NASA/OR,.-- '_ Z. - 207446 RI/RD90-149-6 OPERATIONALLY EFFICIENT PROPULSION SYSTEM STUDY(OEPSS) DATA BOOK _--| Volume VI Space Transfer Propulsion _: Operational Efficiency Study Task of OEPSS 30 October 1992 r _ T= = Prepared for _iBRARYCOPYi Kennedy Space Center ,=_- NAS10-11568 (Mod. 8) JAN T B97 / J LANGLEYRESEARCHCENTER LIBRARYNASA --_ Prepared by HAMPTON,VIRGINIA Timothy J. Harmon i ! __= Rocketdyne Study Managers: R.P. Pauckert/G. S. Waldrop -- NASA, KSC Study Manager: R. E. Rhodes m Thisdocument_ is_ied by Boe;ng NorthAmerican, In(:. BoeingNoj[thAmerican, Inc. i_not affiliated with Rocle_ell InlernationalCorporaSon. Rockwell International W s Rockr_clyne Division 6633 Canoga Avenue =, . Canoga Park, CA 91303 ull 4 J Im 1 .ill J L: : ,.J wi d _I i tl TABLE OF CONTENTS i _ Q _o=m..lee..I .. i.ooo.*ol=.......o --l. II o.-J ." ..- iV Tables .-. meeeoowo e.. _ ....... Figures ......................................................................... .i....l._t_. _,..v:_,.q...._,_.D_=._I.v Foreword ........................................................................ .6J.E_._._.._....._._J....i_..., / Summary ...................................................................... ............4........:................................. Introduction ..................................................................... ................JA,4......7...49_.....J.............,.5 Discussion ....................................................................... 2.0 Propulsion System Baselines ........... ,;,.,..-,...., ....... ......... .........."i': 2.1 Centaur Propulsion System ........................ ................l_._'_i._t_mA ..............._.7 2.2 Satum Stage S IV'B Propulsion ......................... .................................................. ... 7 2.3 Lunar Module Propulsion System ........................................................................ 11 2.4 Shuttle Orbital Maneuvering System (OMS) ...................................................... 12 15 3.0 Operations Database ....................................................................................................... 4.0 Propulsion Operability Methodology ............................................................................. 19 4.1 Methodology Development .................................................................................... 19 4.2 In-Space Operability Index ..................................................................................... 24 4.2.1 Defining In-Space Operability ................................................................... 24 4.2.2 Delineating In-Space Propulsion Operations Boundaries .................. 25 4.2.3 Developing a Methodology ........................................................................ 32 4.2.4 Constructing the Index ................................................................................ 37 4.2.5 Conciusions/Recemmendations ............................................................... 38 5.0 Propulsion System Conceptual Designs ................................................................... 49 5.1 Requirements Definition ......................................................................................... 49 5.2 Conceptual Layouts ............................................... ,................................................. 49 5.3 Conceptual Designs & Analyses ........................................................................... 65 5.3.1 Requirements and Ground Rules .............................................................. 65 5.3.2 Baseline Evolution ....................................................................................... 65 5.3.3 Baseline Concept ........................................................................................ 65 5.4 Propulsion System Comparison .......................... ::.....,....,.................................... 67 6.0 Technologies ..................................................................................................................... 91 6.1 Operational Efficient Technologies ........ ......................... ...................................... 91 6.1.1 Oxidizer-Rich Preburner ............................................................................. 92 6.1.2 SLICTM Turbopump ..................................................................................... 92 6.1.3 Jet Boost Pump/SLICTM Turbopump Module ......................................... 92 6.1.4 Integrated Propulsion Module Test Bed .................................................. 93 -i- m 6.2 Technology Plans . , 93 6.2.1 Oxidizer Rich Preburner Technology Development Plan .................... 93 ,ml 6.2.1.1 Objectives of Technology Development .................................. 94 6.2.1.2 Benefis ........................................................................................... 94 g 6.2.1.3 Approach ....................... ,................................................................ 95 6.2.1.4 Technology Status (and Rationale) .......................................... 95 6.2.1.5 Relationships to Current/Ongoing Efforts ................................. 95 U 6.2.1.6 Schedule ........................................................................................ 95 6.2.1.7 Facility Requirements .................................................................. 95 6.2.1.8 ROM Cost ....................................................................................... 95 6,2.2 Simple, Low-Cost Innovative Concept Turbopump (SLICTM) Technology Development Plan ............................................................... 97 6,2.2.1 Objectives of Technology Development .................................. 97 J 62..2.2 Benefits ...................... :.................................................................... 97 6.2.2.3 Approach ........................................................................................ 97 6.2.2.4 Technology Status (and Rationale) .......................................... 97 W 6.2.2.5 Relationships to Current/Ongoing Efforts .... ............... ............... 97 6.2.2.6 Schedule ......... ,.............................................................................. 97 J 6.2.2.7 Facility Requirements .................................................................. 97 L_ 6.2.2.8 ROM Costs ..................................................................................... 97 L= 6.2.3 Pump Module Technology Development Plan ...................................... 99 6.2.3.1 Objectives of Technology Development .................................. 99 6.2.3.2 Benefits ................ :.......................................................................... 99 6.2.3.3 Approach ........................................................................................ 99 6.2.3.4 Technology Status (and Rationale) .......................................... 99 6.2.3.5 Relationships to Current/Ongoing Efforts ................................. 99 6.2.3.6 Schedule ........................................................................................ 99 6.2.3.7 Facility Requirements .................................................................. 99 6.2.3.8 ROM Costs ..................................................................................... 99 6.2.4 Integrated Propulsion Module Test Bed Technology Development Plan ................................................................................... 101 6.2.4.1 Objectives of Development Plan ............................................. 101 6.2.4.2 Benefis ......................................................................................... 101 6.2.4.3 Approach ...................................................................................... 101 6.2.4.4 Technology Status (and Rationale) ........................................ 102 6.2.4.5 Relationships to Current/Ongoing Efforts ............................... 102 -ii- qBim 102 6.2.4.6 Development Schedule ............................................................ 6.2.4.7 Facility Requirements ................................................................ 102 6.2.4.8 ROM Costs ...................................................................... ,............ 102 = 7.0 Results and Conclusions ............................................................................................... 104 106 = , 8.0 Recommendations ........................................... ,.............................................................. w F _ = = == w J W °°o -III- TABLES Table , Lunar Lander Design Features .................................................................. 4 Table 3.0-1 STPOES Databook Format ...................................................................... 18 Table 4.2-1 STPOES in Space Concerns/Issues .......................................... ._.......... 31 Table 5.1-1 STPOES Conceptual Design Requirements ........................................ 50 Table 5.2-2 IMFJLunar Lander Design Features ....................................................... 54 Table 5.2-3 Design Concept A, STPOES Weight Breakdown ................................ 57 Table 5.2-4 STPOES Supercritical Propellants (Concept B) .................................. 58 l!m Table 5.2-5 STPOES Supercritical Propellants (Concept B) .................................. 60 Table 5.4-1 STPOES Launch Operations Concerns ................................................ 80 Table 5.4-2 Design Feature List ..................................................................................