Fabrizio BORGNA, Valeria BORIO, Roberta FUSARO, Nicole VIOLA, Guido SACCONE

DOI Number: 10.60853/mx6c-ek70

Conference number: HiSST-2024-00344

With an expected global revenue exceeding 1 trillion USD by 2040, the space industry is one of the world’s fastest-growing sectors. Given the booming investment in the space industry and the anticipated space tourism era, it is crucial to assess the impact of already operative launch assets as well as to adopt design-to-sustainability strategies for the under-development and future launchers. This paper discloses novel analytical formulations to estimate nitrogen oxides emissions of a hydrogen-fueled air-breathing concept using a Synergetic Air Breathing Rocket Engine technology. Benefitting of 0D chemical-kinetic air/hydrogen combustion numerical simulations and related high-fidelity emissive database representative of various on-ground and in-flight operative conditions, the paper formulates novel analytical formulations to extend the prediction capability towards high-speed engines and hydrogen fuel. Throughout the paper, the Skylon spaceplane and its Synergetic Air Breathing Rocket Engine are used as case study. The methodology disclosed allows proving the high competitiveness of this air-breathing space launchers with respect to famous past and current competitors, as the Space Shuttle and the Falcon 9.

Read the full paper here

In Categories: 1.Events, HiSST 2024, Operations and Environment
Email
Print
LinkedIn
The paper above was part of  proceedings of a CEAS event and as such the author has signed a publication agreement to have their paper published in the repository. In the case this paper is found somewhere else CEAS always links to the other source.  CEAS takes great care in making the correct content available to the reader. If any mistakes are found  in the listings please contact us directly at papers@aerospacerepository.org and we will correct the listing promptly.  CEAS cannot be held liable either for mistakes in editorial or technical aspects, nor for omissions, nor for the correctness of the content. In particular, CEAS does not guarantee completeness or correctness of information contained in external websites which can be accessed via links from CEAS’s websites. Despite accurate research on the content of such linked external websites, CEAS cannot be held liable for their content. Only the content providers of such external sites are liable for their content. Should you notice any mistake in technical or editorial aspects of the CEAS site, please do not hesitate to inform us.