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RESEARCHMEMORANDUM”-””COMPARISON OF COMBUSTION RIMCTIVITY OF ETHYLDECABOWNE
FUELS WITH TYPICAL HYDROCARBON FUELS ON BASISOF
SPRAY FIAMMA BILITYLIMITSOF FUEL-RICH MISTSAND
CALCULATED LEAN-LIMIT FLAME TEMPERATURES
FOR FUEL VAPOR-AIR SYSTEMS
By PaulH. Wise andAbraham Lipschitz
LewisFlightPropulsionLaboratoryfl~s$lf!cuffonr-ne.-:lcd(or ch.i~r~d~LI,..~
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AERONAUTICS
RESEARCHMEMORANDUM
COMPAIUSONOFCOMBUSTIONREACTIVJ3?YOF~ FUELSW13CH
T’YTICALHYDROCARBONFUELSONMKCSOFSPRAY~ LIKD!S
OFFUEL-RICHMISTSANDWUUIMWD LEAN-L= FLAME
~ FORFUELVAFOR-AIRSYSTIM
ByPaulH.WiseandAbrahamLlpschitz
SUMMARY
Thesprayflamebi.litylimitsofvarkmshigh-energyfielsandhy-9 drocerbonfuelsweredetermined~erimentalJyinanqpparatuswhich
measuredtheminimumpercentofoxygenbyvolumethatwouldpermittheignitionofa particularfuel.Thefluidsinvestigatedwereethyldeca-
: boranes,sliphatichydrocarbons,olefins,srcmatichydrocarbons,andesters.
Thesprayflammabilitylimitsoftheethyldecaboranefuelsrangefrom2 to5 percentoxygen,-eas thehydrocarbmfuelshavesprayftamabilitylimitsfram12to17percentqgen. Theethyldecabcmnefuelsburnedatlowerfuel-flowratesthanhydrocarbonfuelsofcompsza-blevolatility.
Lean-Mmitflametemperatureswerecalculatedfortheethyldeca-boranefuelsanddecaborane,andthevaluesarecomparedtothecorre-spondingvaluesforsomehydrocarbons.
INTRODUCTION
Thecurrentinterestinmmpoundscontainingboron,hydrogen,andcarbonasaircraftfuelscapableofprovidinggreateroperatingrangehasledtoextensiveinvestigationofthec-stion performanceandphysicalPrq*ies of thesefie~ tich are pertfienttotheirapplicationinaircraft.Somecouibustionstudiesofthesefuelsarediscussedinrefer-.ences1 and2. References3 to6 presentphysicalandchemicalpropertiessuchasthermalstabilityandmechanicalshockstabilityofvariousboron-carbon-hydrogenfuels..
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ityofthese-fuelswith-en I&measuringthetiimm concentrateionof 8=Y6enrewed fiQ fuel-oqgen-tit~genmisttoperdtignitionofthefuel,
Anapparatusandtechniqueforneasuringtheminimumpercentofoxy-genrequiredforignitionofa fielmistaredescribedinreference7,andtheminimump=centofoxygenthusdetermined,qpressedaspercentofoqygenbyvolumintheoxygen-nitrogengasmixbure,isdefinedeathespr~ flamsibilitylimlt.Thistechniquewasqppliedtofourseqplesof gethyldecaboranefuelsendninehydrocarbonsof varioustypesandvolatil-Ities,andtheresultsarereportedherein.
Thelean-llmitflametemperature(flametemperatureforfuelvapor-airmixtureatflashpetit)wascalculatedfortheethyldemiboranefuelsanddecaborane.Thevaluesarecczuperedtothelean-limitflametemper-aturevaluesforhydro-bons(ref.8)asa meansofestimating theacti-vationenergyoftheethyldec~oranefuelsinrelationtotheactivationenergyforhydrocarbonfielsintheccmibustionreaction.
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Fuels
Theethyldecaboranefuelswerecommercialseqplessu~liedbytheBureauofAeronautics,DepartmentoftheNavy,aspartofProjectZip.ThecompositionsandsanepropertiesoftheethyldecdboranefuelswepresentedIntableI. Thehydrocarbons(tableI)werepreparedandpuri-fiedbytheJU(MorprocuredfromtheBuresnofStandards.Theethyl-acetatewasa comnercialsample.
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TheapparatususedinthisproJectLssimilartothatdescribedinreference7. Itconsistsofa horizontalconbustlonchember(fig.1)openattaneendandfittedwitha high-energysparkgap toignitethefuelmist.Theclosedendofthecombu8tlonchsnibersupporteda therm.coupletomeasurethetemperatureriseinthecoibustlonchsaiberandtheatomiztngnozzle(fig.2)forintroducingthefuelmist.Oxygenandnitrogenweremeteredtoa mixingchaniberfromwhichthisoxidant-gasmixtureflowedtothefuelatomizer(fig.5)whichintroducedthefuel-oxygen-nitrogenmisttotheconibustlonchdber.Theaxidant.gaamixturewassupplledtotheatomizerata pressureof18to28poundspersqp~einchgagewitha totalgasflowof9 tololitersperminuteatstandardtemperatureandpressure.Thefuelwasmeteredtotheatomizerby driv-ingtheplungerofa hypodermicsyringewitha constant-speedelectric
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motor.Fuel-flawratesof2.6,4.7,or15.0millilitersperminute● couldbeobtainedby seL?ctingthepropersizesyringe.Themist
movedatdbout5.7to5.8centimeterspersecondinthecouibustlonch?miber.
Stainlesssteelwasusedfortheconibustioncheniberbecauseitwase~ectedtowithstand,betterthenbrass,thecmibinedcorrosiveeffectsoftheso13dproductsofconhstlonandthefrequentwashingtoremovetheseproducts.
Theignitionsystemwasa cotiinationofa high-voltagelow-energya-csparkoperatingat120sparkspersecondanda low-voltagehigh-energycontinuousd-cspark(similartoref. 9). A reasor&leestimatefortherateofenergydissipationatthesparkgapwouldbe 300joulespersecond.
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B Thesyringewasfilledwiththefueltobetested.ThewaU tem-h peratureofthecofiusthncbiberwasbroughtto24°&.5°Cbytheflow
ofwaterintheJacket,andthepressureregulatorsweread$zstedattheoxygensndnitrogencylinderstogivethedesiredoxygen-nitrogenmix-
. ture.Thegaswasallowedtorunthroughthechauiberforabout45sec-ondsbeforethefielflowwasstarted.ThefuelflowwasInitiatedbystartingthemotortodrivetheplungerofthesyringeandopeningthefuelneedlevalveoftheatomizingnozzletothefullopenposition.Fivesecondsaftercommencingtheoperationoftheatomizingnozzle,thearcwasstartedandallowedtoburnforabout5 seconds.Anincreaseintemperatureofabout15°to20°C asindicatedbythethermocouplewastakenasa positivetestforignition.Afterthetest,thechamberwasthoroughlycleaned,andtheelectrodeswereremoved,cleaned,filed,andrespaced.
RESUUPSANDDISCUSSION
Thespr~flammabilitylimitsofseveral.ethyldecaboranefuelsweredeterminedbymasuringthemininwmpercentofoxygenrequiredforigni-tionofflowingfuel-~en-nitrogenmists.Thelean-ldmitflemetemper-aturesforthreessmplesofethyldecaboraneandforde=boranewerecal-culatedforthefuel-alrmixtureattheflashpointofthesefiels.ThedataandresultsarepresentedintablesIIandIII.Sprayflammsbilityltmitsarepresentedasa range,generallyof 2 percent.Thisrange. representsthereproducibilityoftheexperimentalresults.
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Thesprayflammabilitylimitsshowa markeddifferencebetweenthe8
[email protected](2.6~min) threeethylde-oranefuelsrequireonly2to5 percentoxy.genforIgnition,whereaseighthydrocarbonsendethylacetateregptiefrom11toashighas17percentmgen.
Dodecane,whichiscmqpa.%bleinvolatilitytotheethyldecaboraneftzels,reqtirednotonlymore o~gen butSJ.SOa muchMgh= fuel-flowrate forignitionInthisapparatus.Dc&canerequired12to14percent~6en -d a fielfl~ of~ ti~litersperml.nute,moret- 5 timesthefuelflowfortheethyldecdboranefuels.Aliphaticnormalhydro.carbonshigherinmolecularweightthsmA-nonanewouldnotigniteendburninthisqpparatusatfuel-flawratesof2.6or4.7millilitersperminute.Inallofthepositivetestsforbothhydrocarbonandethyldeca-borenefueb,cdbustionoccurredina fuel-richcondition.
Onesaqleofethyldecaboranefuel,56Z2,failedtoIgniteInthis6YStem,d.- cncygenConcentmtlonsashighas15percentandfuel– -flowsof2.6and4.7millilitersperminutewereused.A possibleex-planationmaybethehigherviscosityofthissampleandtheresultlng ●
poorersprayddstrlbutlonInccuqparisontothefuelswhichignitedsuc-cessfully.Theviscositiesoftheethyldemiboranefuelsaregiveninthefolloulngtable:
Fuel Kinematicviscosityat25°C,centistokes
56Z213.9(Uhpubllsheddata(Callery))55zl 6.1(Unpublisheddata(OlinMthleson))55Z7 6.01(Unpublisheddata(OllnMthieson)55Z6 6.4(Unptillsheddata)
Theviscosityof56Z2istwicethatofthethreeotherfuelssuqples.The
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highviscositymeyhavehinderedtheatomizationof56Z2bythest~lenozzleusedinthese~eriments.
Comparisonsoftheflashpoints,spontaneousignition temperatures,andsprayflammabilityMmItsoftheethyldecaboranefuelsasa classwiththehydrocarbonfuelsmeasuredinthisinvestigationrevealnotrendsotherthantheMfferenceofthesprayflammabilitylimits.Thisdifferenceindicatesthattheethyldecdboranefuelsaremuchmorereac-ttveIntheccmibustionreactionthanl@rocarbone.
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Lean-LimitFlameTemperatures ...
Thelean-limitflamet~turee fortheethyldecaboranefuels.
(5521}5527,and5526)anddecaboranewerecalculatedaccordingtothe
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method ofreference10. Thefuelvapor-airmixture,calculatedfromthe* vaporpressureofthefuelsattherespectiveflashpoints(ref.11)~
wasusedasthemixturecompositionfortheleen-limltflame.Thekaluesofthelean-limitflametemperatureareincludedIntdbleIIIalongwiththoseforbenzeneandheptanefromref=ence8.
Reference8 statesthattheactivationenergyoftherate-determiningreactionina lean-limitflemeisproportionaltothelesn-limitflametmrature. Thelean-limitflametemperaturevsluesfordecdborane(696°K)andforthethreessmplesofethyldecaborane(725°,790°,snd879°K)areroughlyone-halfthevaluesforbenzene(1715°K)ed heptane(1980°K),whicharetypicalofthevaluesfor22hydrocarbonstnrtier-ence8. Itseemsreasonabletoassumethattheactivationen=giesoftheethyldec~orane fuels are elso about one-half the [email protected] luwervalueofactivationenergyfortheethyl-decaboranefuelsagreeswiththeIncreasedconibustionreactivityandde-creasedsprayflammabilityllmitwhichhavebeenfound~erimntall.y.
SUMMARYOFRE8UILE● Theexperimentaldeterminationoftheminhmmpercentofoxygen(ex-
pressedasvohnepercentofthe-dant-gasmixtures)requtiedforigni-tion offlowing(5.7to5.8c#sec)fuel-oxygen-nitrogenmists,whena.fixedamountofelectricalenergyissuppliedintheformofa sperkdis-chargeinthemist,gavethefollowingresults:
1.Threesezqplesofethyldecaborenefuelsre@red 2 to5 percentoxygenby volume.
2.EighthydrocarbonsrequiredXlto17percent-en forthesamefuel-flowrateasfortheethylde-boranefuels.
3.Dodecane,whichiscomparableinvolatilitytotheethyldeca-boranefuels,requireda fuel-flowrate5 timesgreaterthan theethyl-decaboranefuelsaswellas12to14percentoxygenforignition.
4.OnessmpleofethyldecaboranefuelfailedtoQnltewitho~genconcentrationsasM@ e815percentandfuelfluwssomewhathigherthenthoseusedfortheotherethyldecaboranefuelsInthisprogram.
5.Calculatedlean-limitflemetemperaturesfortheethyldecaboranefuelsareqpproxbnatelyone-half the valuesforI@roc=bonfuelswMchsuggeststhattheconibustionactivationenergies=8 alsoaboutone-half
. theactivationenergiesofhydrocarbonfuels.
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55Z1 2.6 ‘ 1.0304.83 1445 2 -455Z7 2.6 .7823.66 mo 3 -555Z8 2.6 .8934.22 U?60 3 -456Z2 2.6 No Ignitionw
4.7 to15percentoxygen
Otherthanhigh-energyfueleBenzene 2.6 0.5001.22 375 14.-16
4.7 .7141.74 535 >MToluene 2.6 .4161.20 375 l%ls
4.7 .5551.60 500 17-Wp-xylene 2.6 ●333 1.10 350 14-M;-Eexane 2.6 .4251.14 11-13
4.7 .4171.li? 396 19&Heptane 2.6 .312 .976 343 14-15
4.7 .4761.49 523 16-18@ctane 2.6 ●244 .868 305 15-17n-Wnane 2.6 .2701.08 379 12-14
4.7 .4441.78 . 623 13-15@odecane ls.o 1.1.506.10 2130 12-14l-Hexene 2.6 .3841.01 346 B-3.5
4.7 .5401.42 486 17-18Ethylacetate 2.6 .5881.62 295 11-I.2
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