turbopump
- noun
- /ˈtɜːrboʊˌpʌmp/
- Specialized
:
turbobomba
- "In the gas-generator system, we burn some propellant at low-performance conditions to run the turbopump."
Examples
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To obtain several additional seconds of specific impulse, higher turbopump turbine temperatures and greater chamber pressure may also be used.
Academic text (1998) -
Dynetics will test a lower-cost version of a gas generator and add it to the turbopump to create what's called a power pack.
Blog text (9) -
"We're going to fire that turbopump," he said.
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The turbopump is fed, in turn, by a gas generator.
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"Think of it as a 20,000-pound rocket engine strapped to the side of the F-1 that gets those turbopumps going," Cook said.
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For example, the engine's 2,000-lb turbopumps have only 30 parts, compared with 200 components in the SSME turbopumps.
Academic text (1998) -
Engineers at NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center are designing Fastrac, which may be the world's simplest turbopump rocket engine.
Academic text (1998) -
For example, the engine's 2,000-lb turbopumps have only 30 parts, compared with 200 components in the SSME turbopumps.
Academic text (1998) -
To save money, turbopumps recycled from Rocketdyne's J-2 engines for the Saturn V second and third stages will be used in the X-33.
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The turbopump efficiently moves rocket fuel from the tanks to the engine.
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Etymology
Turbopump joins turbo, from turbine meaning a machine that 'spins' to make power, and pump, a device that moves liquid. So a turbopump is a pump driven by a spinning turbine to push fuel or other fluids into an engine, which is why rockets use them.