Zero Gap Propagation Testing of Propellant Number 2 Fuel Oil Slurries
Abstract
Previous laboratory and bench scale research conducted by the TVA has demonstrated that slurrying waste propellants with No. 2 fuel oil to form a supplemental fuel for industrial combustors is both a technically feasible and cost-effective disposal technology. However, the safety parameters of the process remain to be delineated. This report discusses the results of Zero Gap propagation tests that determined the sensitivity of propellant-No. 2 fuel oil slurries to detonation by a shock wave. Two operational modes were studied: the dynamic or pumping mode, and the static or settled slurry mode. Supplemental fuels containing 10 percent by weight nitrocellulose, 15 percent by weight nitroguanidine, and 20 percent by weight AA2 double-base propellants slurried in No. 2 fuel oil did not propagate a detonation in either operational mode. These concentrations of propellant in No. 2 fuel oil are at the maximum found to be both technically feasible and cost-effective in the previous laboratory study. The Zero Gap tests establish that propellant-No. 2 fuel oil slurries could be processed at weight concentrations at or below those specified above without propagating a detonation.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Jan 01, 1992
- Accession Number
- ADA250765
Entities
People
- C. E. Breed
- D. J. Craft
- V. M. Norwood