The Green Propellant Infusion Mission (GPIM) is a project in the NASA Technology Demonstration Missions (TDM) that will perform a spaceflight demonstration of an AF-M315E propulsion system. The mission is led by Ball Aerospace & Technologies Corporation, with participation across industry and government. The spacecraft is based on the Ball BCP-100 bus, with an Aerojet propulsion system. NASA GSFC provides system testing and analysis of the flow within the AF-M315E propulsion system. A facility was developed at the NASA GSFC propulsion test site to safely use and test the AF-M315E propellant. Testing was performed on multiple 1 N and 22 N non-flight thruster valves provided by Aerojet. A mock-up of the flight system was driven at multiple pressures and temperatures to approximate different flight conditions. Testing was conducted to observe how AF-M315E behaves in fight-like conditions due to the propellant's mass properties heavy dependence on changes in temperature. The testing consisted of driving the different thruster valves at a set on-time and off-time for all and varying the driving pressure from 125 psig to 410 psig. Individual pulses were measured and analyzed for each valve to compare the various rise times and fall times of each thruster valve. The rise times and fall times were then analyzed for thruster valves by measuring the differential pressure from directly upstream and downstream of the valve. The rise times and fall times were also analyzed by measuring the amperage trace of the thruster valve measured with an oscilloscope. The pressure and amperage rise and fall times were compared collectively and individually for the various thruster valves. These results were compared to the fall time data provided by Aerojet.


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    Titel :

    Green Propellant Infusion Mission (GPIM) Thruster Valve Testing


    Beteiligte:

    Kongress:

    JANNAF Propulsion Meeting (JPM) ; 2018 ; Long Beach, CA, United States
    Modeling and Simulation (MSS) Subcommittee ; 2018 ; Long Beach, CA, United States
    Liquid Propulsion (LPS) Subcommittee ; 2018 ; Long Beach, CA, United States
    Spacecraft Propulsion (SPS) Subcommittee ; 2018 ; Long Beach, CA, United States
    Programmatic Industrial Base (PIB) ; 2018 ; Long Beach, CA, United States


    Erscheinungsdatum :

    2018-05-21


    Medientyp :

    Aufsatz (Konferenz)


    Format :

    Keine Angabe


    Sprache :

    Englisch




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