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2. Autogenous pressurization - Wikipedia

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   Cutaway of Space Shuttle external tank. Autogenous pressurization is the use of self-generated gaseous propellant to pressurize liquid propellant in rockets.Traditional liquid-propellant rockets have been most often pressurized with other gases, such as helium, which necessitates carrying the pressurant tanks along with the plumbing and control system to use it.

3. Trimix (breathing gas) - Wikipedia

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   Trimix scuba cylinder label IMCA Trimix cylinder shoulder colour code alternative IMCA Trimix cylinder shoulder colour code. Trimix is a breathing gas consisting of oxygen, helium and nitrogen and is used in deep commercial diving, during the deep phase of dives carried out using technical diving techniques, [1] [2] and in advanced recreational diving.

4. Worthington Enterprises - Wikipedia

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   Worthington Enterprises, Inc. is a global diversified metals manufacturing company based in Columbus, Ohio.It is a steel processor and manufacturer of pressure vessels, such as propane, oxygen and helium tanks, hand torches, refrigerant and industrial cylinders, camping cylinders, exploration, recovery and production products for global energy markets; water system tanks for storage, treatment ...

5. 'Last line of defense': Cold War reheats at Nike missile ...

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   In 1960 a helium tank’s explosion caused a fire in a nuclear-tipped BOMARC missile in Plumsted, causing radioactive contamination. In 1961, Texas Tower 4, a radar station off the coast of Long ...

6. Gas cylinder - Wikipedia

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   Helium quad for surface-supplied diving gas A gas cylinder quad, also known as a gas cylinder bundle, is a group of high pressure cylinders mounted on a transport and storage frame. There are commonly 16 cylinders, each of about 50 litres capacity mounted upright in four rows of four, on a square base with a square plan frame with lifting ...

7. Diving cylinder - Wikipedia

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   The pressure vessel is a seamless cylinder normally made of cold-extruded aluminum or forged steel. [5] Filament wound composite cylinders are used in fire fighting breathing apparatus and oxygen first aid equipment because of their low weight, but are rarely used for diving, due to their high positive buoyancy.

8. Tampa man charged after smuggling 2 100-gallon tanks of ... - AOL

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   A Tampa man was charged after Hernando County deputies found two 100-gallon caged tanks containing fuel in his vehicle on Tuesday.

9. Pressure-fed engine - Wikipedia

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   Pressure-fed rocket cycle. Propellant tanks are pressurized to directly supply fuel and oxidizer to the engine, eliminating the need for turbopumps. The pressure-fed engine is a class of rocket engine designs. A separate gas supply, usually helium, pressurizes the propellant tanks to force fuel and oxidizer to the combustion chamber. To ...