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Use of Capacitance Level Gauging for Prelaunch Loading of Slush Hydrogen

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Part of the book series: Advances in Cryogenic Engineering ((ACRE,volume 14))

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It has been shown that a method of loading a specified solid fraction of slush hydrogen aboard a vehicle on the launch pad is feasible. This is based upon a loading equation derived from an energy balance of a slush tankage system over time[1,2] using surface level as a controlling parameter.

Work performed under NASA Contract NAS 8–20342 for NASA George C. Marshall Space Flight Center, Fluid Thermal Systems Branch.

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  1. C. W. Keller, Final Rept., “A Study of Hydrogen Slush and/or Hydrogen Gel Utilization”, Vol. 2, Lockheed Missiles and Space Co., for NASA-M8FC under Contract NAS 8–20342 (Mar. 11, 1967).

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  2. R. M. Kocher and C. W. Keller, in: Advances in Cryogenic Engineering, Vol. 14, Plenum Press, New York (1969), p. 306.

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Kocher, R.M., Brown, A.E. (1969). Use of Capacitance Level Gauging for Prelaunch Loading of Slush Hydrogen. In: Timmerhaus, K.D. (eds) Advances in Cryogenic Engineering. Advances in Cryogenic Engineering, vol 14. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4757-0549-2_39

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