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Organic Fillers for Solid Rocket Fuel
KTH, School of Engineering Sciences in Chemistry, Biotechnology and Health (CBH).
2018 (English)Independent thesis Advanced level (professional degree), 20 credits / 30 HE creditsStudent thesisAlternative title
Organiska tillsatser för fasta raketbränslen (Swedish)
Abstract [sv]

Idag är de vanligaste använda raketerna flytande-bränsle- och fast-bränsle- raketer. Flytande-bränsle-raketer har fördelen att det kan manövreras men de har en komplex design och problem med förvaring. Fast-bränsle-raketer har en enkel design och kan förvaras men de har en miljöpåverkan och bränslet kan vara svårhanterligt. En tredje typ av raketer, hybridraketer, kan kombinera enkelheten från fasta-bränsle-raketer med manövreringsbarheten från vätske-bränsle-raketer. Trots fördelarna med hybridraketer används de inte på grund av att bränslet har låg regressionshastighet och låg densitet. Organiska additiv har visat sig förbättra dessa egenskaper. 50 organiska additiv granskades med avseende på deras specifika impuls, densitet, kostnad och användarvänlighet. De mest lovande organiska additiven utvärderades sedan experimentellt. Termogravimetrisk analys (TGA), isotermviktförlust, kompatibilitet och differentiell svepkalorimetri (DSC) användes. Resultaten indikerar att hexamin, fluorene, anthracene och 1,4-dicyanobenzene har mest potential att förbättra bränslet i hybridraketer.

Abstract [en]

Liquid propellant and solid propellant rockets are the most commonly used rockets

Liquid propellant rockets have the advantage of being manoeuvrable with a high specific performance while they exhibit problems with storage and a complex design. Solid propellant rockets offer simplicity and are storable while they have a large environmental impact and could be difficult to handle. A third type of rocket, hybrid propellant rocket has the potential to combine the simplicity of solid propellant rocket with the manoeuvrability of liquid propellant rockets. While the hybrid propellant rocket offers advantages over liquid propellant and solid propellant rocket it have problems with its fuel which have a low regression rate and low density. Organic fillers were evaluated since they may increase in the regression rate and the density of the solid fuel. 50 organic fillers were assessed with regards to their specific impulse, density, cost and handling properties. The organic fillers with the most promising properties were then experimentally evaluated. Thermogravimetric analysis (TGA), isothermal weight loss test, compatibility test and differential scanning calorimetry analysis were conducted. The results indicate that hexamine, fluorene, anthracene and 1,4-dicyanobenzene are the most suitable organic fillers of those evaluated..

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2018. , p. 43
Keywords [en]
Hybrid rocket propellant, fuel formulation, organic fillers, hexamine, fluorene, anthracene, 1, 4-dicyanobenzene
Keywords [sv]
Hybridraketer, bränsleformulering, organiska additiv, hexamin, fluoren, anthracen, 1, 4-dicyanobenzen
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Polymer Technologies Textile, Rubber and Polymeric Materials
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URN: urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-259589OAI: oai:DiVA.org:kth-259589DiVA, id: diva2:1352496
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Master of Science in Engineering - Engineering Chemistry
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Available from: 2019-09-19 Created: 2019-09-19 Last updated: 2022-06-26Bibliographically approved

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