Florian Alexander Merz

Florian Alexander Merz


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Academic Career Length

3Years (2024-Present)

(Calculated once Scilit publication data is synced: current year − year of first publication + 1)

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15 March 2024 in Acta Astronautica
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ASAlberto Sarritzu
Alberto Sarritzu
Angelo PasiniAngelo Pasini
Angelo Pasini
FMFlorian Alexander Merz
Florian Alexander Merz
LWLukas Werling
Lukas Werling
FLFelix Lauck
Felix Lauck

17 September 2025 in Aerospace
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FMFlorian Alexander Merz
Florian Alexander Merz
THTill Hörger
Till Hörger
JSJohan Steelant
Johan Steelant
FLFelix Lauck
Felix Lauck
Christoph KirchbergerChristoph Kirchberger
Christoph Kirchberger
As part of the GreenRAIM activity of the European Space Agency (ESA), an extensive test campaign involving various monopropellants was undertaken. In this work, design and test results of an additively manufactured 1-Newton monopropellant thruster are shown. The detailed design of the thruster and the experimental setup are presented. The first part of the test campaign was conducted with 98 wt.% hydrogen peroxide as the propellant and a commercially available Pt/Al2O3 catalyst. The second part was carried out with the same thruster but using nitrous oxide as the propellant and an iridium-based catalyst. The test data acquired was used to validate a comprehensive, generic model for monopropellant thrusters within the simulation software EcosimPro/ESPSS v3.7, which was developed within the activity.