One Possible Mechanism to Sustain Combustion inside a Closed Region under Zero Gravity

An experimental study carried out aboard the Mirstation showed that a stearin candle can burn for a long time even inside a closed volume without a forced circulation. Such experiments imply that there is some mechanism for a permanent transport of the oxidizer to the flame zone. It can be assumed that a jet of combustion products outflowing along a normal direction with respect to the flame surface produces a vortex motion in the environmental space, which delivers oxygen to the flame zone. To verify the feasibility of combustion to be sustained by such a mechanism, a mathematical statement of the problem of combustion inside a closed region under zero gravity without a forced circulation was formulated. A simplified model was put forward to simulate the combustion of solid and liquid substances, which allowed the effects of chemical reactions to be reduced to boundary conditions. The computations showed that the proposed mechanism of oxygen transport to the flame zone really can sustain an almost stationary regime of combustion.     

石墨渗铜喉衬材料烧蚀机理分析

通过研究石墨渗铜材料的微观结构和石墨渗铜喉衬的热传导测试结果,以及石墨渗铜与发动机高温燃气的化学反应,得出了石墨渗铜喉衬的烧蚀机理。结果表明．在石墨渗铜材料发动机喉衬烧蚀过程中仅能出现铜的相变和表面液态铜流失及石墨基材本身的热化学烧蚀和机械剥蚀。而不能出现铜蒸气的自发汗现象．且铜元素不与燃气发生反应。在此基础上提出了适用于石墨渗铜喉衬稳态烧蚀速率怙算的公式。     

白刚玉对微烟推进剂燃烧性能的影响

微烟推进剂不能含有铝粉,故必须加入其他燃烧稳定剂来抑制不稳定燃烧。本文提出了燃烧稳定剂选择的关键性指标——粒度及粒度分布的可控性,认为磨料微粉白刚玉(Al_2O_3)是微烟推进剂比较合适的燃烧稳定剂新品种,进而研究了白刚玉粒度、含量对推进剂燃速、压强指数和燃烧稳定性影响的规律性,探讨了燃烧前后白刚玉粒度变化的趋势,并由实测火焰结构证实,该推进剂与双基推进剂火焰结构相似,从而为该类推进剂选择催化剂提供了理论依据.     

Assessment of the possibility of establishing material cycling in an experimental model of the bio-technical life support system with plant and human wastes included in mass exchange

A pilot model of a bio-technical life support system (BTLSS) including human and plant wastes has been developed at the Institute of Biophysics SB RAS (Krasnoyarsk, Russia). This paper describes the structure of the photosynthesizing unit of the system, which includes wheat, chufa and vegetables. The study substantiates the simultaneous use of neutral and biological substrates for cultivating plants. A novel physicochemical method for the involvement of human wastes in the cycling has been employed, which enables the use of recycled products as nutrients for plants. Inedible plant biomass was subjected to biological combustion in the soil-like substrate (SLS) and was thus involved in the system mass exchange; NaCl contained in native urine was returned to the human through the consumption of Salicornia europaea, an edible salt-concentrating plant. Mass transfer processes in the studied BLSS have been examined for different chemical components.     

Criteria of applicability of a gas-dynamic approximation of a continuous medium to describing the dispersion of combustion products of rocket propellants

Two criteria for the applicability of a gas-dynamic approximation of continuous medium to describing the dispersion of combustion products of rocket propellants at high altitudes are formulated. Related numerical estimates are given for different launch vehicles and one upper stage with fairly extended boost phases. The use of a continuous medium approximation is shown to have a clear altitude restriction.     

轻型刚性陶瓷填充材料性能表征及其空间环境效应试验研究

轻型刚性陶瓷因其稳定的介电常数和良好的耐压性能,已经作为填充材料应用于航天器器件中。文章对介质陶瓷材料的结构、组织形貌、力学性能和微波介电性能开展了系统研究,探讨了结构的各向异性对力学性能和电性能的影响。重点对介质陶瓷的空间环境效应开展研究,试验结果发现其具有低的真空出气总质损和可凝挥发物含量,以及一定的空间总剂量辐照耐受能力。陶瓷经历湿热处理后,结构强度出现了一定程度的下降,分析发现是由陶瓷内部含有的少量B_2O_3黏结剂吸水生成硼酸导致。     

Numerical investigation on cavity structure of solid-fuel scramjet combustor

The influences of miscellaneous combustor structures for solid fuel scramjet combustion on the performance are investigated, including a detailed interaction analysis between shocks/waves and combustion. Hydroxyl-terminated polybutadiene is chosen as the solid fuel with the non-premixed equilibrium probability density function combustion model. The results show combustion enhancement when structure of combustor is modified. The radical emphasis is to examine the sensitivity of the properties due to variations on the length-to-depth ratio of cavity, aft wall angle, and offset ratio. It is noted that there is an appropriate structure of cavity (L/D=4, θ=45°, and D_d/D_u=1.25–1.5) regarding the combustion efficiency, total pressure loss and specific impulse. The observation of function for combustor components provides instructional insight into the design considerations for a combustor of a solid-fuel scramjet.     

富燃料推进剂燃烧产物粒度参数的激光衰减法测量

介绍了激光衰减法测量粒子参数的基本原理.搭建了激光衰减法测量高铝含量富燃料推进剂实验系统,解决了燃烧环境下粒度测试的光学介入问题,对高铝含量富燃料推进剂中粒子参数进行测量,对所得的凝相燃烧产物进行电镜分析,并对电镜照片进行分析处理,计算出燃烧后凝相产物平均粒径,验证了激光衰减法测量粒子参数的可行性和合理性.     

火箭发动机弹翼支座氩弧焊工艺技术

在对母材焊接性及焊接结构特殊性进行分析的基础上,结合试验研究,制定出氩弧焊工艺方案及过程控制和保障措施,实现固体火箭发动机的弹翼支座与其燃烧室壳体异种材料间连接。测试结果表明,焊缝成型良好,接头区域微观组织和性能不均匀性不影响产品使用性能。生产统计数据显示,产品质量与性能稳定,承压能力显著高于设定目标,表明该型号发动机的弹翼支座TIG焊接技术具有切实的可靠性。     

The turbulent combustion of a propane-air mixture

This paper models the combustion of a turbulent homogeneous mixture of propane and air within a duct having a stationary one-dimensional mean flow. The Bray-Moss model is applied to the closure of the chemical production terms, using a probability density function (pdf) of the temperature which is chosen as the characteristic variable. Under the conditions chosen for the study, chemical kinetic factors are important and the conventional assumption, that heat release is controlled by turbulent mixing, is not valid. The chemical model of Edelman and Fortune for the combustion of hydrocarbons is used and simplifying assumptions are made which reduce the systems of unknowns to that of the temperature alone. This leads to the introduction of two chemical production terms which are defined respectively in a “delay zone”, where the heat release is modest, and a “combustion zone”. The required equations for the Favre-averaged temperature, turbulence kinetic energy and the mean square fluctuation of the temperature are solved numerically. In the delay zone, a comparison is made between a second order Borghi type closure and the pdf closure. Good agreement is found in the case of relatively small turbulence intensity. It is shown that the pdf formulation does not require the two zones to be spatially distinct. Differing chemical source terms can be discriminated instantaneously by the reaction progress variable and contributions to the average production terms appropriately apportioned by its pdf. Predictions are made of the profiles of mean temperature and mean square fluctuation under different initial turbulence levels.     

镁铝富燃料推进剂燃烧残渣影响因素理论分析

用最小自由能法计算了镁铝富燃料推进剂一次燃烧室产物的成分,分析了凝聚相C、Mg和A l产物含量的变化对燃烧残渣的影响;主要探讨了AP含量、Mg/A l比例、HTPB粘合剂含量、燃烧室压强对凝聚相C、Mg、A l燃烧产物含量的影响。计算结果表明,增加AP含量、设计Mg/A l比小于3/5、减小HTPB粘合剂含量、降低燃烧室压强均能减少凝聚相产物含量,有利于降低燃烧残渣。燃气发生器实验结果表明,Mg/A l比例对燃烧残渣影响的实验数据与理论分析一致。     

超声速燃烧地面试验的蓄热式加热器及其关键技术

为了模拟飞行状态下进入超燃冲压发动机燃烧室的高焓空气,在地面模拟试验中需要对空气加热,可再生蓄热式加热器是一种能提供相对纯净高焓空气的试验设备。介绍了蓄热式加热器的工作原理与特点,分析了关键技术。结果表明,蓄热式加热器具有加热空气总温高、流量大和相对纯净的优点,是我国超燃冲压发动机地面试验的发展趋势,但蓄热阵材料、加热器结构、超高温阀和大范围调节预热燃烧器等是关键技术,有待进一步研究和攻关。     

InxGa1-xAs材料在多结空间太阳电池中的应用进展

In_xGa_(1-x)As材料具有独特的物理特性,可以通过调节In和Ga的组分来改变材料的带隙宽度Eg。该材料自进入多结空间太阳电池领域以来,就受到了广泛的关注。因此,In_xGa_(1-x)As材料有望成为未来多结空间太阳电池领域中的重要研究对象。本文首先介绍了InGaAs材料的生长工艺及其在多结空间太阳电池领域中的应用情况和研究现状,同时讨论了材料的外延生长工艺以获得高质量含InGaAs材料的多结太阳电池。此外,介绍了近年来InGaAs材料在高效多结空间太阳电池领域的研究进展,并对其抗辐照性能进行了简述。大量研究表明:InGaAs材料的使用可以进一步提升多结空间太阳电池的光电转换效率,达到提升卫星有效载荷的目的。     

一次燃气混合比对引射火箭二次燃烧火焰稳定的影响

在综合分析引射火箭燃烧组织模式的基础上,针对固定结构的引射火箭发动机.借助双燃烧室冲压发动机的原理,开展了SMC+DAB混合燃烧组织模式的数值分析和发动机直连实验研究,详细分析了富燃一次燃气对二次燃烧火焰稳定的作用及其对发动机性能的影响.鲒果表明,SMC+DAB混合燃烧模式具有一定的优点,合适的一次燃气混合比可起到稳定二次燃烧火焰和提高发动机性能的作用,偏高和偏低的一次燃气混合比都不利于发动机性能的提高.在文中给定的实验条件和参数条件下.一次燃气混合比应为0.7左右.     

燃烧室结构对固液火箭发动机燃烧与流动的影响研究

建立了85%H2O2-PE固液火箭发动机氧化剂H2O2催化分解、PE燃料热解以及热解气体与氧化剂分解气体扩散燃烧的综合模型,计算了固液火箭发动机燃烧室轴对称二维内流场,对不同结构燃烧室内流场的计算结果进行了对比,研究了补燃室和氧化剂入口突扩结构对发动机燃烧性能的影响.结果表明,增加氧化剂入口突扩段有利于发动机稳定工作和充分燃烧,增加补燃室长度可以提高发动机平均燃烧温度,使燃烧更加充分.     

光敏推进剂激光烧蚀过程建模与仿真

相较于传统大卫星,微小卫星具有结构紧凑、质量轻便和成本低廉的特点。然而,受功率和质量负载的限制,微小卫星一般不装备推进系统,其航线也局限于近地轨道。为扩展微小卫星的功能,满足日益复杂的任务需求,需给其配备合适的微推进系统。固体推进系统具有结构简单、寿命长、可靠性高的优点,但无法重复启动。为得到可重复启动的固体微推进系统,设计了一种非自持燃烧的光敏推进剂,采用激光控制其燃烧。在背压为大气压的环境下,利用高速摄像机拍摄燃烧过程并记录燃速。之后,对光敏推进剂的激光烧蚀过程进行建模。分析结果表明:激光可控制光敏推进剂的燃烧,燃速与激光强度成线性关系;该光敏推进剂的最小激光点火强度为0.28 W/mm~2;燃速计算值与实测值的误差在10%以内,证明该数学模型具备工程应用价值。     

Thrust modulation of solid propellant rockets by a fluidic vortex valve with secondary combustion

An analytical model for calculation of the thrust and pressure modulation of a solid propellant rocket by means of a fluidic vortex valve with secondary combustion has been developed. Thrust control by the vortex valve method was found superior to the axial injection of control flow. Addition of oxygen in the injected flow improves the energetic performance of the system as well as the thrust modulation capability. Experiments have been conducted using a mixture of nitrogen and oxygen as the injection gas. The two main parameters investigated in a series of experiments were the oxygen percentage in the injection gas and the ratio between the mass flow rates of the control gas and the solid propellant combustion products. The results show an increase of thrust by a factor of 2 for a 25% addition in mass flow rate by secondary injection at optimal conditions.     

旋流器结构参数对燃烧室出口温度分布的影响

采用数值模拟方法研究旋流器的结构参数对中心分级高温升燃烧室出口温度分布性能的影响,结构参数主要是叶片安装的角度和叶片的旋向组合多种方案,再对这些组合方案进行比较,从而选出最优结构。数值计算结果表明:旋流器结构参数对燃烧室出口特性有很大的影响,设计合理的旋流器结构参数对提高燃烧室性能很重要。选取最优的角度组合,第1级为45°,第2级与主燃级为60°;第1级与第2级旋向反向,并且第2级与主燃级旋向一致。     

GH_2/GO_2涡流冷却透明燃烧室方案设计及试验研究

涡流冷却是一种新型的推力室冷却技术,采用该技术可以简化推力室结构、降低成本,并提高系统可靠性。本文在综合国外研究成果的基础上,对涡流冷却技术进行了理论分析,设计出推力室结构,采用石英玻璃加工燃烧室圆柱段部分,并用高速摄影仪记录了燃烧室内的火焰图像。研究表明,涡流冷却透明燃烧室方案是可行的,燃烧稳定段燃烧区域占燃烧室的55%～60%。