Ab initio Quantum Chemical and Experimental Reaction Kinetics Studies in the Combustion of Bipropellants

Abstract

Ab initio quantum chemical (QC) approaches are increasingly being used as cost effective means for the accurate determination of reaction kinetics data to model the chemical behavior of many practical combustion processes. QC computations are particularly useful when experimental reaction kinetics data is unobtainable because of the physical limitations in probing the system of interest which may often be under the extreme conditions of high temperatures and pressures. On the other hand when experimental data is available, complementary QC calculations can be used to either validate the observations or provide evidence to take caution when interpreting the experimental measurements.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 24, 2017
Accession Number
AD1034729

Entities

People

  • Ghanshyam L Vaghjiani

Organizations

  • Air Force Research Laboratory

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Addition Reactions
  • Chemical Kinetics
  • Chemical Reaction Properties
  • Chemical Reactions
  • Chemistry
  • Clearances
  • Coefficients
  • Combustion
  • Decomposition
  • Department Of Defense
  • Dissociation
  • Energetic Materials
  • Energy
  • Energy Transfer
  • Equations
  • First Principles Calculations
  • High Pressure
  • High Temperature
  • Information Operations
  • Kinetics
  • Low Temperature
  • Measurement
  • Molecules
  • Quantum Chemistry
  • Simulations
  • Test Facilities

Readers

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

Technology Areas

  • Quantum Computing