Aluminum flame temperature measurements in solid propellant combustion

The temperature in an aluminized propellant is determined as a function of height and plume depth from diatomic AlO and thermal emission spectra. Higher in the plume, 305 and 508 mm from the burning surface, measured AlO emission spectra show an average temperature with 1σ errors of 2980 ± 80 K. Low...

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Published inApplied spectroscopy Vol. 68; no. 3; p. 362
Main Authors Parigger, Christian G, Woods, Alexander C, Surmick, David M, Donaldson, A B, Height, Jonathan L
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published United States 01.03.2014
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Summary:The temperature in an aluminized propellant is determined as a function of height and plume depth from diatomic AlO and thermal emission spectra. Higher in the plume, 305 and 508 mm from the burning surface, measured AlO emission spectra show an average temperature with 1σ errors of 2980 ± 80 K. Lower in the plume, 152 mm from the burning surface, an average AlO emission temperature of 2450 ± 100 K is inferred. The thermal emission analysis yields higher temperatures when using constant emissivity. Particle size effects along the plume are investigated using wavelength-dependent emissivity models.
ISSN:1943-3530
DOI:10.1366/13-07234