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http://dx.doi.org/10.6108/KSPE.2020.24.3.081

Review on Kerosene Fuel and Coking  

Lee, Junseo (School of Mechanical Engineering, Chungbuk National University)
Ahn, Kyubok (School of Mechanical Engineering, Chungbuk National University)
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Journal of the Korean Society of Propulsion Engineers / v.24, no.3, 2020 , pp. 81-124 More about this Journal
Abstract
In liquid oxygen/kerosene liquid rocket engines, kerosene is not only a propellant but also plays a role as a coolant to protect the combustion chamber wall from 3,000 K or more combustion gas. Since kerosene is exposed to high temperature passing through cooling channels, it may undergo heat-related chemical reactions leading to precipitation of carbon-rich solids. Such kerosene's thermal and fluidic characteristic test data are essential for the regeneratively cooled combustion chamber design. In this paper, we investigated foreign studies related to regenerative cooling channel and kerosene. Starting with general information on hydrocarbon fuels including kerosene, we attempted to systematically organize sedimentary phenomena on cooling channel walls, their causes/research results, coking test equipments/prevention methods, etc.
Keywords
Coking; Kerosene; Regenerative Cooling Channel; Thermal Instability;
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