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  • From: Henry Spencer <hspencer@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: Arocket List <arocket@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Wed, 5 Apr 2023 14:05:24 -0400 (EDT)

On Wed, 5 Apr 2023, Uwe Klein wrote:

How do the plant oils (rape, sunflower, ..) stand as liquid propellants?

Probably not wonderful but could be okay. Some of the more heat-resistant ones might even be okay for regen cooling. Rudolf Diesel sometimes ran his prototype piston engines on peanut oil. Don't know that anybody's actually tried it in a rocket.

Henry

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