In order to shorten
the ignition delay of 2-azido-
N
,
N
-dimethylethanamine (DMAZ) and dinitrogen tetroxide
(NTO), four amines [
tert
-butylamine, pyrrole,
N
,
N
,
N
′,
N
′-tetramethyl ethylenediamine (TMEDA), and diethylenetriamine
(DABH)] with a mass fraction of 5% were added to DMAZ, and the potential
energy change and the product change during the reaction of the mixture
of an additive and DMAZ with NTO were analyzed by Reactive molecular
dynamics (ReaxFF MD) calculation. Then, the ignition delay of the
mixture of the additive and DMAZ as well as pure DMAZ with NTO was
measured by a drop experiment with a photoelectric sensor and high-speed
camera. The results show that the addition of pyrrole greatly reduced
the time to reach the maximum system energy and greatly increased
the rate of HNO
2
formation. The dripping of the fuel was
approximately a uniform linear motion, and the expression was
y
= 43.13 + 7.16
x
. The ignition delay time
recorded by the camera was in good agreement with that of the optical
signal. The measured ignition delay time for DMAZ with NTO was 261.5
ms. The mixture of pyrrole and DMAZ with NTO had the shortest ignition
delay time of 100 ms, and the proportion of shortening the ignition
delay time was the largest. The results of the droplet experiment
were consistent with those of ReaxFF MD simulation, indicating that
HNO
2
plays an important role in the ignition delay, that
is, the formation rate of HNO
2
is positively correlated
with the ignition delay.