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A Study on the Design and Performance of a Green Propellant Engine  

Lee, Yang-Suk (충남대학교 대학원)
Jun, Jun-Su (충남대학교 대학원)
Hwang, Oh-Sik (충남대학교 대학원)
Ko, Young-Sung (충남대학교 항공우주공학과)
Kim, Yoo (충남대학교 기계공학과)
Kim, Sun-Jin (청양대학 소방안전관리학과)
Publication Information
Journal of the Korea Institute of Military Science and Technology / v.13, no.6, 2010 , pp. 1180-1187 More about this Journal
Abstract
In the last decade, hydrogen peroxide has received renewed interest as a green propellant which is non-toxic, environmentally clean and relatively easy to handle. This study was performed to acquire the design technique and combustion performance of a 200N bi-propellant engine using hydrogen peroxide and kerosene. The engine which used a catalytic ignition method was designed and cold flow tests were carried out to investigate atomization characteristics. Combustion tests including a pulse mode operation were performed to investigate the combustion performance on various O/F ratios. The results showed that the combustion efficiency and the repeatability of the engine performance were enough to use as an essential database for the development of a high performance engine.
Keywords
Green Propellant; Hydrogen Peroxide; Injector; Catalyst Ignition; Cold Flow Test; Spray Angle;
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