00:00Of course, not everything is sunshine and roses in RDE land.
00:05There are still some tricky problems to solve. Keeping the detonation wave going is like
00:10juggling nitroglycerine. It requires utmost precision and, at the moment, a bit of luck.
00:18The slightest changes and errors in the system can bring the wave to a halt or turn it into a
00:25deflagration. In the detonation zone itself, temperatures of about 2700 to 3700 celsius
00:34can be reached, depending on the fuel mixture such as hydrogen oxygen or methane oxygen.
00:40Behind the detonation wave, the gas cools down due to rapid expansion.
00:44But the exhaust gas temperatures can still be in the range of about 1200 to 1700 celsius.
00:53Depending on efficiency and average nozzle design.
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