Hydrocarbon fuels: gas-dynamic and energy parameters of detonation

Data on the most important combustion and detonation parameters, such as wave velocities, pressures and temperatures of products, specific energy release of mixtures are presented for saturated $\mathrm{C}_n\mathrm{H}_{2n+2}$ (from methane $(n=1)$ to eicosane $(n=20)$) and unsaturated $\mathrm{C}_n\mathrm{H}_{2n}$ (from ethylene $(n=2)$ to eicosene $(n=20)$) hydrocarbons, methanol and ethanol as the main components of biofuels, and monofuels as a source of bifurcation structures of multifrontal detonation. Data are also given on on the critical initiation energies as a measure of the explosion hazard of combustible systems: the lower the energy, the more dangerous the mixture. Data were obtained for mixtures of each individual hydrocarbon with oxygen and air in a wide range of initial parameters: pressure, temperature, concentration and phase state of fuel components.