The Performance of Hydrocarbon Fuels with H2O2 in a Uni-Element Combustor. An Abstract for the 2003 AIAA/JPC

Abstract

A team including Sierra%a Engineering, AFRL, and TRW tested several different hydrocarbon fuels in a 1200 pound thrust hydrogen peroxide hydrocarbon rocket unielement combustor at the AFRL propulsion directorate Edwards AFB research site. Tests were conducted with a variety of hydrocarbon fuels, including JP-8, RP-1-, JP-10, toluene quadricyclane, and turpentine as well as a several mixtures of these listed fuels. The combustor used decomposed hydrogen peroxide at concentrations of 90% as the oxidizer. The water-cooled combustion chamber included significant fuel film cooling with an overall mixture ratio between 4 and 6. All testing was conducted at a chamber pressure of approximately 780 psia.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Nov 12, 2002
Accession Number
ADA409178

Entities

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  • Curtis L Johnson
  • Jeff Muss
  • Richard Cohn
  • William Kruse

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DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Abstracts
  • Air Force
  • Air Force Research Laboratories
  • Chambers
  • Combustion
  • Combustion Chambers
  • Combustors
  • Contracts
  • Department Of Defense
  • Elements
  • Engineering
  • Film Cooling
  • Hydrocarbon Fuels
  • Hydrocarbons
  • Hydrogen
  • Rocket Oxidizers
  • Rocket Propellants

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  • Physics

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  • Combustion and Flow Dynamics.
  • Organic Chemistry
  • Petroleum Engineering