Contribution of Surface Catalysis and Gas Phase Reaction to Catalytic Combustor Performance.

Abstract

Catalytic monolith combustor are under development for efficient combustion of fuel-air mixtures in air-breathing thrustors. However current engineering design has encountered unstable operating ranges leading to blow off at high power and extinction at idle. To overcome these difficulties a better understanding is required of reactive flow with exothermic reaction on catalytic reactor walls and in the gas phase. The objective of our research effort is a detailed theoretical analysis and experimental study of the various parameters affecting the catalytic combustion process. Of special concern is a quantitative assessment of the contributions of homogeneous (gas-phase) reaction and heterogeneous (wall) reaction to monolith combustor performance.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 15, 1978
Accession Number
ADA062848

Entities

People

  • B. J. Wood
  • C. M. Ablow
  • H. Wise

Organizations

  • SRI International

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Boundaries
  • Catalysis
  • Catalysts
  • Catalytic Reactors
  • Chemical Kinetics
  • Chemical Reaction Properties
  • Chemical Reactions
  • Combustion
  • Differential Equations
  • Exothermic Reactions
  • Heat Of Activation
  • Heat Transfer
  • Kinetics
  • Mass Transfer
  • Thermal Conductivity
  • Turbines

Fields of Study

  • Environmental science
  • Physics

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