Pulse detonation assessment for alternative fuels

The higher thermodynamic efficiency inherent in a detonation combustion based engine has already led to considerable interest in the development of wave rotor, pulse detonation, and rotating detonation engine configurations as alternative technologies offering improved performance for the next ge...

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Main Authors:	Azami, Muhammad Hanafi, Savill, Mark
Format:	Article
Language:	English English
Published:	MDPI AG 2017
Subjects:	TL500 Aeronautics
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spelling	iium-633762018-04-13T04:14:55Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/63376/ Pulse detonation assessment for alternative fuels Azami, Muhammad Hanafi Savill, Mark TL500 Aeronautics The higher thermodynamic efficiency inherent in a detonation combustion based engine has already led to considerable interest in the development of wave rotor, pulse detonation, and rotating detonation engine configurations as alternative technologies offering improved performance for the next generation of aerospace propulsion systems, but it is now important to consider their emissions also. To assess both performance and emissions, this paper focuses on the feasibility of using alternative fuels in detonation combustion. Thus, the standard aviation fuels Jet- A, Acetylene, Jatropha Bio-synthetic Paraffinic Kerosene, Camelina Bio-synthetic Paraffinic Kerosene, Algal Biofuel, and Microalgae Biofuel are all asessed under detonation combustion conditions. An analytical model accounting for the Rankine-Hugoniot Equation, Rayleigh Line Equation, and Zel’dovich–von Neumann–Doering model, and taking into account single step chemistry and thermophysical properties for a stoichiometric mixture, is applied to a simple detonation tube test case configuration. The computed pressure rise and detonation velocity are shown to be in good agreement with published literature. Additional computations examine the effects of initial pressure, temperature, and mass flux on the physical properties of the flow. The results indicate that alternative fuels require higher initial mass flux and temperature to detonate. The benefits of alternative fuels appear significant. MDPI AG 2017 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/63376/1/energies-10-00369.pdf application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/63376/7/63376_Pulse%20detonation%20assessment%20for%20alternative%20fuels_SCOPUS.pdf Azami, Muhammad Hanafi and Savill, Mark (2017) Pulse detonation assessment for alternative fuels. Energies, 10 (3). pp. 369-1. E-ISSN 1996-1073 http://www.mdpi.com/1996-1073/10/3/369 10.3390/en10030369
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description	The higher thermodynamic efficiency inherent in a detonation combustion based engine has already led to considerable interest in the development of wave rotor, pulse detonation, and rotating detonation engine configurations as alternative technologies offering improved performance for the next generation of aerospace propulsion systems, but it is now important to consider their emissions also. To assess both performance and emissions, this paper focuses on the feasibility of using alternative fuels in detonation combustion. Thus, the standard aviation fuels Jet- A, Acetylene, Jatropha Bio-synthetic Paraffinic Kerosene, Camelina Bio-synthetic Paraffinic Kerosene, Algal Biofuel, and Microalgae Biofuel are all asessed under detonation combustion conditions. An analytical model accounting for the Rankine-Hugoniot Equation, Rayleigh Line Equation, and Zel’dovich–von Neumann–Doering model, and taking into account single step chemistry and thermophysical properties for a stoichiometric mixture, is applied to a simple detonation tube test case configuration. The computed pressure rise and detonation velocity are shown to be in good agreement with published literature. Additional computations examine the effects of initial pressure, temperature, and mass flux on the physical properties of the flow. The results indicate that alternative fuels require higher initial mass flux and temperature to detonate. The benefits of alternative fuels appear significant.
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author	Azami, Muhammad Hanafi Savill, Mark
author_facet	Azami, Muhammad Hanafi Savill, Mark
author_sort	Azami, Muhammad Hanafi
title	Pulse detonation assessment for alternative fuels
title_short	Pulse detonation assessment for alternative fuels
title_full	Pulse detonation assessment for alternative fuels
title_fullStr	Pulse detonation assessment for alternative fuels
title_full_unstemmed	Pulse detonation assessment for alternative fuels
title_sort	pulse detonation assessment for alternative fuels
publisher	MDPI AG
publishDate	2017
url	http://irep.iium.edu.my/63376/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/63376/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/63376/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/63376/1/energies-10-00369.pdf http://irep.iium.edu.my/63376/7/63376_Pulse%20detonation%20assessment%20for%20alternative%20fuels_SCOPUS.pdf
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