Research Article

Multidisciplinary Design Optimization and Analysis of Hydrazine Monopropellant Propulsion System

Table 3

Results of comparison of real thrusters and proposed design algorithm [10, 11].

ParametersRedesign of 2nd thruster (400 N)2nd existence thruster (400 N)Redesign of first thruster (10 N)First existence thruster (10 N)

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Mass with valve2506 (gr)2700 (gr)190 (gr)240 (gr)

Catalyst bed pressure26 (bars)6~26 (bars)22 (bars)5.5~22 (bars)

Mass flow196 (gr/s)182 (gr/s)4.4 (gr/s)4.4 (gr/s)

Catalyst bed length 5.9 (cm)~2 (cm)2.4 (cm)

Nozzle length 14.4 (cm)8.2 (cm)5.7 (cm)3.4 (cm)

Catalyst bed diameter6.8 (cm)6.5 (cm)1.9 (cm)1.9 (cm)