New Approaches to the Development of High-Performance Hydrocarbon Propellants

摘要

An approach to express screening of promising hydrocarbon propellants, based on the calculation of the specific impulse of an engine from the results of quantum-chemical calculation of their heats of combustion, was suggested. The approach ensures high accuracy irrespective of the composition and structure of the compounds under consideration. Polycyclic and framework hydrocarbons with small rings were suggested as promising propellants.