Numerical Study on JP-10/Air Detonation and Rotating Detonation Engine

JP-10/air two-phase detonation and rotating detonation engine (RDE) are numerically studied to find out their limits of physical values as a function of equivalence ratio, prevaporization, fuel concentration, droplet diameter, and initial pressure and temperature. To find such limits, the JP-10/air two-step chemical reaction mechanism is used and the Eulerian–Eulerian two-phase governing system is developed to simulate those limits. Especially the JP-10/air two-phase detonation velocity and cell size are investigated in detail and the generation of nonreacted region and quenching mechanism of JP-10/air two-phase RDE are simulated. The findings from those studies are that 1) the JP-10/air two-phase detonation and RDE codes are developed and validated to calculate detonation and RDE; 2) the JP-10/air detonation cell size is calculated by the developed code to show a good agreement with the experimental data; and 3) the JP-10/air RDE simulation shows a detonation quenching at the condition when the droplet diameter is larger than and the prevaporization factor is smaller than 20%.