DETechnologies (Detonation Engine Technologies)
DETechnologies is our undergraduate capstone research project working to research and design a Rotating Detonation Engine (RDE). RDEs are a type of rocket engine, which operate on the principle of detonation (supersonic combustion!).
Our team goal is to design an RDE capable of producing 1350N of thrust, fueled by gaseous Hydrogen/Oxygen propellant.
Some experimental RDEs in action.
Left: Nasa Marshall RDE Testing - 2023
Right: Zucrow Laboratories RDE Testing - 2023
Inside the combustion chamber: a supersonic shockwave rotates around an annular chamber generating thrust axially outwards.
ConvergeCFD schematic pointing out some cool parts -->
Check out our poster made for the CELC 2024 event at Memorial University. This academic poster gives an overview of our work at DETechnologies; what a detonation engine is, and how we are applying numerical methods to design a Hydrogen/Oxygen RDE!
This is the final academic report published by DETechnologies as part of our capstone design research project.
Our major funding partner ended up falling through at the last minute. DETechnologies team has decided it is not feasible to continue theoretical-only research without the possibility for testing/validation phases.
For more technical discussions, check out our website, github, or google scholar profile using the logo links on the left.