Perspective Schemes for Air Preparation and Drying in the Air Temperature Control Systems of the Medium-Class Rocket Launch Complexes

Abstract

Due to the tightening commercial confrontation in the global market of space services and astronautics, the leading space agencies clearly demonstrate their interest in economic optimization of the space launch pricing, which includes reducing the capital investment and specific costs. This factor affects strengthening the role of the technological equipment power efficiency of a launch complex relative to its other parameters. The paper considers a scheme of air preparation and dehumidification in the air systems in ensuring the temperature regime by using the promising technologies. It presents an air temperature control system with the required dew point at the output of less than --30 °C at the atmospheric pressure operating with the medium-class space rockets. The paper describes the existing and promising methods in air preparation and dehu-midification with the corresponding basic schemes for implementation at the launch complexes. Scientific novelty lies in integration of the modern technologies used in the related industries and design solutions in constructing the air temperature control system architecture for the rocket launch complexes

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Krylov P.V., Abrosimov N.A., Cherkasov I.A., et al. Perspective schemes for air preparation and drying in the air temperature control systems of the medium-class rocket launch complexes. Herald of the Bauman Moscow State Technical University, Series Mechanical Engineering, 2025, no. 1 (152), pp. 14--36 (in Russ.). EDN: UZVMNK

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