Investigation of combustion characteristics of a new aluminum-containing propellant based on optical diagnosis

YANG Yunjie; XING Shiyue; ZHANG Shaohua; YU Xilong; WANG Zezhong; WANG Haiyan

doi:10.11883/bzycj-2022-0316

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YANG Yunjie, XING Shiyue, ZHANG Shaohua, YU Xilong, WANG Zezhong, WANG Haiyan. Investigation of combustion characteristics of a new aluminum-containing propellant based on optical diagnosis[J]. Explosion And Shock Waves, 2023, 43(4): 042301. doi: 10.11883/bzycj-2022-0316

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YANG Yunjie, XING Shiyue, ZHANG Shaohua, YU Xilong, WANG Zezhong, WANG Haiyan. Investigation of combustion characteristics of a new aluminum-containing propellant based on optical diagnosis[J]. Explosion And Shock Waves, 2023, 43(4): 042301. doi: 10.11883/bzycj-2022-0316

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YANG Yunjie, XING Shiyue, ZHANG Shaohua, YU Xilong, WANG Zezhong, WANG Haiyan. Investigation of combustion characteristics of a new aluminum-containing propellant based on optical diagnosis[J]. Explosion And Shock Waves, 2023, 43(4): 042301. doi: 10.11883/bzycj-2022-0316

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Investigation of combustion characteristics of a new aluminum-containing propellant based on optical diagnosis

doi: 10.11883/bzycj-2022-0316

YANG Yunjie^{1, 2
,},
XING Shiyue^{1, 2},
ZHANG Shaohua^{2
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YU Xilong²,
WANG Zezhong²,
WANG Haiyan¹

1.
China University of Mining and Technology (Beijing), Beijing 100083, China
2.
Institute of Mechanics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, China

Received Date: 2022-07-21
Rev Recd Date: 2023-02-07

Available Online: 2023-02-23

Publish Date: 2023-04-05

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Abstract

In order to investigate the combustion characteristics of a new aluminum-containing solid propellant, the ignition and combustion process of the propellant at elevated pressure for simulating the solid propellant rocket engine were systematically studied by using a variable power fiber-laser and optical diagnostic techniques. The near-infrared fiber laser was employed to ignite the propellant slices placed in a high-pressure optical tank which was designed and manufactured for simulating solid propellant rocket engine conditions. The successive images of the laser-ignition and combustion process were captured by a high-speed camera while the optical emission spectroscopy was recorded with fiber-based spectrometers. Therewith, the regression rate, the ignition delay, and agglomerate particle size of the propellant were determined from the quantitative measurement and analysis of the former, likewise, the combustion temperatures were deduced by the latter. Accordingly, the maximum combustion temperature, the magnitude of the ignition delay, and rules of regression rate were mastered, as well as their dependence on laser power and ambient pressure. Firstly, the analysis of emission spectra shows that the maximum combustion temperature of this propellant should be higher than 3 300 K which grows with pressure. It reveals that the fundamental mechanisms of the propellant receding rate and ignition delay are affected by the ambient pressure from the perspective of chemical reaction dynamics. Meantime, the exponential decay law of ignition delay is determined while its formation mechanism is explored, based on the real-time monitoring of the propellant burning surface with high spatial and temporal resolution. Furthermore, it is also found that the regression rate of this propellant increases rapidly at low pressure, but appears to be saturated gradually when the ambient pressure exceeds 4 MPa. Whereafter, it is confirmed that the receding rate rules strictly follow the Summerfield burning rate equation. Finally, through the quantitative analysis of the luminous area of agglomerates in the combustion process, the effects of the agglomerate particle size in the propellant product by environmental parameters are concluded.
- solid propellant,
- aluminum,
- laser ignition,
- combustion characteristics,
- optical diagnosis

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