Boron Particle Ignition and Combustion in a Shock Tube Using Time -Resolved Spectroscopy
Spalding, Martin John
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Title
Boron Particle Ignition and Combustion in a Shock Tube Using Time -Resolved Spectroscopy
Author(s)
Spalding, Martin John
Issue Date
2000
Doctoral Committee Chair(s)
Krier, Herman
Department of Study
Mechanical Engineering
Discipline
Mechanical Engineering
Degree Granting Institution
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Degree Name
Ph.D.
Degree Level
Dissertation
Keyword(s)
Physics, Fluid and Plasma
Language
eng
Abstract
Boron particles ignited in Ar/F/O2 mixtures show a rapid decrease by a factor of four in ignition and burning times as the mole fraction ratio XF/XO2 is increased from 0 to 0.25. For values of XF/XO2 greater than 0.5 there is little change of ignition burning time with XF/XO2 . Spectroscopic data taken in pure oxygen environments show residual BO2 emission after particle combustion, while that taken in fluorine-containing environments show little or no emission from BO2, consistent with predictions from theoretical modeling efforts. When boron particles are burned in Ar/N2/O2 atmospheres, there is a decrease of over 60% in ignition delay times as XN2 is increased from 0 to 0. 8 with XO2 held constant at 0.20. Ignition delay times also decrease from 335 mus to 160 mus as XNO is increased from 0.005 to 0.075 +/- 0.015 in N2/NO/O2 environments. Addition of CO2 to Ar/O2 mixtures increases ignition delay times. Theoretical predictions of ignition times for boron particles from a boron particle combustion model developed in the course of the present study as well as predictions of ignition and combustion times from a chemical kinetics based boron particle combustion model compare well with experimental times measured in N2/O2 and in O2/F atmospheres.
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