2009 Fiscal Year Final Research Report
Fundamental study on a liquid propellant thruster using heated-surface sustained combustion
| Project/Area Number |
19760568
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)
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| Allocation Type | Single-year Grants |
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| Research Field |
Aerospace engineering
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| Research Institution | Kyushu Institute of Technology |
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Principal Investigator |
KAKAMI Akira Kyushu Institute of Technology, 工学研究院, 助教 (80415653)
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| Project Period (FY) |
2007 – 2009
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| Keywords | 宇宙推進機 / 電気化学複合型デュアルモード推進機 |
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| Research Abstract |
The author designed a new liquid propellant thruster using Joule heating assisted combustion in order to develop dual-mode space propulsion device that has enhanced performance. Assisted combustion allows the thruster to have two modes: electric propulsion mode where the thruster yields relatively high specific impulse and low thrust, and chemical thruster mode where it provides high thrust and low specific impulse. In this study, a prototype was tested in order to evaluate performance of the designed thruster.
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