Advanced Propellants for Space Propulsion – A Task within the DLR Interdisciplinary Project "Future Fuels"

Kurzfassung

The project “Future Fuels” combines research in several institutes of the German Aerospace Center (DLR) on the production and use of synthetic fuels for space, energy, transportation, and aviation. Within the sub-project “Advanced Rocket Propellants” (TP5) three promising advanced green propellant systems were under investigation with regard to applicability and efficiency in rocket engines. They are liquid methane / liquid oxygen, liquid mono- and bipropellants consisting of light hydrocarbons and nitrous oxide, and green gelled propellants. This publication gives a short description of aims and results of the space relevant sub-project TP5 within the four years of the project term, but also a very short insight in the other parts of the cross-sectional project Future Fuels.