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 [1]. The primary objective of the present work is to develop a rigorous modeling approach 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 under normal and micro gravity.
Keywords:
Aircraft Propulsion and Power
Type:
Seventh International Workshop on Microgravity Combustion and Chemically Reacting Systems; 9-12; NASA/CP-2003-212376-REV1
Format:
application/pdf
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