Hydrazine Engine Plume Contamination Mapping

Abstract

Instrumentation for the measurement of plume exhaust specie deposition rates were developed and demonstrated. The instruments, two sets of quartz crystal microbalances, were designed for low temperature operation in the back flow and variable temperature operation in the core flow regions of an exhaust plume. These quartz crystal microbalances performed nominally, and measurements of exhaust specie deposition rates for 8400 number of pulses for a 0.1-lb monopropellant thruster are reported.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Oct 01, 1975
Accession Number
ADA018729

Entities

People

  • J. E. Chirivella

Organizations

  • California Institute of Technology

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Space
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Control Panels
  • Data Acquisition
  • Frequency Shift
  • Jet Propulsion
  • Low Temperature
  • Measurement
  • Propulsion Systems
  • Quartz Crystal Microbalances
  • Rocket Exhaust
  • Rocket Propulsion
  • Schematic Diagrams
  • Solenoid Valves
  • Steady Flow
  • Steady State
  • Vacuum Chambers
  • Waveform Generators

Readers

  • Aerospace Propulsion Engineering.
  • Thermal Physics or Thermal Science.

Technology Areas

  • Space
  • Space - Hall-Effect Thruster