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Gizzard-1:

Butelox Bi-propellant liquid fueled rocket engine

General Design Specifications:

  • Butanol & Liquid Oxygen

  • Combustion Pressure : 1380 kPa

  • Combustion Temperature: 3000 °C

  • Thrust 2.22 kN

  • Specific Impulse (sea level) : 255 s

  • Burn Time Capability: 20 Seconds

  • Regenerative & Film Cooling Approach

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This project is currently active, and being pursued rigorously by myself & the Oregon Tech Rocketry & Aerospace club. This was my Senior Project. The specifications for this engine are suitable for competing in the Spaceport America Cup. 

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My contributions include

  • Combustion Chamber Design & Analysis

    • You can see how I designed this on the OTRA blog here​

    • Material selection excel sheet available for viewing here

  • Nozzle Geometry Design​ & Analysis

  • Cooling Design & Analysis

    • I did the design and analysis of the regenerative cooling system

  • Combustion Dynamics Analysis

    • Mode calculations & geometry considerations.​

  • Manufacturing​ 

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