The Standard Chemical Oxygen-Iodine Laser Kinetics Package. Revision
Abstract
It has been long recognized that continuous-wave (CW) chemical lasers represent an extremely complex interaction between fluid mechanics, chemical kinetics, and optical physics. The chemical oxygen-iodine laser presents additional problems in that the energy storage medium, singlet oxygen, is generated by a liquid-gas phase reaction. The kinetics of chemical oxygen-iodine lasers can be divided into five categories: 1) the chemistry of singlet oxygen generators, 2) the chemistry of COIL in the presence of water aerosols, 3) transport of singlet oxygen in the absence of iodine, 4) the dissociation of molecular iodine by excited oxygen, and 5) the kinetics of iodine atoms and excited oxygen. Only the last three kinetics topics are covered in this review. This report presents the Air Force Weapons Laboratory Standard Chemical Oxygen-Iodine Laser Kinetics Package. A complete reaction scheme including recommended rate coefficients for modeling the gas phase kinetics of chemical oxygen-iodine lasers (COIL) was established to provide a common basis for the research and development of COIL devices. A review of the experimental kinetic data base from which the model was derived is also presented. However, the fully coupled, reactive mixing and optical physics problems inherent in supersonic chemical oxygen-iodine lasers are not addressed.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Oct 01, 1988
- Accession Number
- ADA208643
Entities
People
- Glen P. Perram
- Gordon D. Hager
Organizations
- Air Force Research Laboratory