Publicado 6 números por año
ISSN Imprimir: 2150-766X
ISSN En Línea: 2150-7678
Indexed in
ASSESSING THE PERFORMANCE OF A GREEN LIQUID FUEL HYPERGOLIC WITH HYDROGEN PEROXIDE IN A 50 N BIPROPELLANT THRUSTER
SINOPSIS
The last decades have witnessed an increasing interest in the development of green propellants for propulsion systems. Particularly in the low thrust domain, where a feasible alternative to the storable liquid bipropellant system hydrazine - nitrogen tetroxide is yet to be fully demonstrated, the application of green hypergolic propellants such as ethanol and H2O2 90 wt% appears to be a promising one. This work presents the design and firing test of a 50 N bipropellant thruster based on the H2O2 90 wt% − monoethanolamine-ethanol hypergolic pair catalyzed by Cu2+, previously developed by our research group. The 5 s firing test, conducted under a swirl injection scheme, yielded average values of 50.38 N, 147 s, and 1210 m/s for thrust, Isp, and c*, respectively, with the target value of 5 bar for the chamber pressure being reached after 2 s of operation. Alongside with a c* efficiency of 84%, these results suggest that the assessed green hypergolic bipropellant pair may be a promising alternative for applications in the low-thrust range.
-
Anflo, K. and Mollerberg, R., Flight Demonstration of New Thruster and Green Propellant Technology on the PRISMA Satellite, Acta Astronautica, vol. 65, nos. 9-10, pp. 1238-1249,2009.
-
Asakura, T., Hayashi, S., Yano, Y., and Kakami, A., Influence of Injector for Performance of N2O/DME Bipropellant Thruster, Trans. Japan Soc. Aeronaut. Space Sci. Aerospace Technol. Japan, vol. 16, no. 2, pp. 177-180,2018.
-
Barrere, M., Rocket Propulsion, Amsterdam, the Netherlands: Elsevier, 1960.
-
Brinck, T., Green Energetic Materials, Chichester, West Sussex, UK: John Wiley & Sons Inc, 2014.
-
Chiaverini, O.M., Fundamentals of Hybrid Rocket Combustion and Propulsion, Reston VA: American Institute of Astronautics and Aeronautics, 2007.
-
Filley, C.M., Halliday, W., and Kleinschmidt-Demasters, B.K., The Effects of Toluene on the Central Nervous System, J. Neuropathol. Exper. Neurol., vol. 63, no. 1, pp. 1-12, 2004.
-
Fowles, J., Boatman, R., Bootman, J., Lewis, C., Morgott, D., Rushton, E., van Rooij, J., and Banton, M., A Review of the Toxicological and Environmental Hazards and Risks of Tetrahydrofuran, Crit. Rev. Toxicol., vol. 43, no. 10, pp. 811-828,2013.
-
Guseinov, S.L., Fedorov, S.G., Kosykh, V.A., and Storozhenko, P.A., Hypergolic Propellants based on Hydrogen Peroxide and Organic Compounds: Historical Aspect and Current State, Russian Chem. Bull., vol. 67, no. 11, pp. 1943-1954,2018.
-
Hollingshead, J., Litzinger, M., Kiaoulias, D., Eckenrode, L., Moore, J.D., Risha, G.A., and Yetter, R.A., Combustion of a TMEDA/WFNA Hypergolic in a Bipropellant Rocket Engine, in AIAA Propulsion and Energy 2019 Forum, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, pp. 1-8, 2019.
-
Kang, H., Jang, D., and Kwon, S., Demonstration of 500 N Scale Bipropellant Thruster Using Nontoxic Hypergolic Fuel and Hydrogen Peroxide, Aerospace Sci. Technol., vol. 49, no. 1, pp. 209-214,2016.
-
Kang, H. and Kwon, S., Green Hypergolic Combination Diethylenetriamine-Based Fuel and Hydrogen Peroxide, Acta Astronautica, vol. 137, no. 1, pp. 25-30, 2017.
-
Kang, H. and Kwon, S., Experiment and Speculations on Nontoxic Hypergolic Propulsion with Hydrogen Peroxide, J. Spacecr. Rockets, vol. 55, no. 5, pp. 1230-1234, 2018.
-
Lauck, F., Witte, J., Negri, M., Freudenmann, D., and Schlechtriem, S., Design and First Results of an Injector Test Setup for Green Hypergolic Propellants, in AIAA Propulsion and Energy 2019 Forum, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, pp. 1-10, 2019.
-
Maschio, L.J., Pereira, L.G.F., Meyer, W.M., Marques, R.I., and Vieira, R., A DoE Study on the Hypergolicity of Hydrogen Peroxide with a Rocket Liquid Fuel based on Monoethanolamine and Ethanol, Int. J. Energetic Mater. Chem. Propuls., vol. 17, no. 2, pp. 137-145, 2018.
-
Melof, B. and Grubelich, M., Investigation of Hypergolic Fuels with Hydrogen Peroxide, in Joint Propulsion Conference and Exhibit, AIAA, pp. 1-10, 2001.
-
Pearson, H., Experts Challenge Claims for Space Tourism, Nature, vol. 429, no. 6994, p. 792,2004.
-
Pichon, S., Catoire, L., Chaumeix, N., and Paillard, C., Search for Green Hypergolic Propellants: Gas-Phase Ethanol/Nitrogen Tetroxide Reactivity, J. Propuls. Power, vol. 21, no. 6, pp. 1057-1061, 2005.
-
Sakaki, K., Kakudo, H., Nakaya, S., Tsue, M., Suzuki, K., Kanai, R., Inagawa, T., andHiraiwa, T., Combustion Characteristics of Ethanol/Liquid-Oxygen Rocket-Engine Combustor with Planar Pintle Injector, J. Propuls. Power, vol. 33, no. 2, pp. 514-521, 2017.
-
Savonov, R.I., Analise Numerica e Teorica de Injetores Tipo Swirl Empregados em Motores Foguete a Propelente Liquido, PhD, Astronautics Institute of Technoly (ITA), Sao Jose dos Campos, SP, Brazil, 2011.
-
Sutton, G.P. and Biblarz, O., Rocket Propulsion Elements, 9th Ed., New York: Wiley & Sons, 2016.
-
Negri Michele, Lauck Felix, Hot Firing Tests of a Novel Green Hypergolic Propellant in a Thruster, Journal of Propulsion and Power, 38, 3, 2022. Crossref