[AR] Re: Microwave thermal propellants [was Re: Re: ALASA cancelled because...]

  • From: Uwe Klein <uwe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: arocket@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Wed, 02 Dec 2015 19:49:36 +0100

Am 02.12.2015 um 19:17 schrieb Pierce Nichols:

Jon,

Solid heat exchangers are a PITA -- they're heavy and their thermal
limits constrain ISP. I wonder if you could do the soot one better and
mix ammonia with nanoparticles of a variety of microwave absorbers
(susceptors) to get a desired temperature.* Then, instead of a heavy
heat exchanger, you just need a microwave-transparent plumbing section.

What would the power requirements amount to?


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