Carolyn Fortson Ken Brezinsky, Advising Professor Brad Culbertson, Project Advisor.

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EXPERIMENTAL INVESTIGATION ON THE COMBUSTION OF JP-8 JET FUEL Carolyn Fortson Ken Brezinsky, Advising Professor Brad Culbertson, Project Advisor

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EXPERIMENTAL INVESTIGATION ON

THE COMBUSTION OF JP-8 JET FUEL

Carolyn Fortson

Ken Brezinsky, Advising Professor

Brad Culbertson, Project Advisor

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Create computer model for chemical reactions in jet engine after burn

US Air Force concerned about jet fuel pollutants Combustion chemistry of JP-8 fuel unknown

Project

Motivation

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Build System

Produce Flame

Identify Combustion Products

Sample Flame

Determine Concentrations

Validation

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Counter Flow Flame

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System

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Burner Schematic

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Build System

Produce Flame

Identify Combustion Products

Sample Flame

Determine Concentrations

Validation

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Stabilizing Flame

Flow Rates:o Oxidizer Gaso Carrier Gaso Fuel

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Ideal: 6% Oxygen

Actual: 29% Oxygen

Flow Rates:

Fuel Stream Oxidizer Stream

Fuel 15 mL/Hr X

Oxygen X 0.5 L/Min

Nitrogen 1.2 L/Min 1.2 L/Min

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Build System

Produce Flame

Identify Combustion Products

Sample Flame

Determine Concentrations

Validation

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Determining Concentrations

mV

min

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Build System

Produce Flame

Identify Combustion Products

Sample Flame

Determine Concentrations

Validation

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Determining Velocity and Stagnation Plane◦ LDV◦ Pitot Tube

Probes◦ Size◦ Shape

Sampling Platform◦ Horizontal Movement◦ Vertical Movement

Sampling

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Sampling

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Test Probes

A DCB310 μm 80 μm110 μm 6.35 mm

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Sampling

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mVolts c:\star\data\results\jp-8 flame\xylene_1037.runc:\star\data\results\jp-8 flame\xylene_1038.runc:\star\data\results\jp-8 flame\xylene_1039.runc:\star\data\results\jp-8 flame\xylene_1040.run

File:Channel:

Last recalc:

c:\star\data\results\jp-8 flame\xylene_1037.runMiddle = FID NA

X:Y:

0.9536 Minutes-0.0240 mVolts

Probe A (310 μm)Probe B (110 μm)Probe C (80 μm)Probe D (6.35 mm)

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22.5 25.0 27.5 30.0 32.5

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mVolts c:\star\data\results\jp-8 flame\xylene_1037.runc:\star\data\results\jp-8 flame\xylene_1038.runc:\star\data\results\jp-8 flame\xylene_1039.runc:\star\data\results\jp-8 flame\xylene_1040.run

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Last recalc:

c:\star\data\results\jp-8 flame\xylene_1037.runMiddle = FID NA

X:Y:

34.9642 Minutes-0.547 mVolts

SamplingProbe A (310 μm)Probe B (110 μm)Probe C (80 μm)Probe D (6.35 mm)

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5 10 15 20 25 30

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mVolts c:\star\data\results\jp-8 flame\xylene_1037.runc:\star\data\results\jp-8 flame\xylene_1038.runc:\star\data\results\jp-8 flame\xylene_1039.runc:\star\data\results\jp-8 flame\xylene_1040.run

File:Channel:

Last recalc:

c:\star\data\results\jp-8 flame\xylene_1037.runMiddle = FID NA

X:Y:

0.9536 Minutes-0.0240 mVolts

100%mV

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mVolts c:\star\data\results\jp-8 flame\xylene_1050.runc:\star\data\results\jp-8 flame\xylene_1044.runc:\star\data\results\jp-8 flame\xylene_1051.runc:\star\data\results\jp-8 flame\xylene_1044.run

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Last recalc:

c:\star\data\results\jp-8 flame\xylene_1050.runMiddle = FID NA

X:Y:

7.6285 Minutes-0.0140 mVolts

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mVolts c:\star\data\results\jp-8 flame\xylene_1049.runc:\star\data\results\jp-8 flame\xylene_1046.runc:\star\data\results\jp-8 flame\xylene_1047.runc:\star\data\results\jp-8 flame\xylene_1048.run

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Last recalc:

c:\star\data\results\jp-8 flame\xylene_1049.runMiddle = FID NA

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5.6022 Minutes-0.0540 mVolts

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mVolts c:\star\data\results\jp-8 flame\xylene_1055.runc:\star\data\results\jp-8 flame\xylene_1052.runc:\star\data\results\jp-8 flame\xylene_1053.runc:\star\data\results\jp-8 flame\xylene_1054.run

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Last recalc:

c:\star\data\results\jp-8 flame\xylene_1055.runMiddle = FID NA

X:Y:

10.3701 Minutes-0.0380 mVolts

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mVolts c:\star\data\results\jp-8 flame\xylene_1057.runc:\star\data\results\jp-8 flame\xylene_1058.runc:\star\data\results\jp-8 flame\xylene_1059.runc:\star\data\results\jp-8 flame\xylene_1060.runc:\star\data\results\jp-8 flame\xylene_1061.runc:\star\data\results\jp-8 flame\xylene_1062.run

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Last recalc:

c:\star\data\results\jp-8 flame\xylene_1057.runMiddle = FID NA

X:Y:

0.9138 Minutes-0.0750 mVolts

Vertical Position

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Height (mm) from Top of Flame:1.19 2.383.574.765.957.14

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Build System

Produce Flame

Identify Combustion Products

Sample Flame

Determine Concentrations

Validation

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0.010.020.030.040.050.060.070.080.090.1

Xylene

Phenylacetylene

Toluene

Benzene

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Xylene

PhenylacetyleneToluene

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Oxidizer Distance (in.) Oxidizer Distance (in.)

Oxidizer Distance (in.)Oxidizer Distance (in.)

Concentration

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Determine Velocity at Stagnation Plane

Run Mass Spec with a more suitable column

Suggestions for Future Work

Project Completion Sample Different Fuels Validate CFD

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Acknowledgements Professor Brezinsky

Brad Culbertson

Megan Chirby

Financial support from the EEC-NSF Grant # 0755115