H. Koizumi, J. Asakawa, Y. Nakagawa, K. Nishii, Y. Takao, M. Nakano and R. Funase, "Assessment of Micropropulsion System Unifying Water Ion Thrusters and Water Resistojet Thrusters," Journal of Spacecraft and Rockets, 56, 2019, doi: 10.2514/1.A34407.
J. Asakawa, H. Koizumi, K. Nishii, N. Takeda, M. Murohara, R. Funase and K. Komurasaki, "Fundamental Ground Experiment of a Water Resistojet Propulsion System: AQUARIUS Installed on a 6U CubeSat: EQUULEUS," Transactions of the Japan Society for Aeronautical and Space Sciences, Space Technology Japan, 16, 2019, doi: 10.2322/tastj.16.427.
K. Nishii, J. Asakawa, K. Kikuchi, M. Akiyama, Q. Wang, M. Murohara, Y. Ataka, H. Koizumi, R. Funase and K. Komurasaki, "Flight Model Development and Ground Demonstration of Water Resistojet Propulsion System for CubeSats," Transactions of the Japan Society for Aeronautical and Space Sciences, Space Technology Japan, 63(4), pp. 141–150, 2020, doi: 10.2322/tjsass.63.141.
R. Funase, S. Ikari,… K.Nishii, ....T. Hashimoto, "Mission to Earth–Moon Lagrange Point by a 6U CubeSat: EQUULEUS," in IEEE Aerospace and Electronic Systems Magazine, 35(3), pp. 30-44, 2020, doi: 10.1109/MAES.2019.2955577.
J. Asakawa, K. Nishii, Y. Nakagawa, H. Koizumi and K. Komurasaki, "Direct measurement of 1-mN-class thrust and 100-s-class specific impulse for a CubeSat propulsion system," Review of Scientific Instruments, 91, 2020, doi: 10.1063/1.5121411.
Y. Murata, N. Funabiki, H. Aohama, S. Nakajima, S. Matsushita, K. Nishii, R. Takahashi, Y. Kawabata, S. Ikari, K. Miyoshi, and R. Funase, "Power Management of Lunar CubeSat Mission EQUULEUS Under Uncertainties of Power Generation and Consumption," Transactions of the Japan Society for Aeronautical and Space Sciences, Space Technology Japan, 19(3), 2021, doi: 10.2322/tastj.19.377.
K. Nishii, H. Koizumi, and K. Komurasaki, "Experimental Characterization of Nozzle Performance at Low Reynolds Numbers for Water Microthrusters," Journal of Propulsion and Power, 37(4), pp. 595-603, 2021, doi: 10.2514/1.B38147
M. Akiyama, K. Nishii et al., “Feasibility Study of a Hybrid Thruster using Wire-Shaped Magnesium and Water for Application to Small Spacecraft”, Transactions of the Japan Society for Aeronautical and Space Sciences, Space Technology Japan, 64(4), pp. 223–233, 2020, doi: 10.2322/tjsass.64.223.
K. Nishii, A. Hattori, H. Koizumi, and K. Komurasaki, "Low-pressure-vaporization of water droplets on wall under normal and microgravity conditions," Acta Astronautica, 186, pp. 508-516, 2021, doi: 10.1016/j.actaastro.2021.05.039.
K. Nishii, M. Akiyama, H. Koizumi, and K. Komurasaki, "Combustion of Magnesium Wires with Oxygen and Water Vapor," Combustion Science and Technology, published online, doi: 10.1080/00102202.2021.2019241.
国際会議等の発表
K. Nishii, J. Asakawa, H. Koizumi, N. Takeda, R. Funase, K. Komurasaki, "Performance Evaluation of the Water Resistojet Propulsion System: AQUARIUS for the SLS EM-1 CubeSat: EQUULEUS," 35th International Electric Propulsion Conference, 2017年10月8-12日，アトランタ, 2017
K. Nishii, N. Takeda, A. Hattori, J. Asakawa, H. Koizumi, K. Komurasaki, "Performance Evaluation of 10 W Class Water Resistojet: AQUARIUS for CubeSats," Space Propulsion 2018, 14-18 May, Sevilla Spain, 2018
K. Nishii, J. Asakawa, A. Hattori, Y. Saito, K. Kikuchi, M. Akiyama, Q. Wang, Y. Ataka, M. Murohara, K. Kakihara, K. Yanagida, H. Koizumi, R. Funase, and K. Komurasaki, "Flight Model Development of a Water Resistojet Propulsion System: AQUARIUS Installed on a 6U CubeSat: EQUULEUS," 32nd International Symposium on Space Technology and Science, 15-21 Jun. 2019, Fukui Japan, 2019
K. Nishii, H. Koizumi and K. Komurasaki, "Experimental Characterization of Nozzle Performance at Low Reynolds Numbers for Water Resistojet Thrusters," AIAA Propulsion and Energy 2019 Forum, 19-22 August 2019 Indianapolis, IN, 2019
K. Nishii, J. Asakawa, R. Matsushita, T. Shibukawa, H. Koizumi, R. Funase and K. Komurasaki, "Experimental Evaluation of the Micro Water Thruster Recovering Waste Heat of a Spacecraft," 36th International Electric Propulsion Conference, Sep. 2019, Vienna Austria, 2019
K. Nishii, H. Koizumi, J. Asakawa A. Hattori, K. Kikuchi, M. Akiyama Q. Wang and M. Murohara, "Pre-flight Testing of AQUARIUS: the Water Resistojet Thruster on the SLS EM-1 CubeSat for Deep Space Exploration," 33rd Annual AIAA/USU Conference on Small Satellites, Aug. 2019, Logan, UT, 2019
K. Nishii, Y. Mannami, M. Akiyama, M. Murohara, H. Koizumi and K. Komurasaki, "Experimental Study on Bulk Metal-Water Combustion for Small Spacecraft Propulsion," AIAA Propulsion and Energy 2020 Forum, 24-26 August 2020, (Online), 2020
K. Nishii, H. Koizumi and K. Komurasaki, "Experimental Observation of Condensed Combustion Products during Combustion of Magnesium in Water Vapor," 33rd International Symposium on Space Technology and Science, 28 Feb. - 4 Mar. 2022, (Online), 2022
