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Based on the previously developed model of detailed kinetics, the ignition delay time of two-fuel hydrogen–silane–air mixtures is calculated. The effect of the silane concentration and the temperature of the mixture on the ignition delay time is determined. It is shown that addition of a small (within 20%) amount of silane to the hydrogen–air mixture in the temperature range from 1200 to 2500 K leads to significant reduction of the ignition delay time of the mixture, whereas there is only a minor decrease in mixtures with silane concentrations higher than 20%.
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Tropin, D.A., Fedorov, A.V. Ignition of a two-fuel hydrogen–silane mixture in air. Combust Explos Shock Waves 53, 1–7 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1134/S0010508217010014
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