Print Email Facebook Twitter Performance of the MEMS Vaporizing Liquid Microthruster using cold nitrogen gas as propellant Title Performance of the MEMS Vaporizing Liquid Microthruster using cold nitrogen gas as propellant: An experimental study Author Makhan, Rajeev (TU Delft Aerospace Engineering) Contributor Zandbergen, B.T.C. (mentor) Degree granting institution Delft University of Technology Programme Aerospace Engineering | Space Systems Engineering Date 2018-12-13 Abstract This thesis includes an experimental study about the performance of a third generation MEMS-VLM chip. The influence of the throat Reynolds number on the discharge factor and the nozzle quality was investigated. This was done by measuring the mass flow and thrust force for a chamber pressure range of 2-5 [bar] using nitrogen gas as propellant. It was found that increasing the Reynolds number from 600 to 2000 was beneficial since the nozzle quality increased from 0.19 to 0.60 and the discharge factor from 0.77 to 0.91. The found nozzle quality and discharge factor were lower than values found in literature. It was hypothesized that this was because the 2D design of the MEMS-VLM chip is more sensitive for boundary layer formation. Subject ResistojetMicrothrusterMEMS To reference this document use: http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:aaed2594-d414-4c83-967b-0cd94cccd23f Embargo date 2019-12-13 Coordinates 51.990023, 4.375431 Part of collection Student theses Document type master thesis Rights © 2018 Rajeev Makhan Files PDF Final_report_Rajeev_Makhan.pdf 22.15 MB Close viewer /islandora/object/uuid:aaed2594-d414-4c83-967b-0cd94cccd23f/datastream/OBJ/view