• DocumentCode
    2532216
  • Title

    Thermal design of an HTP microthruster

  • Author

    Halswijk, Whc ; Moerel, Jlpa ; Sanders, Hm

  • Author_Institution
    TNO Defence Security & Safety, Netherlands
  • fYear
    2005
  • fDate
    24-27 July 2005
  • Firstpage
    143
  • Lastpage
    144
  • Abstract
    A microscale thruster, has been successsfully designed using MEMS technology, in that ´stacked wafer´ design is adopted.The thruster is built up of stacked and bonded silicon wafer, each with its own internal structure. The MEMS technology as succeed in acheiveing good performance and relatively short heat-up transient. This paper describes the preliminary design and detailed thermal analysis. The microthruster is designed to be used on small satellites,to deliver small impulse bits micro/nano-satellites for δV impulses.
  • Keywords
    aerospace propulsion; micromechanical devices; propellers; thermal analysis; wafer bonding; MEMS monopropellant microthruster; MEMS technology; bonded silicon wafer; high test peroxyde microthruster designing; internal structure; short heat-up transient; stacked wafer; thermal analysis; thermal design; Assembly; Chemical analysis; Fabrication; Fasteners; Feeds; Ignition; Micromechanical devices; Propulsion; Silicon; Temperature;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    MEMS, NANO and Smart Systems, 2005. Proceedings. 2005 International Conference on
  • Print_ISBN
    0-7695-2398-6
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/ICMENS.2005.124
  • Filename
    1540800