A NOVEL APPROACH TO THE DISCOVERY OF ANTIBACTERIAL DRUGS

Not Available For the ignition of fuel in an engine, the chemical time scale is defined by chemical kinetics and charactorized by the ignition delay time, which is the time it takes a fuel-oxidizer mixture to achieve the status of ignition. Specific US Air Force applications require advanced fuels with significantly improved combustion kinetics and reduced ignition delay times. The objectives of this SBIR project are to: (1) develop a knietic model to identify additives providing minimum ignition delay and predict their performance; (2) measure ignition delays and other characteristcs of fuels with most prospective additives in laboratory facilities; and, (3) demonstrate the benefits of proposed fuel additives in a research prototype. Phase I of the project is a feasibility study utilizig fuel additives that will provide minimum ignition delay and maximum fuel reactivity. The Phase Istudy will deliverthe results of shock tube and flow systemexperiments with selected additives that will provide minimum igition delay and maximum fuel reactivity. The Phase I study will deliver the results of shock tube and flow system experiments with selected additives as well as modeling results on promising additives.