Title :
Study of phase behavior of carbon dioxide as the power gas for gas guns
Author :
Linh Do Duc ; Horak, Vladimir ; Lukac, Tomas ; Quang Huy Mai
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Weapons & Ammunition, Univ. of Defence, Brno, Czech Republic
Abstract :
The article is focused on the examination of the phase behavior of carbon dioxide (CO2) utilized as the source of energy to propel the projectile in gas guns technology. The objective is to develop an equilibrium discharge mathematical model for carbon dioxide tanks in order to assume thermodynamic equilibrium states at every point in time throughout discharging under ambient temperature conditions. The speed of sound in a two-phase saturation is taken into consideration for the calculation algorithm. The presented model is solved using the MATLAB environment. An experimental setup has been established for the purpose of verifying the results of solution.
Keywords :
carbon compounds; military vehicles; projectiles; weapons; CO2; MATLAB environment; ambient temperature conditions; carbon dioxide tanks; equilibrium discharge mathematical model; gas gun technology; phase behavior; projectile; thermodynamic equilibrium states; two-phase saturation; Carbon dioxide; Discharges (electric); Liquids; Mathematical model; Receivers; Thermodynamics; airsoft; carbon dioxide; discharge; gas guns; paintball; pressure tank; speed of sound; two-phase flow;
Conference_Titel :
Military Technologies (ICMT), 2015 International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Brno
Print_ISBN :
978-8-0723-1976-3
DOI :
10.1109/MILTECHS.2015.7153689
