Performance Evaluation of a Micro Thruster with variation of catalyst loading condition

촉매 담지 조건의 변화에 따른 초소형 추력기의 성능평가

  • Published : 2008.11.13

Abstract

A performance of micro thruster was measured with catalyst bed that was prepared by different catalyst loading condition for the optimization of catalyst bed size. Among the catalyst loading conditions, pH level of precursor solution was changed by several solutions like Nitric acid or Sodium hydroxide. For the each case, it was heated at different drying temperatures that can affect the phase of catalyst loaded on support. From these results, it was studied that the effect of catalyst loading condition on the performance. 90wt% hydrogen peroxide was used as a monopropellant, and platinum was chosen as a catalyst. Characteristic velocity efficiency and temperature efficiency were used for the performance evaluation.

초소형 추력기의 최적화를 위한 연구로 촉매 담지 조건을 변화시키면서 성능 평가를 실시하였다. 촉매의 담지 조건 중 촉매 전구체를 용해시키는 전해물질의 산성도를 변화시켰다. 또한 각각의 경우에 대해 건조 조건을 달리하면서 이에 따른 성능 평가를 실시하였다. 이를 통해 촉매 담지 조건이 추력기 성능에 미치는 영향을 알아보았다. 추진제로는 90wt% 과산화수소를 사용하였으며, 높은 분해성능을 보이는 백금을 촉매로 사용하였다. 초소형 추력기의 목표 추력은 0.1N이며 성능 평가를 위해서 특성속도 효율과 온도 효율을 사용하기로 하였다.

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