The addition of metal hydride improves the combustion performance of hybrid rocket fuels due to increased combustion temperature and hydrogen addition. However, the flame zone structure sensitivity to the addition of metal hydride has not been directly studied. This paper examines visible solid fuel flame height measurements and confirms these results with chemiluminescence in an optically accessible combustor. In addition, the fuel combustion performance is considered using a traditional hybrid rocket combustor as a comparison to the optical chamber results. This paper investigates dicyclopentadiene as the primary fuel binder in gaseous oxygen flow. is studied as a fuel additive and is compared to aluminum and mechanically activated aluminum-polytetrafluoroethylene. Twenty-five wt % increases the regression rate of dicyclopentadiene by 19% due to increased hydrogen release into the flame zone. Enhanced blowing from the 25 wt % decomposition increases the dicyclopentadiene flame height by 44%. decomposition is rapid with respect to dicyclopentadiene pyrolysis, and as a result particle size reduction from 100–200 to has no appreciable effect on the fuel regression or flame height. The addition of aluminum and aluminum-polytetrafluoroethylene increases the regression rate due to enhanced heat release but does not impact the flame height like .
Performance and Flame Visualization of Dicyclopentadiene Rocket Propellants with Metal Hydride Additives
Journal of Propulsion and Power ; 32 , 4 ; 869-881
2016-04-15
13 pages
Aufsatz (Zeitschrift)
Elektronische Ressource
Englisch
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