Ionic Liquid Fuels for Chemical Propulsion
Abstract
Task I: Our proposed research for this task focuses on three distinct first year objectives with second- and third-year priorities dependent upon results from the first year:1. Investigate the reaction of ABH with varying amounts of [NCBH3]- and determine the composition of the mixtures.2. Prepare pure heterocyclic-BH4 salts and investigate their reactions with ABH.3. Design and synthesize amine-functionalized IL cations suitable to form stable coordination compounds with metal borohydrides. Task II: In order to understand the unusual phenomenon of hypergolicity in energy dense materials, a detailed understanding of the reactive intermediate chemistry is required. Towards these ends, the following objectives are pursued:1. Identify pre-ignition mechanisms and heterogeneous reactivity of next generation ionic liquid (IL) hypergols by infrared spectroscopy.2. Determination of ionic liquid vaporization and reaction mechanisms by tunable VUV spectroscopy.3. Determination of ionic liquid hypergolic ignition delay model parameters and reaction pathways via chemical kinetics measurements and molecular dynamics simulations.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Nov 20, 2014
- Accession Number
- AD1036959
Entities
People
- Stefan Schneider
Organizations
- Air Force Research Laboratory