Doctoral Dissertations

Keywords and Phrases

Electrospraying; Ionic Liquids

Abstract

"The ionic liquid [Bmim][DCA] is a propellant candidate for a standalone electrospray thruster or a dual-mode propulsion system. Characterization of positive polarity ions produced by [Bmim][DCA] capillary emitters with a nominal extraction voltage of 2.0 kV within a quadrupole and time-of-flight mass spectrometers is presented along with the predictions of propulsion performance. Flow rates from 0.05 to 2.18 nL/s are used to investigate the impact variations in the flow parameter have on the electrospray plume. The retarding potential analysis reveals ions emitted from the capillary are formed below the emitter potential of 500 eV. Angular distributions indicate broadening of both the beam current and mass distribution for increasing flow rates. Derived thrust and specific impulse change from 0.84 micro-Newtons and 200 s to 2.90 micro-Newtons and 80 s, respectively.

Time-of-flight measurements delineate two distinct droplet distributions at approximately 2,000 to 40,000 amu/q and 50,000 to 300,000 amu/q. These multiply-charged droplet species, with wide mass-to-charge distributions, are due to the electric field conditions and associated charge range available within the parent jet. Additionally, the data show a transition to higher mass ions and droplets with increasing flow rate. The combination of two data sources allow for the assertion that ionic liquid electrospray from 0.05 to 2.18 nL/s does not conform to the traditional view of emission from the electrospray cone-jet. The mixed droplet and ion emission suggest that the primary jet disintegrates into secondary structures that are responsible for the emission species detected by the TOF instrument."--Abstract, page iv.

Advisor(s)

Rovey, Joshua L.

Committee Member(s)

Isaac, Kakkattukuazhy M.
Pernicka, Hank
Riggins, David W.
Prince, Benjamin D.

Department(s)

Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering

Degree Name

Ph. D. in Aerospace Engineering

Sponsor(s)

United States. Air Force. Office of Scientific Research

Comments

This work was supported by Air Force Office of Scientific Research task number 2303EP02 (Program Manager: M. Berman), number 13RV07COR (Program Manager: A. Sayir) and number 14RV07COR (Program Manager: A. Sayir).

Publisher

Missouri University of Science and Technology

Publication Date

Spring 2015

Journal article titles appearing in thesis/dissertation

  • Electrospray of 1-Butyl-3-Methylimidazolium Dicyanamide under variable flow rate operations
  • Orthogonal time-of-flight mass spectrometry and electric field model of 1-Butyl-3-Methylimidazolium Dicyanamide electrospray

Pagination

xi, 102 pages

Note about bibliography

Includes bibliographic references.

Rights

© 2015 Shawn Wayne Miller, All rights reserved.

Document Type

Dissertation - Open Access

File Type

text

Language

English

Subject Headings

Rockets (Aeronautics) -- FuelLiquid propellantsCombustionSpace vehicles -- Propulsion systems

Thesis Number

T 10720

Electronic OCLC #

913403212

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