Dual propellant electrothermal propulsion systems with a polar propellant and a non-polar propellant are disclosed. Such a system may be used for imparting high specific impulse momentum on a spacecraft. A thruster includes a microwave source operably coupled to a heating chamber. An injector mixes polar and non-polar propellants and a nozzle at one end of the heating chamber. The thruster raises the temperature of the mixed propellants that exit the heating chamber to expand in the nozzle to generate thrust.
Dual propellant microwave electrothermal propulsion systems
2024-07-23
Patent
Electronic Resource
English
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