Actuated Poppet Hydrogen Peroxide Reactor

This thesis discusses the design and characteristics of an actuated poppet valve hydrogen peroxide and silver catalyst reactor that can be used to generate compressed gas to use for self-powered robotic systems. The reactor’s poppet valve conceals and reveals the silver catalyst to control the reaction. The sealing performance of the valve at working pressures are crucial to the accurate control of the reactor itself. This thesis discusses various design variations of the sealing poppet head and how they can improve performance given various design goals.

Name thesis:degree_name

Bachelor

Department dc:contributor.department

Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Mechanical Engineering

Grantor dc:publisher

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Year dc:date.issued

2024

Author dc:creator

• Kirkman, Josef X.

Advisor dc:contributor.advisor

• Becker, Kaitlyn

Statement dc:rights

• Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0)
• Copyright retained by author(s)

Licence dc:rights.uri

• https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/

Handle dc:identifier.uri

https://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/157586

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:dspace.mit.edu:1721.1/157586