POWER PLANT OF SPACECRAFT Russian patent published in 1998 - IPC

FIELD: rocket and space technology. SUBSTANCE: power plant of spacecraft has multiunit fuel compartment with central and peripheral units of tanks mounted in pairs and in symmetry with regard to longitudinal axis of spacecraft and supercharging system. Supercharging system is linked with gas spaces of fuel tanks of peripheral unit communicating with fuel tanks of central unit. Each fuel tank of central unit is connected to liquid-propellant rocket engine and with shunting line to nearest tank of analogous component of fuel of peripheral unit through check valve. Check valve may be installed in shunting line with adjustment pressure equal to 0.14-0.17 working pressure of supercharging. Diameter of flow section of shunting line should be equal to 0.15-0.25 diameter of flow section of fuel line. EFFECT: enhanced functional efficiency and reliability of power plant. 1 cl, 3 dwg