Powerhead (rocket engine)

Short description: Major component of a liquid rocket engine

Diagram showing the powerhead of the Space Shuttle Main Engine

A liquid rocket engine powerhead (or powerpack) is the turbopumps, preburners, and all the requisite equipment for a non-pressure-fed rocket engine cycle rocket engine, minus the combustion chamber and the expansion nozzle.[1][2]

## See also

* Integrated Powerhead Demonstrator

## References

1. ↑ Pasquale M Sforza (27 September 2011). Theory of Aerospace Propulsion. Elsevier. p. 441. ISBN 978-0-12-384889-5. https://books.google.com/books?id=crYGWcPlIqAC&pg=PA441. "The combustion chamber with its associated equipment and structure is often called the powerhead..."
2. ↑ "Conceptual design of a supercritical oxyfuel combustor based on LOX/methane rocket engine technologies". 14th International Energy Conversion Engineering Conference. 2016. pp. 4636. https://www.researchgate.net/publication/305631545.

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