Characterisation of a monopropellant microthruster catalytic bed

41st AIAA/ASME/SAE/ASEE Joint Propulsion Conference and Exhibit

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages

  Barley, S Z ^a   Palmer, P L ^a   Wallbank, J R ^a,b   Baker, A M ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SURREY   (United Kingdom)

^b School of Engineering and Physical Sciences ^*

^c SURREY SATELLITE TECHNOLOGY LTD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CATALYST BEDS; CATALYTIC DECOMPOSITION; CHARACTERISATION; FLOWTHROUGH; MICROTHRUSTER; NANOSATELLITE; OPTIMUM SOLUTION; POWER CONSTRAINTS; PREFERRED SOLUTIONS; PROPULSION SYSTEM;

CATALYSIS; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; HYDROGEN; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; SPACECRAFT PROPULSION;

CATALYSTS;

EID: 77957840820     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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