[AR] Re: Alternatives to RP-1
- From: Henry Spencer <hspencer@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: Arocket List <arocket@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 26 May 2016 16:35:56 -0400 (EDT)
On Thu, 26 May 2016, Thomas McNeill wrote:
Nate Downes wrote - "I'd say no on the diesel entirely. The
stuff is difficult to ignite unless under pretty high pressure."
With good atomization, mixing, and a torch igniter one would think it might
not be that bad.
The Flometrics guys experimentally burned some B100 biodiesel in an LR-101
(Atlas vernier) a few years back, and reported no ignition problems. It
does have a rather higher flash point than RP-1, so it's reasonable to
think it would be harder to ignite, but a pure-oxygen environment makes
ignition of almost anything a whole lot easier.
Henry
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