Experiment on heating kerosene with useless heat on the wall of pulse detonation engine

Xi Qiao Huang, Le Chen, Chuan Jun Yan, Long Xi Zheng, Zhi Wu Wang, Hua Qiu

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Abstract

Using kerosene as fuel and air as oxidizer, experiments on heat exchanger between detonation tube and fuel were performed on a pulse detonation engine (PDE) with a diameter of 110 mm at different frequencies. It's found that the way of utilizing the waste heat produced by detonation tube can not only increase the temperature of fuel, but also improve PDE's operating performance and shorten the distance of deflagration to detonation transition (DDT). This heat exchanger process could also reduce the temperature of detonation tube. The temperature of detonation tube could decrease by 94°C at the operating frequency of 20 Hz.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)1702-1707
Number of pages6
JournalHangkong Dongli Xuebao/Journal of Aerospace Power
Volume26
Issue number8
StatePublished - Aug 2011

Keywords

  • Deflagration to detonation transition (DDT)
  • Fuel temperature
  • Heating experiment
  • Pulse detonation engine(PDE)
  • Useless heat

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