Transient Thermal Modelling of Cooling Methods in Green Bi-Propellant Thrusters for CubeSat Applications: A numerical and experimental comparison of regenerative cooling and radiation cooling in a CubeSat scale propulsion system

The Dutch/New Zealand based aerospace company Dawn aerospace has developed a 0.5N green bi-propellant propulsion system for use in CubeSat applications called the PM200. This thruster uses gaseous nitrous oxide and propylene as propellants. Currently, the burn time of this thruster is limited to 10 seconds after which cool down of the thruster...