Propagation of anhydrous ethanol-nitrogen-air flames under atmospheric and sub-atmospheric pressures

• Grant number: 16/23022-8
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Scientific Initiation
• Start date: March 01, 2017
• End date: February 28, 2019
• Field of knowledge: Engineering - Mechanical Engineering - Transport Phenomena
• Principal Investigator: João Andrade de Carvalho Junior
• Grantee: Lucas Marchi Pedro de Azevedo Silva
• Host Institution: Faculdade de Engenharia (FEG). Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP). Campus de Guaratinguetá. Guaratinguetá , SP, Brazil

Abstract

Pre-mixed laminar flame velocity is an essential parameter to the description of a mixture combustion. In particular, ethanol mixtures have been receiving great focus due to their potential use as fuel in the aeronautical industry. Thus, the proposed research aims to study and conduct experimental tests to determine the flame velocity of anhydrous ethanol-nitrogen-air mixtures, at atmospheric and sub-atmospheric pressures. For such, the student will be supported by Dr. Andrés Armando Mendiburu Zevallos, associated to FAPESP postdoctorate project 2015/23351-9, to conduct experimental tests in the Laboratório de Combustão e Propulsão (LCP), at INPE. (AU)