Misbehavior in High Temperature Equilibrium of Water-Gas Reaction

Abstract:

The observation that the chemical equilibrium between the combustion products of solid propellant samples within static calorimeters is unexpectedly freezing at high temperatures is proved through a general numerical simulation of the isochoric cooling with chemical reactions between the gaseous products. A proprietary, direct linearization method of thermochemical computation is used that enables following any chemical reaction in equilibrium with high convergence. The observed chemical freezing within calorimeters is proved.

• Periodical: Applied Mechanics and Materials (Volume 245)
• Pages: 346-351
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMM.245.346
• Online since: December 2012
• Authors: Radu Dan Rugescu, Florin Radu Bacaran
• Keywords: Calorimetry, Chemical Equilibrium, Propellants, Water-Gas Reaction

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