Research and Development of Small and Compact Vapor Gas Generator in Space Using Automobile Glow Plugs
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26630447
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Challenging Exploratory Research
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| Allocation Type | Multi-year Fund |
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| Research Field |
Aerospace engineering
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| Research Institution | Osaka Institute of Technology |
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| Project Period (FY) |
2014-04-01 – 2017-03-31
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| Project Status |
Completed (Fiscal Year 2016)
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| Budget Amount *help |
¥3,900,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,000,000、Indirect Cost: ¥900,000)
Fiscal Year 2016: ¥1,170,000 (Direct Cost: ¥900,000、Indirect Cost: ¥270,000)
Fiscal Year 2015: ¥1,170,000 (Direct Cost: ¥900,000、Indirect Cost: ¥270,000)
Fiscal Year 2014: ¥1,560,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,200,000、Indirect Cost: ¥360,000)
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| Keywords | グロープラグ / ガス発生装置 / 水蒸気発生装置 / 水 / 宇宙用機器 / 電気推進機 / アークジェットスラスタ / 推進剤 / ガス発生器 / アークジェット / 宇宙環境 / 宇宙機器 / 電気推進 / 宇宙ステーション / リフレッシュ |
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| Outline of Final Research Achievements |
About ten years ago, it was difficult to obtain water in space because there was no technology to recover purified water from domestic wasted water. However, WRS (Water Recovery System) was developed and astronauts staying at ISS (International Space Station) can get water easily with the system. Because WRS using distillation is large, a low-power and small-sized device to vaporize liquid water is needed. In this study, a gas generator to generate vapor was designed and developed. Furthermore, water recovered in ISS is presently left over. Therefore, application of water to electric propulsion was considered. When using water as a propellant, a water-cooled arcjet thruster system achieved stable operations during maximum 10 seconds. In order to realize long time operation, an arcjet thruster with radiation-cooled anode was developed. Using water and nitrogen mixture gas, the anode-radiation-cooled arcjet thruster system confirmed operations during about 7 minutes.
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Report
(4 results)
Research Products
(39 results)
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[Journal Article] Performance and Thermal Characteristics of High-Power Hydrogen Arcjet Thrusters with Radiation-Cooled Anodes for In-Space Propulsion2015
Author(s)
Fumihiro Inoue, Yuki Fukitome, Suguru Shiraki, Kazuma Matsumoto and Hirokazu Tahara
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Journal Title
Joint Conf.: 30th ISTS, 34th IEPC, 6th NSAT, Kobe Convention Center and Portpia Hotel, Kobe, Hyogo, Japan, IEPC-2015-231/ISTS-2015-b-231
Volume: 1
Pages: 1-10
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Peer Reviewed / Acknowledgement Compliant
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[Journal Article] Performance Characteristics of Low-Power Arcjet Thruster Systems with Gas Generators for Water2015
Author(s)
Suguru Shiraki, Yuki Fukutome, Fumihiro Inoue, Kazuma Matsumoto, Hirokazu Tahara, Yuichiro Nogawa and Ai Momozawa
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Journal Title
Joint Conf.: 30th ISTS, 34th IEPC, 6th NSAT, Kobe Convention Center and Portpia Hotel, Kobe, Hyogo, Japan, IEPC-2015-230/ISTS-2015-b-230
Volume: 1
Pages: 1-10
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Peer Reviewed / Acknowledgement Compliant
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[Journal Article] Performance Characteristics of Low-Performance Arcjet Thrusters using Low Toxicity Propellants of HAN2015
Author(s)
Yuki Fukutome, Suguru Shiraki, Kazuma Matsumoto, Fumihiro Inoue, Hirokazu Tahara, Yuichiro Nogawa and Ai Momozawa
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Journal Title
Joint Conf.: 30th ISTS, 34th IEPC, 6th NSAT, Kobe Convention Center and Portpia Hotel, Kobe, Hyogo, Japan, IEPC-2015-229/ISTS-2015-b-229
Volume: 1
Pages: 1-10
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Peer Reviewed / Acknowledgement Compliant
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[Presentation] グリーン推進剤を用いたアノード輻射冷却式低電力ＤＣアークジェットスラスタの研究開発2017
Author(s)
奥田和宜, 三村岳史, 下垣内勝也, 白木 優, 福留佑規, 田原弘一, 高田恭子, 桃沢 愛, 野川雄一郎, 中田大将
Organizer
第５７回航空原動機・宇宙推進講演会, 1A18
Place of Presentation
沖縄県市町村自治会館（沖縄県沖縄市）
Year and Date
2017-03-08
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[Presentation] 低毒性推進剤を用いた低電力DCアークジェットスラスタの性能特性2017
Author(s)
三村岳史, 奥田和宜, 下垣内勝也, 高田恭子, 中田大将, 田原弘一, 桃沢 愛, 白木 優, 福留佑規, 野川雄一郎
Organizer
平成２８年度宇宙輸送シンポジウム, STEP-2016-001
Place of Presentation
ＪＡＸＡ宇宙科学研究所（神奈川県相模原市）
Year and Date
2017-01-19
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