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Combustion & Propulsion
Faculty:
Dr.
Dan Haworth, Dr.
Anil Kulkarni, Dr.
Kenneth K. Kuo, Dr.
Thomas Litzinger, Dr.
Domenic Santavicca, Dr.
Robert Santoro, Dr.
Stefan Thynell, Dr.
Stephen Turns, Dr.
Vigor Yang, Dr.
Rich Yetter, Dr.
Savash Yavuzkurt
Research
Areas: Supercritical jet breakup of combustion,
solid propellant ducted rocket
studies, structural/ballistic risk assessment, non-intrusive
IR diagnostic systems, particle laden shear flows in solid
fuel ramjets, flame spreading over aluminum sheets, ignition
and combustion of metal particles, flame structure of solid
and liquid propellants; high-pressure chemistry of hydrocarbon
fuels, combustion and emissions of spark ignited and diesel
engines, combustion chemistry of rocket propellants, soot
particle formation and destruction in diffusion flames,
disruptive burning/ignition of aluminum slurry propellants,
multi-component fuel droplet vaporization and combustion,
solid rocket propellants, nonlinear combustion instabilities
in liquid propellant and rocket motors and gas turbine
engines, and gasification of coal/water slurry fuels, emissions
and stability of lean premixed gas turbine combustors.
Pulse
Detonation (above)
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Research
being done at the Propulsion
Engineering Research Center (PERC) integrates
"chemical, electrical, and advanced
propulsion for space applications
which complements
traditional strengths in gas turbine, diesel and spark-ignited engine research.
The focus for space applications is chemical propulsion,
with an emphasis on combustion and turbomachinery."
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Laser
Probe of Flame (shown
the Right) 
Research
being done at the High
Pressure Combustion Laboratory has been concentrated in the area of "combustion
of solid and liquid propellants for rocket and
gun propulsion systems as well as solid fuels
for ramjets and hybrid propulsion systems. Recently,
the scope of research has been expanded further
to cover combustion of airbag propellants and
other energetic materials for commercial applications.
On-going research topics include fundamental
studies in propellant combustion and ignition,
rocket motor performance analysis, safety and
hazard problems, jet breakup mechanisms in liquid
propellant rockets, ballistic behavior of gun
propellants, flame spreading processes over aluminum
sheets and energetic foils, ignition and combustion
of single metal particles, combustion of solid
fuels under hybrid motor conditions." To
learn more about the High Pressure Combustion
Laboratory and the Research being done there,
visit their website at http://www.hpcl.psu.edu/.
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