Determining energetic characteristics and selecting environmentally friendly components for solid rocket propellants at the early stages of design

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DOI:

https://doi.org/10.15587/1729-4061.2021.247233

Keywords:

highly energetic compositions, environmentally friendly oxidizers, polymer binder, specific impulse

Abstract

This paper has investigated the possibility to theoretically calculate a value of the specific impulse for highly energetic compositions using only two parameters – the heat of the reaction and the number of moles of gaseous decomposition reaction products. Specific impulse is one of the most important energetic characteristics of rocket propellant. It demonstrates the level of achieving the value of engine thrust and propellant utilization efficiency. Determining the specific impulse experimentally is a complex task that requires meeting special conditions. For the stage of synthesis of new promising components, the comparative analysis of energetic characteristics, forecasting the value of specific impulse, especially relevant are calculation methods. Most of these methods were first developed to determine the energetic characteristics of explosives. Since explosives and rocket propellants in many cases have similar energy content and similar chemical composition, some estimation methods can be used to assess the specific impulse of solid rocket propellant.

The specific impulse has been calculated for 45 compositions based on environmentally friendly oxidizers (ammonium dinitramide, hydrazinium nitroformate, hexanitrohexaazaisowurtzitane) and polymer binders polybutadiene with terminal hydroxyl groups, glycidylazide polymer, poly-3-nitratomethyl-3-methyloxetane). It was established that the estimation data obtained correlate well with literary data. Deviation of the derived values of the specific impulse from those reported in the literature is from 0.4 % to 1.8 %. The calculation results could be used for preliminary forecasting of energetic characteristics for highly energetic compositions, selecting the most promising components, as well as their ratios.

Author Biographies

Olena Kositsyna, Oles Honchar Dnipro National University

PhD, Associate Professor

Department of Chemistry and Chemical Technology of Macromolecular Compounds

Kostiantyn Varlan, Oles Honchar Dnipro National University

PhD, Associate Professor, Head of Department

Department of Chemistry and Chemical Technology of Macromolecular Compounds

Mykola Dron, Oles Honchar Dnipro National University

Doctor of Technical Sciences, Professor

Department of Designing and Construction

Oleksii Kulyk, Oles Honchar Dnipro National University

PhD, Associate Professor

Department of Technology of Manufacturing

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2021-12-21

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Kositsyna, O., Varlan, K., Dron, M., & Kulyk, O. (2021). Determining energetic characteristics and selecting environmentally friendly components for solid rocket propellants at the early stages of design. Eastern-European Journal of Enterprise Technologies, 6(6 (114), 6–14. https://doi.org/10.15587/1729-4061.2021.247233

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Vol. 6 No. 6 (114) (2021): Technology organic and inorganic substances

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