Air-Activated Ration Heaters

Abstract

The current Mg-Fe flameless heater is based on the accelerated corrosive oxidation of magnesium resulting from dissimilar metals placed in contact with an electrolyte1,2. Water is used to activate the heater, and hydrogen is released as a by-product. RBC Technologies (RBC) and the Natick Soldier RDEC have developed a flameless heater technology based on the direct oxidation of a metal in air. The new heater technology requires no additional reactants, and has no undesired by-products.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Dec 01, 2008
Accession Number
ADA504227

Entities

People

  • Charles Sesock
  • Lawrence Tinker
  • Paul Dellarocca
  • Ramesh Kainthla

Organizations

  • United States Army Soldier Systems Center

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical
  • Human Systems

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Abstracts
  • Chemical Kinetics
  • Chemistry
  • Conduction (Heat Transfer)
  • Diffusers
  • Elements
  • Films
  • Heat Energy
  • Heat Of Reaction
  • Heat Transfer
  • Hydrogen
  • Latent Heat
  • Materials
  • Metals
  • Military Operations
  • Oxidation
  • Thermal Conductivity

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  • Combustion science or combustion engineering.
  • Immunology
  • Space/Atmospheric Physics.