THE DETERMINATION OF FLAME SPEED OF PENTABORANE-OXYGEN-NITROGEN MIXTURES,

Abstract

Pentaborane was selected as a representative boron hydride in order to obtain flame speed measurements over a wide range of fuel-air mixtures. Freely-propagating laminar flame kernels produced by spark ignition were photographed by the flash schlieren technique, and the flame speed was derived from the measured rate of growth of these kernels. The pentaborane-air flame velocity peaks slightly on the rich side of stoichiometric. The influence of oxygen concentration on flame speed is reported. Pentaborane flames show pronounced cellular structure of the flame front at all mixture ratios. (Author)

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Oct 01, 1956
Accession Number
AD0641503

Entities

People

  • E. L. Gayhart
  • E. Maier
  • H. L. Olsen
  • W. G. Berl
  • W. T. Renich

Organizations

  • Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Cellular Structures
  • Chemical Reactions
  • Combustion
  • Exothermic Reactions
  • Ignition
  • Measurement
  • Nitrogen
  • Spark Ignition

Readers

  • Combustion science or combustion engineering.
  • Fluid Dynamics.