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Research Trend and Histories of Rocket Engines using Hydrogen Peroxide and Liquid Methane as Green Propellants  

Kim, Sun-Jin (청양대학 소방안전관리학과)
Lee, Yang-Suk (충남대학교 항공우주공학과)
Ko, Young-Sung (충남대학교 항공우주공학과)
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Journal of the Korean Society of Propulsion Engineers / v.14, no.4, 2010 , pp. 46-58 More about this Journal
Abstract
Hydrogen peroxide(HP) and liquid methane have deserved renewed considerations as green propellants in recent years, because main design concerns in the development of the new generation propulsion system for spacecrafts are concentrated on low operation cost and environmental cleanness. Although HP has a long history of application to aerospace propulsion systems due to high density, mono-propellant characteristics and low toxicity, it had been replaced by hydrazine and liquid oxygen due to extreme performance requirement during the cold war. But HP has received a renewed interest due to its increased stability and many researches have been conducted to develop high performance LREs(Liquid Rocket Engines) using HP. Liquid methane has also received a new interest in rocket propulsion system for the future space exploration according to its possibility of ISRU(In-Situ Resource Utilization).
Keywords
Hydrogen Peroxide; Methane; Mono-propellant; Bi-propellant; RCS(Reaction Control System);
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