SBIR/STTR Research Award
Non-Toxic HAN Monopropellant Propulsion
Award amount
$100,000Program and phase
SBIR · Phase IAward year
2011Award details
- Awarding agency
- National Aeronautics and Space Administration
- Branch
- Not reported
- Recipient company
- Plasma Processes, LLC
- Proposal award date
- 2011-02-18
- Contract end date
- 2011-08-18
- UEI
- KAWTP8XNFEK9
- Solicitation number
- Not reported
- Topic code
- X2.02
Research abstract
Non-toxic monopropellants have been developed that provide better performance than toxic hydrazine. Formulations based on hydroxylammonium nitrate (HAN) have superior performance as compared to hydrazine with Isp (261 seconds, 12% greater), higher density and volumetric impulse, lower melting point, and much lower toxicity (No self contained breathing apparatus required). HAN based monopropellants require higher chamber temperatures (2083K vs 883K) to combust. Current hydrazine based combustion chamber technology (Inconel or niobium C103 and silicide coating) and catalyst (Shell 405) are inadequate. However, current state of the art iridium lined rhenium chambers are compatible with monopropellants and new ignition techniques are being developed. The goal of the SBIR project is fabricate and test a flight weight thrust chamber for HAN based monopropellants.
Technology keywords
Not reported
Other awards by this recipient
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- Additive Manufacture of GRCop Waveguides for Fusion
- Dual Mode Green Monopropellant Propulsion System for Interplanetary Missions
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Awards with the same topic code
Verified by an exact topic code match. This is not a text-similarity match.
- Lattice Regenerative Cooling Methods (LRCM)
- Rotating Cavitation Supression
- Advanced High Efficiency Durable DACS Thruster
- Non-Toxic HAN Monopropellant Propulsion
- High Temperature Resistant Zirconia Coating for In-space Propulsion
Research funding history
142 SBIR/STTR records share this UEI (1993–2022). Reported award amounts total $54,048,279. Reported amounts are not federal obligations.
Phases: Phase I, Phase II
Agencies: National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Department of Defense, Department of Energy