PROPELLANT MANAGEMENT DEVICE CONCEPTUAL DESIGN AND ANALYSIS: GALLERIES

While surface tension devices have been used in liquid propellant tanks for over thirty years, the conceptual design process and the analytical methods used to verify performance have been closely held by propellant management device (PMD) designers. This paper is the fourth in a series which will address the process and the techniques developed and used by PMD Technology to design and verify a PMD component - the gallery. 1,2,3 All areas of concern inherent in gallery design and implementation will be addressed - starting from the dictating requirements, proceeding into the design configuration choice, and ending with required performance analysis. The result is a cohesive process by which one may design and verify the performance of the gallery PMD component.