Characterization and thrust measurements from electrolytic decomposition of ammonium dinitramide (ADN) based liquid monopropellant FLP-103 in MEMS thrusters

doi:10.1016/j.cjche.2017.09.016

Chin.J.Chem.Eng. ›› 2018, Vol. 26 ›› Issue (9): 1992-2002.DOI: 10.1016/j.cjche.2017.09.016

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Characterization and thrust measurements from electrolytic decomposition of ammonium dinitramide (ADN) based liquid monopropellant FLP-103 in MEMS thrusters

Asad Rahman¹, Jitkai Chin¹, Feroz Kabir², Yew Mun Hung³

1 Department of Chemical and Environmental Engineering, University of Nottingham Malaysia Campus, Jalan Broga, 43500 Semenyih, Selangor, Malaysia;
2 Department of Engineering and Mathematics, Sheffield Hallam University, Sheffield S1 1WB, United Kingdom;
3 Department of Mechanical Engineering, Monash University Sunway Campus, Jalan Lagoon Selatan, 47500 Subang Jaya, Selangor, Malaysia

Received:2017-03-16 Revised:2017-06-28 Online:2018-10-17 Published:2018-09-28
Contact: Jitkai Chin,E-mail address:Jit-kai.chin@nottingham.edu.my
Supported by:
Supported by the Project of Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation, Malaysia (MOSTI) (No.04-02-12-SF0160).

Characterization and thrust measurements from electrolytic decomposition of ammonium dinitramide (ADN) based liquid monopropellant FLP-103 in MEMS thrusters

Asad Rahman¹, Jitkai Chin¹, Feroz Kabir², Yew Mun Hung³

1 Department of Chemical and Environmental Engineering, University of Nottingham Malaysia Campus, Jalan Broga, 43500 Semenyih, Selangor, Malaysia;
2 Department of Engineering and Mathematics, Sheffield Hallam University, Sheffield S1 1WB, United Kingdom;
3 Department of Mechanical Engineering, Monash University Sunway Campus, Jalan Lagoon Selatan, 47500 Subang Jaya, Selangor, Malaysia

通讯作者: Jitkai Chin,E-mail address:Jit-kai.chin@nottingham.edu.my
基金资助:
Supported by the Project of Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation, Malaysia (MOSTI) (No.04-02-12-SF0160).

Abstract

Abstract: Although ammonium dinitramide (ADN) has been targeted as a potential green monopropellant in future space vehicles, its application potential in Micro-electrical-Mechanical System (MEMS) thrusters or microthrusters has been seldom reported in open literature. In this paper, electrolytic decomposition of Ammonium Dinitramide (ADN)-based liquid monopropellant FLP-103 was carried out in an open chamber and MEMS thrusters were fabricated from poly-dimethylsiloxane (PDMS) to characterize the power consumption. Two thrust measurement methods were employed to investigate the electrolytic decomposition of FLP-103 in MEMS microthrusters. The results show that the monopropellant can be successfully ignited at room temperature through 80 V, 0.1 A (8 W) using copper wire as electrodes. In the current thruster design, low thrust was obtained at FLP-103 flowrate of 40 μl·min^-1 but it generated the highest specific impulse, Isp, among all the flowrates tested. The experiments successfully demonstrated the potential application of electrolytic decomposition of FLP-103 in MEMS thrusters.

Key words: Ammonium Dinitramide (ADN), FLP-103, Electrolytic decomposition, MEMS thruster

摘要： Although ammonium dinitramide (ADN) has been targeted as a potential green monopropellant in future space vehicles, its application potential in Micro-electrical-Mechanical System (MEMS) thrusters or microthrusters has been seldom reported in open literature. In this paper, electrolytic decomposition of Ammonium Dinitramide (ADN)-based liquid monopropellant FLP-103 was carried out in an open chamber and MEMS thrusters were fabricated from poly-dimethylsiloxane (PDMS) to characterize the power consumption. Two thrust measurement methods were employed to investigate the electrolytic decomposition of FLP-103 in MEMS microthrusters. The results show that the monopropellant can be successfully ignited at room temperature through 80 V, 0.1 A (8 W) using copper wire as electrodes. In the current thruster design, low thrust was obtained at FLP-103 flowrate of 40 μl·min^-1 but it generated the highest specific impulse, Isp, among all the flowrates tested. The experiments successfully demonstrated the potential application of electrolytic decomposition of FLP-103 in MEMS thrusters.

关键词: Ammonium Dinitramide (ADN), FLP-103, Electrolytic decomposition, MEMS thruster

Asad Rahman, Jitkai Chin, Feroz Kabir, Yew Mun Hung. Characterization and thrust measurements from electrolytic decomposition of ammonium dinitramide (ADN) based liquid monopropellant FLP-103 in MEMS thrusters[J]. Chin.J.Chem.Eng., 2018, 26(9): 1992-2002.

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Characterization and thrust measurements from electrolytic decomposition of ammonium dinitramide (ADN) based liquid monopropellant FLP-103 in MEMS thrusters

Characterization and thrust measurements from electrolytic decomposition of ammonium dinitramide (ADN) based liquid monopropellant FLP-103 in MEMS thrusters

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