Combustion of nanoaluminum and water propellants: effect of equivalence ratio and safety/aging characterization

TR Sippel, TL Pourpoint, SF Son - Propellants, Explosives …, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
The deflagration and combustion efficiency of 80 nm aluminum/ice (ALICE) mixtures with
equivalence ratios of ϕ= 1.0, 0.75, and 0.67 were experimentally investigated. We find that …

Combustion of nano-aluminum and liquid water

GA Risha, SF Son, RA Yetter, V Yang… - Proceedings of the …, 2007 - Elsevier
An experimental investigation on the combustion behavior of nano-aluminum (nAl) and
liquid water has been conducted. In particular, linear and mass-burning rates of quasi …

Combustion and conversion efficiency of nanoaluminum-water mixtures

GA Risha, JL Sabourin, V Yang, RA Yetter… - Combustion science …, 2008 - Taylor & Francis
An experimental investigation on the combustion behavior and conversion efficiency of
nanoaluminum and liquid water mixtures was conducted. Burning rates and chemical …

Burning rates of nanoaluminum–water solid propellants at various pressures

S Wollmark, Y Yavor - Journal of Propulsion and Power, 2019 - arc.aiaa.org
The burning rates of solid propellants comprising different nanoaluminum powders and
distilled water were examined at pressurized conditions up to P= 7.5 MPa. Several …

Combustion and characterization of nanoscale aluminum and ice propellants

T Sippel, S Son, G Risha, R Yetter - 44th AIAA/ASME/SAE/ASEE Joint …, 2008 - arc.aiaa.org
Nanoscale aluminum and water propellants have received considerable interest as of late
because of their application to underwater and space propulsion. With the increasing …

Production and characterization of nano-aluminum and its effect in solid propellant combustion

K Jayaraman, K Anand, S Chakravarthy… - 45th AIAA aerospace …, 2007 - arc.aiaa.org
Nano-aluminum particles were produced by the electrical wire explosion method at this
laboratory. The size and shape of the particles were measured using a transmission electron …

Comparison of post-detonation combustion in explosives incorporating aluminum nanoparticles: Influence of the passivation layer

WK Lewis, CG Rumchik, MJ Smith… - Journal of Applied …, 2013 - pubs.aip.org
Aluminum nanoparticles and explosive formulations that incorporate them have been a
subject of ongoing interest due to the potential of aluminum particles to dramatically …

Dependence of nano-aluminum and water propellant combustion on pH and rheology

DE Kittell, LJ Groven, TR Sippel… - Combustion science …, 2013 - Taylor & Francis
Over the past few years, the combustion of nano-aluminum/water (nAl/H2O) propellants has
been widely reported, but further progress has been slowed for the following reason: the …

Production, characterization, and combustion of nanoaluminum in composite solid propellants

K Jayaraman, KV Anand, DS Bhatt… - Journal of propulsion …, 2009 - arc.aiaa.org
This paper reports the production of nanoaluminum particles using the wire explosion
process at our laboratory. Electrical energy is applied to the aluminum wire in an argon …

Combustion characteristics of nanoaluminum, liquid water, and hydrogen peroxide mixtures

JL Sabourin, GA Risha, RA Yetter, SF Son… - Combustion and …, 2008 - Elsevier
An experimental investigation of the combustion characteristics of nanoaluminum (nAl),
liquid water (H2O (l)), and hydrogen peroxide (H2O2) mixtures has been conducted. Linear …