Although the effectiveness of combustion catalysts promoting
the
combustion performance of solid propellant (SP) was identified in
many research studies, its regulation on the temperature sensitivity
coefficient of burning rate (δ
p
)
has been rarely explored, where SP with low δ
p
is a big challenge with little progress. Herein, several ammonium
perchlorate (AP)-enriched (>70 wt %) pomegranate-structured SP
energetic
particles (SPPs), AP/nitrocellulose (NC)/Al (SPP), SPP/CoWO4-rGO (SPP-Co), SPP/Bi2WO6-rGO (SPP-Bi), and
SPP/CuCo2O4/GO (SPP-Cu), were prepared by the
electrospray granulation method, tightly packaging AP with high-efficiency
catalysts to promote its reactivity and reduce temperature sensitivity.
The pressurization rates of SPPs in a constant volume combustion chamber
at 50, 0, and −40 °C were obtained to determine δ
p
. The burning rates of SPP-Co, SPP-Bi, and
SPP-Cu loose strips are 0.319, 0.312, and 0.356 m/s, which are increased
by 11.1%, 8.7%, and 24.0% compared to that of SPP (0.287 m/s), respectively.
The peak pressures and pressurization rates of SPP-Co, SPP-Bi, and
SPP-Cu at 0 °C are increased by 18.8%, 10.1%, and 9.1% and 62.3%,
67.1%, and 64.1% compared with SPP, respectively, indicating that
these catalysts significantly accelerate the combustion process. Compared
with SPP, the δ
p
of SPP-Co, SPP-Bi,
and SPP-Cu decreased by 26.6%, 60.6%, and 24.7% at 0–50 °C
and 19.5%, 61.6%, and 27.6% at −40–0 °C, respectively.
It suggests that the Bi2WO6-rGO catalyst reduces
the δ
p
by 61% at −40–50
°C, exhibiting the optimal δ
p
regulation performance. This research introduces a novel approach
to lower the δ
p
from the chemical
by tightly packaging temperature-sensitive AP with high-efficiency
catalysts.