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Flame Structure and Combustion Dynamic Characteristics of GCH4/GO2 in Bi-Swirl Coaxial Injectors

동축 와류형 분사기에서 기체메탄/기체산소 화염 구조와 연소 동특성

  • Bak, Sujin (School of Mechanical Engineering, Chungbuk National University) ;
  • Hwang, Donghyun (School of Mechanical Engineering, Chungbuk National University) ;
  • Ahn, Kyubok (School of Mechanical Engineering, Chungbuk National University) ;
  • Yoon, Youngbin (Department of Aerospace Engineering, Seoul National University)
  • Received : 2019.09.04
  • Accepted : 2019.10.14
  • Published : 2019.12.01
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Abstract

To investigate the relation between flame structure and combustion dynamic characteristics in bi-swirl coaxial injectors for a liquid rocket engine, combustion experiments were performed using gaseous methane and gaseous oxygen. CH* radicals and pressure fluctuations were simultaneously measured by changing the injector geometries such as recess length/orifice diameter and the flow conditions such as equivalence ratio/oxidizer mass flow rate. As the injector geometries affected the velocities and mixing of the propellants, the change in flame structures was observed. From a result of the frequency analysis, it was confirmed that combustion dynamic characteristics varied according to the injector geometry/flow condition and combustion instabilities could occur under specific recess length/flow conditions.

액체로켓엔진용 동축 와류형 분사기에서의 화염 구조와 연소 동특성간의 관계를 파악하기 위해 기체메탄과 기체산소를 사용하여 연소실험을 수행하였다. 리세스 길이/오리피스 직경과 같은 분사기 형상과 당량비/산화제 질량유량과 같은 유동조건을 변화시키며, CH* 라디칼과 압력섭동을 동시에 측정하였다. 분사기 형상은 추진제 유속과 혼합에 영향을 주기 때문에 이에 따른 화염 구조의 변화를 알 수 있었다. 주파수 분석 결과 유동조건과 분사기 형상에 따라 연소 동특성이 변화하였으며, 특정 리세스 길이/유동조건에서 연소불안정이 발생함을 확인하였다.

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