Faculty Advisor
Dr. Kristina Lemmer
Department
Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
Presentation Date
4-24-2015
Document Type
Poster
Abstract
The future of satellites will require dual-mode propulsion to obtain dynamic orbits. One set of propellants capable of dual-mode propulsion are ionic liquids. These energy-dense liquids have similar thrust characteristics to SOTA monopropellants and low vapor pressures making them safer to handle. That low vapor pressure makes ionization more difficult as it requires the propellant to be in a gaseous state. This requires experiments to determine how to efficently vaporize and ionize this propellant. Computational modelling is needed to guide these experiments and to develop simulations that can extrapolate the data to more complex geometries.
WMU ScholarWorks Citation
Kidd, Forrest Grady III, "Simulation of Complex Ionic Liquid Ionization Process" (2015). Research and Creative Activities Poster Day. 163.
https://scholarworks.wmich.edu/grad_research_posters/163