Gel propellants

MB Padwal, B Natan, DP Mishra - Progress in Energy and Combustion …, 2021 - Elsevier
The transformation of a liquid propellant into a semi-solid gel state paves way for
energetically improved, reliable, safer, and possibly green futuristic propellant for rocket and …

Screening of metal fuels for use in composite propellants for ramjets

OG Glotov - Progress in Aerospace Sciences, 2023 - Elsevier
A review of the literature on the methods for activation of the combustion of metallic fuels,
mainly boron-containing ones, as the promising components of composite propellants for …

Review on design, preparation and performance characterization of gelled fuels for advanced propulsion

K Xue, J Cao, L Pan, X Zhang, JJ Zou - Frontiers of Chemical Science and …, 2022 - Springer
With the increasing demand for high-performance and safe fuels in aerospace propulsion
systems, gelled fuels have attracted increasing attention. Because of their unique structure …

[HTML][HTML] Boron-loaded gel fuel as potential fuel for ramjet and scramjet engines-recent advancements

R Madhumitha, S Karmakar - FirePhysChem, 2024 - Elsevier
Boron, a high-energy metalloid has been recognized as a potential secondary energy
source for liquid hydrocarbon fuel to power volume-limited propulsion devices such as …

Effects of inert dispersed particles on the propagation characteristics of a H2/CO/air detonation wave

B Zhang, J Chen, M Shahsavari, H Wen, B Wang… - Aerospace Science and …, 2022 - Elsevier
In this study, numerical simulations are carried out by utilizing Eulerian-Lagrangian methods
to investigate effects of the inert dispersed particles on the propagation characteristics of the …

Investigation on spray combustion characteristics of Boron-Loaded slurry fuel in a Swirl-Stabilized combustor

SK Gupta, P Prabhudeva, M Kumar, PK Ojha… - Fuel, 2022 - Elsevier
For many decades, liquid hydrocarbon fuels are being used to propel air-breathing engines.
However, the energy content of liquid hydrocarbon fuels has reached close to its limitation …

Performance characteristics of a scramjet engine using JP-10 fuel containing aluminum nanoparticles

Y Jin, S Dou, Q Yang, X Xu, Q Fu, L Pan - Acta Astronautica, 2021 - Elsevier
High energetic nanoparticle as additives is of great significance for liquid hydrocarbon fuels
that will exhibit high heat value and potential performance improvement in hypersonic and …

Improvement of combustion performance with novel vortex generators in the powder-fueled ramjets

S Luo, D Xu, J Liu, J Song, Y Feng - Aerospace Science and Technology, 2023 - Elsevier
Combustion performance of powder-fueled ramjets depends mainly on the combustor
configurations. In this study, three combustors with various vortex generators are put forward …

The propagation characteristics of particle-laden two-phase detonation waves in pyrolysis mixtures of C (s)/H2/CO/CH4/O2/N2

B Zhang, M Shahsavari, J Chen, H Wen, B Wang… - Aerospace Science and …, 2022 - Elsevier
In this paper, numerical simulations are carried out to study the propagation characteristics
of detonation waves in carbon particle-laden two-phase pyrolysis mixtures consisting of C …

High-energy-density metallized gel propellant by hydrogen-bonded polymer-small molecules for enhanced stability and shear-thinning performance

L Huang, M Gong, J Zhang, K Liang, H Yang - Acta Astronautica, 2024 - Elsevier
Metallized gel propellants with high metal content hold significant potential for enhancing
the energy properties of hydrocarbon fuels. However, achieving an optimal balance …