Experiment research on instantaneous characteristics of variable-thrust hybrid rocket motor by reconstruction techniques

Abstract The firing test of variable-thrust Hybrid Rocket Motor (HRM), operated with Hydrogen Peroxide (HP) and Polyethylene (PE), based on closed-loop thrust control, has been carried out in this paper. The experiment research on instantaneous characteristics of HRM is conducted based on reconstruction techniques. A post-processing software has been developed to reconstruct the instantaneous performance parameters during the burning stage of HRM. Meanwhile, the formula of regression rate is fitted by reconstruction results through a single firing test, which is a significant advantage compared with traditional method. The averages of instantaneous parameters calculated by reconstruction techniques accord well with experimental data summarized by traditional consumption weight loss method, and the accuracy of reconstruction calculation is better than 1%. This paper is designed to achieve the reconstruction for instantaneous parameters and research the instantaneous characteristics during the variable-thrust firing test of HRM. The reconstruction techniques have the better accuracy, and also provide a critical method for the research on instantaneous characteristics of hybrid rocket motor.