PISTONLESS PUMP

GUIDED BY :-
PRESENTED BY:-
Dr. K MURALEEDHARAN
NAIR
Associate Professor & HOD, S VISHNU PRASAD
Mechanical Dept,MBCET ME-1,S8
ROLL NO -61
Mr .SUJITH S
Assistant Professor,
Mechanical Dept,MBCET
INTRODUCTION
• Piston less pump is a type of pump designed to
move fluids without any moving parts other than
three chamber valves.

• It is most commonly used to supply propellants to

rocket engines.

• In this configuration there are often two pumps

working in opposite cycles to ensure a constant
flow of propellants to the engine.
NECESSITY
•The turbo pumps are very heavy,
containing many rotating parts by which
there are more frictional losses decreases
efficiency.

•Maintenance of such pump is

difficult and require complex
methods.
TURBO PUMP
• Starting a turbo pump fed rocket engine is a
complex process, requiring a careful of many
valves and subsystems.

Piston less pump is the

solution for these problems.
DUAL PISTON LESS PUMP
• Rocket engines requires a tremendous amount of
fuel high at high pressure.

• Often the pump costs more than the thrust

chamber.

• One way to supply fuel is to use the expensive

turbo pump mentioned above, another way is
to pressurize fuel tank.

• Pressurizing a large fuel tank requires a heavy ,

expensive tank.
THE DUAL PISTONLESS PUMP
 WORKING
• Instead of pressurizing entire tank, the main tank is
drained into a small pump chamber which is then
pressurized.
• To achieve steady flow, the pump system consists of two
pump chambers such that each one supplies fuel for ½ of
each cycle.
• The pump is powered by pressurized gas which acts
directly on fluid.
• For each half of the pump system, a chamber is filled from
the main tank under low pressure and at a high flow rate,
then the chamber is pressurized, and then the fluid is
delivered to the engine at a moderate flow rate under high
pressure. The chamber is then vented and cycle repeats.
 APPLICATION
• {1} DEEP SPACE PROPULSION
• {2} X PRIZE VEHICLE FUEL PUMP
APPLICATION
 ADVANTAGES
• Low weight
• Simple and robust design
• Catastrophic failure is less
• Installation is easy
• No vibration due to no moving part
 DISADVANTAGES
• They cannot pump to higher pressure than drive
gas.
• They cannot use either a staged combustion or
expander cycle.
• A gas generator cycle is also difficult to integrate
with the piston less pump.
• The generated gas must be chemically
compatible with both the propellants.
• This gas generator lowers the Ignition start
period of the engine.
 CONCLUSION
• The most significance of property of Pistonless
pump that makes them different from that of
turbo pump ,is the absence of piston.
• Most unique technique ,it has less
losses and improves, rather increases efficiency
of engine.
 REFERENCES
• Design optimization of a biomass-fuelled steam-operated piston less pump - P. R. Krishnamoorthy, S.
Seetharamu, M. Siddhartha Bhatt
• Harrington, S. Piston less Dual Chamber Rocket Fuel Pump: Testing and Performance” AIAA 2003
• Joint Propulsion Conference, Huntsville, AL, 20-23 July 2003
• Harrington, S. Launch Vehicle and Spacecraft System Design Using the Piston less Pump Steve Harrington
AIAA2004-6130 AIAA Space 2004.
• Lucas, Je. “Pump” US patent 2673525 granted March 30, 1954
• Sobey, Albert J. “Fluid Pressurizing System” US patent 3,213,804 granted Oct 26 1961
• PISTONLESS PUMP, DIWESH MESHRAM, BHUSHAN S. NANDESHWAR, RAHUL GORLE &
NAGNATH KAKDE, International Journal of Mechanical Engineering (IJME)ISSN(P): 2319-2240;
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• Book Of Rocket Propulsion (By zechosloviky)
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