Studies of ARO-Relevant Fuels using Shock Tube/Laser Absorption Methods

Abstract

Validation and refinement of reaction mechanisms and development of new and improved reduced mechanisms describing the pyrolysis, oxidation and ignition of practical fuels requires a reliable database of experimental combustion targets. This database must cover relevant combustion conditions and encompass realistic practical fuels, fuel surrogate mixtures and individual surrogate components. Shock tubes and laser absorption diagnostics are able to provide three important types of experimental measurements for this database: ignition delay times, species concentration time-histories and elementary reaction rate constants. These experimental methods are the mainstay of this ARO research program at Stanford.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Aug 19, 2017
Accession Number
AD1050747

Entities

People

  • Ronald Kent Hanson

Organizations

  • Stanford University

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Alkanes
  • Autoignition
  • Biodiesels
  • Boundary Layer
  • Burning Rate
  • Chemical Kinetics
  • Chemical Reaction Properties
  • Chemical Reactions
  • Chemistry
  • Combustion
  • Heat Transfer
  • Ignition Lag
  • Laser Induced Fluorescence
  • Lasers
  • Materials Laboratories
  • Materials Processing
  • Materials Science
  • Materials Testing
  • Mechanical Engineering
  • Military Research
  • Pyrolysis

Readers

  • Combustion science or combustion engineering.
  • Technical Research and Report Writing.

Technology Areas

  • Directed Energy