{"id":30231,"date":"2025-02-20T07:22:22","date_gmt":"2025-02-20T01:52:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=30231"},"modified":"2025-04-10T09:02:56","modified_gmt":"2025-04-10T03:32:56","slug":"vertical-propellant-mixer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/vertical-propellant-mixer\/","title":{"rendered":"Vertical Propellant Mixer"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Vertical Propellant Mixer Latest News<\/h2>\n<p>Recently, Indian Space Research Organisation has announced the successful development of a 10-tonne \u2018vertical planetary mixer\u2019, the largest of its kind for solid propellants globally.<\/p>\n<h2>About Vertical Propellant Mixer<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>It is the largest <strong>solid propellant mixing<\/strong> equipment globally.<\/li>\n<li>It is developed and designed by <strong>Satish Dhawan Space<\/strong> Centre in collaboration with <strong>Central Manufacturing Technology Institute<\/strong>, a Bengaluru-based research and development organisation under the Ministry of Heavy Industries.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Key Features of Vertical Propellant Mixer<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>It has high-capacity mixing of propellant ingredients in a single batch<\/li>\n<li>It has precision and control for quality consistency &amp; performance<\/li>\n<li>Safety and Reliability for handling highly hazardous materials<\/li>\n<li><strong>World\u2019s Largest:<\/strong> It weighs approximately 150 tonnes, and measures 5.4m (L) \u00d7 3.3m (B) \u00d7 8.7m (H).<\/li>\n<li><strong>Advanced Technology:<\/strong> It is equipped with <strong>multiple agitators<\/strong> which are <strong>hydrostatic driven<\/strong> and will be remotely operated using PLC based control systems with SCADA stations.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>What is a Propellant Mixer?<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>A propellant mixer is a machine that mixes the ingredients of rocket propellants, specifically<strong> fuel and oxidiser,<\/strong> to ensure a uniform and reliable mixture for solid rocket motors.<\/li>\n<li>These mixers, such as planetary mixers, are utilised to combine the raw materials that compose rocket propellant.<\/li>\n<li>The quality of the mixed propellant directly impacts the performance and reliability of the rocket motor.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Vertical Propellant Mixer FAQs<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Q1:<\/strong> What is the best solid propellant?<\/p>\n<p><strong>Ans<\/strong>: The most widely used solid rocket propellant for space applications consists of ammonium perchlorate (70%), aluminium (16%) and binder (14%).<\/p>\n<p><strong>Q2:<\/strong> What are the three types of propellants?<\/p>\n<p><strong>Ans<\/strong>: NASA and commercial launch vehicles use four types of propellants: (1) petroleum; (2) cryogenics; (3) hypergolics; and (4) solids.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Q3:<\/strong> What is known as an oxidizer?<\/p>\n<p><strong>Ans<\/strong>: Oxidizing chemicals are materials that spontaneously evolve oxygen at room temperature or with slight heating or promote combustion.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Source: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/india\/isro-develops-worlds-largest-vertical-propellant-mixer-for-rocket-sold-propellants\/articleshow\/118370967.cms\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">TOI<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Vertical Propellant Mixer is the largest solid propellant mixing equipment globally<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":30232,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-30231","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-upsc-prelims-current-affairs","8":"no-featured-image-padding"},"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30231","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=30231"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30231\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/30232"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=30231"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=30231"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=30231"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}