年間 6 号発行
ISSN 印刷: 2150-766X
ISSN オンライン: 2150-7678
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A LOW TEMPERATURE CO-FIRED CERAMIC ELECTROLTYIC MICROTHRUSTER
要約
Liquid monopropellant microthrusters utilizing electrolytic ignition were designed, fabricated, and analyzed. Low temperature co-fired ceramic tape technologies were used initially to fabricate microscale burners in order to evaluate the applicability of the technology to high temperature combustion systems. Microscale diffusion flames were stabilized in the burners, and optical spectroscopy measurements were performed to characterize the flame behavior. The low temperature co-fired ceramic tape technologies were then applied to the fabrication of microthrusters. The microthrusters had integrated silver electrodes to enable ignition of hydroxylammonium nitrate-based liquid monopropellants by electrolytic decomposition. The volume of the thruster combustion chamber was 0.82 mm3. The microthruster was successfully ignited, and a thrust output of approximately 200 mN was measured with a voltage input of 45 V. Energy input as small as 1.9 J was achieved for ignition, and ignition delay as short as 224.5 ms was recorded.
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Yetter, R.A., Yang, V., Wu, M.H., Wang, Y., Milius, D., Aksay, I.A., and Dryer, F.L., Combustion Issues and Approaches for Chemical Microthrusters.
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Yetter, R.A., Yang, V., Wang, Z., Wang, Y., Milius, D., Peluse, M., Aksay, I.A., Angioletti, M., and Dryer, F.L., Development of Meso and Micro Scale Liquid Propellant Thrusters.
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Wu, M.H., Development and Experimental Analyses of Meso and Micro Scale Combustion Systems.
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