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Saleh B. Alsaidi, Jeongmoo Huh and Mohamed Y. E. Selim
The performance of two solid biomass wastes, date stone and jojoba solid waste, was experimentally examined for their potential application in combustion and propulsion systems. The fuels were tested in a hybrid rocket-like combustion environment, and th...
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Jihyoung Cha
This study deals with the mathematical modeling and numerical simulation of chemical propulsion systems (CPSs). For this, we investigate and summarize a comprehensive collection of the simulation modeling developments of CPSs in academic works, applicati...
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Claudio Bruno, Antonella Ingenito and Domenico Simone
A human Mars mission is more challenging to astronauts than the Apollo mission because of travel time, life support requirements, and the space environment. Although plans for Mars exploration by NASA and SpaceX based on conventional rockets have been pr...
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Calvin Nguyen and James C. Thomas
Hybrid rocket engine (HRE) performance is dependent on fuel/oxidizer selection and fuel grain geometry. A literature review was performed to identify key trends and findings related to the application of the additive manufacturing (AM) of fuel systems fo...
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Tomasz Palacz and Jacek Cieslik
The paper is part of the research aimed at determining if the vortex flow pancake (VFP) hybrid rocket engine is feasible as green in-space chemical propulsion. The objective of this study is to test an N2O/HDPE VFP hybrid ignited with N2O/C3H8 torch igni...
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Daniel Martinez-Sanchis, Andrej Sternin, Jaroslaw Shvab, Oskar Haidn and Xiangyu Hu
In this study, Direct Numerical Simulations (DNS) of a turbulent diffusion flame are conducted to investigate the performance of the Eddy Dissipation Concept in turbulent combustion for space propulsion applications. A 20-bar methane-oxygen diffusion fla...
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Diyang Shen, Yuxian Yue and Xiaohui Wang
With the development of deep space exploration technology, manned missions to Mars are expected to be realized in the near future. However, the journey to Mars requires more supplies and fuel than near-Earth missions, including moon landings. Using the t...
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Ahmed E. S. Nosseir, Angelo Cervone and Angelo Pasini
Green propellants are currently considered as enabling technology that is revolutionizing the development of high-performance space propulsion, especially for small-sized spacecraft. Modern space missions, either in LEO or interplanetary, require relativ...
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Ahmed E. S. Nosseir, Angelo Cervone and Angelo Pasini
Current research trends have advanced the use of ?green propellants? on a wide scale for spacecraft in various space missions; mainly for environmental sustainability and safety concerns. Small satellites, particularly micro and nanosatellites, evolved f...
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Olexiy Shynkarenko and Domenico Simone
A new ignition system, based on a CH4/O2 torch has been developed by the Chemical Propulsion Laboratory of the University of Brasilia. Designed to ignite a hybrid rocket, this device has been improved to be used in testing of solid and liquid ramjet engi...
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