期刊
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF HYDROGEN ENERGY
卷 42, 期 12, 页码 8264-8277出版社
PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijhydene.2017.02.198
关键词
On-orbit refueling; No-vent fill; CFD model; Microgravity; Liquid hydrogen
资金
- National Natural Science Foundation of China [51376142, 51406142]
- Research Fund of State Key Laboratory of Technologies in Space Cryogenic Propellants [SKLTSCP1505]
- China Postdoctoral Science Foundation [2015T81023]
In order to investigate the no-vent filling performance under microgravity, the computational fluid dynamic (CFD) method is introduced to the study, where a model aiming at filling a liquid hydrogen (LH2) receiver tank is especially established. In this model, the solid and fluid regions are considered together to predict the coupled heat transfer process. The phase change effect during the filling process is also taken into account by embedding a pair of mass and heat transfer models into the CFD software FLUENT, one of which involves liquid flash driven by pressure difference between the fluid saturated pressure and the tank pressure, and the other one indicates and calculates the evaporation condensation process driven by temperature difference between fluid and its saturated state. This CFD model, verified by experimental data, could accurately simulate the no-vent filling process with good flexibility. Moreover, no-vent filling processes under different gravities are comparatively analyzed and the effects of four factors including inlet configuration, inlet liquid temperature, initial wall temperature and inlet flow rate, are discussed, respectively. Main conclusions could be made as follows: 1) Compared to the situations in normal gravity, the no-vent filling in microgravity experiences a more adequate liquid vapor mix, which results in a more steady pressure response and better filling performance. 2) Inlet configuration seems to have negligible effect on the no-vent filling performance under microgravity since liquid could easily reach the tank wall and then cause a sufficient fluid-wall contact under any inlet condition. 3) Higher initial tank wall temperature may directly cause a higher pressure rise in the beginning, while this effect on the final pressure is not significant. Sufficient precooling and reasonable inlet liquid subcooled degree are suggested to guarantee the reliability and efficiency of the no-vent fill under microgravity. (C) 2017 Hydrogen Energy Publications LLC. Published by Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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