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The phenomenon termed geysering is the expulsion of boiling liquid and its vapor from a vertical tube. Geysering has been a problem in the missile industry in long, vertical cryogenic propellant feed lines connecting the launch vehicle propellant tank and the rocket engines.
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C. S. Foster, L. R. Owens, D. W. Murphy, and P. E. Bingham, “Propellants and Gases Handling in Support of Space Shuttle,” Martin Marietta Study Report MCR-71–74 prepared for National Aeronautics and Space Division, June 1971.
D. W. Murphy, in: Advances in Cryogenic Engineering, Vol. 10, Springer Science+Business Media New York (1965), p. 353.
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Howard, F.S. (1973). Geysering Inhibitor for Vertical Cryogenic Transfer Piping. In: Timmerhaus, K.D. (eds) Advances in Cryogenic Engineering. Advances in Cryogenic Engineering, vol 18. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4684-3111-7_19
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