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I guess you could have it as some sort of monopropellant? Have some cryogenically cooled N6 flow to the combustion chamber, where it heats up and self-decompose
by WJW 1y ago
I guess you could have it as some sort of monopropellant? Have some cryogenically cooled N6 flow to the combustion chamber, where it heats up and self-decomposes. Initially you'd have to have some other form of thermal energy input to start the process but once it's going the heat coming off the reaction will trigger further reactions. One downside would be that you'd have much more trouble cooling the engine. Normal engines use the cold fuel and oxidizer flowing around the bell and the combustion chamber to cool them down, but with N6 heating it up before it hits the reaction chamber might be impractical. It would probably be a Bad Thing if it starts self-decomposing while still in the fuel lines...
- rbanffy 1y agoYou can store it inside the LH2 tank, but you'll need to use it completely before you run out of LH2 or it gets too hot. You might be able to inject it in a cold LH2 feed that doesn't pass by the cooling channels and injects directly into the combustion chamber so any N6 gets flushed into the chamber before the engine runs out of LH2. LH2+N6 needs to flow fast enough it doesn't heat up before it hits the chamber. Still, one commenter mentioned this is too explosive to be used as an explosive. That kind of warns me against thinking too much about this.