Ignition and combustion of pyrotechnic compositions based on microsized and ultra-nanosized aluminum particles in a moist medium in a two-zone gas generator

This paper presents the results of an experimental study of the ignition and combustion of pyrotechnic compositions based on microsized and ultra-nanosized aluminum particles in a model two-zone gas generator using water as oxidizer. The flow of combustion products from the gas generator was video r...

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Published in:Combustion, explosion, and shock waves explosion, and shock waves, 2017, Vol.53 (1), p.15-23
Main Authors: Yagodnikov, D. A., Ignatov, A. V., Gusachenko, E. I.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Aluminum
Classical and Continuum Physics
Classical Mechanics
Combustion products
Composition
Control
Dynamical Systems
Engineering
Gas generators
Ignition
Oxidizing agents
Physical Chemistry
Physics
Physics and Astronomy
Vibration
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Summary:This paper presents the results of an experimental study of the ignition and combustion of pyrotechnic compositions based on microsized and ultra-nanosized aluminum particles in a model two-zone gas generator using water as oxidizer. The flow of combustion products from the gas generator was video recorded, and the condensed products sampled behind the nozzle exit were studied by chemical and particle-size analyses. It was found that the replacement of microsized aluminum particles by ultra-nanosized particles in the samples led to a ≈17% decrease in the active aluminum content in the condensed phase, a 10–15% increase in the efficiency of the process in the gas generator (completeness of conversion of the pyrotechnic composition to combustion products), and a factor of about three decrease in the ignition delay.
ISSN:0010-5082
1573-8345
DOI:10.1134/S0010508217010038