Development of Thermally Stable Liquid Fuels.
Abstract
New fuels must be developed to meet future Air Force missions which impose severe thermal stresses. They must be thermally stable at 400 F (less than 1% decomposition after one hour), have a density impulse with N2O4 equal to or greater than that of hydrazine, and good physical properties over the temperature range -65 to 400 F. This report covers the work carried out in three phases to develop such fuels. Phase I involved a literature survey, synthesis, theoretical performance calculations, thermal and physical evaluations of the thermally stable fuels. Four candidate fuels were selected which met all the above requirements, three of which are commercially available. The physical properties, long-term thermal stability, and compatibility of these fuels with metals and elastomers were evaluated in Phase II of the program. In Phase III, three of the candidate fuels were evaluated with N2O4 in a rocket motor. One of these fuels was found to be competitive with 50:50 hydrazine-UDMH, the reference fuel used in these combustion performance studies. (Author)
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Jan 01, 1970
- Accession Number
- AD0507296
Entities
People
- A. H. Muenker
- E. F. Outten
- James Nixon
- Stanley J. Brois