Detonation formation in H $_2$-O $_2$/He/Ar mixtures at elevated initial pressures

In this paper the formation of detonation in H-O/He/Ar mixtures at elevated initial pressures was investigated in an initiation tube for a detonation driver with an exploding wire as the ignition source. In most experiments the detonation wave was formed by a DDT process in which a reactive shock wave accelerates behind the leading shock wave and eventually leads to the onset of detonation. The onset position was found to be at the leading shock wave or behind it. Only in very sensitive mixtures at high initial pressure the direct initiation of detonation was observed. The influence of ignition energy, initial pressure and composition on the detonation induction distance was determined. The results show that the detonation induction distance increases with the decrease of ignition energy and initial pressure and with the increase of the mole fraction of helium or argon. With the same mole fraction, argon increases the induction distance more than helium. In the facility utilized the DDT upper and lower limits of hydrogen in H-O mixtures are in the ranges from 36 to 40 % and from 78 to 82 %, respectively, and the upper limits for helium and argon in stoichiometric H-O mixtures are 40 % and 36 %, respectively. High pressure peaks generated by the DDT process were measured, especially in mixtures near the DDT limits. Statistical results show that such peak pressures can be up to 6 times of the CJ-pressures. Received 1 March 2000 / Accepted 25 May 2000     

A numerical study of two- and three-dimensional detonation dynamics of pulse detonation engine by the CE／SE method

In this paper, the CE/SE method is developed to simulate the two- and three-dimensional flow-field of Pulse Detonation Engine (PDE). The conservation equations with stiff source terms for chemical reaction are solved in two steps. The detailed analysis of computational results of a PDE with a single detonation tube and a PDE with five detonation tubes are given in this paper. Complex wave systems are observed inside and outside a PDE. For a PDE with 5 detonation tubes, there is a big bow shock produced from a number of little shocks near the open ends of tubes. A lot of vortexes interact with shocks and a large expansion wave propagates forward and backward with respect to the PDE in a semi-oval shape.The project supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (59906005), the Teaching and Research Award Program for Outstanding Young Teachers in High Education Institutions of MOE, China     

可燃气体中激波聚焦的点火特性

数值模拟了二维平面激波从抛物面上反射在可燃气体中聚焦的过程,研究了形 成爆轰波的点火特性. 对理想化学当量比氢气/空气混合气体,在初始压强20kPa的条件下, 马赫数2.6-2.8的激波聚焦能产生两个点火区：第1个点火区是反射激波会聚引起的,第 2个点火区是由入射激波在抛物面上发生马赫反射引起的. 这种条件下流场中会出现爆燃转 爆轰,起爆点分别分布在管道壁面、抛物反射面和第2点火区附近. 起爆机理分别为激波管 道壁面反射、点火诱导激波的抛物面反射和点火诱导的激波与第2点火区产生的爆燃波的相 互作用. 不同的点火和起爆过程导致了不同的流场波系结构,同时影响了爆轰波传播的波动 力学过程.     

多元混合PBX炸药冲击起爆的多元Duan-Zhang-Kim反应速率模型研究

提出了多元混合PBX炸药孔隙塌缩热点模型新的处理方法,构建了新的细观反应速率模型,系列数值模拟结果与实验结果均一致,表明该细观反应速率模型可较好地描述和预测炸药组分配比及颗粒度对多元混合PBX炸药冲击起爆过程的影响。PBX炸药冲击起爆过程主要受热点点火过程和燃烧反应过程共同作用：HMX占主导成分的PBXC03炸药,起爆压力低,冲击起爆过程受热点点火影响较明显,热点点火后的燃烧反应速度较快,表现为加速反应特性;TATB占主导成分的钝感PBXC10炸药,起爆压力高,冲击起爆过程主要受点火后的燃烧反应过程控制,且点火后燃烧反应速度较慢,表现为稳定反应特性。

     

STUDY ON THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN IGNITION DELAY TIME AND GASEOUS DETONATION CELL SIZE

讨论点火延迟时间和爆轰波胞格尺度的内在关系,将点火延迟时间作为特征参量来模拟胞格尺度. 分别对两个总包单步化学反应模型和一个基元反应模型的点火延迟时间进行了数值模拟研究. 对于满足当量比的氢气/空气混合气体,分析了不同初始压力下点火延迟时间随初始温度的变化关系. 研究表明:总包单步反应模型的点火延迟时间不随压力变化,且与初始温度呈线性关系. 基元反应模型的点火延迟时间随压力变化,而且存在理论上的S 型曲线,但是在拐点区域和低温区域与CHEMKIN 计算的结果相差1~3 个量级. 现有模型模拟的胞格尺度普遍偏小,其相应的点火延迟时间也偏小,胞格尺度与点火延迟时间具有正相关性. 入射激波后的气体的点火延迟时间与三波点的运动周期一致,是定量化模拟胞格的关键因素.     

气相爆轰波胞格尺度与点火延迟时间关系研究

讨论点火延迟时间和爆轰波胞格尺度的内在关系,将点火延迟时间作为特征参量来模拟胞格尺度. 分别对两个总包单步化学反应模型和一个基元反应模型的点火延迟时间进行了数值模拟研究. 对于满足当量比的氢气/空气混合气体,分析了不同初始压力下点火延迟时间随初始温度的变化关系. 研究表明:总包单步反应模型的点火延迟时间不随压力变化,且与初始温度呈线性关系. 基元反应模型的点火延迟时间随压力变化,而且存在理论上的S 型曲线,但是在拐点区域和低温区域与CHEMKIN 计算的结果相差1~3 个量级. 现有模型模拟的胞格尺度普遍偏小,其相应的点火延迟时间也偏小,胞格尺度与点火延迟时间具有正相关性. 入射激波后的气体的点火延迟时间与三波点的运动周期一致,是定量化模拟胞格的关键因素.      

On some conditions for detonation initiation downstream of a perforated plate

An experimental study is presented of the influence of detonation wave parameters and detonation product composition upstream of a perforated plate on the onset of detonation downstream. Experiments were performed in detonation tube 106 mm in diameter, separated into two sections by a perforated plate combined with a diaphragm. The tube was equipped with pressure sensors and a semi-cylindrical smoked foil. Hydrogen–air mixtures with different hydrogen concentrations were used upstream and downstream of the perforated plate. It is shown for mixtures containing 25 and 34 % of hydrogen in air that the onset of detonation downstream depends on detonation parameters upstream of the perforated plate. An increase in the initial pressure upstream of the plate leads to detonation initiation immediately downstream. The variation of mixture composition upstream of a perforated plate does not affect on detonation initiation downstream under the present experimental conditions.     

Detonation and deflagration initiation at the focusing of shock waves in combustible gaseous mixture

Abstract. Detonation and deflagration initiation under focusing conditions in a lean hydrogen-air mixture was experimentally investigated. The experiments were carried out in a shock tube equipped with the laser schlieren system and pressure transducers. Two-dimensional wedges (53° and 90°), semi-cylinder and parabola, were used as the focusing elements. The peculiarities of mild and strong ignition inside the reflector cavity were visualized. A hydrogen-nitrogen mixture was taken for comparison between reactive and inert mixture. It was found that mild ignition inside the reflector cavity can lead to detonation initiation outside the cavity. Schlieren pictures of the process were obtained and the dependence of the distance of detonation initiation on Mach number of the incident shock wave was established. Received 30 August 1999 / Accepted 23 February 2000     

气相爆轰波传播过程中的自点火效应

基于基元反应模型和单步反应模型,对直管道中H₂-air混合气体中爆轰波的传播过程进行了数值模拟,揭示了气相爆轰波传播过程中的自点火效应。利用数值模拟方法计算了不同爆轰模型的点火延迟时间,并得到了爆轰波三波点的传播过程以及所形成胞格结构的尺寸。结果表明,胞格宽度与点火延迟时间成正比;爆轰波诱导区内气体的点火延迟时间与三波点的运动周期基本一致。进一步对结果分析可知,爆轰波的自维持传播取决于点火延迟时间(表征化学反应的特征时间)和三波点的运动周期(表征流动的特征时间)的匹配;当二者相匹配时,经过前导激波压缩后形成的高温高压爆轰气体,在短时间内实现了自点火,同时释放出大量的能量推动了爆轰波的前进,即爆轰波的稳定自维持传播依靠其自点火机制。     

A study on jet initiation of detonation using multiple tubes

A detonator consisting of a dense bundle of small-diameter tubes (4.4–19 mm) is tested experimentally using stoichiometric mixtures of hydrogen–oxygen and hydrogen–air. Tests are conducted in a 5,200-mm long detonation tube fitted with a schlieren photograph section and smoked foil to record the deflagration to detonation (DDT) transition. It is confirmed that the flame jet emanating from the tube assembly causes detonation initiation immediately downstream of the detonator, with little dependence on the size of the detonation tube. For the fuel–air mixture, the insertion of Shchelkin spirals into each of the smaller tubes enhances the development of the turbulent flame jet, leading to a shorter DDT distance. Multi-point spark ignition is also shown to provide a further reduction in the DDT distance compared to single-point ignition. PACS 47.40.-x; 47.40.Nm; 47.70.Fw; 82.40.-g; 82.40.Fp     

多循环脉冲爆震发动机流场数值研究

针对二维带有收敛扩张喷管的脉冲爆震发动机模型，采用带基元化学反应的Euler方程组和H2、空气的9组分20基元反应，对发动机在前六个工作循环的流场进行了数值模拟。通过对前几个循环流场进行比较，发现脉冲爆震发动机在第五个循环后流场就基本稳定，单循环得到的流场和多循环稳定后的流场有很大的差别，同时喷管对发动机内流场影响特别大。     

爆震室壁面条件对脉冲爆震发动机爆震性能的影响

在爆震室内快速形成稳定传播的爆轰波是脉冲爆震发动机的关键．本文利用有限速率化学反应模型,考虑粘性、热对流,基于N-S方程对氢气与空气/氧气为反应混合物的爆震发动机爆震室内流场进行计算．从流场压力、速度、涡量、湍流动能等方面研究爆震室壁面条件对燃烧爆轰性能的影响,分析流场爆轰波压力与流场湍动能的关系,讨论可燃气体燃烧转爆轰的机理．结果表明：爆震室内燃烧爆轰机理受到化学反应能量释放、壁面摩擦效应、壁面与外界热交换的影响．在文中讨论的范围内,相比于半圆形和三角形的爆震室装置,矩形的爆震室增强装置能在更短的时间内得到较高的爆轰波压力和湍动能峰值．壁面粗糙层高度（粗糙度）影响爆震室的燃烧爆轰性质．当壁面粗糙度为0.15mm时,粗糙度对爆轰的激励作用大于抑制作用,能较快形成稳定的爆轰波,且推力为35.5N;随着壁面对流换热系数的增大,爆震室壁面的散热加剧．当壁面对流换热系数大于临界值2.6W/(m2·K)时,爆震室内不能形成稳定的爆震波．     

多障碍物通道中激波诱导气相爆轰的数值研究

应用数值模拟方法,研究了直通道中激波经过多块矩形障碍物时诱导 H2/O2混合气体起爆的物理机制. 研究表明：在前导激波强度不足以诱导波后气 体直接起爆的条件下,经过激波压缩的可燃气体也可能在远离激波的障碍物之间的凹槽部位 起爆;障碍物表面产生的压缩波、膨胀波和气流滑移面对可燃气体的起爆、爆轰波的形成和 传播过程有重要的影响;添加不同稀释比的氮气可以影响爆轰波后流场的温度分布;增加障 碍物的间距可以改变可燃气起爆位置.     

用于爆轰驱动的射流起爆实验研究

爆轰驱动激波风洞的自由来流模拟范围与驱动气体的爆轰极限密切相关,爆轰极限越宽则模拟范围越大。驱动气体一般是通过点火管进行起爆的,提高点火管的起爆能力可以拓宽爆轰极限。为了提高点火管起爆能力,就点火管口径、点火气体爆轰敏感性和单/双点火管3种因素的影响进行了实验研究。在不同的点火管初始条件下,对驱动段波速进行了测量。结论如下:(1)提高点火管口径可以显著提升起爆能力;(2)点火气体爆轰敏感性对起爆能力有影响,点火管为缩径内型面时,低敏感性气体起爆能力更强,点火管为等径内型面时则低敏感性气体和高敏感性气体的起爆能力大体持平;(3)在保证射流同步的前提下,双点火管能够提高起爆能力,为保证射流同步性需使用化学恰当比的氢氧混气等爆轰敏感性强的点火气体。     

CL-20基混合炸药的冲击起爆特征

为了研究CL-20基混合炸药的冲击起爆特征,深入分析冲击波作用下CL-20基混合炸药的爆轰成长规律,采用炸药驱动飞片冲击起爆实验方法,对CL-20、CL-20/NTO和CL-20/FOX-7三种压装混合炸药进行了冲击起爆实验,通过嵌入在炸药内部不同位置处的锰铜压力传感器,获得了炸药内部压力的变化历程。依据实验结果标定了混合炸药的点火增长模型参数,其中,利用反应速率方程中的两个增长项,分别模拟CL-20/NTO和CL-20/FOX-7混合炸药中两种组分的反应增长过程,得到这两种混合炸药的反应速率方程参数。并通过数值模拟的方法得到了三种炸药的临界起爆阈值和POP关系。研究结果表明：三种CL-20基混合炸药中,CL-20/NTO混合炸药具有更高的临界起爆阈值,而CL-20/FOX-7混合炸药具有更长的爆轰成长距离;此外,利用此套拟合双组分混合炸药反应速率方程的方法,可以对新型配方炸药的冲击起爆过程进行预测性计算

     

出口爆轰的外流场研究

利用内径为30mm, 长度为1000mm的爆轰管,对脉冲爆轰发动机进行研究. 爆轰管内充满氢气-氧气-氮气预混气,采用底端中心点火. 对半球形高温火团引发的氢气-氧气-氮气爆轰过程和管内、外流场分布进行轴对称数值模拟,考虑了H_2-O_2-N_2的详细化学反应动力学机理,该机理包含了19个基元反应和9种组份. 实验和计算获得的外流场阴影和数值照片,形象地描述了管外流场的变化. 数值计算结果和实验结果基本一致,根据实验和数值计算结果,详细地讨论了悬吊激波产生的动力学机理. 爆轰波溢出爆轰管后,斜压效应和Helmholtz不稳定导致涡环的产生,同时在流场中形成止于涡环的悬吊激波,涡环形状的变化又引起悬吊激波的强度、形状和位置的变化.      

Effect of chemical reactivity on the detonation initiation in shock accelerated flow in a confined space

The interactions of a spherical flame with an in- cident shock wave and its reflected shock wave in a confined space were investigated using the three-dimensional reactive Navier-Stokes equations, with emphasis placed on the effect of chemical reactivity of mixture on the flame distortion and detonation initiation after the passage of the reflected shock wave. It is shown that the spatio-temporal characteristics of detonation initiation depend highly on the chemical reactivity of the mixture. When the chemical reactivity enhances, the flame can be severely distorted to form a reactive shock bifurcation structure with detonations initiating at different three-dimensional spatial locations. Moreover, the detonation initiation would occur earlier in a mixture of more enhanced reactivity. The results reveal that the detonations arise from hot spots in the unburned region which are initiated by the shock-detonation-transition mechanism.     

Intensification of a detonation wave in the zone of secondary reactions in a two-phase medium

A method is proposed for the numerical calculation of one-dimensional nonsteady-state flows of a mixture of a gas with particles, based on the separation of a system of differential equations for a two-phase medium into two subsystems. The problem is solved concerning the propagation of a plane detonation wave in a mixture of a detonating gas with particles, behind the front of which secondary chemical reactions are taking place between the vapors of the particle material and the detonation products. The velocity profiles of the gas and of the thermodynamic functions behind the detonation wave front are determined, and also the dependence of the detonation velocity on the distance to the point of initiation. The conditions for intensification of the detonation wave are obtained in the zone of secondary reactions.Leningrad. Translated from Izvestiya Akademii Nauk SSSR, Mekhanika Zhidkosti i Gaza, No. 5, pp. 92–96, September–October, 1972.     

超音速来流中爆轰波衍射和二次起爆过程研究

预爆管技术被广泛地应用在爆轰波发动机的起爆过程中,但是在超音速来流中基于预爆管技术起始爆轰波的研究并未被广泛地开展。基于此,本文中数值研究了横向超音速来流对半自由空间内爆轰波的衍射和自发二次起爆、及管道内的衍射和壁面反射二次起爆两种现象的影响。数值模拟的控制方程为二维欧拉方程,空间上使用五阶WENO格式进行数值离散,采用带有诱导步的两步链分支化学反应模型。所模拟的爆轰波具有规则的胞格结构,对应于用惰性气体高度稀释过的可爆混合物中形成的爆轰波。结果表明:在半自由空间内,在本文所模拟的几何尺寸下,爆轰波并未成功发生二次起爆现象,但是爆轰波的自持传播距离随着横向超音速来流强度的增强而增加。在核心的三角形流动区域外,波面诱导产生了更多的横波结构;在管道内,横向的超音速来流在逆流侧对出口气流产生了压缩作用,能有效提高波面压力,因此反射后的激波压力也比较高。在同样的几何尺寸下,爆轰波在静止和超音速(Ma=2.0)气流中分别出现了二次起爆失败和成功两种现象,这是由于在超音速来流中化学反应面的褶皱诱导产生了横波结构,横波与管壁以及其他横波之间的碰撞提高了前导激波的强度,并最终促进了爆轰波在超声速流主管道内的成功起始。     

Detonability of simple and representative components of pyrolysis products of kerosene: pulsed detonation engine application

The use of liquid fuels such as kerosene is of interest for the Pulse Detonation Engine (PDE). In this context, a representative gaseous mixture of the lighter products resulting from the decomposition of a kerosene of type JP-10 was studied. The detonability limits of simple components (hydrogen, ethylene, propylene) and mixtures of these components were tested in a 50 mm diameter and 2.5 m long detonation tube. This dimension is compatible with the applications of the aircraft industry and more particularly the PDE. The influences of the nitrogen dilution, geometry of the DDT device (Schelkin spiral), ignition energy and initial pressure were investigated. This paper was based on work that was presented at the 19th International Colloquium on the Dynamics of Explosions and Reactive Systems, Hakone, Japan, July 27 - August 1, 2003. Communicated by J.E. Shepherd