Methods for the mass flowmeters efficient application in technological systems of the spacecraft ground operation

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Published: 18.02.2025

Authors: Bobrovnik V.I., Krasnisheva K.I., Chugunkov V.V.

Published in issue: #2(158)/2025

DOI: 10.18698/2308-6033-2025-2-2424

Category: Aviation and Rocket-Space Engineering | Chapter: Design, Construction, Production, Testing, and Operation of Aircraft

A number of technological launch systems of the space rocket complexes require control over the cryogenic liquids mass parameters in the process of the rocket fuel components temperature preparation and their filling into the space rocket fuel tanks when preparing the rocket for launch. The paper considers technical solutions in introduction the Coriolis mass flowmeters to control the cryogenic fuel components mass when filling fuel tanks of the upper stages. Besides, these flowmeters regulate mass flow of the liquid nitrogen in the rocket fuel temperature preparation system of the launch complex when cooling the hydrocarbon fuel using the recuperative heat exchangers and the liquid nitrogen. The paper provides circuit designs, algorithms and mathematical models of operation of the launch complex technological systems using the mass flowmeters. It presents results of analyzing characteristics of these systems and confirms a possibility of increasing their efficiency.

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