The effect of gravity on cryogenic transfer line chilldown performance using pulse flow and low thermally conductive coatings

J Hartwig, JN Chung, S Darr, H Wang… - International Journal of …, 2023 - Elsevier
Future cryogenic propulsion systems will require efficient methods to chill down transfer
lines and propellant tanks prior to transfer of propellant while in space. When chilling down …

[HTML][HTML] Nitrogen flow boiling and chilldown experiments in microgravity using pulse flow and low-thermally conductive coatings

J Hartwig, JN Chung, J Dong, B Han, H Wang, S Darr… - npj …, 2022 - nature.com
The enabling of in-space cryogenic engines and cryogenic fuel depots for future manned
and robotic space exploration missions begins with technology development of advanced …

Liquid methane and liquid oxygen horizontal chilldown experiments of a 2.54 and 11.43 cm transfer line

J Hartwig, P Meyerhofer, B Stiegemeier… - Applied Thermal …, 2022 - Elsevier
This paper presents new cryogenic two-phase heat transfer coefficient data for the chilldown
of large diameter, long propellant transfer lines using liquid oxygen (LOX) and liquid …

Enhancement and optimization of cryogenic metal tube chilldown heat transfer using thin-film coating, I. Effects of flow mass flux and coating layer thickness

H Wang, B Huang, J Dong, JN Chung… - … Communications in Heat …, 2024 - Elsevier
This paper is the first of a two-part series that presents experimental data and analysis on
the liquid nitrogen quenching heat transfer process of a stainless-steel tube with an inner …

Two-phase pipe quenching correlations for liquid nitrogen and liquid hydrogen

SR Darr, JW Hartwig, J Dong… - Journal of Heat …, 2019 - asmedigitalcollection.asme.org
Recently, two-phase cryogenic flow boiling data in liquid nitrogen (LN2) and liquid hydrogen
(LH2) were compared to the most popular two-phase correlations, as well as correlations …

Liquid hydrogen line chilldown experiments at high Reynolds Numbers. Optimal chilldown methods

J Hartwig, J Styborski, J McQuillen, E Rame… - International Journal of …, 2019 - Elsevier
Future cryogenic propulsion systems will require efficient methods to chill down propellant
tanks and transfer lines prior to transfer of precious propellant while in space. When chilling …

Liquid hydrogen line chilldown experiments at high Reynolds numbers. II. Analysis

J Hartwig, J Styborski, B Stiegemeier, JN Chung… - International Journal of …, 2020 - Elsevier
This paper presents in-depth analysis of the recently conducted high Reynolds (Re) number
liquid hydrogen (LH 2) transfer line chilldown experiments at NASA Glenn Research Center …

CFD Modeling of Bidirectional PMDs Inside Cryogenic Propellant Tanks Onboard Parabolic Flights

J Hartwig, N Esser, S Jain, D Souders… - Journal of Spacecraft …, 2024 - arc.aiaa.org
Future cryogenic propulsion systems will require efficient methods for transferring cryogenic
propellants from a depot storage tank to a customer receiver tank to minimize costs and …

CFD modeling of cryogenic chilldown in a complex channel under normal and low gravity conditions

JM Pesich, DM Hauser, JW Hartwig… - AIAA Propulsion and …, 2020 - arc.aiaa.org
Future NASA architectures have baselined cryogenic propulsion systems as well as
cryogenic fluid management to support lunar missions and ultimately to support future …

CFD Design and Analysis of a Perforated Plate for the Control of Cryogenic Flow under Reduced Gravity

JW Hartwig, N Esser, S Jain, D Souders… - AIAA SCITECH 2023 …, 2023 - arc.aiaa.org
View Video Presentation: https://doi. org/10.2514/6.2023-0133. vid Future cryogenic
propulsion systems will require efficient methods with which to transfer cryogenic propellants …