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US 12,534,228 B2Granted
Launch pad system
AssigneeKorea Aerospace Research Institute
InventorsKwang Kun Park, I Sang Yu, Seung Whan Baek, Young Suk Jung, Kie Joo Cho
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Abstract
A launch pad system includes a fuel vent port provided in a launch vehicle, a launch pad fuel tank provided outside the launch vehicle to store fuel, a fuel recovery line connecting the fuel vent port and the launch pad fuel tank such that the fuel is transferred therethrough, and a fuel transfer unit provided on the fuel recovery line to transfer the fuel, wherein the fuel may be recovered from the launch vehicle to the launch pad fuel tank.
Claims7
A launch pad system, comprising:
- a fuel vent port provided in a launch vehicle;
- a launch pad fuel tank provided outside the launch vehicle to store fuel;
- a fuel recovery line connecting the fuel vent port and the launch pad fuel tank such that the fuel is transferred therethrough;
- a fuel transfer unit provided on the fuel recovery line to transfer the fuel;
- a fuel vent valve provided on the fuel recovery line;
- an oxidizer vent port provided in the launch vehicle;
- a launch pad oxidizer tank provided outside the launch vehicle to store an oxidizer;
- an oxidizer recovery line connecting the oxidizer vent port and the launch pad oxidizer tank such that the oxidizer is transferred therethrough;
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- an oxidizer vent valve provided on the oxidizer recovery line, wherein the fuel is recovered from the launch vehicle to the launch pad fuel tank;
- wherein the oxidizer vent port is a separate and distinct element from the fuel vent port,
- wherein a portion of the fuel is discharged to the outside through the fuel vent valve,
- wherein the fuel vent valve is provided on a branched line between the fuel vent port and the fuel transfer unit on the fuel recovery line, and
- wherein a portion of the oxidizer is discharged to the outside through the oxidizer vent valve.
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