LIChuntian, WANGZhidong, LILian, WANGZhiwen, ZHANGQianyi, LIUHaiqing, FANGPU Yixing, SHENRuiqi, ZHANGWei
Acta Armamentarii. 2025, 46(7):
240609.
Gel propellant has the advantages of controllable combustion,easy to storage and good safety,which has potential application prospects in space micro-propulsion technology.Thus,in order to effectively improve the pipeline transportation efficiency of gel propellant and study the factors affecting its ignition and combustion characteristics,the rheological properties and the ignition and combustion characteristics of hydroxylamine nitrate (HAN)-based electronically controlled gel propellant are experimentally studied by using a rotary rheometer and an electro-chemical combustion diagnostic system.The results show that the viscosity of gel propellant can be dramatically declined by increasing the shear force and rising the temperature.When the gel propellant is subjected to a significant shear force,its loss modulus is more dominant than the storage modulus under external shear,and it begins to change from a solid to a fluid.The viscosity of gel propellant will increase rapidly when the external shear action disappears,which highlights the solid properties.In this experiment,the most suitable electrode material for HAN-based electrically controlled gel propellant is Mo electrode,which has the lowest ignition delaytime of 0.3s and the fastest volumetric burning rate of 0.21mL/s at 250V (25℃).On the other hand,the temperature has a significant effect on the ignition delay of gel propellant.The ignition delaytime of gel propellant decreases from 5.3s to 1.5s with the rise on temperature at 175V.But the temperature has no obvious effect on the volumetric burning rate.Combining with R-type thermocouple,the flame temperature distribution of gel propellant measured based on the thermocouple temperature measurement technology is in the range of 1200-1400K.