_4

  • Published:

  • Publisher Name: Springer, Cham

  • Print ISBN: 978-3-030-54703-5

  • Online ISBN: 978-3-030-54704-2

  • eBook Packages: EngineeringEngineering (R0)

Publish with us

Policies and ethics

Search

Navigation