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Development and testing of a nitrous-oxide/ethanol bi-propellant rocket engine

Grubelich, Mark C.; Laros, James H.; Hargather, Michael J.; Youngblood, Stewart; Morales, Rudy; Phillip, Jeff

Here, a liquid bi-propellant rocket engine and supporting infrastructure has been de-signed, constructed, and tested at New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology ina cooperative effort with Sandia National Laboratories. The modular engine designconsists of a head-end fuel-oxidizer injector, gaseous H2/02 torch ignitor, combustionchamber, and nozzle modules. The robust modular design allows for rapid config-uration changes and component replacement if damaged in testing.