Investigating Various Ways of Cooling Cryogenic Fuel Tanks of Aerospace Equipment

Contemporary rocket engineering trends involve using liquid methane and hydrogen as propellant components. Traditional cryogenic fuel tank cooling methods used in aerospace equipment do not simulate realistically either service temperature or the effect of the column of liquid on the structure, which means that finding new cooling technologies capable of solving these problems is a pressing issue. The study considers various cryogenic fuel tank cooling methods, lists their advantages and disadvantages, and determines the most promising techniques

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