Auto-ignition of fuels using highly stabilised hydrogen peroxide

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

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages

  Musker, Antony J ^a,b   Roberts, Graham T ^b   Ford, Suzanne ^b   Reakes, Emily ^b   Westbury, Tom ^b,c  

^a DELTACAT Ltd   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^c Aerospace Engineering

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CATALYSIS; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; NITROGEN COMPOUNDS; OXIDATION; PEROXIDES; PROPELLANTS; PROPULSION; ROCKETS;

AUTO-IGNITION; HOMOGENEOUS CATALYSIS; ROCKET PROPELLANTS;

HYDROGEN FUELS;

EID: 85086609436     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2514/6.2005-4454     Document Type: Conference Paper

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