Synthetic and jet fuels pyrolysis for cooling and combustion applications

Synthetic and jet fuels pyrolysis for cooling and combustion applications

Reduced Kinetic Models for the Combustion of Jet Propulsion Fuels

Reduced chemical kinetic models to predict the combustion characteristics of jet propulsion fuels are produced and tested. The parent detailed kinetic model has been developed on the basis of a surrogate fuel formulation methodology that utilizes combustion property targets measured for a particular real fuel to formulate a chemical mixture of nalkanes, iso-alkanes and aromatic functionalities ...

Piezoelectric Actuators for Synthetic Jet Applications

Synthetic jets have been identified and utilized widely in airflow control applications. These jets of air are usually created by the use of compressed air, or an electromechanically driven vibrating platform. All of these approaches produce desired results in airflow-control such as enhanced lift and increased maneuverability. Despite the results however, system weight, size, response time and...

Initiation mechanisms and kinetics of pyrolysis and combustion of JP-10 hydrocarbon jet fuel.

In order to investigate the initiation mechanisms and kinetics associated with the pyrolysis of JP-10 (exo-tricyclo[5.2.1.0(2,6)]decane), a single-component hydrocarbon jet fuel, we carried out molecular dynamics (MD) simulations employing the ReaxFF reactive force field. We found that the primary decomposition reactions involve either (1) dissociation of ethylene from JP-10, resulting in the f...

Combustion and Emissions Characteristics of Biodiesel Fuels