Performance of a 10 mlb biowaste resistojet.

Description of the thrusting performance of a 10-mlb thrust, concentric-tubes biowaste resistojet, which was life tested on hydrogen and ammonia propellants for 8000 hours. Thrusting performance is presented for H2, H2O, CH4, and CO2 as well as typical biopropellant mixtures CO2-CH4, H2O-CH4 and CO2-H2O. Using Pt-Ir alloy heater tubes, 235 and 575 seconds were obtained for water and hydrogen propellants. Overall total power efficiencies were 66%, which includes losses for a preevaporator close-coupled for the water tests. Vibration to 1.0 sq q/Hz with an overall G rms of 36, shock at 30 g's and acceleration to 8 g's simulating a launch were passed by the thrustor.