Projects

Ignition System for Lightweight and Low Cost Hydrogen Peroxide/Hydrocarbon Booster Engines
IN Space is developing an ignition system to enable lighter weight, lower cost, more reliable engines for hydrogen peroxide and hydrocarbon-fueled booster vehicles. The ignition system has been successfully demonstrated in test fires of a 10,000 lbf thrust-class thrust chamber assembly (TCA).

Thermal Decomposition of Peroxide
As an alternative to the catalytic decomposition of hydrogen peroxide, IN Space and Purdue University investigated the use of thermal energy to decompose peroxide and application of a thermal decomposition device for aerospace uses. This study lead to the exploration of torch igniters to initiate combustion in a hydrogen peroxide/hydrocarbon launch vehicle.

Advanced Swirl Injectors for Low-Cost, Fast-Response Applications
IN Space has created a hypergolic swirl injector-derived design that has the high performance, stable operation, two-phase flow mitigation, and low-cost features of a traditional bi-centrifugal swirl injector but operates significantly faster and with a lower part count.

Combustion Response Model for Advanced Afterburners
IN Space is developing a response function-based engineering model for jet engine augmentor/afterburner combustion dynamics. This model will be used to assist engineers in designing augmentors free from performance-robbing and potentially destructive combustion instabilities.