Corrosion prevention in hydrocarbon-fueled booster engine combustion chamber liners

Conference · Sun Jan 01 04:00:00 EST 1989

OSTI ID:5523404

Rosenberg, S D; Gage, M L

Static and dynamic tests with methane fuels containing trace amounts of sulfur compounds were performed in order to identify and develop procedures to protect against the corrosive interaction process that occurs between the fuel and the copper combustion chamber liner materials in the coolant side of a regeneratively cooled hydrocarbon booster engine. Foils of gold, platinum, zirconium, iridium, niobium, and rehenium all displayed good resistance to sulfur corrosion at 700 F and 3000 psig. Gold and platinum coatings were shown to greatly reduce corrosion of the cooling channels in tests with methane containing 5 ppm CH3SH or 5 ppm H2S. 5 refs.

• OSTI ID: 5523404
• Report Number(s): AIAA-Paper--89-2738; CONF-8907118--
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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42 ENGINEERING
420200* -- Engineering-- Facilities
Equipment
& Techniques
ALKANES
COATINGS
COMBUSTION CHAMBERS
COPPER
CORROSION PROTECTION
CRYSTAL STRUCTURE
ELEMENTS
ENGINES
GOLD
HYDROCARBONS
LINERS
METALS
METHANE
MICROSTRUCTURE
ORGANIC COMPOUNDS
PROTECTIVE COATINGS
ROCKET ENGINES
TRANSITION ELEMENTS