Download or read book Deflagration to detonation Control by Non equilibrium Gas Discharges and Its Applications for Pulsed Detonation Engine written by A. Yu Starikovskii and published by . This book was released on 2003 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Detonation Control for Propulsion written by Jiun-Ming Li and published by Springer. This book was released on 2017-12-05 with total page 246 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book focuses on the latest developments in detonation engines for aerospace propulsion, with a focus on the rotating detonation engine (RDE). State-of-the-art research contributions are collected from international leading researchers devoted to the pursuit of controllable detonations for practical detonation propulsion. A system-level design of novel detonation engines, performance analysis, and advanced experimental and numerical methods are covered. In addition, the world’s first successful sled demonstration of a rocket rotating detonation engine system and innovations in the development of a kilohertz pulse detonation engine (PDE) system are reported. Readers will obtain, in a straightforward manner, an understanding of the RDE & PDE design, operation and testing approaches, and further specific integration schemes for diverse applications such as rockets for space propulsion and turbojet/ramjet engines for air-breathing propulsion. Detonation Control for Propulsion: Pulse Detonation and Rotating Detonation Engines provides, with its comprehensive coverage from fundamental detonation science to practical research engineering techniques, a wealth of information for scientists in the field of combustion and propulsion. The volume can also serve as a reference text for faculty and graduate students and interested in shock waves, combustion and propulsion.
Download or read book Journal of Propulsion and Power written by and published by . This book was released on 2008 with total page 822 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Development of a Gas Fed Pulse Detonation Research Engine written by R. J. Litchford and published by . This book was released on 2001 with total page 52 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book 39th AIAA ASME SAE ASEE Joint Propulsion Conference Exhibit July 20 23 2003 Huntsville Alabama 03 4650 03 4699 written by and published by . This book was released on 2003 with total page 546 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Download or read book Deflagration to Detonation Transition Processes in Pulsed Detonation Engines written by and published by . This book was released on 2002 with total page 39 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The aim of the work performed in the current contract is to assess the accuracy of potential modelling techniques applied to the formation of Deflagration to Detonation (DDT) kernels in mixtures of hydrocarbons with air. The application area is of direct relevance to the transition to detonation in pulsed detonation engines featuring premixed gases. The latter technology is currently pursued at Wright Laboratories and the current evaluation is directly linked to this technology. Key aspects covered include guidance on suitable theoretical development directions and a preliminary investigation of optimal conditions for transition to detonation. The work is technically demanding and features several aspects that has not previously been accomplished. The main conclusions of the study are perhaps surprisingly positive. The work does show, for the first time, that the application of higher moment closures to model the initial onset of DDT is technically possible. Furthermore, the work illustrates that two physical limits on the chemical source term closure does in most cases bracket the experimental data. It is also shown that the transported PDF approach can be successfully applied to the modelling of premixed turbulent flames with scalar spaces of sufficient size to model auto-ignition type phenomena. It is also evident from the current work that the modelling of explosion kernels in pre-existing turbulence fields is very sensitive to both the details of the injection process and to the chemical source term closure. The present work does lay the foundations and also indicates the directions for further studies.
Download or read book Chlorinated Hydrocarbons Advances in Research and Application 2012 Edition written by and published by ScholarlyEditions. This book was released on 2012-12-26 with total page 215 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Chlorinated Hydrocarbons—Advances in Research and Application: 2012 Edition is a ScholarlyEditions™ eBook that delivers timely, authoritative, and comprehensive information about Chlorinated Hydrocarbons. The editors have built Chlorinated Hydrocarbons—Advances in Research and Application: 2012 Edition on the vast information databases of ScholarlyNews.™ You can expect the information about Chlorinated Hydrocarbons in this eBook to be deeper than what you can access anywhere else, as well as consistently reliable, authoritative, informed, and relevant. The content of Chlorinated Hydrocarbons—Advances in Research and Application: 2012 Edition has been produced by the world’s leading scientists, engineers, analysts, research institutions, and companies. All of the content is from peer-reviewed sources, and all of it is written, assembled, and edited by the editors at ScholarlyEditions™ and available exclusively from us. You now have a source you can cite with authority, confidence, and credibility. More information is available at http://www.ScholarlyEditions.com/.
Download or read book A Study of Deflagration to Detonation Transition in a Pulsed Detonation Engine written by David Michael Chapin and published by . This book was released on 2005 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Pulse Detonation Engine (PDE) is a propulsion device that takes advantage of the pressure rise inherent to the efficient burning of fuel-air mixtures via detonations. Detonation initiation is a critical process that occurs in the cycle of a PDE. A practical method of detonation initiation is Deflagration-to-Detonation Transition (DDT), which describes the transition of a subsonic deflagration, created using low initiation energies, to a supersonic detonation. This thesis presents the effects of obstacle spacing, blockage ratio, DDT section length, and airflow on DDT behavior in hydrogen-air and ethylene-air mixtures for a repeating PDE. These experiments were performed on a 2 diameter, 40 long, continuous-flow PDE located at the General Electric Global Research Center in Niskayuna, New York. A fundamental study of experiments performed on a modular orifice plate DDT geometry revealed that all three factors tested (obstacle blockage ratio, length of DDT section, and spacing between obstacles) have a statistically significant effect on flame acceleration. All of the interactions between the factors, except for the interaction of the blockage ratio with the spacing between obstacles, were also significant. To better capture the non-linearity of the DDT process, further studies were performed using a clear detonation chamber and a high-speed digital camera to track the flame chemiluminescence as it progressed through the PDE. Results show that the presence of excess obstacles, past what is minimally required to transition the flame to detonation, hinders the length and time to transition to detonation. Other key findings show that increasing the mass flow-rate of air through the PDE significantly reduces the run-up time of DDT, while having minimal effect on run-up distance. These experimental results provided validation runs for computational studies. In some cases as little as 20% difference was seen. The minimum DDT length for 0.15 lb/s hydrogen-air studies was 8 L/D from the spark location, while for ethylene it was 16 L/D. It was also observed that increasing the airflow rate through the tube from 0.1 to 0.3 lbs/sec decreased the time required for DDT by 26%, from 3.9 ms to 2.9 ms.
Download or read book Detonation Initiation Studies and Performance Results for Pulsed Detonation Engine Applications written by and published by . This book was released on 2001 with total page 11 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An in-house computational and experimental program to investigate and develop an air breathing pulse detonation engine (PDE) that uses a practical fuel (kerosene based, fleet-wide use, JP type) is currently underway at the Combustion Sciences Branch of the Turbine Engine Division of the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL/PRTS). PDE's have the potential of high thrust, low weight, low cost, high scalability, and wide operating range, but several technological hurdles must be overcome before a practical engine can be designed. This research effort involves investigating such critical issues as: detonation initiation and propagation; valving, timing and control; instrumentation and diagnostics; purging, heat transfer, and repetition rate; noise and multi-tube effects; detonation and deflagration to detonation transition modeling; and performance prediction and analysis. An innovative, four-detonation-tube engine design is currently in test and evaluation. Preliminary data are obtained with premixed hydrogen/air as the fuel/oxidizer to demonstrate proof of concept and verify models. Techniques for initiating detonations in hydrogen/air mixtures are developed without the use of oxygen enriched air. An overview of the AFRL/PRTS PDE development research program and hydrogen/air results are presented.
Download or read book High Speed Deflagration and Detonation Fundamentals and Control International Colloquium on Control and Detonation Processes Held in Moscow Russia on July 4 7 2000 written by and published by . This book was released on 2001 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Twenty two papers on fundamentals of high-speed deflagrations and detonations written by international experts are assembled in this volume. The papers have been presented at the International Colloquium on Control of Detonation Processes held in Moscow, Russia on July 4-7, 2000. Various aspects of deflagration to detonation transition as well as direct detonation initiation in gaseous and heterogeneous media are discussed with the emphasis on control of the predetonation distance and parameters of transient high-speed combustion regimes. Applications of various explosion control techniques to pulsed detonation engines (PDE) are described.
Download or read book The Fluidic Obstacle Technique written by Benjamin W. Knox and published by . This book was released on 2011 with total page 101 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The current research explored the fluidic obstacle technique and obtained relative performance estimates of this new approach for enhancement of deflagration-to-detonation transition. Optimization of conventional physical obstacles has comprised the majority of deflagration-to-detonation enhancement research but these devices ultimately degrade the performance of a pulsed detonation engine. Therefore, a new approach has been investigated that demonstrates a fluidic obstacle has the potential to maximize turbulence production and enhance the flame acceleration process, leading to successful DDT. A fluidic obstacle is also able to reduce total pressure losses, "heat soaking", and ignition times. A reduction in these variables serves to maximize available thrust. In addition, the fluidic obstacle technique is an active combustion control method capable of adapting to off-design conditions. Steady non-reacting and unsteady reacting flow have been utilized in two facilities, namely the UB Combustion Laboratory and AFRL Detonation Engine Research facility, to provide experimental measurements and observations into the feasibility of this new approach.
Download or read book Effects of Corona Spark and Surface Discharges on Ignition Delay and Deflagration to Detonation Times in Pulsed Detonation Engines Postprint written by and published by . This book was released on 2006 with total page 12 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The purpose of the research described herein is to compare the ignition delays in an experimental pulsed detonation engine produced by thermal and non-thermal ignitions. The commercial thermal ignition has a pulse duration of about 1 microsec, whereas the non-thermal ignitions have pulse durations of 100 nanosec. Ignition delay is an important factor, along with fill and purge times, that limit the maximum repetition rate and thrust of pulsed detonation engines. For stoichiometric fuel-air mixtures with aviation gasoline at 1 atmosphere and 360 - 480 K, an ignition delay of 6 millisec was observed with a non-thermal ignition, whereas the ignition delay was 11 millisec with an aftermarket automotive ignition. By replacing the resistive cable and resistor of the aftermarket ignition with a non-resistive cable and surface discharge igniter, its ignition delay was reduced to 7 millisec, which is comparable to that produced by the non-thermal ignitions.
Download or read book Gaseous Detonations written by M.A. Nettleton and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2012-12-06 with total page 266 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: My introduction to the fascinating phenomena associated with detonation waves came through appointments as an external fellow at the Department of Physics, University College of Wales, and at the Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Leeds. Very special thanks for his accurate guidance through the large body of information on gaseous detonations are due to Professor D. H. Edwards of University College of Wales. Indeed, the onerous task of concisely enumerating the key features of unidimensional theories of detonations was undertaken by him, and Chapter 2 is based on his initial draft. When the text strays to the use of we, it is a deserved acknow ledgement of his contribution. Again, I should like to thank Professor D. Bradley of Leeds University for his enthusiastic encouragement of my efforts at developing a model of the composition limits of detonability through a relationship between run-up distance and composition of the mixture. The text has been prepared in the context of these fellowships, and I am grateful to the Central Electricity Generating Board for its permission to accept these appointments.
Download or read book Influence of Ignition Energy Ignition Location and Stoichiometry on the Deflagration to Detonation Distance in A Pulse Detonation Engine written by John P. Robinson and published by . This book was released on 2000-06 with total page 94 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The feasibility of utilizing detonations for air-breathing propulsion is the subject of a significant research effort headed by the Office of Naval Research. Pulse Detonation Engines (PDE) have a theoretically greater efficiency than current combustion cycles. However, pulse detonation technology must mature beginning with research in the fundamental process of developing a detonation wave. This thesis explores various ignition conditions which minimize the deflagration-to- detonation transition distance (Xddt) of a single detonation wave in a gaseous mixture.
Download or read book Aerospace America written by and published by . This book was released on 2004 with total page 702 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book High speed Deflagration and Detonation written by Gabriel D. Roy and published by . This book was released on 2001 with total page 357 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
