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Could you try to circularly pump a mixture between the two tanks and create some kind of filter in each tank? The idea of circulating a mixture & taking one yo
by jauntywundrkind 3y ago
Could you try to circularly pump a mixture between the two tanks and create some kind of filter in each tank?
The idea of circulating a mixture & taking one you need is for example how donating blood plasma platelets works. If we can separate fuel and pressurant without too much fuss, a similar non-propulsive technique for a cryonic fill might be possible?
- angiosperm 3y agoMixing fuel and oxidizer is a good way to get a dramatic explosion. Good if you wanted the explosion, not so good if you wanted vehicle and tank to still exist afterward.
- gpm 3y agoThe "pressurant" in this case is just evaporated fuel (or evaporated oxygen in the liquid oxygen tank). I'm not sure I understand how your pump idea works though.
- XorNot 3y agoI think the point is that the liquid/vapor mixture is still a fluid, just a weird one - you can pump it with the right type of pump it would just be more akin to ventilating a room to get dust out, for example (i.e. moving gas to move floating solids).