Trends in Surface-Ignition Temperatures

Abstract

Tests were made on a supercharged CFR engine to determine surface-ignition temperature as a function of fuel-air ratio, intake-manifold pressure, and surface-ignition advance for four fuels - S-3 reference fuel, benzene, methanol, and AN-F-28, Ammendment-2, fuel. Range of surface-ignition temperatures was between 1900 and 2600 deg F. Because the difference in temperatures was very small, it was concluded that surface-ignition temperature is not a satisfactory criterion for differentiating between ignition characteristics of different fuels in internal-combustion engines.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 01, 1944
Accession Number
ADA801327

Entities

People

  • Donald W. Male
  • Henry E. Alquist

Organizations

  • Glenn Research Center

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Energy and Power Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Temperature
  • Aircraft Engines
  • Alcohols
  • Charge Density
  • Combustion
  • Combustion Chambers
  • Compression Ratio
  • Engines
  • Fuel Air Ratio
  • Fuels
  • Hot Spots
  • Ignition
  • Intake Manifolds
  • Internal Combustion Engines
  • Ionization
  • Organometallic Compounds
  • Spark Plugs

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