年間 6 号発行
ISSN 印刷: 2150-766X
ISSN オンライン: 2150-7678
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EXPERIMENTAL STUDY OF MICROTHRUSTER HEAT LOSS
要約
Due to the miniature sizes of microthrusters, their combustion efficiency is greatly affected by the relatively large heat loss and short residence time for the reaction products. This leads to a decrease in the gas temperature and completeness of combustion. As a result, the measured specific impulse for microthrusters, as a rule, turns out essentially lower than the theoretical one. To derive data needed for simulating this problem, the current research program has been developed and directed to the determination of the mechanism of energy loss in microthrusters and differentiation of various contributions into total energy loss. The propellant internal ballistic characteristics were obtained at different pressures for a chosen propellant containing a small additive of nanoaluminum. The casing of the microthruster was fabricated in the form of a cylinder made of fused quartz. The inner volume of the combustion chamber was about 0.07 cm3. In order to determine the parameters of heat exchange between the combustion products and combustion chamber walls, the temperature histories of the thruster casing and the combustion gases inside the chamber were recorded with microthermocouples. In addition, approximate mathematical model was developed for estimating the effect of heat loss on the delivered value of specific impulse. The results of preliminary calculations by the model are presented.
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Lee, D.H. and Kwoon, S., Heat Transfer and Quenching Analysis of Combustion in Micro Combustion Vessel.