Hybrid rockets offer numerous advantages over other types of rockets but tend to suffer from low combustion efficiency. Higher efficiency can be achieved by using passive devices in the combustion chamber that promote additional mixing of unreacted propellants. The current work examines a paraffin and nitrous oxide hybrid motor that uses a mixing device located downstream of the fuel grain to enhance combustion efficiency. The mixing device used in this work is a six-port baffle plate. Combustion efficiency, as measured by characteristic velocity, was found to increase by over 40% with the use of the passive mixing device. It was identified that certain high-mass-flux motor configurations resulted in unstable motor operation when the mixing device was present. Experimental results indicate that stable combustion occurs for oxidizer mass flux levels below 400    kg / ( m 2 s ) . Exceeding this limit results in combustion oscillations in excess of 20% of the mean chamber pressure.


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    Title :

    Evaluation of a Paraffin/Nitrous Oxide Hybrid Rocket Motor with a Passive Mixing Device


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    Publication date :

    2022-11-01




    Type of media :

    Conference paper , Article (Journal)


    Type of material :

    Electronic Resource


    Language :

    English





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