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AEROSPACE SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
Volume 99, Issue -, Pages -Publisher
ELSEVIER FRANCE-EDITIONS SCIENTIFIQUES MEDICALES ELSEVIER
DOI: 10.1016/j.ast.2020.105734
Keywords
RBCC combustor; Mode transition; Ramjet combustion; Divergent; Kerosene; Low total temperature
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- National Natural Science Foundation of China [51976171, 51606156]
- NSFC
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RBCC engine commonly fulfills the ejector-to-ramjet mode transition at a Mach number far below 4, and thus the divergent kerosene-fueled RBCC combustor will encounter tough technical challenges of completing the mode transition and maintaining sustained subsonic combustion at low total temperature inflow conditions. These important issues were studied by direct-connect tests in a divergent JP-10-fueled RBCC combustor at M-infinity = 3 and T-0 = 630 K, and two different rocket control methods, in terms of stepped (switching off) and progressive (maintaining a significant reduction in the mass flow rate) rocket control method, were validated. As a result: (1) Credible ignition could be obtained when the fuel was directly injected into the high temperature zone comprehensively affected by the rocket plume and its secondary combustion zone. (2) Self-sustained ramjet combustion in the stepped rocket control case required an excellent collaboration among the different combustion enhancement facilities (fuel struts and cavities) in the combustor. (3) Rocket-aided mode transition and ramjet combustion in the progressive rocket control case required less limitation on the combustor configuration, and permitted an improved reliability for the engine operation, although it sacrificed a small part of engine specific impulse. (C) 2020 Elsevier Masson SAS. All rights reserved.
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