| Issue |
Volume 4, 2013
Progress in Propulsion Physics
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| Page(s) | 689 - 706 | |
| Section | Chapter Seven. Environmental impact of rocket emissions | |
| DOI | https://doi.org/10.1051/eucass/201304689 | |
| Published online | 05 March 2013 | |
Development of a green bipropellant hydrogen peroxide thruster for attitude control on satellites
1
Forschungs- und Technologietransfer GmbH ―
Fotec
2, Victor Kaplan
Straße, Wiener
Neustadt
A-2700,
Austria
2
University of Applied Sciences Wiener
Neustadt
3, Johannes
Gutenberg-Straße, Wiener Neustadt
A-2700,
Austria
This document describes the selection assessment of propellants for a 1-newton green bipropellant thruster for attitude control on satellites. The development of this thruster was conducted as a part of the project GRASP (Green Advanced Space Propellants) within the European FP7 research program. The green propellant combinations hydrogen peroxide (highly concentrated with 87.5 %(wt.)) with kerosene or hydrogen peroxide (87.5 %(wt.)) with ethanol were identified as interesting candidates and were investigated in detail with the help of an experimental combustion chamber in the chemical propulsion laboratory at the Forschungsund Technologietransfer GmbH ― Fotec. Based on the test results, a final selection of propellants was performed.
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