Inference of chemical kinetics and thermodynamic properties from constant-volume combustion of energetic materials

Constant-volume combustion tests have been widely used to characterize the reactivity, the combustion efficiency, and the gas-generating performance of energetic materials. However, the currently used performance metrics (ignition delay time, pressurization rate, and maximum pressure) highly rely on...

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Main Authors: Kim, Suyong, Deng, Sili
Other Authors: Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Mechanical Engineering
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier BV 2024
Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/156219
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author Kim, Suyong
Deng, Sili
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description Constant-volume combustion tests have been widely used to characterize the reactivity, the combustion efficiency, and the gas-generating performance of energetic materials. However, the currently used performance metrics (ignition delay time, pressurization rate, and maximum pressure) highly rely on the specific experimental condition, which leads to the challenge of fairly comparing the material performance tested in different conditions and laboratories. For this reason, there has been a need for a new metric independent of the experimental conditions, along with a novel analytical tool. In this work, we proposed a kinetic modeling framework to infer the chemical kinetics and thermodynamic properties from the pressure profiles in constant-volume combustion tests. In this framework, a physical model predicts the thermodynamic states of the system during the constant-volume combustion process, while an inverse model calibrates the model parameters to fit the model to the experimental observation via sensitivity analysis. We demonstrated the success of the framework in inferring the chemical kinetics and thermodynamic properties with both synthesized data and experimental measurements. Moreover, the physical model with the inferred properties enabled a comprehensive understanding of how gas release and temperature rise contribute to the pressure rise in the constant-volume reactor. Therefore, the classical constant-volume combustion experiments can be utilized to infer properties for the design of energetic materials with desired gas and heat generation profiles and for modeling the energetic behaviors in more complex systems.
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spelling mit-1721.1/1562192024-12-23T06:26:42Z Inference of chemical kinetics and thermodynamic properties from constant-volume combustion of energetic materials Kim, Suyong Deng, Sili Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Mechanical Engineering Constant-volume combustion tests have been widely used to characterize the reactivity, the combustion efficiency, and the gas-generating performance of energetic materials. However, the currently used performance metrics (ignition delay time, pressurization rate, and maximum pressure) highly rely on the specific experimental condition, which leads to the challenge of fairly comparing the material performance tested in different conditions and laboratories. For this reason, there has been a need for a new metric independent of the experimental conditions, along with a novel analytical tool. In this work, we proposed a kinetic modeling framework to infer the chemical kinetics and thermodynamic properties from the pressure profiles in constant-volume combustion tests. In this framework, a physical model predicts the thermodynamic states of the system during the constant-volume combustion process, while an inverse model calibrates the model parameters to fit the model to the experimental observation via sensitivity analysis. We demonstrated the success of the framework in inferring the chemical kinetics and thermodynamic properties with both synthesized data and experimental measurements. Moreover, the physical model with the inferred properties enabled a comprehensive understanding of how gas release and temperature rise contribute to the pressure rise in the constant-volume reactor. Therefore, the classical constant-volume combustion experiments can be utilized to infer properties for the design of energetic materials with desired gas and heat generation profiles and for modeling the energetic behaviors in more complex systems. 2024-08-16T20:31:04Z 2024-08-16T20:31:04Z 2023-08 2024-08-16T20:21:10Z Article http://purl.org/eprint/type/JournalArticle https://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/156219 Kim, Suyong and Deng, Sili. 2023. "Inference of chemical kinetics and thermodynamic properties from constant-volume combustion of energetic materials." Chemical Engineering Journal, 469. en 10.1016/j.cej.2023.143779 Chemical Engineering Journal Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-ShareAlike http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/ application/pdf Elsevier BV Author
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Inference of chemical kinetics and thermodynamic properties from constant-volume combustion of energetic materials
title Inference of chemical kinetics and thermodynamic properties from constant-volume combustion of energetic materials
title_full Inference of chemical kinetics and thermodynamic properties from constant-volume combustion of energetic materials
title_fullStr Inference of chemical kinetics and thermodynamic properties from constant-volume combustion of energetic materials
title_full_unstemmed Inference of chemical kinetics and thermodynamic properties from constant-volume combustion of energetic materials
title_short Inference of chemical kinetics and thermodynamic properties from constant-volume combustion of energetic materials
title_sort inference of chemical kinetics and thermodynamic properties from constant volume combustion of energetic materials
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