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http://dx.doi.org/10.5139/JKSAS.2009.37.7.717

The Past and Future Perspectives of Hydrogen Peroxide as Rocket Propellants  

Ha, Seong-Up (모스크바국립항공대학교 로켓엔진학과)
Kwon, Min-Chan (모스크바국립항공대학교 로켓엔진학과)
Seo, Kyoun-Su (한국항공우주연구원 발사체사업조정팀)
Han, Sang-Yeop (한국항공우주연구원 추진제어팀)
Publication Information
Journal of the Korean Society for Aeronautical & Space Sciences / v.37, no.7, 2009 , pp. 717-728 More about this Journal
Abstract
In the field of rocket propulsion system hydrogen peroxide has been used as mono-propellant and as the oxidizer of bi-propellants. At the beginning, hydrogen peroxide was used as mono-propellant for thrusters, but later it had been replaced by hydrazine, which has better specific impulse and storability. On the other hand, to drive turbo-pumps, hydrogen peroxide is still being utilized. As the oxidizer of bi-propellants it was used until 1970's and from 1990's hydrogen peroxide once again got back to developer's interest, because one of the recent development purposes of rocket propulsion system is low-cost and ecologically-clean. Until now the storability of hydrogen peroxide has been remarkably improved. The combination of Kerosene/$H_2O_2$ also shows similar accelerating performance to Kerosene/$LO_x$ combination because of higher propellant density and higher O/F ratio, even though the propulsion performance is not as good as the combination of Kerosene/$LO_x$. Moreover, its combustion products are much cleaner than Kerosene/$LO_x$ combination.
Keywords
$H_2O_2$; Hydrogen Peroxide; Propellant; Oxidizer; Catalyst; Rocket;
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