IJSRD - International Journal for Scientific Research & Development| Vol.

6, Issue 06, 2018 | ISSN (online): 2321-0613

Pressure Dependence, Propellant Composition, Particle Size & Effect of

Catalyst on Burn Rate Study of AP-HTPB, AP- PVC & AN-HTPB based
Compo-Site Solid Propellants
A. Manash1 R. Kumar2 P. Kumar3
1,2,3
Department of Mechanical Engineering
1,2,3
VVIT Purnea-854301, Bihar, India
Abstract— In the present investigation, an effort has been generally used. In this expression ‘n’ called the pressure
made to study pressure dependence, propellant composition, exponent or the combustion index is essentially independent
particle size and effect of catalyst on the burn rate of AP and of the initial grain temperature but describes the influence of
AN based composite solid propellant. The variation of rocket chamber pressure on burning rate. The other constant
oxidizer has been made 70%, 75% and 80% based on earlier ‘a’ called temperature coefficient is influenced by ambient
experience of the loading of PVC and HTPB on the physical temperature.
and combustion characteristics of AP and AN based
B. Dependence of Burn Rate on Propellant Composition
composite solid propellants. The particle size of the oxidizer
in the present formulation is taken to be 44 μm and 149 μm Propellant composition has a marked influence on the
respectively. The bimodal AP and AN are taken with mess burning rate. All attempts have so far converged in the search
size 150 and 300.The reason for taking this formulation is to of high performance propellants, and they concluded that the
compare the burning rate of the selected propellant and hence burning rate increases with the increase in percentage of
finding the best propellant. oxidizer but only upto a certain limit.
Key words: Burn Rate; AP-HTPB; AP- PVC; AN-HTPB; C. Dependence of Burn Rate on Particle Size
Fe2O3
The performances of composite propellants have been shown
to be directly proportional to the oxidizer content and particle
I. INTRODUCTION
size. The particle size of the oxidizer in the present
The burning of solid propellants occurs in a very thin region formulation is taken to be 44 μm and 149 μm respectively.
at a surface of the charge. Some of the heat from the burning Renie have investigated the effect of oxidizer size
gas is transferred into the charge, raising its temperature. and distribution on non- aluminized composite propellants.
There is a temperature gradient through the charge, the They used a new mathematical model called as ‘petite
temperature adjacent to the burning surface being that of the ensemble model’. They showed that the oxidizer particle size
burning gas (flame temperature), and the temperature at some and distribution have profound influence on burning rate,
distance inside the charge being that at which the charge was pressure exponent ‘n’ and temperature sensitivity. They also
before the motor was fired. As burning proceeds and the showed that the combustion parameters were strongly
burning surface recedes into the charge, at some fixed point dependent on coarse-to-fine and the mean diameter of the fine
in the charge the temperature rises. The propellant softens and fraction.
melts. This decomposes the gases, which react chemically
and ignite, burning at the flame temperature. Meanwhile, the D. Dependence of Burn Rate on Effects of Catalyst
propellant at some point has begun to soften and will go The catalytic effect in certain materials has long been noted
through the same reactions. Thus burning continues, and the in solid propellants. A catalyst is a material that increases the
burning surface recedes steadily into the charge. The burning reaction rate of a chemical reaction but remains unchanged at
surface regresses by burning in parallel layer in a direction the end of the chemical reaction. Ferric oxide (Fe2O3) is taken
perpendicular to the surface itself. The rate at which the as the catalyst in the present formulation.
surface regresses due to burning or the rate at which the flame
front propagates to the free surface of the grain is called the II. EXPERIMENTAL
“linear burning rate” of the propellant. In the present work, it has been attempted to use AP - HTPB,
The burning rate of solid propellant depend on AP - PVC and AN - HTPB composite solid propellant and
various parameters i.e, Chamber pressure, Initial temperature study their combustion aspects. Three different composition
of the propellant, Gas velocity of hot combustion products were used for experimentally studies with prior experience of
over the burning surface, Chemical formulation, Oxidizer- the mechanical and combustion behavior of AP - HTPB, AP
binder mixture ratio, Oxidizer particle size (for composite - PVC and AN - HTPB propellant at the laboratory. The
propellants), Total mass flow rate over the burning surface. bimodal AP is taken with mess size 150 and 300. The AP are
Some other factors which affect the burning rate are catalysis, loaded at 70, 75 and 80 percents by weight in PVC plastisol
sub atmospheric combustion, erosion, radiation, acoustics, processed with equal amount of DBP plasticizer. Similarly,
electrical fields, and acceleration and surface effects. the AP are loaded at 70,75 and 80 percents by weight in
A. Dependence of burn rate on Pressure HTPB processed with DOA as plasticizer, TDI as curing
The burning rate dependence on pressure can be expressed as agent and glycerol. Similarly ,the AN are loaded at 70, 75 and
r = a * Pc n (Equation 1) 80 percents by weight in HTPB processed with DOA as
plasticizer, TDI as curing agent and glycerol. The basic
This is known as De Ville’s or St. Robert’s law. This
formulations of the samples consisted of AP - HTPB +
happens to be very accurate for all types of propellant and is

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catalyst, AN - HTPB + catalyst and AP - PVC + catalyst are MPa, using a conventional strand burner. Nitrogen gas was
shown in Table 1, 2 and 3. used to pressurize the bomb. The dial type pressure gauges
were used to record incoming pressure and pressures in bomb
A. Mixing of Ingredients
and line. A surge tank was provided in the set - up to ensure
All the ingredients selected for above compositions were that a strict pressure level is maintained in the bomb represent
stored under 45% controlled humidity conditions. The the systematic diagram and line diagram of high pressure
processing variables, like mixing time of one hour, mixer strand burner apparatus. This has been shown clearly in Fig.
temperature 20℃ - 25℃ and sequence of ingredient addition 1 and Fig. 2.
into the mixer were kept similar in all the mixings. The The propellant strands, having two fine drilled holes
quantities of PVC and DBP were mixed in a stainless steel at a distance of 5cm to position the fuse wires, were installed
vessel. The metal in a quantity of 3% of total ingredient by in the bomb and igniter wire was suitably placed at apex of
weight has been added subsequently for the metalized the strand. The cap with the provision for electrical
compositions. The mixing was done for 30 minutes to get the connections in it was tightened on to the bomb. The bomb
final mix. Altogether five such operations have been carried was then pressurized with nitrogen gas to required pressure
out to get the same number of compositions. level. The necessary electrical connections were made and all
B. Casting of Propellants Slurry strands were ignited to record time with the help of an
electrical timer. The burning rates were then determined by
The slurry was cast in plastic mould which were cleaned and averaging the three close readings for each case.
greased with Metroark grease beforehand to ensure that the
surface of the propellant would be smooth and flat without
any rough patches.
C. Curing
The propellant slurry filled plastic containers were kept in a
vacuum electric oven at 60 0C ± 2 0C for a period of six days
to allow it to cure. The moulds were then removed from the
oven and allowed to cool to room temperature. The propellant
samples were stored in polythene bag and then into a
desiccators to avoid moisture absorption.
AP HTPB DOA TDI Glycerol Fe2o3
S.No
(wt%) (wt%) (wt%) (wt%) (wt%) (wt%)
1 70 21.59 6.48 1.70 0.23 -
2 75 17.99 5.40 1.42 0.19 -
3 80 14.39 4.33 1.13 0.15 -
4 70 21.59 6.48 1.70 0.23 3 Fig. 1: High Pressure Strand Burner setup
5 75 17.99 5.40 1.42 0.19 3
6 80 14.39 4.33 1.13 0.15 3
Table 1: Composition of AP-HTPB Samples
AN HTPB DoA TDI Glycerol Fe2o3
S.No
(wt%) (wt%) (wt%) (wt%) (wt%) (wt%)
1 70 21.59 6.48 1.70 0.23 -
2 75 17.99 5.40 1.42 0.19 -
3 80 14.39 4.33 1.13 0.15 -
4 70 21.59 6.48 1.70 0.23 3
5 75 17.99 5.40 1.42 0.19 3
6 80 14.39 4.33 1.13 0.15 3
Table 2: Composition of AN-HTPB Samples
Sr. AP (% PVC (% DBP (% Fe2O3 (%
No wt) wt) wt) wt) Fig. 2: Line diagram of High Pressure Strand Burner*where
01 70 15 15 - HV - Hand valve, RV - Regulating valve, PG - Pressure
02 70 15 15 3
valve, ST - Surge tank, F-Firing unit , TM - Timer, HPNGC
03 75 12.5 12.5 -
- High pressure nitrogen gas cylinder
04 75 12.5 12.5 3
05 80 10 10 -
Table 3: Composition of AP-PVC Samples IV. RESULTS & DISCUSSION
The burning rate measurements were obtained by using high
III. EXPERIMENTAL pressure strand burner at 2.068, 4.765 and 6.895 MPa in the
presence of nitrogen atmosphere. It is well known that the
A. Burning Rate Studies transition metal oxide affects decomposition and combustion
The burning rates of AP - HTPB, AP - PVC and AN - HTPB behavior of composite solid propellants and catalytic activity
with and without catalyst propellants were determined at of metal oxide is dependent on catalyst concentration and
ambient condition and different pressures, 2.06, 4.76 and 6.89 surface area. It is also believed that the catalyst being very

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stable in nature influence the gas phase combustion process variation from 9.250 to 44.407 mm sec-1 at 1000 psi chamber
at high temperature and pressure. Therefore, this study is pressure. As the preparation is very difficult for 80% AP -
directed to assess the effectiveness of Ferric oxide (Fe2O3) on HTPB based composite solid propellants with and without
the combustion behavior of the ammonium perchlorate (AP) ferric oxide, which gives higher value of pressure index i.e.
and ammonium nitrate (AN) oxidized loading with different 0.526. The temperature coefficient is minimum in75% which
composition of hydroxyl terminated polybutadiene (HTPB) shows lowest performance with respect to the others. A
and polyvinyl choride (PVC) based composite solid comparative graph has been plotted in figure 3.
propellants. The burning rate of the propellant is found to
increase with combustion chamber pressure. The increase in
A. Burn Rate Studies of with & without Catalyst AP- HTPB
the rate of burning with pressure may be attributed to the
Composite Solid Propellants
more contribution of reaction kinetics process of controlling
The burning rate measurements were carefully carried out by of burning rate when compared with diffusion controlled
using strand burner at 2.068, 4.765 and 6.895 MPa by process at high pressures.
pressurizing nitrogen gas. The pressure dependence of
burning rate of AP - HTPB has been shown in table 4 and 5.
It is found from that the burning rate of propellant containing
80% AP loading have been found to be higher than the
corresponding propellants of 75% and 70% AP loading
(figure 3). At ambient pressure the burning rate of the
composite solid propellants are increasing as the AP loading
is increases. But as the 3% ferric oxide is added in same
compositions it gives high burn rate at 70% AP loading as
compare to others AP - HTPB based composite solid
propellants. The experiment is conducted on 2.068, 4.765 and
6.895 MPa pressure. The burning rate increases with increase
in pressure and 80% AP - HTPB based composite solid Fig. 3: Comparison of STA graph showing DSC/TG of AP -
propellants with ferric oxide (figure 3) shows drastic HTPB composite solid propellant
Burning Rate ( mm sec-1)
Types of Propellant Pressure (MPa) a n
0.101 4.760 2.068 6.895
70% AP-HTPB 4.16 6.76 7.26 9.25 6.2 .098
70% AP-HTPB with 3% Fe2O3 5.55 7.87 8.13 10.63 6.7 .203
75% AP-HTPB 4.26 5.54 7.02 7.96 5.02 .136
75% AP - HTPB with 3% Fe2O3 4.44 13.04 14.91 17.54 10.31 .323
80% AP - HTPB 4.87 13.97 24.58 33.31 10.19 .433
80% AP - HTPB with 3% Fe2O3 5.12 28.2 35.68 44.40 19.24 .52
Table 4: Burn Rate Studies of Catalyzed & Uncatalyzed AP-HTPB based Composite Solid Propellant
ln r
Types of Propellant ln p ln a n
-2.2920 0.7265 1.560 1.9307
1.713 1.916 1.982 2.224 1.829 0.098
70% AP - HTPB
70% AP - HTPB with 3% Fe2O3 1.426 2.063 2.095 2.364 1.915 0.203
75% AP - HTPB
1.450 1.713 1.949 2.074 1.613 0.136
75% AP - HTPB with 3% Fe2O3
1.490 2.568 2.702 2.864 2.333 0.323
80% AP - HTPB
1.584 2.636 3.202 3.496 2.322 0.433
80% AP - HTPB with 3% Fe2O3 1.633 3.339 3.574 3.900
2.956 0.526
Table 5: Pressure Dependence of Burning rate of AP - HTPB based Composite Solid Propellants at different Pressure
burner. Hence, these data are not considered in the present
B. Burn Rate Studies of with and without catalyst AN- HTPB
analysis. In open atmosphere, all the propellants burn when
Composite Solid Propellants
ignited with the help of an ignition device. Also, 70% AN -
At the same pressure variation when the experiment is taken HTPB based composite solid propellants with and without
out with ammonium nitrate in place of ammonium catalyst shows no effect of burning at high pressure upto
perchlorate, it is found that none of the propellants burn 6.895 MPa. The burning rate of the propellant is presented in
satisfactorily at 2.0685 MPa nitrogen pressure in the strand Table 6 and 7 shows similar results for all the compositions

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with ± 0.3 variation upto 6.895 MPa. The burning in open gives the reason for its poor performance and it results
atmosphere may be attributed to the participation of negative values of temperature coefficient shown in figure 4.
atmospheric oxygen in the combustion processes of the It is observed that incorporation of catalyst increases the
propellants. At atmospheric condition it leaves carbon burning rate of AN - HTPB propellant at all pressures.
skeleton after completion of burning with huge smoke. However increases in burning rate due to addition of catalyst
Ammonium nitrate is more sensitive than the Ammonium depends on the nature of catalyst incorporated. A comparison
perchlorate as it absorb moisture, if it is kept in open space of burn rate of AN-HTPB composite solid propellant with
and very difficult to remove moisture easily from it. This variation in pressure is shown in figure 4.
Burning Rate ( mm sec-1)
Types of Propellant Pressure (MPa) a n
0.101 4.760 2.068 6.895
70% AN - HTPB 0.167 - - - - -
70% AN - HTPB with 3% Fe2O3 0.187 - - - - -
75% AN - HTPB 0.196 - 1.88 2.428 0.750 0.588
75% AN - HTPB with 3% Fe2O3 0.232 - 2.062 2.690 0.849 0.568
80% AN - HTPB 0.238 - 2.061 2.365 0.871 0.551
80% AN - HTPB with 3% Fe2O3 0.416 - 2.257 2.481 1.212 0.398
Table 6: Burn Rate Studies of Catalyzed and Uncatalysed AN-HTPB based Composite Solid Propellant
ln r
Types of Propellant ln p ln a n
-2.2920 0.7265 1.560 1.9307
70% AN - HTPB 0.167 - - - - -
70% AN - HTPB with 3% Fe2O3 0.187 - - - - -
75% AN - HTPB 0.196 - 1.88 2.428 0.750 0.588
75% AN - HTPB with 3% Fe2O3 0.232 - 2.062 2.690 0.849 0.568
80% AN - HTPB 0.238 - 2.061 2.365 0.871 0.551
80% AN - HTPB with 3% Fe2O3 0.416 - 2.257 2.481 1.212 0.398
Table 7: Pressure Dependence of Burning Rate of AN- HTPB based Composite Solid Propellants at Different Pressure
At 0.101 MPa almost all propellants gives same
burning rate i.e. 2.010±0.1. but the result changes with
increase in pressure from 5.810 to 9.891 mm sec-1 upto 6.895
MPa. The highest pressure shows high burning rate and it also
dependent on higher loading. 75% and 80% oxidized loading
gives higher burning rate with high combustion index 0.376.
The nature of the plots in all the cases is identical
and the burning rate is found to be increase with combustion
pressure. On comparing the three set of burning rate data
obtained in the figure 3, 4 and 5, when the AP and AN loading
increased in the propellant, the burning rate, as also the
nominal combustion pressure increases. The increase of AP
Fig. 4: Comparison of burning rate 70, 75 and 80% of AN- loading ensures the combustion reaction to reach its
HTPB Composite Solid Propellant with Catalyst completion and even the burning surface temperature and rate
of condensed phase reactions may be taken have increased,
C. Burn Rate Studies of with & without catalyst AP- PVC not to say that the gas phase reactions and the heat in flux to
Composite Solid Propellants the burning surface would definitely increase.
The burning rate for 70, 75 and 80% AP and remaining It is observed that incorporation of Fe2O3 as a
constituents of PVC and DBP has been explained in Table 3. catalyst increases the burning rate of AP-PVC propellants at
The nature of the plots in all the cases is identical and the all pressures. However increases in burning rate due to
burning rate is found to increase in the combustion chamber addition of catalyst depends on the nature of catalyst
by varying nitrogen gas at similar pressure which is used incorporated.
previously. The results tabulated in Table 4 to 9 shows that the
The increase in the burning rate may therefore be effect of Fe2O3 on burning rate of AP and AN propellants
viewed as directly because of its dependence on the system at different pressure levels i.e. from ambient (0.101)
combustion pressure in each case. The increase in oxidizer to high pressure (at 2.068, 4.76 and 6.895 MPa) as well as
loading also increases the burning rate. The main emphasis propellants with 3 wt % concentration of catalyst are
has been put in the present investigation is higher loading of compared. An exponential dependence of burning rate on
AP i.e. 80 wt% does not sustained, which shows brittle nature pressure is observed in accordance with the well-known
is not applicable for experimental work. Ville’s law. The results show (figure 3,4 and 5) that the
burning rate of uncatalysed AP-HTPB propellants at different

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pressures is similar to values mentioned in literature no. It can be noted that burning rate of AP-HTPB propellant with
Analyzing the burning rate of uncatalyzed and catalyzed Fe2O3 is higher in comparison to other systems like AN-
propellants, it is observed that on adding Fe2O3, burning rate HTPB and AP-PVC propellant with ferric oxide. It can, thus,
increases significantly in the following order: be seen that the propellant formulations studied in the present
HTPB - AN with 3 % Fe2O3 < AP - PVC with 3% Fe2O3 < work promises to deliver the highest burn rate achievable
HTPB - AP with 3 % Fe2O3 with AP-HTPB propellant system.
The burn rate results for various catalyzed
composite solid propellants at different operating pressures.
Burning Rate ( mm sec-1)
Types of Propellant Pressure (MPa) a n
0.101 4.760 2.068 6.895
70% AP - PVC 1.89 5.810 6.172 6.410 4.66 0.301
70% AP - PVC with 3% Fe2O3 2.20 7.352 7.64 7.93 5.84 0.316
75% AP - PVC 2.010 6.03 6.261 6.626 4.87 0.292
75% AP - PVC with 3% Fe2O3 2.101 7.66 8.163 9.216 5.91 0.356
80% AP - PVC 2.164 8.62 9.619 9.89 6.55 0.376
Table 8: Burn Rate Studies of Catalyzed & Uncatalysed AP-PVC based Composite Solid Propellant
ln r
Types of Propellant ln p ln a n
-2.2920 0.7265 1.560 1.9307
70% AP - PVC 0.637 1.759 1.820 1.857 1.539 0.301
70% AP - PVC with 3% Fe2O3 0.791 1.994 2.033 2.070 1.764 0.316
75% AP - PVC 0.698 1.796 1.834 1.891 1.583 0.2927
75% AP - PVC with 3% Fe2O3 0.742 2.036 2.099 2.220 1.776 0.356
80% AP - PVC 0.771 2.154 2.263 2.291 1.879 0.376
Table 9: Pressure dependence of Burning rate of AP- PVC based Composite Solid Propellants at different Pressure
they burn smoothly at pressure around 4.765 Mpa.
Finally, it is observed that the burning rate of AN - HTPB
comes in lower side and the pressure index at higher side,
indicate poor performance of the propellants.
5) Similar trend has been found for AP - PVC based
propellants as observed in AP - HTPB based propellants
with slightly lower data result.

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