Shock Tube Measurements of Ignition Processes in Diesel-Related Fuels

Abstract

We are beginning a three-year program of basic research concerned with chemical kinetics of diesel and diesel fuel surrogates. The work is intended to support efforts underway in other laboratories to develop improved diesel engine performance. The research will be carried out in the Stanford shock tube facilities and will focus on two areas: (1) measurement of shock tube ignition times and individual species concentration time-histories in gas-phase diesel surrogates, and (2) investigation of the reactive behavior of fuel spray droplets in shock-heated gases. Both high-pressure and low-pressure shock tubes will be used in the gas-phase investigations, and a new facility will be assembled (from an existing shock tube) for fundamental studies of fuel sprays in shock-heated gases. Modern optical diagnostic techniques will be employed to build data sets for these reactive flows.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jun 19, 2001
Accession Number
ADP012119

Entities

People

  • Ronald Kenneth Hanson

Organizations

  • Stanford University

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Materials and Manufacturing Processes

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Absorption
  • Absorption Spectra
  • Air Force
  • Chemical Kinetics
  • Combustion
  • Diesel Fuels
  • Dye Lasers
  • Fuel Sprays
  • Fuels
  • High Pressure
  • High Temperature
  • Hydrocarbon Fuels
  • Ignition
  • Measurement
  • Mechanical Engineering
  • Shock Tubes
  • Spectra

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Combustion and Flow Dynamics.
  • Combustion science or combustion engineering.
  • Technical Research and Report Writing.