HISP
High Performance Solid Propellants for In-Space Propulsion
| Coordinatore | TOTALFORSVARETS FORSKNINGSINSTITUT
Organization address
address: Gullfossgatan 6 contact info |
| Nazionalità Coordinatore | Sweden [SE] |
| Sito del progetto | http://www.hisp-fp7.eu |
| Totale costo | 2˙823˙326 € |
| EC contributo | 1˙975˙683 € |
| Programma | FP7-SPACE
Specific Programme "Cooperation": Space |
| Code Call | FP7-SPACE-2010-1 |
| Funding Scheme | CP |
| Anno di inizio | 2011 |
| Periodo (anno-mese-giorno) | 2011-03-01 - 2014-02-28 |
Partecipanti
| # | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
TOTALFORSVARETS FORSKNINGSINSTITUT
Organization address
address: Gullfossgatan 6 contact info |
SE (STOCKHOLM) | coordinator | 548˙224.00 |
| 2 |
FRAUNHOFER-GESELLSCHAFT ZUR FOERDERUNG DER ANGEWANDTEN FORSCHUNG E.V
Organization address
address: Hansastrasse 27C contact info |
DE (MUENCHEN) | participant | 340˙666.00 |
| 3 |
POLITECNICO DI MILANO
Organization address
address: PIAZZA LEONARDO DA VINCI 32 contact info |
IT (MILANO) | participant | 282˙048.00 |
| 4 |
NEDERLANDSE ORGANISATIE VOOR TOEGEPAST NATUURWETENSCHAPPELIJK ONDERZOEK TNO
Organization address
address: Schoemakerstraat 97 contact info |
NL (DEN HAAG) | participant | 274˙478.00 |
| 5 |
AVIO S.P.A
Organization address
address: Strada del Drosso 145 contact info |
IT (TORINO) | participant | 190˙710.00 |
| 6 |
EURENCO Bofors AB
Organization address
city: Karlskoga contact info |
SE (Karlskoga) | participant | 129˙527.00 |
| 7 |
EURENCO SA
Organization address
address: QUAI HENRY IV 12 contact info |
FR (PARIS) | participant | 96˙375.00 |
| 8 |
THE INNER ARCHSARL
Organization address
city: Poissy contact info |
FR (Poissy) | participant | 61˙605.00 |
| 9 |
SIBTERMOKHIM OOO
Organization address
address: AKADEMICHESKIY 8/3-420 contact info |
RU (TOMSK) | participant | 52˙050.00 |
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Obiettivo del progetto (Objective)
'The objective of this project is to significantly reduce the time, cost and mass required for spacecrafts to reach their destinations. This is directly linked to their propulsion systems. The only way to significantly improve the performance of a propulsion system is to develop propellants with higher specific impulse.
The objective of the project will be met by developing a high performance solid rocket propellant with performance similar or higher compared to state of the art liquid bi-propellants and about 10% higher compared to the current state of the art solid propellants. The project thus address advanced chemical propulsion technologies and more specifically advanced high energy density fuels, for in-space propulsion, mentioned in the Work Programme.
Development of a high performance solid propellant will be achieved by using the new high energy density oxidizer ammonium dinitramide, ADN, an energetic binder based on glycidyl azide polymer, GAP, and high energy density fuels such as aluminium hydride (AlH3), nano-aluminium and activated aluminium. Recent breakthroughs in the area of high energy density materials at several laboratories in Europe have shown that development of such propellants now seems viable.
The propellant developed will be fully characterized with respect to stability, hazard properties, mechanical properties and performance. The performance will be determined at the end of the project by firing a test motor containing approximately 7 kg of propellant. Finally system analysis will be performed to determine the overall mission benefits by selecting two reference missions.
Currently the high energy density materials to be used in the project are produced in small scale. The methods to produce them will be improved in order to produce the amount needed for the project. These production improvements will also make the materials more available to the space community and thus help to implement them in future missions.'
Introduzione (Teaser)
To enable environmentally friendly access to space, EU-funded scientists have developed a solid rocket propellant based on new high-energy materials. The increased propulsion efficiency promises significant gains in terms of cost and time for preparing and launching future space missions.