Evaluation of ethanol-blended hydrogen peroxide monopropellant on a 10 N class thruster

Journal of Propulsion and Power

Volumn 29, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 1164-1170

  Lee, Jeongsub ^a,b   Kwon, Sejin ^a,b  

^a Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST)   (South Korea)

^b Division of Aerospace   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALUMINA; ALUMINUM OXIDE; BARIUM COMPOUNDS; BLENDING; CATALYSTS; ETHANOL; HYDROGEN FUELS; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; LEAD OXIDE; MANGANESE OXIDE; MONOPROPELLANTS; OXIDATION; PEROXIDES;

316 L STAINLESS STEEL; CHAMBER TEMPERATURE; COMPATIBILITY TEST; DECOMPOSITION PERFORMANCE; EFFICIENCY CHARACTERISTIC; MONOPROPELLANT THRUSTERS; PLATINUM CATALYSTS; THERMAL CHARACTERISTICS;

PLATINUM COMPOUNDS;

EID: 84885035457     PISSN: 07484658     EISSN: 15333876     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2514/1.B34790     Document Type: Article

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