A monopropellant gas generator based on N2O decomposition for "Green" propulsion and power applications

45th AIAA/ASME/SAE/ASEE Joint Propulsion Conference and Exhibit

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages

  Scherson, Yaniv ^a   Lohner, Kevin ^a   Lariviere, Brian ^b   Cantwell, Brian ^a,c   Kenny, Thomas ^a,b  

^a Stanford University   (United States)

^b AEROJET ROCKETDYNE   (United States)

^c 496 Lomita Mall   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CATALYTIC DECOMPOSITION; DECOMPOSITION REACTION; ENVIRONMENTALLY-FRIENDLY; FULL SCALE; LEAN MIXTURES; NITROUS OXIDE; NITROUS OXIDE DECOMPOSITION; POWER APPLICATIONS; POWER INPUT; RADIATIVE HEAT LOSS; STANFORD UNIVERSITY; START-UPS;

ACTIVATION ENERGY; ANESTHETICS; METHANE; MONOPROPELLANTS; NITROGEN OXIDES;

PROPULSION;

EID: 77957828082     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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