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Operational Characteristics of a Rotating Detonation Engine Using Hydrogen and Air

Operational Characteristics of a Rotating Detonation Engine Using Hydrogen and Air

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Technology & EngineeringPhysics

ISBN10: 1025091515
ISBN13: 9781025091518
Publisher: Hutson Street Press
Published: May 22 2025
Pages: 106
Weight: 0.35
Height: 0.22 Width: 6.14 Depth: 9.21
Language: English

Rotating detonation engines (RDE) are pressure gain combustion engines that have the potential for greater efficiency than traditional, constant pressure, deflagration engines. RDEs are smaller and mechanically simpler than pulsed detonation engines. A small diameter (3 in) engine was successfully run on hydrogen and air. Most of the tests were conducted using air with a slightly lower diluents percentage (77% nitrogen as opposed to 79% nitrogen). These tests provided the foundation for determining the operational space (mass flow rate and equivalence ratio) of the rotating detonation engine. From the tests conducted with the lower diluents air, the appropriate run conditions for regular air were determined. For standard air (79% nitrogen) it was found that a larger equivalence ratio (about 1.5) was required to obtain continuous detonations.

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