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Experimental validation of a 1-Newton hydrogen peroxide thruster

Experimental validation of a 1-Newton hydrogen peroxide thruster
Experimental validation of a 1-Newton hydrogen peroxide thruster
The evolution of a 1 N monopropellant thruster using 87.5% concentration hydrogen peroxide is reported. The design of the thruster is described, along with the testing of the catalyst material. Thruster firings were completed at sea-level atmospheric conditions and in vacuum, with a vacuum specific impulse of 160 s and a characteristic velocity efficiency of greater than 95% achieved. The final thruster design demonstrated good overall performance, with initial lifetime testing suggesting that the catalyst offers good robustness. A case study suggests that the thruster would provide a level of performance comparable to that of a hydrazine-based propulsion system for a high-velocity-change, volume-constrained low-Earth-orbit spacecraft mission, but at lower cost.
0748-4658
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Ryan, Charles, Fonda-Marsland, Ewan A.P., Roberts, Graham, Lear, Alan, Fletcher, Edward, Giles, Lee, Palmer, Matthew and Gibbon, David (2019) Experimental validation of a 1-Newton hydrogen peroxide thruster. Journal of Propulsion and Power, 1-9. (doi:10.2514/1.B37418).

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The evolution of a 1 N monopropellant thruster using 87.5% concentration hydrogen peroxide is reported. The design of the thruster is described, along with the testing of the catalyst material. Thruster firings were completed at sea-level atmospheric conditions and in vacuum, with a vacuum specific impulse of 160 s and a characteristic velocity efficiency of greater than 95% achieved. The final thruster design demonstrated good overall performance, with initial lifetime testing suggesting that the catalyst offers good robustness. A case study suggests that the thruster would provide a level of performance comparable to that of a hydrazine-based propulsion system for a high-velocity-change, volume-constrained low-Earth-orbit spacecraft mission, but at lower cost.

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Accepted/In Press date: 15 October 2019
e-pub ahead of print date: 13 December 2019

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Local EPrints ID: 436716
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/436716
ISSN: 0748-4658
PURE UUID: cc5a2738-98c3-4a33-93e4-862aeb8c9aa6

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Date deposited: 03 Jan 2020 11:02
Last modified: 16 Mar 2024 05:49

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Author: Charles Ryan
Author: Ewan A.P. Fonda-Marsland
Author: Graham Roberts
Author: Alan Lear
Author: Edward Fletcher
Author: Lee Giles
Author: Matthew Palmer
Author: David Gibbon

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