Power required to make gaseous Oxygen

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Hello, this is my first post, and I hope its in the correct forum!

As the title says, I'm interested in the power needed to vaporise LOX(liquid oxygen).

Specifically the physics involved for an old UK missile/rocket, called Blue Streak.
Some info here for that rocket.:
http://www.spaceuk.org./bstreak/bstreak.htm"

I've done some work with Mathcad, and this is what I have so far:

http://i89.photobucket.com/albums/k207/Notebook_04/Lox_tank_31-1.jpg"

I have a value of 376Kw for this, but what's worrying me is the figure for Gas_Mass_Lox, the gaseous Lox from the heat-exchanger. Its completely different from HE_Lox_Flow. that's the mass going into the heat-exchanger.

I'm not sure any of the work I've done is accurate, just following some textbooks and using the formulas.

All help appreciated.

N.
 
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Apologies for bumping this thread, just with no replies at all, I'm worried I caught the forum at a busy time and it disapeared into the distance!

If this is the wrong part of the forum, please advise, or if anyone knows of another one I can post to.

All input appreciated.

N.