Nanochemical Strategies for Propulsion Enhancement
Abstract
This project will develop nanochemical strategies to enhance propulsion in two areas: endothermic fuels, and energetic nanoparticulate fuel additives. Experimental and theoretical work will investigate practical catalysts, fuels, and energetic nanoparticles, and also fundamentals needed to interpret and predict improvements to the practical systems. This work will develop a science base for predicting catalyst compositions enabling high endothermic fuel cooling capacity, including the effects of alloying, doping, and over-coating catalyst particles, as well as the interactions of particular fuel molecular structures with particular types of catalysts. The research will also develop new approaches to understanding catalyst deactivation by coking, sintering, or other catalyst particle morphological changes. Strategies for improving selectivity, activity, and thermal stability of catalysts will be investigated, as will new scalable methods for preparing energetic nanoparticles, based on reaction-assisted mechanochemistry.
Document Details
- Document Type
- DoD Grant Award
- Publication Date
- Apr 08, 2016
- Source ID
- FA95501610141
Entities
People
- Scott L. Anderson
Organizations
- Air Force Office of Scientific Research
- United States Air Force
- University of Utah