Firing performance of advanced hydrogen peroxide catalytic beds in a monopropellant thruster prototype

44th AIAA/ASME/SAE/ASEE Joint Propulsion Conference and Exhibit

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages

  Torre, L ^a   Pasini, A ^a   Romeo, L ^a   d'Agostino, L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BED LOAD; CATALYTIC BEDS; COMMERCIAL CATALYST; FIRING TESTS; INDUSTRIAL CHEMISTRY; MONOPROPELLANT THRUSTERS; PROPULSIVE PERFORMANCE; REACTOR CONFIGURATION; SINGLE SAMPLE; SPACE PROPULSIONS; STEADY STATE;

CATALYSTS; DESIGN; HYDROGEN; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; MONOPROPELLANTS; OXIDATION; PROPULSION; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT;

ELECTRIC REACTORS;

EID: 77957832057     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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