PREVENTION, DETECTION, AND SUPPRESSION OF HYDROGEN EXPLOSIONS IN AEROSPACE VEHICLES.

Abstract

The report reviews and summarizes the hazards to aerospace vehicles caused by hydrogen. Topics such as flammability limits of hydrogen in hydrogen-oxygen and hydrogen-air mixtures, methods of detecting hazardous conditions, and means of inhibiting fires and explosions are discussed. Although relatively few references were found in the literature concerning hydrogen fire and explosion hazards in aerospace vehicles specifically, it is generally believed that many of the procedures used in the handling, storage, and transportation of liquid hydrogen in more conventional applications also apply to hydrogen used as a fuel in space vehicles. (Author)

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 31, 1966
Accession Number
AD0638434

Entities

People

  • C. J. Caras

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Aerospace Craft
  • Detection
  • Explosions
  • Flammability
  • Hydrogen
  • Liquid Hydrogen
  • Literature
  • Space Transportation
  • Spacecraft
  • Transportation
  • Vehicles

Readers

  • Combustion science or combustion engineering.
  • Missile Defense Systems.
  • Systems Analysis and Design

Technology Areas

  • Space