turbopump
Propellant delivery machine
A turbopump is a pump driven by a gas turbine, used to deliver propellants to a rocket engine at extremely high pressures and flow rates.
The turbine typically runs on the same fuel or oxidizer it pumps, creating a compact, powerful system essential for liquid-fueled rockets: The engine's turbopump failed seconds after ignition.
Substance creating thrust
- oxidizerElectron-accepting reactant
- combustionExothermic reaction with oxygen
- thrustForceful forward motion
- impellerPump's spinning blade assembly
cryogenics · kerosene · hydrogen · engine · ignition · booster · stage · nozzle
Pump's spinning blade assembly
- bearingsAwareness of one's position
- sealsAquatic whiskered mammals
- lubricationCoating to reduce friction
- vibrationRapid oscillating movement
reliability · efficiency · precision · manufacturing · thermodynamics · simulation · prototyping · testing
Forcing into smaller space
manifold · gauge · regulator · accumulator · hydraulics · pneumatics · discharge · inlet
propellant
Substance creating thrust
- oxidizerElectron-accepting reactant
- combustionExothermic reaction with oxygen
- thrustForceful forward motion
impeller · cryogenics · kerosene · hydrogen · engine · ignition · booster · stage · nozzle · liftoff
impeller
Pump's spinning blade assembly
- bearingsAwareness of one's position
- sealsAquatic whiskered mammals
- lubricationCoating to reduce friction
vibration · reliability · efficiency · precision · manufacturing · thermodynamics · simulation · prototyping · testing · cavitation
compression
Forcing into smaller space
valve · manifold · gauge · regulator · accumulator · hydraulics · pneumatics · discharge · inlet · outlet
turbopumpgravity feed
Flow powered by weight
siphon · hand pump · manual pump · bucket · open channel