Driver Gas Reduction Effect of Pulse-Detonation-Engine Initiator Using Reflecting Board

作者:Wakita Masashi*; Numakura Ryusuke; Asada Takatoshi; Tamura Masayoshi; Totani Tsuyoshi; Nagata Harunori
来源:Journal of Propulsion and Power, 2011, 27(1): 162-170.
DOI:10.2514/1.50043

摘要

To reduce driver gas usage of a pulse detonation engine operating in airbreathing mode, the authors experimentally examined a combination method of a reflecting board and overfilling of the driver gas. This method has the potential to reduce the predetonator diameter by half and shorten the overfilling distance It to the reflecting board position w. Experiments with stoichiometric hydrogen-oxygen and hydrogen-air mixtures as driver and target gases, respectively, showed that the overfilling distance necessary to have a planar detonation wave propagate in a detonation chamber is reduced to 30 mm when a reflecting board is used with a reflecting board clearance of w = 10 mm. With an overfilling distance of 30 mm, the transformation of the detonation wave from cylindrical to toroidal did not occur because of the mixing effect of the driver gas and the target gas around the reflecting board. A 100-mm-thick reflecting board prevents the mixing effect, and a successful transformation from cylindrical to toroidal becomes possible with an overfilling distance as small as 17.2 mm.

  • 出版日期2011-2