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Preliminary design of a 1 kN liquid propellant rocket engine testing platform

This work presents a preliminary design of a liquid rocket engine test platform to support research into liquid propulsion systems and rocket engine components, including injectors, ignition systems, combustion chambers and engine cooling systems. The liquid propellants, specifically liquid oxygen and ethanol, are pressure-fed using gaseous nitrogen. The test platform supports engine thrust values up to 1 kN, as well as varying oxidizer/fuel ratios up to 4.0 and varying ethanol concentrations between 70 and 100%. The test platform will integrate with a mobile control centre, which was designed concurrently, and provides remote control of the test procedures and data acquisition of all relevant pressure, temperature, mass flow and thrust data. The propellant feed assembly can support both cold and hot fire testing campaigns and is equipped with numerous safety features including inert gas purge lines, emergency drain lines and emergency shut-down and de-pressurization procedures.

Identiferoai:union.ndltd.org:netd.ac.za/oai:union.ndltd.org:uct/oai:localhost:11427/36544
Date27 June 2022
CreatorsRingas, Nicolas Donovan
ContributorsMartinez, Peter
PublisherFaculty of Engineering and the Built Environment, Department of Electrical Engineering
Source SetsSouth African National ETD Portal
LanguageEnglish
Detected LanguageEnglish
TypeMaster Thesis, Masters, MPhil
Formatapplication/pdf

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