Air–Hydrogen Heat Exchangers for Advanced Space Launchers

Hendrick, Patrick; Heintz, Nicolas; Bizzarri, Didier; Romera, Francesco; Murray, James; Ngendakumana, Philippe

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Air–Hydrogen Heat Exchangers for Advanced Space Launchers

Hendrick, Patrick; Heintz, Nicolas; Bizzarri, Didier et al.

2009 • In Journal of Propulsion and Power, 25 (6)

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Keywords :

Air–hydrogen heat exchangers; In-flight oxygen collection; Two-stages-to-orbit launcher; Subscaled breadboards

Abstract :

[en] This paper deals with air–hydrogen heat exchangers intended to provide in-flight oxygen collection capability to a reusable or semireusable two-stages-to-orbit launcher with an oxygen collection phase in supersonic cruise at Mach 2.5. It aims to present a theoretical but mainly technological and experimental feasibility study of heat exchangers sufficiently efficient and reliable to suit the extreme requirements of this application. Two precoolers of two different types (shell and tubes, and plate and fins) have been selected and designed with the objective of fulfilling all constraints of the concept in terms of performance, leak tightness, reliability, compactness, etc. This design process has been validated with four subscaled breadboards (two of each type) tested on two test benches (for performance and leak tightness), developed by Belgium and Spain, in on-design and off-design conditions. All these results highlight the suitability of the new technologies given the extreme requirements of the concept. An optimum design for each technology is recommended considering its proper advantages and disadvantages. An innovative precooler technology is presented and tested.

Research center :

Free University of Brussels, 1050 Brussels, Belgium
IberEspacio, 28010 Madrid, Spain
Techspace Aero, 4041 Milmort, Belgium
University of Liège, 4000 Liège, Belgium

Disciplines :

Aerospace & aeronautics engineering

Author, co-author :

Hendrick, Patrick

Heintz, Nicolas

Bizzarri, Didier

Romera, Francesco

Murray, James

Ngendakumana, Philippe ; Université de Liège - ULiège > Département d'aérospatiale et mécanique > Thermotechnique

Language :

English

Title :

Air–Hydrogen Heat Exchangers for Advanced Space Launchers

Publication date :

November 2009

Journal title :

Journal of Propulsion and Power

ISSN :

0748-4658

eISSN :

1533-3876

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American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, New-York, United States - New York

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Peer reviewed :

Peer reviewed

Name of the research project :

Critical technologies for Future Air Breathing Propulsion : Advanced Heat Exchangers (AHEX)

Funders :

ASE - Agence Spatiale Européenne [FR]

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