We present a straightforward formulation predicting the characteristic velocity and specific impulse for bipropellant thrusters as a direct function of injection conditions, propellant combination, and nozzle expansion ratio. The theoretical formulation deduces a framework for a quantitative noncombustion test or cold-flow test to predict the performance indices. We simply employ water and dyed water as simulant liquids and then measure the local ratios of mixture and flow rate using an absorbance spectrometer. Density ratio mismatch between hypergolic propellants and water can be reasonably convertible. Combined with chemical equilibrium analysis, we obtain characteristic velocity and specific impulse across wide injection mixture ratios. The validity of the quantitative water-flow diagnostic is evidenced by comparing the results with those of corresponding combustion tests using nitrogen tetroxide and monomethylhydrazine as the propellants under several injector unlike-doublet and triplet configurations, showing that the mixing states of bipropellant thrusters under combustion can be reproduced using the water-flow diagnostic.


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    Title :

    Direct Formulation of Bipropellant Thruster Performance for Quantitative Cold-Flow Diagnostic


    Contributors:
    Inoue, Chihiro (author) / Oishi, Yuki (author) / Daimon, Yu (author) / Fujii, Go (author) / Kawatsu, Kaname (author)

    Published in:

    Publication date :

    2021-07-14


    Size :

    8 pages




    Type of media :

    Article (Journal)


    Type of material :

    Electronic Resource


    Language :

    English




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