@Article{RobledoAsencioSavoMarq:2020:OpSoMo,
               author = "Robledo Asencio, Jenny and Savonov, Roman Ivanovitch and Marques, 
                         Rodrigo Intini",
          affiliation = "{Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas Espaciais (INPE)} and {Instituto 
                         Nacional de Pesquisas Espaciais (INPE)} and {Instituto Nacional de 
                         Pesquisas Espaciais (INPE)}",
                title = "An open-source solver to model the catalytic decomposition of 
                         monopropellants for space thrusters",
              journal = "Journal of Aerospace Technology and Management",
                 year = "2020",
               volume = "12",
               number = "1",
                pages = "e1120",
             keywords = "Monopropellant thrusters, Catalysis, Reacting flow, Porous media, 
                         Computational fluid dynamics.",
             abstract = "This paper presents a solver for the CFD (computational fluid 
                         dynamics) modeling of catalytic chambers in monopropellant 
                         thrusters based on the open-source OpenFOAMŪ (Open Field Operation 
                         and Manipulation) framework. A model was formulated and used to 
                         simulate the physical and thermochemical processes taking place 
                         inside the catalytic chambers of the monopropellant thrusters. The 
                         code integrates reacting gas flow in porous media, with mass and 
                         heat transport. The most important implemented functionalities 
                         were the separation of two reactive gases, one transient reactive 
                         gas flowing between the catalyst bed interstices (interstitial 
                         gas), and another static reactive gas on the surface of catalyst 
                         particles, or pellets (surface gas). Homogeneous and heterogeneous 
                         reactions occur on the interstitial gas and the catalyst particle, 
                         respectively. A flexible definition of porous properties, a 
                         calculation of multicomponent diffusion-flux mass, a diffusion 
                         mass coeffcient, a mass transfer coeffcient, and a heat transfer 
                         coeffcient were implemented as well. Experimental and analytical 
                         studies about hydrazine monopropellant thrusters in the literature 
                         were used to the case tests and verification of the solver. 
                         Temperature and mass fraction fields were simulated and compared. 
                         The results of the temperature profile are in agreement with 
                         experimental and theoretical studies found in the literature, and 
                         mass fraction presents some differences.",
                  doi = "10.5028/jatm.v12.1111",
                  url = "http://dx.doi.org/10.5028/jatm.v12.1111",
                 issn = "1984-9648",
             language = "en",
           targetfile = "robledo_open.pdf",
        urlaccessdate = "28 abr. 2024"
}