Propulsion
mohamad ali amirifar; alireza rajabi; nooredin ghadiri masoom; zahra amirsardari; majid kamranifar
Abstract
In this research, the performance of a monopropellant hydrazine thruster in atmospheric conditions has been investigated experimentally. For this purpose, after designing and constructing the thruster according to the functional requirements of the thruster, a test was designed and after that, the desired ...
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In this research, the performance of a monopropellant hydrazine thruster in atmospheric conditions has been investigated experimentally. For this purpose, after designing and constructing the thruster according to the functional requirements of the thruster, a test was designed and after that, the desired thruster was tested in atmospheric conditions. The test results show that the tested thruster can generate 2000 pulses with a width of 0.5 seconds and a periodicity of one second with reproducibility. It was shown that the life of this thruster is more than 2000 pulses and the thruster was able to produce very small beats of 3 mNS in reproducibility. Also, comparing the results of the current thruster sample with the experimental results of other thrusters showed how by selecting the appropriate dimensions for the injector, catalyst chamber and nozzle, the characteristics of pressure rise time, minimum impulse, pulse centroid and pressure drop time in the Thruster can be well controlled. Reducing the injector diameter (by keeping the flow rate constant by increasing the injection pressure) reduces the impulse (within a constant pulse width) and increases the pressure rise time. Reducing the dimensions of the catalyst chamber also reduces the increase and decrease time of the pressure, resulting in a smaller pulse centroid
