Date of Award
2019-01-01
Degree Name
Doctor of Philosophy
Department
Engineering
Advisor(s)
Ahsan . Choudhuri
Abstract
In effort to advance green monopropellant propulsion using AF-M315E, a 1N thruster was developed to demonstrate the propellant capabilities for low thrust requirement missions. The current study presents the development of a 1 Newton thruster. The thruster was designed based on available literature for initial parameters. In house developed catalyst was packed into the 1 Newton thruster, and mounted onto a thrust stand for testing. Two configurations of catalyst were used for this testing campaign. As a result, temperature peaks from AF-M315E decomposition gases reached up to 1400°C with an iridium loading factor of 25% by mass with both catalyst configurations. Thruster testing shows the current design of the thruster is capable of reaching the desired thrust of 1 Newton.
Language
en
Provenance
Received from ProQuest
Copyright Date
2019-12
File Size
80 pages
File Format
application/pdf
Rights Holder
Jaclyn Mona Mejia
Recommended Citation
Mejia, Jaclyn Mona, "Development Of An Ionic Green Monopropellant 1 Newton Thruster For Small Satellite Application" (2019). Open Access Theses & Dissertations. 2875.
https://scholarworks.utep.edu/open_etd/2875