Evaporation and ignition of droplets in combustion chambers modeling and simulation

Computer simulation of liquid fuel jet injection into heated atmosphere of combustion chamber, mixture formation, ignition and combustion need adequate modeling of evaporation, which is extremely important for the curved surfaces in the presence of strong heat and mass diffusion fluxes. Combustion of most widely spread hydrocarbon fuels takes place in a gas-phase regime. Thus, evaporation of fuel from the surface of droplets turns to be one of the limiting factors of the process as well. The problems of fuel droplets atomization, evaporation being the key factors for heterogeneous reacting mixtures, the non-equilibrium effects in droplets atomization and phase transitions will be taken into account in describing thermal and mechanical interaction of droplets with streaming flows. In the present paper processes of non-equilibrium evaporation of small droplets will be discussed. As it was shown before, accounting for non-equilibrium effects in evaporation for many types of widely used liquids is crucial for droplet diameters less than 100 μm, while the surface tension effects essentially manifest only for droplets below 0.1 μm. Investigating the behavior of individual droplets in a heated air flow allowed to distinguish two scenarios for droplet heating and evaporation. Small droplets undergo successively heating, then cooling due to heat losses for evaporation, and then rapid heating till the end of their lifetime. Larger droplets could directly be heated up to a critical temperature and then evaporate rapidly. Droplet atomization interferes the heating, evaporation and combustion scenario. The scenario of fuel spray injection and self-ignition in a heated air inside combustion chamber has three characteristic stages. At first stage of jet injection droplets evaporate very rapidly thus cooling the gas at injection point, the liquid jet is very short and changes for a vapor jet. At second stage liquid jet is becoming longer, because evaporation rate decreases due to decrease of temperature. But combustion of fuel vapor begins which brings to increase of heat flux to droplets and accelerates evaporation. The length of the liquid jet decreases again and remains constant slightly oscillating.     

Two-phase flow effect on hybrid rocket combustion

This study numerically explores the aerodynamic and combustion processes in a hybrid rocket combustor, under a two-phase turbulent flow environment, considering the evaporation, combustion and drag of droplet and droplet ignition criterion. The predictions of temperature, reaction mode, reactant mass fraction, velocity, oxidizer consumption, fuel regression and droplet number distribution enhance understanding of the two-phase combustion aerodynamics inside the combustor. A parametric study of the inlet spray pattern, including spray cone angle, spray injection velocity and droplet size, is performed to improve the operation of reactant mixing and higher fuel regression rate. Analytical results indicate that both the oxidizer consumption and the fuel regression increase with increasing spray cone angle and spray injection velocity in the practical range of operation. However, for stoichiometric operation, the superior spray cone angle is within 20–60°, and spray injection velocity within 20–40 m/s, under a volume-mean droplet radius of 50 μm. The power dependence of solid-fuel regression on total mass flux is found to decrease with rising of droplet mean size.     

N2O/C3H8发动机气液同轴离心式喷嘴喷雾性能数值模拟研究

采用数值计算方法对氧化亚氮/丙烷（N2O/C3H8）发动机样机气液同轴离心式喷嘴的喷雾性能进行了研究,得到了环缝外喷嘴气相喷注压降和内喷嘴缩进深度对离心式喷嘴喷雾流场的影响.分析结果表明,较低的气相喷注压降（＜0.3 MPa）会显著的影响液滴在流场中的蒸发速率以及流场流强、混合比、索太尔平均直径（SMD）和n值的分布;气相喷注压降从0.3 MPa增加至0.6 MPa,稳定喷雾流场液滴SMD和n值分别在2.41～1.68,2.03～0.98范围内变化并逐渐减小.内喷嘴缩进深度从0 mm增加至6 mm,稳定喷雾流场液滴的SMD和n值受其影响较小,均分别在1.70～0.94,2.36～0.99范围内波动.喷嘴的最佳燃烧区主要分布在下游轴向位置0.015～0.035m范围内并随着气相喷注压降的升高和内喷嘴缩进深度的增大逐渐靠近喷嘴出口.该设计喷嘴在发动机热试实验中表现出很好的性能.     

湍流、喷雾模型对氢氧火箭发动机燃烧仿真的影响

基于完善的压力隐式算子分裂(PISO)算法,通过改变κ-ε两方程湍流模型和喷雾模型,对氢氧火箭发动机不稳定燃烧进行数值仿真。比较理论分析和数值仿真的结果得出,在二维情况下,液滴碰撞模型和TAB液滴破碎模型不适于模拟氢氧火箭发动机不稳定燃烧;TVB液滴破碎模型与κ-ε两方程湍流模型的组合情况能够捕捉到燃烧室中的压力振荡,但不能体现出振荡频率;而采用Realizableκ-ε湍流模型不考虑液滴雾化模型时不但能够捕捉燃烧室内压力振荡情况,还能够很好地得出振荡频率的分布情况。     

Monopropellant droplet decomposition for large activation energies

The quasi-steady decomposition of a monopropellant droplet in a quiescent atmosphere is analyzed, in the limit of large activation energy, for a gas phase decomposition reaction of the Arrhenius type.An analytical relation is obtained for the pre-exponential rate constant, or the Damköhler number, as a function of the droplet vaporization rate. The curve giving the vaporization rate in terms of the Damköhler number has, for low values of the temperature at infinity, an S shaped form which exhibits ignition-extinction characteristics.With increasing values of the droplet vaporization rate above the pure vaporization value we pass from a nearly frozen regime, under which ignition conditions occur due to the large temperature sensitivity of the reaction rate, to a complete decomposition regime, in which practically all the fuel is decomposed in a thin reactive-diffusion zone, separated from the droplet surface by a transport region of lower temperature. For sufficiently large Damköhler numbers, the thin reaction zone is located close to the droplet surface, so that the flame structure becomes planar: a linear relation between the droplet radius and time is obtained in this case. The non planar effects are responsible for the extinction of the flame at low Damköhler numbers and ambient temperatures below the adiabatic flame temperature. For sufficiently low values of the ambient temperature, an intermediate regime exists in which the enhancement of the vaporization rate is due only to the fraction of the vaporized fuel decomposed at a thin reaction zone, not far from the droplet, where the temperature reaches its maximum value; the remaining fuel is decomposed very far from the droplet.     

超临界环境下煤油和UDMH单滴燃烧现象

采用重活塞实验系统,对煤油和UDMH在超临界环境下的蒸发和燃烧现象进行了初步研究,结果表明:无论液态或者凝胶燃料,在超临界环境下均存在蒸发现象。在空气超临界环境下,煤油和UDMH均产生自燃现象。自燃呈现多点着火现象,类似于"森林火灾"模式,且持续时间较长。燃烧大致可分为蒸发、点火、燃烧前期和燃烧后期4个阶段。     

幂律型流体射流破碎建模和实验问题探讨

简要回顾了射流破碎研究的现状,讨论了幂律型流体射流破碎建模和实验的相关问题。射流破碎建模的关键在于依据流体的胶凝结构和组份物性,射流与环境气体之间的作用关系,提炼主要影响因素。射流破碎实验研究的关键在于高分辨率和高速成像技术等光学测试技术。建模和实验的主要作用在于揭示射流破碎的机理,分析相关因素的影响,为喷注器雾化研究提供参考,为燃烧室冷却设计提供依据。     

高温高压环境下煤油液滴蒸发过程实验研究

应用高速摄影系统和图像处理技术研究了煤油液滴在温度473~773 K、压力1.0~4.0 MPa静止气体环境下的蒸发过程,得到了环境温度与环境压力对煤油液滴特性的影响规律。实验结果表明:环境温度低于573 K时,煤油液滴蒸发D2曲线不符合d2定律;环境温度高于673 K低于773 K时,液滴直径变化与d2定律吻合。环境压力对液滴蒸发的影响与环境温度密切相关,环境温度低于473 K时,随着环境压力的升高,液滴蒸发速率变慢;环境温度高于673 K时,随着环境压力的升高液滴蒸发速率加快。     

低温流体闪蒸喷雾研究

为了研究低温流体闪蒸喷雾特性,建立了低温流体闪蒸计算模型,并通过试验进行了验证。在欧拉-拉格朗日框架下采用CFD-DPM方法模拟了闪蒸过程的气-液两相流场。研究表明,在闪蒸喷雾形态和温度分布特性方面,数值模拟与试验结果吻合。低温流体喷入低压环境后,在喷嘴出口附近便发生剧烈的闪蒸现象,呈现出巨大的喷雾角,并且喷雾温度急剧下降至环境压力对应的饱和温度;在喷嘴出口附近区域(x/d～40),过热闪蒸占据绝对主导地位,其蒸发速率高出其他换热2个数量级,随着喷雾液滴运动至流场下游,对流换热与热传导逐渐占据主导地位。闪蒸带来的强烈换热导致喷嘴附近可能会发生复杂的气-液-固相变,将会对发动机高空可靠点火带来风险。     

Non-equilibrium diffusion combustion of a fuel droplet

A mathematical model for the non-equilibrium combustion of droplets in rocket engines is developed. This model allows to determine the divergence of combustion rate for the equilibrium and non-equilibrium model. Criterion for droplet combustion deviation from equilibrium is introduced. It grows decreasing droplet radius, accommodation coefficient, temperature and decreases on decreasing diffusion coefficient. Also divergence from equilibrium increases on reduction of droplet radius.Droplet burning time essentially increases under non-equilibrium conditions. Comparison of theoretical and experimental data shows that to have adequate solution for small droplets it is necessary to use the non-equilibrium model.     

高速气流场燃油雾化液滴分布数值研究

针对亚燃冲压发动机燃烧室内部流动特点,结合二元稳定器试验台高速气流场燃油雾化特性试验,建立试验件三维模型并对其喷雾两相流动进行数值模拟。主要研究了来流马赫数以及喷嘴条件变化时燃油雾化液滴与油气比的分布。分析认为,来流马赫数的增加使得雾化特征角缩小,可同时改善燃油蒸发并获得更加均匀的油气比分布。随着供油压力的提高,离心式与直流式喷嘴雾化特征角均增大,但供油压力不是影响直流喷嘴雾化锥角的主要因素。计算结果与试验结果对比定性符合良好,定量误差范围可以接受,验证了计算模型与计算方法的正确性,所得到的结果可应用于工程设计。     

状态方程对煤油液滴高压蒸发计算的影响

分别基于RK、SRK和PR等不同真实流体状态方程(EoS)建立了包含亚临界和超临界两种不同机制的瞬态液滴高压蒸发模型。针对我国新一代高压补燃液氧/煤油发动机,对煤油液滴在高压N 2 环境下的蒸发过程进行数值研究,重点分析了不同状态方程对N 2 -C 12 H 26 二元系统高压气液相平衡,及进一步对煤油液滴高压蒸发计算的影响。结果表明：对液滴蒸发速率影响最大的参数是液滴表面蒸气质量分数,而对该参数影响最大的则是所选取的状态方程。基于SRK和PR EoSs的高压气液相平衡及液滴高压蒸发计算结果均与试验数据符合较好,可正确描述液滴高压蒸发特性;而基于RK EoS的相平衡计算结果显著高估液滴表面蒸气质量分数和环境气体溶解度,并低估临界混合温度和偏摩尔相变热,进而在亚临界蒸发状态下高估蒸发速率,在超临界蒸发状态下低估蒸发速率。另外,基于RK EoS的计算中液滴发生跨临界转变所需的环境温度显著低于基于SRK和PR EoSs的。     

单滴燃料超临界特性实验研究的新方法

简述了超临界流体概念,超临界条件下单滴燃料蒸发和燃烧实验的研究进展.讨论了活塞驱动器技术研究单滴燃料超临界特性的新方法,简要介绍了活塞驱动器状态参数计算、流场显示、压力及温度测量的方法,指出了活塞驱动器研究单滴燃料超临界特性存在的问题.     

补燃循环发动机起动过程涡轮功率控制

分析了采用富氧燃气发生器的补燃循环发动机起动过程中涡轮功率的控制方法,指出起动过程中涡轮功率的主要控制参数为发生器温度和涡轮压比。起动过程中发生器温度的控制依靠选择合适的流量调节器起动流量、转级时间和转级速率来实现。起动过程中涡轮压比的控制需要控制推力室的建压时间和建压幅度,这需要选择合适的推力室燃料主阀打开时间、燃料节流阀转大流量的时间。通过数值仿真,分析了上述控制方法对发动机起动过程的影响机理。     

氧气/煤油发动机燃气热物理参数及输运系数计算

为了给氧气/煤油发动机设计和热防护设计提供必要的设计参数,针对氧气/煤油燃气进行热力学计算。运用吉布斯最小自由焓计算模型得到燃气平衡组成,通过拟合公式的方法得到燃气的热物理参数及输运系数。通过计算,得到氧气/煤油燃气的组分及比焓、密度、比熵、粘性系数等热物理参数和输运系数随温度和压力的变化特性。分析结果表明:水离解对氧气/煤油燃气组分变化存在显著影响,压力增大会导致水离解起始温度升高;氧气/煤油燃气比焓、比熵、定压比热、粘性系数、热传导系数变化在温度较低时受压力影响较小,当水开始离解后,压力的影响显著增强;组分在燃气中的扩散系数同时受到了温度和组分摩尔分数的影响;燃气普朗特数变化受热传导系数变化的影响较大,水离解后,热传导系数的迅速增大使燃气的普朗特数迅速减小。     

Ignition of fuel sprays by shock wave mathematical modeling and numerical simulation

The paper presents the results of developing of physical and mathematical model making it possible to take into account the effect of droplets non-uniformity in space and size distribution on ignition conditions for fuel sprays. The influence of condensed phase volume fraction on ignition and combustion of sprays was studied, physical and mathematical models for multi-phase flows, mixture formation and combustion of liquid fuels based on solving Navier–Stokes equations for gas phase accounting for thermal and mechanical interaction with poly-dispersed droplets array. The problems of particulate phase dynamics are regarded accounting for the interaction with gas phase atomization, evaporation and combustion.It was shown that depending on droplet size distribution and aerosol cloud density different flow scenarios were possible.Several ignition zones could be formed behind incident shock wave depending on mixture properties and initiation parameters. The possibility of numerical simulation permitting variation of definite parameters only made it possible to explain this fact.     

氢喷射温度对氢氧火箭发动机燃烧稳定性的影响

应用CFD方法对氢氧火箭发动机中高频燃烧不稳定性进行了数值模拟,研究分析了不同工况条件下氢喷射温度对燃烧振荡的影响规律,得出了压力振荡频率变化规律及稳定性极限图。结果表明：在一定的氢喷射温度范围内会发生不稳定燃烧,且随着混合比的增大,发生不稳定燃烧的氢喷射温度上限增大;不稳定燃烧振荡主频呈倍频关系,且在氢喷射温度（70K～110K）内,振荡主频最大。     

凝胶燃料单滴燃烧的建模、实验及应用

讨论了凝胶燃料单个液滴燃烧的建模、实验研究和应用问题。单滴燃烧建模的关键在于依据凝胶燃料的胶凝结构和组份物性,确定燃烧过程的关键步骤,提炼主要影响因素。单滴燃烧实验研究的水平主要依赖于微小液滴的生成技术,高分辨率和高速成像技术,燃气成份的准确快速测量技术等光学测试技术的发展。单滴燃烧研究的主要应用在于揭示燃料的燃烧机理,分析燃料的燃烧特性,提高燃烧装置的设计水平。     

基于分层燃烧的RBCC发动机热力循环浅析

针对分层燃烧循环RBCC发动机,建立了热力学理论模型,引入压缩效率、加热比和增压比,对RBCC发动机的热力循环过程进行分析,推导了发动机热效率计算公式,探讨了热效率随不同参数的变化及其与各参数之间的关系。分析表明,压缩效率、加热比及喷管压比越高,热效率越大;存在最优增压比,可使热效率达到最高值。