Publication Date:
2019-07-10
Description:
Combustion of solid fuel particles has many important applications, including power generation and space propulsion systems. The current models available for describing the combustion process of these particles, especially porous solid particles, include various simplifying approximations. One of the most limiting approximations is the lumping of the physical properties of the porous fuel with the heterogeneous chemical reaction rate constants. The primary objective of the present work is to develop a rigorous model that could decouple such physical and chemical effects from the global heterogeneous reaction rates. For the purpose of validating this model, experiments with porous graphite particles of varying sizes and porosity are being performed. The details of this experimental and theoretical model development effort are described.
Keywords:
Inorganic, Organic and Physical Chemistry
Type:
Sixth International Microgravity Combustion Workshop; 213-216; NASA/CP-2001-210826
Format:
application/pdf
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