Facilities

The laboratory is located in the Forsyth building on the main Boston campus of Northeastern University. There is approximately 700 sq. feet of laboratory space.

Spherical Vessel

A 6 inch diameter central ignition vessel that can withstand pressures up to 425 atmosphere. It is equipped with piezoelectric pressure transducer and ionization probes.

 

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Cylindrical Vessel

A 5.25 inch cylindrical vessel with the aspect ratio of 1 with two windows for optical access.

 

 

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Optical System

Schlieren and shadowgraph pictures can be taken with a CCD (Charge Coupled Device) camera capable of taking pictures up to 8000 frames per second.

 

 

 

 

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Oven Assembly

The spherical vessel is placed in an oven for high initial temperature experiment of liquid fuel. The oven includes a separate manifold with heater and pressure gauges for liquid fuel injection.