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Technical Analysis of Thermal Decomposition Characteristics of Liquid Hydrocarbon Fuels for a Regenerative Cooling System of Hypersonic Vehicles

  • Received : 2020.04.19
  • Accepted : 2020.07.23
  • Published : 2020.08.31
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Abstract

A technological review and analysis were performed on thermal cracking of aviation hydrocarbon fuels that circulate as coolants in regenerative cooling systems of hypersonic flights. Liquid hydrocarbons decompose into low-carbon-number hydrocarbons when they absorb a considerable amount of energy at extremely high temperatures, and these thermal cracking behaviors are represented by heat sink capacity, conversion ratio, reaction products, and coking propensity. These parameters are closely interrelated, and thus, they must be considered for optimum performance in terms of the overall heat absorption in the regenerative cooling system and supersonic combustion in the scramjet engine.

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