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Various views of the regenerative cooling tubes making up the engine's thrust chamber.

Picture 3 of 7.

Detail of the regenerative cooling tube return manifold.

In a regenerative thrust chamber cooling design, fuel is typically pumped down every other tube. When it arrives at the bottom "lip" of the thrust chamber, it enters a return manifold where the fuel is then routed up the other tube and then sent to the combustion chamber.

For a detail of the return manifold on the interior of the thrust chamber, see dsc46477.jpg.

 
LR-87 Engines at Stafford Air & Space Museum
Time picture taken Thu Jul 31 10:01:46 2008
Location picture taken Mercury/Gemini Gallery
Stafford Air & Space Museum
Weatherford, Oklahoma
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