Empirical investigation of operable fuels for micropulsejets for MAV applications

S. A. Steinmetz; F. Zheng; J. A. Scroggins; N. L. Cousineau; J. S. Sayres; T. L. Turner; W. L. Roberts

Empirical investigation of operable fuels for micropulsejets for MAV applications

S. A. Steinmetz, F. Zheng, J. A. Scroggins, N. L. Cousineau, J. S. Sayres, T. L. Turner, W. L. Roberts

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Abstract

This paper experimentally investigates the viability of select fuels for a micropulsejet with a nominal length of 8 cm designed for use in micro air vehicles (MAVs). This micropulsejet operates at a frequency of about 1500 Hz. Candidate fuels were chosen with two basic criteria that make them reasonable for use with MAV systems: 1) energy density and 2) kinetic rate of combustion. To meet the first requirement, the tested fuels are storable as a liquid at low pressures but have a low boiling point to allow the fuel to be delivered to the combustion chamber as a gas. The fuels must also have fast kinetics to allow operation at this frequency. The laminar burning velocity is used as a measure of the overall kinetic rate, and viable fuels must be faster than that of propane, which has been shown both computationally and experimentally to be too slow. Selected fuels should have burning velocities between propane and hydrogen, which has been demonstrated to be fast enough to run on this scale but has undesirable storage properties.

Original language	English (US)
Title of host publication	Fall Meeting of the Eastern States Section of the Combustion Institute 2009
Publisher	Combustion Institute
Pages	823-826
Number of pages	4
ISBN (Electronic)	9781615676682
State	Published - 2009
Externally published	Yes
Event	Fall Meeting of the Eastern States Section of the Combustion Institute 2009 - College Park, United States Duration: Oct 18 2009 → Oct 21 2009

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Name	Fall Meeting of the Eastern States Section of the Combustion Institute 2009

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Other	Fall Meeting of the Eastern States Section of the Combustion Institute 2009
Country/Territory	United States
City	College Park
Period	10/18/09 → 10/21/09

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Copyright © 2009 by The Combustion Institute.

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Mechanical Engineering
Physical and Theoretical Chemistry

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Steinmetz, S. A., Zheng, F., Scroggins, J. A., Cousineau, N. L., Sayres, J. S., Turner, T. L., & Roberts, W. L. (2009). Empirical investigation of operable fuels for micropulsejets for MAV applications. In Fall Meeting of the Eastern States Section of the Combustion Institute 2009 (pp. 823-826). (Fall Meeting of the Eastern States Section of the Combustion Institute 2009). Combustion Institute.

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Steinmetz, SA, Zheng, F, Scroggins, JA, Cousineau, NL, Sayres, JS, Turner, TL & Roberts, WL 2009, Empirical investigation of operable fuels for micropulsejets for MAV applications. in Fall Meeting of the Eastern States Section of the Combustion Institute 2009. Fall Meeting of the Eastern States Section of the Combustion Institute 2009, Combustion Institute, pp. 823-826, Fall Meeting of the Eastern States Section of the Combustion Institute 2009, College Park, United States, 10/18/09.

Empirical investigation of operable fuels for micropulsejets for MAV applications. / Steinmetz, S. A.; Zheng, F.; Scroggins, J. A. et al.
Fall Meeting of the Eastern States Section of the Combustion Institute 2009. Combustion Institute, 2009. p. 823-826 (Fall Meeting of the Eastern States Section of the Combustion Institute 2009).

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