Hamilton Law, Tom Baxter, Charlie Ryan, Ralf Deiterding
DOI Number XXX-YYY-ZZZ
Conference Number HiSST-2022-371
A modular laboratory rotating detonation engine (RDE) for combined mass flow rates below 10 g/s has
been designed. Since a large chamber diameter to width ratio is used, first tests with stoichiometric
ethyleneoxygen mixtures have revealed detonation modes with one, two and three separate detonation
heads, depending on mass flow rate. Spectrograms from highfrequency pressure data and highspeed
photography are used to confirm successful operation and identify the operational modes reliably.