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Development Of An Ionic Green Monopropellant 1 Newton Thruster For Small Satellite Application, Jaclyn Mona Mejia
Development Of An Ionic Green Monopropellant 1 Newton Thruster For Small Satellite Application, Jaclyn Mona Mejia
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In effort to advance green monopropellant propulsion using AF-M315E, a 1N thruster was developed to demonstrate the propellant capabilities for low thrust requirement missions. The current study presents the development of a 1 Newton thruster. The thruster was designed based on available literature for initial parameters. In house developed catalyst was packed into the 1 Newton thruster, and mounted onto a thrust stand for testing. Two configurations of catalyst were used for this testing campaign. As a result, temperature peaks from AF-M315E decomposition gases reached up to 1400°C with an iridium loading factor of 25% by mass with both catalyst …
Development Of An Iridium-Ceramic Substrate Catalyst Bed For The Decomposition Of Ionic Green Liquid Monopropellants, Alejandro Andre Vazquez
Development Of An Iridium-Ceramic Substrate Catalyst Bed For The Decomposition Of Ionic Green Liquid Monopropellants, Alejandro Andre Vazquez
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In an effort to advance green monopropellant propulsion using ionic liquids, the Center for Space Exploration and Technology Research (cSETR) has developed a pellet based catalyst bed for the decomposition of AF-M315E. The present paper will go over some of the fundamental research conducted towards the development of a catalyst bed and some of its applications. Three different catalyst bed designs were produced where each uses a different ceramic substrate material. The three different substrates are aluminum oxide, tungstated zirconia, silicon carbide each coated with iridium as the catalyst material. An experimental setup for testing the catalytic decomposition AF-M315E was …
Development Of A Micro-Catbed For Miniature Thrusters, Chance Paul Garcia
Development Of A Micro-Catbed For Miniature Thrusters, Chance Paul Garcia
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The goal of this work is to develop a micro catalytic bed for miniature thrusters. A test bed was constructed for experimental testing to characterize several parts of the micro catalytic bed. The reactant fluid studied is 90% Hydrogen Peroxide (H2O2) by weight. Three different cross sectional area designs were tested to determine decomposition efficiency, temperature reaction propensity, optimum flow rate, and temperature distribution across each bed. The products of decomposition were condensed to measure the oxygen released from decomposition. The results will be used to develop the basis for a micro catalytic bed design to implement into future miniature …