Design and use of a batch reactor for catalytic decomposition of different monopropellants

36th AIAA/ASME/SAE/ASEE Joint Propulsion Conference and Exhibit

Volumn , Issue , 2000, Pages

  Eloirdi, Rachel ^a   Rossignol, Sylvie ^a   Chauveau, Michel ^a   Kappenstein, Charles ^a   Duprez, Daniel ^a   Pillet, Nicolas ^b  

^a Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique   (France)

^b CNES   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BATCH REACTORS; CATALYSTS; HYDRAZINE; IGNITION; MONOPROPELLANTS; PROPULSION;

CATALYTIC DECOMPOSITION; GAS PHASE TEMPERATURE; HAN-BASED PROPELLANTS; INITIAL TEMPERATURES; ONSET TEMPERATURE; REACTOR PRESSURES; SIMULTANEOUS RECORDING; WORKING PRESSURES;

PROPELLANTS;

EID: 84896479099     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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