7.7 Development of a Compact NH_3 Jet - Seeding Effect of Dissociated NH_3

Due to NH_3 dissociating the terminal velocity will change due to the seeding effect. A calculation will be performed here predicting the terminal velocity as a function of the NH_3 dissociation fraction f. Note that it is pointless, as argued in the previous section, to do the calculation as a function of nozzle temperature since f depends largely on the reaction rate and gas handling system at low temperatures.

The calculation was performed using equations (2) and (3) and the result is shown in Figure 15 for a nozzle temperature of 300 K and 600 K. It should be noted that velocity slip is neglected and the assumption was made that the gas handling system is in equilibrium with the nozzle in terms of mole fraction of specie present.

Figure 15: Molecule Energy as a Function of NH_3 Dissociation Fraction for Nozzle Temperatures 300 K and 600 K


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