SOME RESEARCH PERTAINING TO THE PROBLEM OF PREDICTING THE BURNING RATE OF CELLULOSIC FUELS.

Abstract

The work is divided into two parts. The first part deals with experimental work on the study of the influence of inorganic impurity, specimen size and heating rate on the thermal decomposition of macroscopic cellulosic fuel cylinders. The second part describes an experiment designed and built to study the chemical kinetics of cracking reactions along with the formulation of a comprehensive theory to predict the influence of secondary physico-chemical factors such as properties, convection, diffusion, cracking, etc. on the net burning rate of cellulosic fuels. (Author)

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 25, 1968
Accession Number
AD0668531

Entities

People

  • J. Matthews
  • K. A. Murty
  • P. L. Blackshear Jr.

Organizations

  • University of Minnesota

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Burning Rate
  • Chemical Kinetics
  • Chemical Reaction Properties
  • Chemical Reactions
  • Combustion
  • Convection
  • Decomposition
  • Diffusion
  • Dynamics
  • Exothermic Reactions
  • Impurities
  • Kinetics

Readers

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