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Old 01-17-2009, 11:31 AM   #2010 (permalink)
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Oh, there's lots of cryo pumps for rocket engines out there. This one is very unique though. It's a piston pump instead of the usual turbine pump. The new pump gives us multi-million dollar performance for a multi-thousand dollar price tag.

Piston cryo pumps are often used for industrial applications, but those pumps are ultra-heavy and require lots of electrical power to operate.
I have heard there are small centrifugal cryo pumps, are they not applicable for your application?
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