Liquid fuels as jet fuels and propellants : a review of their productions and applications / Mohammad Hossein Keshavarz.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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Intro -- Contents -- Preface -- List of Symbols -- Chapter 1 -- Conventional Liquid Fuels for Propulsion -- Abstract -- Introduction -- Conventional Jet Fuels -- Hypersonic Vehicle Fuels -- Additives of Jet Fuels -- Corrosion Inhibitor/Lubricity Improver (CI/LI) -- Fuel System Icing Inhibitor (FSII) -- Static Dissipater Additives (SDA) -- Antioxidant (AO) -- Metal Deactivator Additives (MDAs) -- Additives for Increasing Thermal Stability -- Missile Fuels -- Liquid Rocket Propellants -- Common Properties of Liquid Propellants -- Economic Factors and Availability -- Suitable Physical Properties -- Viscosity and Vapor Pressure -- Boiling and Freezing Points -- Density and Specific Gravity -- Performance Parameters -- Chemical and Thermal Stability -- Heat Transfer -- Ignition and Combustion -- Safety and Environmental Issues -- Materials Compatibility -- Cryogenics Propellants -- Storable Propellants -- Monopropellants -- Chapter 2 -- Synthetic Jet Fuels -- Abstract -- Introduction -- Synthetic Jet Fuels Derived from Fossil Fuels -- Requirements for Alternative Fuels -- The Synthesized High-Energy Hydrocarbon Based Fuel -- JP-10 -- RJ-4, RJ-5, and RJ-7 -- THTCPD -- Chapter 3 -- Recent Advances in Liquid Propellants -- Abstract -- Introduction -- Using Organic Compounds -- DMAZ -- Sensitivity Evaluation of DMAZ -- The Use of CHETAH Software -- Impact Sensitivity of DMAZ -- Burning Test in Small Scale -- Sensitivity to Electrostatic Discharge -- Koenen Test -- DMAZ Sensitivity Test to Explosive Detonator -- DMAZ Sensitivity Test to Shock Wave -- Ignition Delay Analysis -- Diazabicyclo[3.1.0] hexane (DABH) -- Comparison of Properties of DABH with Respect to DMAZ and MMH -- Toxicity of DABH as Compared to Common Liquid Propellants -- Thermal Decomposition Study of DABH -- Dimethyl Amino Ethanol (DMAE).

Physico-Thermal Properties, Safety, and Toxicity of DMAE -- ID Time of DMAE -- Hydroxyethylhydrazine (HEH) -- Physical Properties of Pure HEH and Its Mixture with UDMH -- Density -- Boiling Point -- Viscosity -- Vapor Pressure -- Hypergolicity -- Energetic Ionic Liquids -- Assessment of Physicochemical Properties -- ID Time -- Thermal Behaviors -- Melting Point -- Glass Transition Temperature -- Decomposition Temperature and Activation Energy of Thermolysis -- Density -- Viscosity -- Heat of Formation -- Chapter 4 -- Assessment of Combustion Performance of Liquid Fuels -- Abstract -- Introduction -- Some Features of Specific Impulse -- The Effect of Chemical Factors -- A Simple Method for Calculation of Combustion Chamber Temperature -- Estimation of Combustion Products -- The Simple Correlation for Calculation of Specific Impulse -- Some Features of Molar Enthalpy of Formation in the Liquid State -- Computation of Heat of Formation -- Computation Detail of a Suitable Method for Prediction of of Polycyclic Saturated Hydrocarbons -- Calculation of Density of Polycyclic Saturated Hydrocarbons -- Difference between Melting and Boiling Points of Polycyclic Saturated Hydrocarbons -- Performance Assessment of Mixtures of Liquid Propellants, e.g., UDMH/HEH -- References -- About the Author -- Index -- Blank Page.

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