Sentences with phrase «liquid hydrogen engines»

Not exact matches

They were pleased enough with the results that they ponied up another $ 10 million ($ 14 million) for LAPCAT II, a four - year study that launched in October 2008 with a mandate to refine two of the LAPCAT concepts based on engines that would burn liquid hydrogen, and to produce detailed development road maps for producing them.

The blue ovals (pictured above left) are residue from the main engines of the space shuttle launch vehicle, which used liquid hydrogen and liquid oxygen (pictured below).

At the fringes of space, the dual - mode power plant would switch to a conventional rocket engine, drawing on the liquid hydrogen and a small supply of liquid oxygen to propel the winged craft into orbit at a final speed of Mach 25.

It uses a liquid hydrogen and liquid oxygen propulsion system, which includes the RS - 25D / E rocket engines from the Space Shuttle Program for the core stage and the J - 2X engine for the upper stage.

The SLS core stage will store liquid hydrogen (LH) and liquid oxygen (LOX) to feed the rocket's four RS - 25 engines.

Heterogeneous catalysis for controlling gaseous emissions from automotive and stationary engines, alternative energy using catalytic reforming of gaseous and liquid fuels to hydrogen for fuel cells, catalytic processes for upgrading carbon dioxide to useful products

In the body of the study it becomes clear that FCVs do not beat internal combustion engines (ICEs) by much in equivalent fuel economy, And they are not much better in greenhouse gas emissions either, particularly in the liquid hydrogen versions, because of the energy required to transport and compress the hydrogen.

The fuel for the main engines is Liquid Hydrogen and Liquid Oxygen.