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Accelerated Aging Characteristics of a Double Base Propellant

복기추진제의 가속 노화 특성 연구

  • Received : 2018.12.28
  • Accepted : 2019.05.08
  • Published : 2019.08.01
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Abstract

Accelerated aging test for the double base propellant was carried out at three different temperatures (60, 70, and $75^{\circ}C$) for over a year. To evaluate the aging characteristics of the double base propellant, the stabilizer contents and thermal decomposition kinetics were analyzed by using high performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) and AKTS-Thermokinetics software. As a result, stabilizer contents in the double base propellant gradually decreased according to the aging temperature and aging duration. The consumption rate of 2-NDPA in the accelerated aged propellants showed that it was two times faster at $75^{\circ}C$ in compared with ther rate at $70^{\circ}C$. These experimental values were simulated by the SB kinetic model, and it was shown that the two-step model with constant reaction orders n1=1 and n2=0 best describes the process of the stabilizer depletion for the double base propellant.

세 가지 다른 온도($60^{\circ}C$, $70^{\circ}C$ 그리고 $75^{\circ}C$)에서 1년 동안 복기추진제의 가속 노화 시험을 수행하였다. 추진제의 노화 특성을 평가하기 위해 고성능 액체크로마토그래피(HPLC)와 AKTS-Thermokinetics 소프트웨어를 사용하여 안정제 함량과 속도론적 분석을 수행하였다. 그 결과, 추진제의 안정제 함량은 노화 온도 및 노화 기간에 따라서 점차적으로 감소하였다. $75^{\circ}C$에서의 안정제 감소 속도는 $70^{\circ}C$와 비교하여 약 2배 정도 빠른 것으로 나타났다. 이러한 실험값들을 속도론적 SB 모델과 2단계 모델로 모사하였고, n1=1, n2=0에서 실제데이터를 가장 잘 모사하였다.

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