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

我们的行业合作伙伴Zenyatta是一家加拿大矿业公司，总部设在安大略省桑德贝，生产一种纯形式的石墨(99.9%纯度)，称为奥尔巴尼。拟议的项目旨在从奥尔巴尼产生氧化石墨烯纳米颗粒，将其悬浮在JET-A(飞机燃料)中，并研究Dope JET-A火焰的燃烧速度。掺杂石墨烯氧化物的喷气燃料可能会增强飞机的推进力，帮助加拿大实现提高燃油效率的目标。为了达到上述目的，将在JET-A中加入石墨(由Zenyatta提供)，并与含氧剂一起进行超声波处理，以生成氧化石墨烯。一名硕士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的诊断实践经验，并将从事多学科研究(材料和燃烧)，其结果可能会改善飞机的推进能力。拟议项目产生的知识将提供对预热、预混合、预汽化、掺杂液体燃料的热结构的洞察，这对燃烧科学界很重要。在拟议的项目成功完成后，通过后续赠款申请，不列颠哥伦比亚大学、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这种燃料进行认证。

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.