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

我们的行业合作伙伴Zenyatta是一家位于安大略雷霆湾的加拿大矿业公司，生产纯石墨（纯度99.9%），称为奥尔巴尼。该项目旨在从奥尔巴尼生产氧化石墨烯纳米颗粒，将其悬浮在喷气式飞机A（飞机燃料）中，并研究掺杂喷气式飞机A火焰的燃烧速率。石墨烯氧化物掺杂的喷气燃料可以潜在地增强飞机推进力，帮助加拿大实现其提高燃油效率的目标。为了实现上述目的，将石墨（由Zenyatta提供）加入到jet-A中，并与含氧试剂一起进行沿着超声处理，以产生氧化石墨烯。一个硕士，一个博士。学生将接受培训，以完成拟议的项目。在此期间，两位学生将获得基于激光的诊断的实践经验，并将从事多学科研究（材料和燃烧），其结果可能会改善飞机推进。从拟议的项目产生的知识将提供洞察预热，预混合，预蒸发，掺杂液体燃料的热结构，这是重要的燃烧科学界。在成功完成拟议项目并通过后续赠款申请后，不列颠哥伦比亚省大学、加拿大国家研究理事会、德国航空航天中心（DLR）和Zenyatta还将致力于研究掺杂喷气燃料的排放特性，并有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.