[AR] Re: Astraseals vs. welding
- From: Ben Brockert <wikkit@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: "arocket@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <arocket@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 27 Feb 2014 19:33:58 -0700
http://link.springer.com/article/10.1134%2FS0010508213060038#page-1
On Thu, Feb 27, 2014 at 7:25 PM, Troy Prideaux <GEORDI@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Speaking of "kinda" monopropellants and thrusters, an idea I had a while ago
> was an N2O thruster that would require minimal additional ignition energy
> input. The concept was to start with a combustion chamber, but have 2
> injection points both directly opposing each other. Each injector would have
> an expansion cone to accelerate the compressed gas to maximum mean velocity.
> The idea was that this would maximise the stagnation energy potential of the
> colliding fluid streams. A subtle addition of some volatile organic fluid
> into 1 or both of the streams could be probably done via venturi to
> significantly increase ignition sensitivity. This should (theoretically)
> minimize the additional energy requirement from electric spark or thermal
> element to achieve ignition. Once ignited there should be enough combustion
> energy to maintain combustion even though expansion acceleration would be
> minimized.
>
> Troy
>
>>-----Original Message-----
>>From: arocket-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:arocket-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On
>>Behalf Of Mark C Spiegl
>>Sent: Thursday, 27 February 2014 5:56 AM
>>To: arocket@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>Subject: [AR] Re: Astraseals vs. welding
>>
>>Norman Yarvin wrote:
>>>> but away from stoichiometry it's harder to get an explosive.
>>
>>On a related subject:
>>
>>Does anyone have an opinion about adding a small amount of an
>>organic fuel or a hydrocarbon to N2O to increase its sensitivity??
>>Im not talking about creating a monopropellant. Im thinking
>>about a few percent only to increase ignition sensitivity.
>>
>>-->MCS
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