Fuel options for next-generation chemical propulsion

AIAA Journal

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 19-36

  Law, Chung K ^a  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AVIATION FUEL; BASIC RESEARCH; CHEMICAL PROPULSION; CHEMICAL SYNTHESIS; ENERGY SECURITY; ENGINE DESIGN; FISCHER TROPSCH; FUEL DESIGN; FUEL OPTION; FUNCTIONALIZED; HIGH ENERGY DENSITIES; HYPERGOLIC PROPELLANTS; NANOPARTICLE ADDITION; OXIDATIVE CHEMISTRY; PREDICTIVE CAPABILITIES; REACTION MECHANISM; REACTION PATHWAYS; RECENT PROGRESS; REDUCED MECHANISMS; RESEARCH ACTIVITIES; STATE OF RESEARCH; SURROGATE FUELS;

ALTERNATIVE FUELS; AVIATION; BIOFUELS; CLIMATE CHANGE; PROPELLANTS; PROPULSION; RESEARCH; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL);

SYNTHETIC FUELS;

EID: 84555187993     PISSN: 00011452     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2514/1.J051328     Document Type: Article

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