Formulation and Combustion of High Performance Propellants

Sponsored by the Office of Naval Research

We are interested in the formulation and combustion of new propulsion fuels with highly strained molecules. We have recently formulated and patented a class of azide based ramjet fuels whose burning rates can be an order of magnitude faster than those of the regular jet fuels. This allows the potential for substantial compaction of, say, the ramjet combustor. New classes of fuels are currently being synthesized.