A new NANOSATs propulsion system: swirling-combustion chamber and water electrolysis
Defined for academic purposes (low budget projects), NanoSats become of interest in the government and industry communities, since the deployment of swarms would able to act as a single orbiting constellation, providing greater coverage and faster update rates than can be achieved using conventional...
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| description | Defined for academic purposes (low budget projects), NanoSats become of interest in the government and industry communities, since the deployment of swarms would able to act as a single orbiting constellation, providing greater coverage and faster update rates than can be achieved using conventional single satellite operations. On the other hand, that accomplishment is hampered by the absence, due to the satellite’s small dimensions, of an independent efficient propulsion system. This paper investigates the potentialities of a swirling-micropropulsion system that would permit NANOSATs to be “propulsive-independent”. This would allow orbital operations, even at very low altitude, and/or increasing also life-times. The propulsion system, patent pending, adopts H<sub>2</sub>/O<sub>2</sub> obtained by water electrolysis, a swirling combustion chamber and a sub-supersonic nozzle to optimize the thrust. The numerical combustion simulations, of the micro-thrust chamber, show that performances are impressive, in particular if compared to the dimensions, and this would be of benefit in fields such as intelligence, disaster monitoring, CBRNe observation, telecommunications and identification. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-ef9b836ca07d496a8a8eea3beaf1b63d2022-12-22T00:52:36ZengAIMS PressAIMS Energy2333-83342018-05-016340241310.3934/energy.2018.3.402energy-06-03-402A new NANOSATs propulsion system: swirling-combustion chamber and water electrolysisAngelo MinottiDefined for academic purposes (low budget projects), NanoSats become of interest in the government and industry communities, since the deployment of swarms would able to act as a single orbiting constellation, providing greater coverage and faster update rates than can be achieved using conventional single satellite operations. On the other hand, that accomplishment is hampered by the absence, due to the satellite’s small dimensions, of an independent efficient propulsion system. This paper investigates the potentialities of a swirling-micropropulsion system that would permit NANOSATs to be “propulsive-independent”. This would allow orbital operations, even at very low altitude, and/or increasing also life-times. The propulsion system, patent pending, adopts H<sub>2</sub>/O<sub>2</sub> obtained by water electrolysis, a swirling combustion chamber and a sub-supersonic nozzle to optimize the thrust. The numerical combustion simulations, of the micro-thrust chamber, show that performances are impressive, in particular if compared to the dimensions, and this would be of benefit in fields such as intelligence, disaster monitoring, CBRNe observation, telecommunications and identification.http://www.aimspress.com/energy/article/1987/fulltext.htmlswirling microcombusion chamberswater electrolysiscubesats; nanosatsorbit changingmicropropulsion systemcombustion simulationsH2/O2 detailed chemistry |
| spellingShingle | Angelo Minotti A new NANOSATs propulsion system: swirling-combustion chamber and water electrolysis AIMS Energy swirling microcombusion chambers water electrolysis cubesats; nanosats orbit changing micropropulsion system combustion simulations H2/O2 detailed chemistry |
| title | A new NANOSATs propulsion system: swirling-combustion chamber and water electrolysis |
| title_full | A new NANOSATs propulsion system: swirling-combustion chamber and water electrolysis |
| title_fullStr | A new NANOSATs propulsion system: swirling-combustion chamber and water electrolysis |
| title_full_unstemmed | A new NANOSATs propulsion system: swirling-combustion chamber and water electrolysis |
| title_short | A new NANOSATs propulsion system: swirling-combustion chamber and water electrolysis |
| title_sort | new nanosats propulsion system swirling combustion chamber and water electrolysis |
| topic | swirling microcombusion chambers water electrolysis cubesats; nanosats orbit changing micropropulsion system combustion simulations H2/O2 detailed chemistry |
| url | http://www.aimspress.com/energy/article/1987/fulltext.html |
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