Experimental study of spark-discharge initiation of detonation

The mechanisms of action on a high-current spark discharge that make it possible to reduce the total expenditure of electric energy on initiating detonation have been proposed. The action is based on the control of a discharge current with the aid of an external circuit and on the addition of easily...

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Published inJournal of engineering physics and thermophysics Vol. 86; no. 3; pp. 577 - 586
Main Authors Korytchenko, K. V., Golota, V. I., Kudin, D. V., Rodionov, S. V.
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Boston Springer US 01.05.2013
Springer
Springer Nature B.V
Springer Verlag
Subjects
Astrophysics
Butane
Classical Mechanics
Complex Systems
Computer Science
Engineering
Engineering Thermodynamics
Heat and Mass Transfer
Hydrogen
Industrial Chemistry/Chemical Engineering
Physics
Thermodynamics
discharge current
fuel-oxygen mixture
spark discharge
initiation of detonation
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Summary:The mechanisms of action on a high-current spark discharge that make it possible to reduce the total expenditure of electric energy on initiating detonation have been proposed. The action is based on the control of a discharge current with the aid of an external circuit and on the addition of easily ionizable admixtures to a fuel-oxygen mixture. Results of experimental investigations into the spark-discharge initiation of detonation with the action on the discharge process have been presented; the results were obtained in mixtures of hydrogen with oxygen and of commercial propane-butane with oxygen at atmospheric pressure.
ISSN:1062-0125
1573-871X
DOI:10.1007/s10891-013-0871-6