Download or read book Pulse Detonation Rocket Magnetohydrodynamic Power Experiment written by R. J. Litchford and published by . This book was released on 2003 with total page 48 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Integrated Pulse Detonation Propulsion and Magnetohydrodynamic Power written by National Aeronautics and Space Adm Nasa and published by Independently Published. This book was released on 2018-09-22 with total page 60 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The prospects for realizing an integrated pulse detonation propulsion and magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) power system are examined. First, energy requirements for direct detonation initiation of various fuel-oxygen and fuel-air mixtures are deduced from available experimental data and theoretical models. Second, the pumping power requirements for effective chamber scavenging are examined through the introduction of a scavenging ratio parameter and a scavenging efficiency parameter. A series of laboratory experiments were carried out to investigate the basic engineering performance characteristics of a pulse detonation-driven MHD electric power generator. In these experiments, stoichiometric oxy-acetylene mixtures seeded with a cesium hydroxide/methanol spray were detonated at atmospheric pressure in a 1-m-long tube having an i.d. of 2.54 cm. Experiments with a plasma diagnostic channel attached to the end of the tube confirmed the attainment of detonation conditions (p2/p1 approximately 34 and D approximately 2,400 m/sec) and enabled the direct measurement of current density and electrical conductivity (approximately = 6 S/m) behind the detonation wave front, In a second set of experiments, a 30-cm-long continuous electrode Faraday channel, having a height of 2.54 cm and a width of 2 cm, was attached to the end of the tube using an area transition duct. The Faraday channel was inserted in applied magnetic fields of 0.6 and 0.95 T, and the electrodes were connected to an active loading circuit to characterize power extraction dependence on load impedance while also simulating higher effective magnetic induction. The experiments indicated peak power extraction at a load impedance between 5 and 10 Omega. The measured power density was in reasonable agreement with a simple electrodynamic model incorporating a correction for near-electrode potential losses. The time-resolved thrust characteristics of the system were also measured, and it was found that the NM interaction exer
Download or read book Integrated Pulse Detonation Propulsion and Magnetohydrodynamic Power written by R. J. Litchford and published by . This book was released on 2001 with total page 60 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Pulse Detonation Rocket Magnetohydrdynamic Power Experiment written by R. J. Litchford and published by . This book was released on 2003 with total page 35 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Pulse Detonation Rocket Induced MHD Ejector PDRIME Concept Preprint written by and published by . This book was released on 2008 with total page 23 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Pulse detonation engines (PDEs) have received significant attention due to their potentially superior performance over constant pressure engines. However due to the unsteady chamber pressure, the PDE system will either be over- or under-expanded for the majority of the cycle, with substantial performance loss in atmospheric flight applications. Thrust augmentation, such as PDE-ejector configurations, can potentially alleviate this problem. Here, we study the potential benefits of using Magneto-hydrodynamic (MHD) augmentation by extracting energy from a Pulse Detonation Rocket Engine (PDRE) and applying it to a separate stream. In this PDRE-MHD Ejector (PDRIME) concept, the energy extracted from a generator in the nozzle is applied directly to a by-pass air stream through an MHD accelerator. The air stream is first shocked and raised to high-temperature, allowing thermal ionization to occur after appropriate seeding. The shock-processing of the high-speed air stream is accomplished by using the high initial PDRE nozzle pressures of the under-expanded phase. Thus, energy could be efficiently transferred from one stream to another. The present simulations involve use of a simple blowdown model for PDE behavior, coupled to quasi-1D and 2D numerical simulations of flow and MHD processes in the rest of the PDRIME configuration. Results show potential performance gains but some challenges associated with achieving these gains.
Download or read book Pulse Detonation Engine written by Fouad Sabry and published by One Billion Knowledgeable. This book was released on 2021-10-14 with total page 349 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What Is Pulse Detonation Engine A pulse detonation engine (PDE) is a type of propulsion system that uses detonation waves to combust the fuel and oxidizer mixture. The engine is pulsed because the mixture must be renewed in the combustion chamber between each detonation wave and the next. Theoretically, a PDE can operate from subsonic up to a hypersonic flight speed of roughly Mach 5. An ideal PDE design can have a thermodynamic efficiency higher than other designs like turbojets and turbofans because a detonation wave rapidly compresses the mixture and adds heat at constant volume. Consequently, moving parts like compressor spools are not necessarily required in the engine, which could significantly reduce overall weight and cost. PDEs have been considered for propulsion since 1940. Key issues for further development include fast and efficient mixing of the fuel and oxidizer, the prevention of autoignition, and integration with an inlet and nozzle. To date, no practical PDE has been put into production, but several testbed engines have been built and one was successfully integrated into a low-speed demonstration aircraft that flew in sustained PDE powered flight in 2008. In June 2008, the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) unveiled Blackswift, which was intended to use this technology to reach speeds of up to Mach 6 How You Will Benefit (I) Insights, and validations about the following topics: Chapter 1: Pulse Detonation Engine Chapter 2: Nuclear Pulse Propulsion Chapter 3: Rotating Detonation Engine Chapter 4: AIMStar Chapter 5: Antimatter-catalyzed nuclear pulse propulsion Chapter 6: Antimatter rocket Chapter 7: Nuclear electric rocket Chapter 8: Nuclear power in space Chapter 9: Nuclear propulsion Chapter 10: Nuclear thermal rocket Chapter 11: Project Pluto Chapter 12: Fission-fragment rocket (II) Answering the public top questions about pulse detonation engine. (III) Real world examples for the usage of pulse detonation engine in many fields. (IV) 17 appendices to explain, briefly, 266 emerging technology in each industry to have 360-degree full understanding of pulse detonation engine' technologies. Who This Book Is For Professionals, undergraduate and graduate students, enthusiasts, hobbyists, and those who want to go beyond basic knowledge or information for any kind of pulse detonation engine.
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 Combustion and Magnetohydrodynamic Processes in Advanced Pulse Detonation Rocket Engines written by Lord Kahil Cole and published by . This book was released on 2012 with total page 227 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A number of promising alternative rocket propulsion concepts have been developed over the past two decades that take advantage of unsteady combustion waves in order to produce thrust. These concepts include the Pulse Detonation Rocket Engine (PDRE), in which repetitive ignition, propagation, and reflection of detonations and shocks can create a high pressure chamber from which gases may be exhausted in a controlled manner. The Pulse Detonation Rocket Induced Magnetohydrodynamic Ejector (PDRIME) is a modification of the basic PDRE concept, developed by Cambier (1998), which has the potential for performance improvements based on magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) thrust augmentation. The PDRIME has the advantage of both low combustion chamber seeding pressure, per the PDRE concept, and efficient energy distribution in the system, per the rocket-induced MHD ejector (RIME) concept of Cole, et al. (1995). In the initial part of this thesis, we explore flow and performance characteristics of different configurations of the PDRIME, assuming quasi-one-dimensional transient flow and global representations of the effects of MHD phenomena on the gas dynamics. By utilizing high-order accurate solvers, we thus are able o investigate the fundamental physical processes associated with the PDRIME and PDRE concepts and identify potentially promising operating regimes. In the second part of this investigation, the detailed coupling of detonations and electric and magnetic fields are explored. First, a one-dimensional spark-ignited detonation with complex reaction kinetics is fully evaluated and the mechanisms for the different instabilities are analyzed. It is found that complex kinetics in addition to sufficient spatial resolution are required to be able to quantify high frequency as well as low frequency detonation instability modes. Armed with this quantitative understanding, we then examine the interaction of a propagating detonation and the applied MHD, both in one-dimensional and two-dimensional transient simulations. The dynamics of the detonation are found to be affected by the application of magnetic and electric fields. We find that the regularity of one-dimensional cesium-seeded detonations can be ignificantly altered by reasonable applied magnetic fields (Bz & le 8T), but that it takes a stronger applied field (Bz> 16T) to significantly alter the cellular structure and detonation velocity of a two-dimensional detonation in the time in which these phenomena were observed. This observation is likely attributed to the additional coupling of the two-dimensional detonation with the transverse waves, which are not captured in the one-dimensional simulations. Future studies involving full ionization kinetics including collisional-radiative processes, will be used to examine these processes in further detail.
Download or read book Towards Integrated Pulse Detonation Propulsion and MHD Power written by Ron J. Litchford and published by . This book was released on 1999 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Numerical Simulation of Magnetohydrodynamic Thrust Augmentation for Pulse Detonation Rocket Engines written by Christopher Zeineh and published by . This book was released on 2010 with total page 286 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book MHD Augmentation of Pulse Detonation Rocket Engines written by J.-L. Cambier and published by . This book was released on 2001 with total page 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 Integrated Pulse Detonation Propulsion and Magnetohdrodynamic Power written by R. J. Litchford and published by . This book was released on 2001 with total page 41 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Numerical Modeling of Pulse Detonation Rocket Engine Gasdynamics and Performance written by National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2018-06-20 with total page 28 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Pulse detonation engines (PDB) have generated considerable research interest in recent years as a chemical propulsion system potentially offering improved performance and reduced complexity compared to conventional gas turbines and rocket engines. The detonative mode of combustion employed by these devices offers a theoretical thermodynamic advantage over the constant-pressure deflagrative combustion mode used in conventional engines. However, the unsteady blowdown process intrinsic to all pulse detonation devices has made realistic estimates of the actual propulsive performance of PDES problematic. The recent review article by Kailasanath highlights some of the progress that has been made in comparing the available experimental measurements with analytical and numerical models. Morris, C. I. Marshall Space Flight Center AIAA Paper 2004-0463
Download or read book Multiple Cycle Detonation Experiments During the Development of a Pulse Detonation Engine written by Michael J. Aarnio and published by . This book was released on 1996 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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