State Research and Production Space Rocket Center “TsSKB Progress” days announced plans to develop a new concept of power for super-heavy carrier. According to plans scientists , the new fuel for missiles should be natural gas . Such, according to developers, should be the new generation of rocket with which to be fulfilled ambitions to colonize the moon. In the short term missions to the satellite of our planet, and features of the new propellant experts versed in “World News” magazine for investors and traders «Market Leader».
Engineers center “Progress” are convinced that the development of future missile advisable motors use methane fuel. In this case, according to assurances designers, ambitious plans for the colonization of the Moon by the Russian Federation can become a reality. Samara designers are working on the development of “methane rocket”, the carrier of new generation engines that will run on compressed natural gas.
According to project documentation submitted Samara designers Roscosmos, the new super-heavy launch vehicle rocket is scheduled to make two-component, work they will be liquefied methane and oxygen.
Samara designers argue that this type of fuel is quite promising, at this time already mastered in other industries. Obvious positive quality of the new fuel, according to the engineers’ TsSKB Progress “can be called a broad resource base, so using gas as a propellant is a good alternative to kerosene. If we take into account the problems of kerosene, which is projected through the next 30-50 years, the transition to gas fuel for rockets and seems more reasonable solution. Since the period of construction and operation of a new missile system exceeds the rate of half a century, the transition to the methane as fuel to help avoid a lot of inconvenience in the future.
Engineers Center “Progress” understand better than anyone that there’s a problem of fuel materials. By Samara rocket “Soyuz” at this time flying on an artificial fuel. The reason is that in the development of these missiles have served to fuel kerosene is made of oil more specific fields. But oil wells are prone to dwindle. And the fuel that is used to launch “Union” at this time is the result of processing of oil extracted from several wells. Experts estimate that in this matter the problem of fuel shortages will only worsen.
The documentation for a new kind of fuel, engineers filed Center “TsSKB Progress” Roscosmos, noted that the use of liquefied natural gas will allow up to 2 times to reduce the cost of launching a rocket in comparison with running on kerosene engine. In addition, LPG is safer for the environment fuel than kerosene.
Among the positive qualities of the new fuel design bureau mark its high specific properties, ie, the ability to give more power while taking up little volume. Furthermore, the use of this fuel allows to significantly simplify the ground infrastructure needed to launch rockets.
prospect of using natural gas as fuel for rockets seen for a decade. However, at this time all the developments on this issue limited to poster presentations and a few samples of the experimental specimens. For example, in the research and production association “Energomash” in Khimki study of the use of liquefied natural gas as a fuel for engines held since 1981. Now this company developed a single-chamber engine with a thrust of 200 tons, will be fueled by a mixture of liquid methane and oxygen, and the scope of which will be the first stage of the project a new light-class carrier.
Application features of methane as a propellant commented Chief Designer “Energomash” Vladimir Chvanov. According to the designer, the specific impulse of an engine running on methane, really high. However, this positive quality almost completely negates the low density fuel. Total obtained a small advantage methane engines. Chwanov and notes that, from the standpoint of design, the methane is an attractive fuel for use in rocket engines. Positive quality of the fuel, as stressed by the constructor is easy to get rid of residual fuel because they simply evaporate. Due to this property can be considered the prospect of creating a reusable engine, which, in turn, will design vehicles that will be used more than once.
From the Russian Space Agency has not yet received any comments regarding the documentation provided on the rocket on methane fuel. Roscosmos representatives explained the silence that every proposal that claims to implement the state’s space program, mandatory verifiable experts.
May 16, 2014 18:23
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