Gasoline Explosion Pressures

Autor: Plesset, M. S., Gilmore, F. R.
Zdroj: Journal of Fluids Engineering; February 1946, Vol. 68 Issue: 2 p89-97, 9p
Abstrakt: A numerical method is outlined which permits the calculation of the temperatures and pressures obtained when mixtures of air and aviation-gasoline vapor are exploded in a closed chamber. The calculations use basic thermo-dynamic data to determine the final equilibrium state of the air and gasoline mixtures after combustion. Similar calculations have been carried out previously by other investigators, but only for a limited range of mixture ratios. Experimental measurements of the explosion pressures were made using an explosion bomb with a strain-gage pressure pickup. The measured pressures were of the same order of magnitude as the calculated pressures, but in general were somewhat above the theoretical values. Some possible explanations for this trend are discussed in the text.
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