@inproceedings{b816a17337014bf3884ebff8c243caa7,
title = "Design, fabrication, and ground test of a hydrocarbon rocket engine",
abstract = "An experimental investigation of the effect of fuel-to-oxidant ratio and reactant composition on the performance of a lab-scale gaseous rocket engine was performed. The senior design project involved the design, fabrication, and testing of a laboratory scale gaseous reactant rocket engine. A simplified zeroth order combustion model was developed to provide guidance for the design of the rocket system. Conservation equations along with chemical equilibrium results were the fabric of the model development. Peak chamber pressures as a function of reactant delivery rates and nozzle diameters were the primary output of the code. Experiments were conducted as a function of chamber pressure and equivalence ratio. For an equivalence ratio of 1, CH4 mass flow of 1.26 g/s and oxygen flow rate of 4.48 g/s, the measured chamber pressure was nearly 160 psig having a combustion efficiency of 85%. Theoretical pressure-time profiles were compared to empirically-obtained profiles and the peak pressures agreed well. Combustion efficiencies across a broad range of equivalence ratios were found to be approximately 80%±6.",
author = "Sell, {Jordan L.} and Bittner, {Drew E.} and Koeck, {Jeremy J.} and Risha, {Grant A.}",
note = "Funding Information: The authors would like to thank the Division of Business and Engineering at the Pennsylvania State University, Altoona College for the sponsorship of this project. Special thanks go to Mr. Richard Singer for his efforts and instruction during the project and Mr. Jonathan Peace for his help in the project. Also, the assistance of Mr. Eric Beaver and Mr. Dan Finelli is greatly appreciated. Specials thanks goes to Ms. Amber G. Miller and Mr. Vincent A. Yeager for this assistance in the initial construction of the rocket system. Publisher Copyright: � 2013, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics Inc. All rights reserved. Copyright: Copyright 2019 Elsevier B.V., All rights reserved.; 49th AIAA/ASME/SAE/ASEE Joint Propulsion Conference, JPC 2013 ; Conference date: 14-07-2013 Through 17-07-2013",
year = "2013",
doi = "10.2514/6.2013-4107",
language = "English (US)",
isbn = "9781624102226",
series = "49th AIAA/ASME/SAE/ASEE Joint Propulsion Conference",
publisher = "American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics Inc.",
pages = "1--10",
booktitle = "49th AIAA/ASME/SAE/ASEE Joint Propulsion Conference",
}