Green propellant propulsion concepts for space transportation and technology development needs
conference paper
A study has been performed under contract from ESA/ESTEC identifying the development needs in Europe in the field of new green propellant utilization. Criteria for green propellants are defined and discussed. Promising propellants are identified together with their rating w.r.t. those criteria, in particular establishing a measure of the toxicity. Two application fields are considered: (1) high thrust, which aims at first and second stages of launchers; and (2) low thrust, which considers orbital propulsion of upper stages and future space vehicles like space planes. Propulsion concepts are shown with their technological solutions. The development needs w.r.t. the existing technology status in Europe are identified and prioritised, and corresponding laboratory experiments are given.
Topics
TNO Identifier
238152
ISSN
0379-6566
Source title
Space Propulsion 2004, 2nd International Conference on Green Propellants for Space Propulsion, Sardinia, Italy, 7-8 June 2004
Editor(s)
Wilson A.
Collation
10 p.
Pages
23-31
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