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Effect of Injector Cooling on Ignition of Cryogenic Spray

분사기 냉각이 초저온 분무의 점화에 미치는 영향

  • 김도헌 (한국항공대학교 항공우주 및 기계공학과 대학원) ;
  • 이진혁 (한국항공대학교 항공우주 및 기계공학부) ;
  • 구자예 (한국항공대학교 항공우주 및 기계공학부)
  • Received : 2011.07.28
  • Accepted : 2012.02.14
  • Published : 2012.03.01
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Abstract

The cooling of a injector effects on the vapor pressure of cryogenic oxidizer spray, and it decides the phase transition point at the ignition process, when the combustion chamber pressure increases drastically. The phase transition of oxidizer spray affects the ignition characteristics, and several ignition tests with the LOx/$GCH_4$ uni-element coaxial swirl injector was performed in the different initial temperatures of oxidizer injector, in order to investigate the effect of injector cooling on the ignition transient characteristics. At the transition point of oxidizer phase, where the combustion chamber pressure increased over the LOx vapor pressure, the temporary quenching phenomenon of the flame occurred. The lower temperature of chilled down injector and tubing tends to move up the phase transition earlier.

점화 시의 분사기의 냉각은 분사순간의 초저온액체상태의 산화제 분무의 증기압에 영향을 미치고, 이는 연소반응에 따른 연소실 압력상승 과도단계에서 분무의 상(phase) 천이 시점을 결정하는 인자 중 하나이다. 분무의 상변화는 액체로켓 연소기의 점화특성에 큰 영향을 미치며, 액체산소/메탄 추진제를 사용하는 연료과잉 폐쇄형사이클 액체로켓엔진의 주연소기용 분사기로 사용될 수 있는 액체-기체 동축형 스월분사기에 대하여 점화초기 분사기 냉각온도에 따른 점화시험을 수행하였다. 초기 냉각온도에 따라 점화 시 산화제 분무의 액상으로의 천이시기가 달라지며, 충분한 냉각을 통해 산화제 분무의 증기압을 낮춘 경우 산화제 분무의 상 천이 시기를 나타내는 화염 quenching 현상이 일찍 나타나는 것을 확인할 수 있었다.

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