This work is an attempt to investigate the nozzle expansion characteristics of a solar thruster that uses ammonia as propellant. For this purpose we have developed a state to state kinetic model to study the dissociation of ammonia in a supersonic nozzle expansion. The properties of the thruster depend on the ammonia dissociation degree in the reservoir, which can be very far from equilibrium due to the very slow dissociation kinetics at the thruster working conditions.
Model for Ammonia Solar Thermal Thruster (POSTPRINT)
2005
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