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Study on Ceramic Thruster

Research Project

Project/Area Number 14205141
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (A)

Allocation TypeSingle-year Grants
Section一般
Research Field Aerospace engineering
Research InstitutionJapan Aerospace Exploration Agency

Principal Investigator

UESUGI Kuninori  Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, Institute of Space and Astronautical Science, Professor, 宇宙科学研究本部 宇宙航空システム研究係, 教授 (40013693)

Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) SATO Eiichi  Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, Institute of Space and Astronautical Science, Associate Professor, 宇宙科学研究本部 宇宙構造・材料工学研究系, 助教授 (40178710)
SAWAI Shujiro  Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, Institute of Space and Astronautical Science, Associate Professor, 宇宙科学研究本部 宇宙航空システム研究系, 助教授 (30270440)
田北 勝彦  三菱重工業(株)長崎研究所強度研究室, 主席研究員
Project Period (FY) 2002 – 2005
Project Status Completed (Fiscal Year 2005)
Budget Amount *help
¥53,820,000 (Direct Cost: ¥41,400,000、Indirect Cost: ¥12,420,000)
Fiscal Year 2005: ¥13,520,000 (Direct Cost: ¥10,400,000、Indirect Cost: ¥3,120,000)
Fiscal Year 2004: ¥18,070,000 (Direct Cost: ¥13,900,000、Indirect Cost: ¥4,170,000)
Fiscal Year 2003: ¥10,920,000 (Direct Cost: ¥8,400,000、Indirect Cost: ¥2,520,000)
Fiscal Year 2002: ¥11,310,000 (Direct Cost: ¥8,700,000、Indirect Cost: ¥2,610,000)
KeywordsCeramics / Thruster / Silicon Nitride / Bi-propellant Propulsion System / RCS / 衛星 / 推進系 / CMC / モノリシックセラミックス / 2液推進系
Research Abstract

Ceramics are one of the most promising materials for the spacecraft on-board thrusters because of their superior performance on heat resistance. However they are brittle, and thus they have not been used in the real flight missions so far. It might be fractured due to mechanical vibration at launch, thermal shock at firing, or by collision of space debris. We have developed a 500N class bipropellant thruster made of Si-based monolithic ceramic. As a first step of the development, the chamber and nozzle of the existing metallic thruster were replaced to ceramics, and have conducted a series of qualification tests including mechanical vibration tests, firing tests and impact test. Test results confirmed its feasibility in accordance with the thermal shock and launch environment.
Momentarily, the design of the injector block is not revised from the conventional version. It means that the improvement of the performance is not expected, because the design of the injector is the key point to decide how the propellant combusts, and how the thruster becomes hot. It implies the possibility of improving the performance by allowing a higher chamber temperature.
So far, this study has concentrated to realize the ceramic based thruster, without concerning the performance. As a result, the authors have successfully developed the ceramic thruster which has similar performance to the conventional ones.

Report

(5 results)
  • 2005 Annual Research Report   Final Research Report Summary
  • 2004 Annual Research Report
  • 2003 Annual Research Report
  • 2002 Annual Research Report
  • Research Products

    (34 results)

All 2005 2004 2003 2002 Other

All Journal Article (30 results) Publications (4 results)

  • [Journal Article] 衛星用セラミックススラスタ-セラミックス部材の高信頼性設計2005

    • Author(s)
      野中吉紀, 森島克成, 三島弘行, 古川克己, 佐藤英一, 澤井秀次郎, 上杉邦憲
    • Journal Title

      まてりあ 第44巻・第7号

      Pages: 565-570

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
    • Related Report
      2005 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Journal Article] セラミックス型ロケットエンジンの開発2005

    • Author(s)
      野中吉紀, 西野宏, 古川克己, 三島弘行, 森島克成, 上杉邦憲, 佐藤英一, 澤井秀次郎
    • Journal Title

      第125回超塑性研究会論文集

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
    • Related Report
      2005 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Journal Article] Development of Monolithic Ceramic Thruster for Interplanetary Exporation2005

    • Author(s)
      K.Uesugi, E.Sato, S.Sawai, K.Furukawa, H.Mishima, K.Morishima, Y.Nonaka, M.Kondo
    • Journal Title

      Proceedings of sixth IAA International Conference on Low-Cost Planetary Missions

      Pages: 177-181

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
    • Related Report
      2005 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Journal Article] Numerical Simulation of Film-Cooled Bi-Propellant Thruster Performances2005

    • Author(s)
      K.Ohminami, K.Uesugi, H.Ogawa
    • Journal Title

      Proceedings of sixth IAA International Conference on Low-Cost Planetary Missions

      Pages: 183-186

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
    • Related Report
      2005 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Journal Article] Development of Ceramic Based 500N Class Bi-Propellant Thruster2005

    • Author(s)
      S.Sawai, E.Sato, K.Uesugi, K.Furukawa, H.Mishima, K.Morishima, Y.Nonaka, M.Kondo
    • Journal Title

      Proceeding of the 56^<th> International Astronautical Congress

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
    • Related Report
      2005 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Journal Article] 惑星探査機用セラミックススラスタの開発2005

    • Author(s)
      佐藤英一, 澤井秀次郎, 上杉邦憲, 野中吉紀, 森島克成, 三島弘行, 古川克己
    • Journal Title

      第21回宇宙構造・材料シンポジウム公園集

      Pages: 1-7

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
    • Related Report
      2005 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Journal Article] Ceramic Thruster for Satellites-High Reliability Design of Ceramic Component,2005

    • Author(s)
      Y.Nonaka, K.Morishima, H.Mishima, K.Furukawa, E.Sato, S.Sawai, K.T.Uesugi
    • Journal Title

      Materia 44 (7)

      Pages: 565-570

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
    • Related Report
      2005 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Journal Article] Development of Ceramic-type Rocket Engine,2005

    • Author(s)
      Y.Nonaka, H.Nishino, K.Furukawa, H.Mishima, K.Morishima, K.T.Uesugi, E.Sato, S.Sawai
    • Journal Title

      Collected Abstracts of the 125^<th> Meeting of the Japan Society for Research on Superplasticity

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
    • Related Report
      2005 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Journal Article] Development of Monolithic Ceramic Thruster for Interplanetary Exploration,2005

    • Author(s)
      K.T.Uesugi, E.Sato, S.Sawai, K.Furukawa, H.Mishima, K.Morishima, Y.Nonaka, M.Kondo
    • Journal Title

      Proceedings of sixth IAA International Conference on Low-Cost Planetary Missions

      Pages: 177-181

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
    • Related Report
      2005 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Journal Article] Numerical Simulation of Film-Cooled Bi-Propellant Thruster Performances,2005

    • Author(s)
      K.Ohminami, K.T.Uesugi, H.Ogawa
    • Journal Title

      Proceedings of sixth IAA International Conference on Low-Cost Planetary Missions

      Pages: 183-186

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
    • Related Report
      2005 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Journal Article] Development of Ceramic Based 500N Class Bi-Propellant Thruster2005

    • Author(s)
      S.Sawai, E.Sato, K.T.Uesugi, K.Furukawa, H.Mishima, K.Morishima, Y.Nonaka, M.Kondo
    • Journal Title

      Proceedings of the 56^<th> International Astronautical Congress IAC-05-C4.3.01

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
    • Related Report
      2005 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Journal Article] Development of Ceramic Thruster for Planetary Explorer,2005

    • Author(s)
      E.Sato, S.Sawai, K.T.Uesugi, Y.Nonaka, K.Morishima, H.Mishima, K.Furukawa
    • Journal Title

      Proceedings of the 21^<st> Symposium on Space Structure and Materials

      Pages: 1-7

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
    • Related Report
      2005 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Journal Article] 衛星用セラミックススラスタ-セラミックス部材の高信頼性設計2005

    • Author(s)
      野中吉紀, 森島克成, 三島弘行, 古川克己, 佐藤英一, 澤井秀次郎, 上杉邦憲
    • Journal Title

      まてりあ 第44巻・第7号(CD-Rom)

    • Related Report
      2005 Annual Research Report
  • [Journal Article] セラミックス型ロケットエンジンの開発2005

    • Author(s)
      野中吉紀, 西野宏, 古川克己, 三島弘行, 森島克成, 上杉邦憲, 佐藤英一, 澤井秀次郎
    • Journal Title

      第125回超塑性研究会論文集 (CD-Rom)

    • Related Report
      2005 Annual Research Report
  • [Journal Article] Development of Monolithic Ceramic Thruster for Interplanetary Exploration2005

    • Author(s)
      K.Uesugi, E.sato, S.Sawai, K.Furukawa, H.Mishima, K.Morishima, Y.Nonaka, M.Kondo
    • Journal Title

      Proceedings of sixth IAA International Conference on Low-Cost Planetary Missions (CD-Rom)

    • Related Report
      2005 Annual Research Report
  • [Journal Article] Numerical Simulation of Film-Cooled Bi-Propellant Thruster Performances2005

    • Author(s)
      K.Ohminami, K.Uesugi, H.Ogawa
    • Journal Title

      Proceedings of sixth IAA International Conference on Low-Cost Planetary Missions (CD-Rom)

    • Related Report
      2005 Annual Research Report
  • [Journal Article] Development of Ceramic Based 500N Class Bi-Propellant Thruster2005

    • Author(s)
      S.Sawai, E.Sato, K.Uesugi, K.Furukawa, H.Mishima, K.Morishima, Y.Nonaka, M.Kondo
    • Journal Title

      Proceedings of the 56^<th> International Astronautical Congress (単独別刷り)

    • Related Report
      2005 Annual Research Report
  • [Journal Article] 惑星探査機用セラミックススラスタの開発2005

    • Author(s)
      佐藤英一, 澤井秀次郎, 上杉邦憲, 野中吉紀, 森島克成, 三島弘行, 古川克己
    • Journal Title

      第21回宇宙構造・材料シンポジウム講演集 (CD-Rom)

    • Related Report
      2005 Annual Research Report
  • [Journal Article] 200N級セラミックスラスタの破壊確率評価2004

    • Author(s)
      上杉邦憲, 佐藤英一, 澤井秀次郎, 野中吉紀, 田北勝彦, 長谷崎和洋, 三島弘行, 森島克成
    • Journal Title

      日本金属学会講演概要 S2・14

      Pages: 80-80

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
    • Related Report
      2005 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Journal Article] Development of Ceramic Thruster for Spacecraft Propulsion System2004

    • Author(s)
      K.Takita, K.Hisatsune, Y.Nonaka, H.Mishima, K.T.Uesugi, E.Sato, S.Sawai
    • Journal Title

      4^<th> International Spacecraft Propulsion Conference 2-9

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
    • Related Report
      2005 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Journal Article] Development of Ceramic thruster for Spacecraft Propulsion System,2004

    • Author(s)
      K.Takita, K.Hisatsune, Y.Nonaka, H.Mishima, K.T.Uesugi, E.Sato, S.Sawai
    • Journal Title

      4^<th> International Spacecraft Propulsion Conference

      Pages: 2-9

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
    • Related Report
      2005 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Journal Article] Development of Ceramic Thruster for Reaction Control Subsystem2004

    • Author(s)
      Uesugi, et al.
    • Journal Title

      Advances in the Astronautical Sciences Vol.117

      Pages: 755-764

    • Related Report
      2004 Annual Research Report
  • [Journal Article] Development of Ceramic Thruster for Space Propulsion System2004

    • Author(s)
      Uesugi, et al.
    • Journal Title

      4^<th> International spacecraft Propulsion Conference CD

    • Related Report
      2004 Annual Research Report
  • [Journal Article] セラミック系スラスタの開発2003

    • Author(s)
      田北勝彦, 野中吉紀, 古川克己, 三島弘行, 佐藤英一, 澤井秀次郎
    • Journal Title

      日本金属学会講演概要 S3・11

      Pages: 88-88

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
    • Related Report
      2005 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Journal Article] Development of Ceramic Thruster for Reaction Control System(RCS)2003

    • Author(s)
      K.T.Uesugi, E.Sato, S.Sawai, K.Takita, Y.Nonaka, H.Mishima
    • Journal Title

      Space Activities and Cooperation Contributing to All Pacific Basin Countries (10^<th> ISCOPS)

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
    • Related Report
      2005 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Journal Article] Development of Ceramic Thruster for Reaction Control System (RCS),2003

    • Author(s)
      K.T.Uesugi, E.Sato, S.Sawai, K.Takita, Y.Nonaka, H.Mishima
    • Journal Title

      Space Activities and Cooperation Contributing to All Pacific Basin Countries (10^<th> ISCOPS)

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
    • Related Report
      2005 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Journal Article] Development of Low Thrust Hydrazine/MON-3 Bipropellant Thruster2002

    • Author(s)
      H.Mishima, K.Furukawa, t。Takami, K.Takata, Y.Nonaka, S.Sawai
    • Journal Title

      Proceedings of 23^<rd> International Smposium on Space Technology and Science (Selecter Papers) Vol.1

      Pages: 99-102

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
    • Related Report
      2005 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Journal Article] Development of Low Thrust Hydrazine/MON-3 Bipropellant Thruster,2002

    • Author(s)
      H.Mishima, K.Furukawa, T.Takami, K.Takita, Y.Nonaka, S.Sawai
    • Journal Title

      Proceedings of 23rd International Symposium on Space Technology and Science (Selected Papers), Matsue Vol.1, ISTS 2002-a-19

      Pages: 99-102

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
    • Related Report
      2005 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Journal Article] Development of Ceramic Thruster,

    • Author(s)
      K.Takita, Y.Nonaka, K.Furukawa, H.Mishima, E.Sato, S.Sawai
    • Journal Title

      Collected Abstracts of the 2003 Spring Meeting of the Japan Institute of Metals S3-II

      Pages: 88-88

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
    • Related Report
      2005 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Journal Article] Fracture Probability Assessment of 500N-Class Ceramic Thruster,

    • Author(s)
      K.T.Uesugi, E.Sato, S.Sawai, Y.Nonaka, K.Takita, K.Hasezaki, H.Mishima, K.Morishima
    • Journal Title

      Collected Abstracts of the 2004 Spring Meeting of the Japan Institute of Metals S3-II

      Pages: 88-88

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
    • Related Report
      2005 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Publications] K.Uesugi, E.Sato, S.Sawai, K.Takita, Y.Nonaka, H.Mishima: "Development of Ceramic Thruster for Reaction Control System"Proceedings of 10th International Space Conference of Pacific Basin Societie, Tokyo, Dec.2003. (to be published). (2004)

    • Related Report
      2003 Annual Research Report
  • [Publications] 上杉邦憲, 佐藤英一, 澤井秀次郎, 野中吉紀, 田北勝彦, 他: "500N級セラミックススラスタの破壊確率評価"金属学会2004年春季大会講演会講演概要集. 80-80 (2004)

    • Related Report
      2003 Annual Research Report
  • [Publications] K.Takita, S.Sawai et al.: "Development of Low Thrust Hydrazine/MON-3 Bipropellant Thruster"Proceedings of 23rd International Symposium on Space Technology and Science (Selected Papers). Vol.1. 99-102 (2002)

    • Related Report
      2002 Annual Research Report
  • [Publications] 田北勝彦, 佐藤英一, 澤井秀次郎 他: "セラミックス系スラスタの開発"日本金属学会春季大会講演概要集. 88-88 (2003)

    • Related Report
      2002 Annual Research Report

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