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Mixed solid rocket fuel charges manufacturing method

Abstract
RU2683081C1
FIELD: rocket equipment.SUBSTANCE: invention relates to
Russia
the mixed solid rocket fuel (MSRF) large-scale charges
manufacturing method using the free casting method.
According to the invention, the fuel mixture drain through a Download PDF
drain system into assembled with the channel-forming tool Find Prior Art Similar
housing is performed using the additional autonomous tank,
made in the form of a cylinder with a piston, draining the
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prepared in the mixer fuel mixture entire volume into it. Tank
is joined to the drain system vertically with the piston Inventor: Александр Алексеевич
location at the top of the tank. Installed in place of the mixer Казаков, Александр Васильевич
an autonomous additional tank is used for the housing Ягодзинский, Сергей Анатольевич
volume filling above the channel-forming tool drain hole or Новиков, Юрий Михайлович

for the housing entire volume filling.EFFECT: method allows Резяпов

for body volume reliable filling with the fuel mixture above the
channel-forming equipment drain hole, at that simultaneously Worldwide applications
minimize the fuel mixture remainder to be disposed of after
its displacement from the autonomous additional tank.1 cl, 4 2018 RU
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2019-03-26 Publication of
C06B21/0058 Shaping the mixture by casting a curable RU2683081C1
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A method of manufacturing charges of mixed solid rocket fuel, including draining the fuel mixture through a drain
system into a housing assembled with channel forming equipment using an additional container made in the form
of a cylinder with a piston, characterized in that the fuel mixture prepared in the mixer is poured into an
autonomous additional container and joined with drain system vertically with the piston at the top of the tank,
while part of the body volume to the level of the drain hole of the channel-forming equipment is filled from the
mixer by free overflow of the fuel mixture in at least one step, and a part of the body volume above the drain hole
of the channel forming tool is filled in at least one step with the help of an autonomous additional container
installed in place of the mixer, or the entire volume of the charge housing is filled using only an autonomous
additional capacity at least in one go.

Description translated from Russian

The invention relates to rocket technology, and in particular to methods for manufacturing large-sized
charges of mixed solid rocket fuel (SRTT) by free casting.

The prior art method for manufacturing mixed solid rocket propellant charges according to the RF
patent No. 2621800 (published on June 7, 2017), including draining the fuel mixture through a drain
system into a housing assembled with channel forming equipment and using an additional tank made in
the form of a cylinder with a piston.

The known method solves the problem of reducing losses of the fuel mixture, provided that the fuel
mixture is guaranteed to fill the volume of the housing located above the drain hole in the channel-
forming equipment by using an additional tank in the form of one of the structural elements of the drain
system.

But the stationary positioning of the additional tank docked between the mixer and the pressure
chamber is problematic to implement in cramped production conditions, while the cantilever placement
of the additional tank requires a support structure that takes its weight, which increases the material
consumption of the method. In addition, the additional tank is docked to the drain system through the
adapter, which increases the remainder of the fuel mixture to be disposed of after displacing it from the
additional tank, increasing costs. Moreover, the known method is suitable only for those cases when the
part of the body volume located above the drain hole of the channel-forming equipment is less than the
volume of the additional capacity, which is used only once (in one go) for the entire filling cycle of the
body, which reduces the operational capabilities of the method.

The objective of the proposed technical solution is to create a method of manufacturing a charge SRTT
with enhanced operational capabilities by creating conditions for alternative filling of the housing (from
the mixer and autonomous additional capacity or only from autonomous additional capacity), depending
on the location of the drain hole channeling equipment in the body volume, allowing like the prototype, it
is guaranteed to fill the body volume located above the drain hole with a fuel mixture boiling tooling at
the same time minimize the residue of the fuel mixture to be waste after its displacement from the
autonomous additional capacity by reducing the extent of its movement path from the container to the
drain system.

In addition, the proposed method has enhanced operational facilities that allow charge forming using an
additional tank even in cramped production conditions, when it is not possible to simultaneously place
an additional tank and mixer on the drain system, as in the prototype, and also eliminate the need for a
support structure for extra capacity.

The problem is solved by the proposed method of manufacturing charges of mixed solid rocket fuel,
including the discharge of the fuel mixture through the drain system into a housing assembled with
channel-forming equipment using an additional tank made in the form of a cylinder with a piston. The
peculiarity lies in the fact that the fuel mixture prepared in the mixer is poured into a stand-alone

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additional container, and it is joined vertically with the drain system with the piston at the top of the
container, while part of the body volume to the level of the drain hole of the channel-forming tool is filled
from the mixer with a free overflow of the fuel mixture, at least at least in one step, and part of the body
volume above the drain hole of the channel-forming equipment is filled in at least one step using an
autonomous additional container, installed in place of the mixer, or the entire volume of the charge
housing is filled using only autonomous additional capacity, at least in one go.

The inventive method differs from the prototype in a different scheme for the interaction of the
additional capacity with the drain system, which involves the installation of an autonomous additional
capacity only for the duration of the working process (in the prototype, the tank is stationary through the
adapter docked to the drain system between the mixer and the pressure chamber); other spatial
orientation of the autonomous additional capacity and, accordingly, another organization of movement
of the fuel mixture from it — vertically (horizontally in the prototype); the minimized length of the fuel
mixture flow path from the additional tank to the drain system; the possibility of alternative filling of the
body (from the mixer and an autonomous additional capacity or only from an autonomous additional
capacity), depending on the location of the drain hole of the channel-forming equipment in the body
volume in accordance with the existing need; the ability to use several mixers and autonomous
additional containers to accelerate the process of charge formation.

The inventive method is characterized by filling the volume of the charge housing in two stages: below
the drain hole and above the drain hole of the channel-forming equipment.

When implementing the first alternative to the method, a part of the body volume below the drain hole is
filled from the mixer with a free overflow of the fuel mixture, which reduces the total charge formation
time, and a part of the body volume above the drain hole of the channel-forming tool is filled using an
autonomous additional container.

The possibility of drains from the mixer and the amount of these drains are determined based on the
ratio of the known volumes of a portion of the fuel mixture produced in one go in the mixer and part of
the charge volume below the drain hole of the channel-forming equipment.

If there is no possibility of draining from the mixer into the housing (in the case where the drain hole of
the channel-forming equipment is located closer to the lower part of the housing than to the upper), the
entire volume of the charge housing, according to the second alternative of the proposed method, is
filled only using an autonomous additional container.

The proposed method of manufacturing charges of mixed solid rocket fuel is illustrated by the
drawings.

In FIG. 1 shows a diagram of a device autonomous additional capacity.

Autonomous additional capacity 1 contains a cylindrical body 2, on one end of which a drain neck 3 is
fixed, blocked by a valve 4 of the tank 1, and the opposite end is equipped with a piston 5, the shank 6 of
which is fixed by a locking mechanism 7. The housing 2 is equipped with trunnions 8 designed for
movement and tipping Autonomous additional capacity 1.

In FIG. 2 shows a diagram of the discharge of the fuel mixture from the mixer into the charge housing.

The mixer 9 (for example, the diagram shows a gravity-type mixer "drunk barrel" located on the railway
platform) with a drain neck 10 is connected to the drain system 11 of the channel-forming equipment
12, with which the charge housing 13 installed in the pressure chamber 14 is assembled. The neck 10 of
the mixer 9 is closed valve 15 of mixer 9. Drain system 11 is closed by valve 16 of snap 12.

The level 17 of the fuel mixture, poured into the housing 13 (in the presence of previous drains), is below
the level of the drain hole 18 of the channel-forming equipment 12.

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In FIG. 3 shows a diagram of the discharge of the fuel mixture from the mixer into a stand-alone
additional capacity.

The mixer 9 with a drain neck 10 is joined with a drain neck 3 of an autonomous additional container 1
through an adapter ring 19.

The connecting parts of the drain neck 10 of the mixer 9 and the drain neck 3 of the autonomous
auxiliary tank 1 are the same.

In FIG. 4 is a diagram of a fuel mixture discharge from an autonomous tank to a charge housing.

Autonomous additional tank 1 through the drain neck 3 is joined with the drain system 11 of the
channel-forming tool 12. At the end of the tank 1 equipped with a piston 5, a hydraulic cylinder 20 is
installed outside the tank 1. The rod 21 of the hydraulic cylinder 20 is connected to the shank 6 of the
piston 5. Before the fuel mixture is drained, the shank 6 is disconnected from the locking mechanism 7.

The level 17 of the fuel mixture, poured into the housing 13 (in the presence of previous drains), will be
at or above the level of the drain hole 18 of the channel-forming equipment 12.

Drains of the fuel mixture from the mixer into the housing, from the mixer into the autonomous
additional capacity and from the autonomous additional capacity into the body are carried out
uniformly. The cavities of the upper and lower devices in all cases are evacuated in advance. When the
upper device arrives at the technological section, the necks of the upper and lower devices are docked
and the cavity is evacuated between the device valves. When the required residual vacuum pressure is
reached, the valves of the devices open. In one case, the fuel mixture flows completely under the
influence of gravity from the mixer into the housing, in the other, from the mixer into an autonomous
additional tank, and in the third, the fuel flows from the autonomous additional tank into the body under
the action of a piston. The end of the drain from the mixer is determined by the testimony of weighing
devices, and from the stand-alone additional capacity by stopping the piston.

Examples of specific implementation of the proposed method.

Example. 1 Calculate the number of drains, based on the following data:

V zar = 8.3 m 3 is the charge volume;

V cm max = 0.9 m 3 - maximum working volume of the mixer;

V discharge = 6 m 3 is the charge volume located below the drain hole of the channel-forming equipment.

Pre-accept the condition of equality of all portions of the prepared fuel mixture to simplify the process.

Calculate the total number of servings of the fuel mixture (K):

K = V zar / V cm max = 8.3 m 3 / 0.9 m 3 = 9.22.

The resulting number is rounded up and get the total number of servings of the fuel mixture - 10.

Calculate the volume of a single portion (V portions ) for cooking in the mixer:

V = V Porz charge / K = 8.3 m 3/10 = 0.83 m 3

Calculate the number of drains (Kj) that can be carried out from the mixer:

K 1 = V discharge / V port = 6 m 3 / 0.83 m 3 = 7.23.

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Thus, it is possible to carry out 7 drains from the mixer into the housing for guaranteed discharge of the
entire portion of the fuel mixture without blocking the drain hole of the channel-forming equipment and
3 drain from the autonomous additional tank to ensure that the fuel mixture is filled with the body
volume located above the drain hole of the channel-forming equipment.

Example 2. Calculate the number of drains, based on the following data:

V zar = 5.3 m 3 is the charge volume;

V cm max = 0.9 m 3 - maximum working volume of the mixer;

V discharge = 0.5 m 3 - the amount of charge located below the drain hole of the channel-forming
equipment.

Pre-accept the condition of equality of all portions of the prepared fuel mixture to simplify the process.

Calculate the total number of servings of the fuel mixture (K):

K = V zar / V cm max = 5.3 m 3 / 0.9 m 3 = 5.89.

The resulting number is rounded up and get the total number of servings of the fuel mixture - 6.

Calculate the volume of a single portion (V portions ) for cooking in the mixer:

V = V Porz charged / R = 5.3 m 3/6 = 0.88 m 3

Calculate the number of drains (K 1 ) that can be carried out from the mixer:

K 1 = V discharge / V port = 0.5 m 3 / 0.88 m 3 = 0.57.

Since the resulting number is less than 1, it is established that it is impractical to drain the fuel mixture
from the mixer, and only an autonomous additional capacity should be used throughout the entire
process of filling the housing with the fuel mixture.

In the calculations, it is precisely the charge volume and its parts that are used, since it is impractical to
operate with the body volume due to the possible mismatch of the indicated volumes in practice due to
the design features of the equipment in each particular case of charge manufacture.

The inventive method provides a reduction in the guaranteed supply of fuel mixture in an autonomous
additional capacity to 10-20 kg for unconditional filling of the entire volume of the charge housing, in
contrast to the technical solution described in the prototype, the implementation of which provides for a
guaranteed supply of fuel mixture in an additional capacity and an adapter in quantity 50 kg

To smoothly flow the fuel mixture and fill the entire volume of the charge casing, it is sufficient to have
an excess pressure of the fuel mixture in the autonomous additional capacity at the level of 1.0-2.0 kgf /
cm.

Since a vacuum is maintained in the autonomous additional container during the working process, the
necessary overpressure can be obtained constructively by providing direct contact of the external side
of the piston with the atmosphere, which allows the use of a hydraulic cylinder of lower power, which is
shown in the drawings.

This performance is not limiting of the claimed method, but is given as an illustration thereof.

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In cases of increased safety requirements for the implementation of the method can also be applied the
piston in a closed design.

Thus, the proposed method for manufacturing a charge of SRTT is practically feasible and
technologically feasible.

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