Turbopump (1458 bytes)
1: {{mergefrom}} [[Turbopump development 1947-1949]]
3: A '''turbopump''' can refer to either of two types of [[pump]].
5: ...d into the [[combustion chamber]]. In general, a turbopump is used when it is infeasible to use a pressure-f...
7: ...y and sustainably. For high vacuum applications, turbopumps have in some instances replaced [[diffusion pump...
10: *[[Turbopump development 1947-1949]]

Turbopump development 1947-1949 (2409 bytes)
1: {{merge}} [[Turbopump]].
3: The principal engineer for '''turbopump development''' was George Bosco. This was a new f...

Walter Thiel (1194 bytes)
9: ...at made the V-2 possible when he decided to use [[turbopump]]s to feed fuel into the rocket engine. Engine de...

Pressure-fed cycle (rocket) (1190 bytes)
1: ...xidizer to the engine, eliminating the need for [[turbopump]]s.]]

List of X-1E flights (4809 bytes)
67: | Turbopump didn't start. No engine start.
139: ...d for only 60 seconds. Flight aborted. Engine and turbopump replaced.

Space shuttle main engine (12321 bytes)
9: ...ned to permit flow to the low-pressure oxidizer [[turbopump]].
11: ...he LPOT is supplied to the High-Pressure Oxidizer Turbopump (HPOT). During engine operation, the pressure boo...
15: ... liquid hydrogen to flow to the low-pressure fuel turbopump when the prevalve is open.
17: ....9 MPa) and supplies it to the High-Pressure Fuel Turbopump (HPFT). During engine operation, the pressure boo...
19: ...oximately 35,360 rpm. The discharge flow from the turbopump is routed to and through the main valve and then ...

Medical ventilator (2402 bytes)
5: ... nowadays often replaced by a computer-controlled turbopump.

Viking rocket (2571 bytes)
5: ...en peroxide]] was converted to steam to power a [[turbopump]] that fed fuel and LOX into the engine.

Ultra high vacuum (3096 bytes)
30: **[[Turbopump]]

List of X-1A flights (4429 bytes)
95: ...in found low-requency elevator buzz at mach 0.93. Turbopump overspeeding caused powered flight abort.

A-101 (4571 bytes)
57: ...eight failure. The teeth on one of gears in the [[turbopump]] were stripped off. This did not cause any delay...

Thor (rocket) (11628 bytes)
98: ... what was known as "Bearing Walking', whereby the turbopump bearings rotate axially within their housing, cau...
135: ...tage. The first such launch, 116, was lost due to turbopump failure of the main engine. The results of two su...
137: ...ely at 77 seconds after launch due to yet another turbopump failure.

Jupiter-C (rocket) (9596 bytes)
98: *** propellant feed, turbopump type
99: *** turbopump drive, 90% hydrogen peroxide decomposed by cataly...

List of X-1B flights (4796 bytes)
80: | Planned powered flight. Turbopump overspeed caused abort. Glide flight.

Pump (5306 bytes)
45: *[[turbopump]]: the fluid is moved by the blades of a high-spe...

Turbine (5809 bytes)
5: ...rse is called a [[Gas_compressor|compresor]] or [[Turbopump]].

STS-70 (5731 bytes)
62: ...2036 features the new high-pressure liquid oxygen turbopump, a two-duct powerhead, baffleless main injector, ...

STS-39 (6371 bytes)
45: ...k loading, a transducer on high-pressure oxidizer turbopump for main engine number three showed readings out ...

Delta rocket (7709 bytes)
28: ...e producing 152,000 lbf (676 kN) thrust. (LOX/RP1 turbopump, gimbal mounted engine, two verniers for roll con...

Rocket fuel (16764 bytes)
48: ...y increase the cost of the rocket. Many employ [[turbopump]]s which raise the cost still more.

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