Thermal Characterization for HTPE IM Propellants

HTPE 둔감 추진제의 열특성

This study was investigated to know the thermal decomposition for the propellant ingredients and 2 kinds of HTPE propellants. The thermal analysis of the propellant ingredients used in this study showed that the thermal stability of these materials decreases in the following order : AP > HTPE > AN > BuNENA. In addition, propellant HTPE 002 containing AN showed that an endothermic process at around $125^{\circ}C$ corresponding to the solid-solid phase change($II{\rightarrow}I$) of AN was followed by the exothermic process due to decomposition of BuNENA/AN until $200^{\circ}C$. The critical temperature, $T_c$, of thermal explosion for the propellants HTPE 001 and HTPE 002, were obtained from the non-isothermal curves at various heating rates, by using Semenov's thermal explosion theory. Kissinger's method was employed to obtain the activation energy of the thermal decomposition, and it was used to calculate the $T_c$.

본 연구에서는 HTPE 추진제 원료 및 HTPE 둔감 추진제 조성 2종에 대하여 DSC와 TGA를 사용하여 열분해 특성을 고찰하였다. AN이 포함된 HTPE 002는 약 $125^{\circ}C$에서 AN의 상전이 과정($II{\rightarrow}I$)을 거친 후, 약 $200^{\circ}C$범위까지 BuNENA와 AN이 함께 발열특성을 가지고 분해됨을 알 수 있었다. 추진제 HTPE 001과 HTPE 002의 열폭발에 대한 임계온도, $T_c$,를 Semenov의 열폭발 이론과 몇 가지 가열속도에서 측정된 비등온 곡선으로부터 계산되었고, 임계온도 계산에 사용된 열분해에 대한 활성화 에너지는 Kissinger방법으로 측정하였다.