Graphene-oxide doped jet-fuel combustion for aircraft propulsion: fuel burning rate estimation

我们的行业合作伙伴禅雅塔（Zenyatta）是一家加拿大矿业公司，总部位于安大略省桑德贝（Thunder Bay），生产一种纯度为99.9%的纯石墨，被称为奥尔巴尼（Albany）。该项目旨在从奥尔巴尼生产氧化石墨烯纳米颗粒，将其悬浮在喷气- a（飞机燃料）中，并研究喷气- a火焰的燃烧速度。掺有氧化石墨烯的喷气燃料可以潜在地增强飞机的推进力，帮助加拿大实现提高燃油效率的目标。为了实现上述目标，石墨（由禅雅塔提供）将被添加到喷气机a中，并与含氧剂一起产生氧化石墨烯。一名硕士生和一名博士生将接受培训，以完成拟议的项目。在此期间，两名学生都将获得基于激光诊断的实践经验，并将从事多学科研究（材料和燃烧），其成果可能会改善飞机推进。该项目所产生的知识将有助于深入了解预热、预混、预汽化和掺杂液体燃料的热结构，这对燃烧科学界具有重要意义。在成功完成拟议项目并通过后续拨款申请后，英属哥伦比亚大学、加拿大国家研究委员会、德国航空航天中心（DLR）和Zenyatta也将致力于研究掺杂喷气燃料的排放特性，并可能在北美和欧洲对燃料进行认证。

Our industry partner, Zenyatta, is a Canadian mining company that is based in Thunder Bay (Ontario) and produces a pure form of graphite (99.9% purity), referred to as Albany. The proposed project aims to generate nanoparticles of graphene oxide from Albany, suspend it into jet-A (aircraft fuel), and study burning rate of the dope jet-A flames. Graphene-oxide doped jet-fuels can potentially enhance aircraft propulsion, helping Canada meet it's targets for fuel efficiency improvements. In order to address the above objective, graphite (provided by Zenyatta) will be added to jet-A and sonicated along with an oxygen containing agent in order to produce graphene oxide. One Master's and one Ph.D. student will be trained to complete the proposed project. During this, both students will gain hands-on experience with laser-based diagnostics, and will engage in multidisciplinary research (materials and combustion) whose outcomes can potentially improve aircraft propulsion. The knowledge generated from the proposed project will provide insight into thermal structure of preheated, premixed, pre-vaporized, doped liquid fuels, which is of importance to combustion science community. Upon successful completion of the proposed project and through a follow up grant application, the University of British Columbia, the National Research Council of Canada, the German Aerospace Center (DLR), and Zenyatta will also aim to study the doped jet-fuel emission characteristics and potentially certify the fuel in North America and Europe.