Accession Number:
ADA037976
Title:
Gasification and Ignition of a Condensed Fuel by a Hot Stagnant Gas.
Descriptive Note:
Final rept. Apr 73-Apr 76,
Corporate Author:
INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE TECNICA AEROESPACIAL MADRID (SPAIN)
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Report Date:
1977-01-01
Pagination or Media Count:
15.0
Abstract:
Asymptotic techniques based on the limit of high activation energy have been used to analyze the ignition process of a condensed fuel suddenly exposed to a hot stagnant gas. Several cases are studied differing in the location of the exothermic ignition reaction. In a first part, an analysis is presented of the gasification process when an equilibrium process or a rate process is considered to determine the gasification rate, and the use of these results to study ignition by a fast exothermic gas-phase reaction. In a second part an analysis is presented of ignition by a heterogeneous exothermic reaction including the convective effects of the gasification flow. In a third part an analysis is presented of ignition by a condensed phase reaction and the derivation of a closed form expression for the ignition time. In a fourth part an analysis is presented of the heterogeneous ignition process by convective heating described by a Newtonian law. Details of these analyses are given in previous Scientific Reports. Author
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Subject Categories:
- Ammunition and Explosives
- Combustion and Ignition
- Rocket Propellants