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Research progress of nitrous oxide propulsion technology(PDF)

《火箭推进》[ISSN:1672-9374/CN:CN 61-1436/V]

Issue:
2014年02期
Page:
7-15
Research Field:
专论与综述
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Title:
Research progress of nitrous oxide propulsion technology
Author(s):
SONG Chang-qing;  XU Wan-wu;  ZHANG Jia-qi;  CHEN Jian
Key Laboratory on Scramjet Technology, National University of Defense Technology, Changsha 410073, China
Keywords:
nitrous oxide;  monopropellant;  bipropellant;  research progress
PACS:
V511-34
DOI:
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Abstract:
With the strengthening of environment protection, people are looking forward to a green propellant for the replacement of toxic propellant such as Hydrazine. Nitrous oxide is a clean and non-toxic propellant, which is easy to handle for ground experiments, does not need cumbersome and expensive protection, can be stored in the environmental temperature, scarcely needs thermo-control for its tank, and has high enough saturation pressure for self-pressurization supply and high exothermic decomposition temperature as a monopropellant or bipropellant. The performances and main applications of nitrous oxide are analyzed in this paper, especially the application in liquid rocket propulsion systems. The research progresses of nitrous oxide self-pressurization feed system, catalytic thermal decomposition system of monopropellant, NOFBXTM technology blending fuel with Nitrous oxide to overcome the limitation of catalyst bed, and bipropellant propulsion system taking nitrous oxide acts as oxidant are summarized. In the end of the paper, the problems existing in the current work are pointed out and a reference for the further research is provided.

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