Additives to Increase Fuel Heat Sink Capacity

Abstract

Hypersonic air-breathing vehicles will travel at high speeds and must endure high heat loads. A higher speed capability or lower surface temperature can be obtained by increasing the heat sink capability of the fuel through endothermic cracking reactions. TDA Research has identified fuel additives that increase the rate of these reactions and therefore deliver the same endotherm at lower fuel temperatures.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jul 11, 2005
Accession Number
ADA464394

Entities

People

  • Bradley D. Hitch
  • David T. Wickham
  • James Nabity
  • Jeffrey R. Engel
  • Sean Rooney

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Additives (Chemicals)
  • Air Force Research Laboratories
  • Alkanes
  • Alkenes
  • Ethylenes
  • Explosives Initiators
  • Flow
  • Fuel Additives
  • Heat Exchangers
  • Heat Flux
  • Heat Of Activation
  • Heat Sinks
  • High Pressure
  • Hydrocarbon Fuels
  • Hydrocarbons
  • Mass Flow
  • Measurement

Readers

  • Combustion science or combustion engineering.
  • Economics
  • Thermal Physics or Thermal Science.

Technology Areas

  • Hypersonics
  • Hypersonics - Hypersonic Flight
  • Hypersonics - Hypersonic Flow