Supersonic combustion and hypersonic propulsion

50 多年的努力和曲折经历证明了超声速燃烧冲压发动机概念的可行性. 本文对影响超燃冲压发动机技术成熟的主要因素作了扼要的分析. 高超声速推进的首要问题是净推力, 利用超声速燃烧获得推力遇到各种实际问题的制约, 它们往往互相牵制. 几次飞行试验表明高超声速飞行需要的发动机净推力仍差强人意, 液体碳氢燃料(煤油) 超燃冲压发动机在飞行马赫数5 上下的加速和模态转换过程, 成为高超声速吸气式推进继续发展的瓶颈. 研究表明, 利用吸热碳氢燃料不仅是发动机冷却的需要也是提高发动机推力和性能的关键举措, 燃料吸热后物性改变对燃烧性能的附加贡献对超燃冲压发动机的净推力至关重要.当前, 实验模拟技术和测量技术相对地落后, 无法对环境、尺寸和试验时间做到完全的模拟. 计算流体动力学(Computational Fluid Dynamics, CFD) 逐渐成为除实验以外唯一可用的工具, 然而, 超声速燃烧的数值模拟遇到湍流和化学反应动力学的双重困难. 影响对发动机的性能作正确可靠的评估.提出双模态超燃冲压发动机模态转换、吸热碳氢燃料主动冷却燃料催化裂解与超声速燃烧耦合、燃烧稳定性、实验模拟技术与装置、内流场特性和发动机性能测量、数值模拟中的湍流模型、煤油替代燃料及简化机理等研究前沿课题, 和未来5~10 年重点发展方向的建议.     

超燃冲压发动机燃烧模态转换试验研究

在模拟飞行高度为25 km、来流马赫数为6的情况下,采用试验研究的方法对超燃冲压发动机燃烧模态转换进行了直连式试验。根据燃烧室壁面压力分布和一维模型分析表明,燃料喷射位置和当量比的动态改变,实现了燃烧室内燃烧模态的动态转换。不同燃料喷射位置切换顺序比较表明,燃烧室内燃烧状态的改变受燃料分布所决定,但是燃烧室自身具有一定的抗波动能力。     

克服“高超声障''的途径”

在高超声速飞行条件下, 流入冲压发动机燃烧室并降至低速的空气温度, 随着飞行马赫数增 加升得愈来愈高. 燃料与高温空气混合燃烧释放的化学能将部分转化为解离能. 这些解离能 在长度受限的尾喷管中难以充分复合形成推力, 使冲压发动机性能随飞行马赫数增大而急剧 下降. 导致冲压发动机不适应高超声速飞行器的推进要求. 将此定名为``高超声障'. 半个 世纪以来, 广泛采用``超声速燃烧'降低流入燃烧室的空气温度来克服这种障碍. 虽已取得 不少进展, 然而关键性难点仍需继续攻克. 为了多途径促进吸气推进高超声速飞行的实现, 提出克服``高超声障'的另一种思路：保持现有冲压发动机吸气与燃烧方式, 通过催化促进 燃气解离组分在尾喷管膨胀过程中的复合, 增大冲压发动机的推力, 达到满足高超声速飞行 器的推进要求.     

吸气式高超声速飞行器动力学建模研究进展

高超声速飞行以及飞行器机身/超燃冲压发动机一体化设计的典型特点导致吸气式高超声速飞行器具有不同于常规飞行器的飞行动力学特性,而飞行器总体设计和控制系统设计都必须考虑这些新动力学特性的影响,因此为吸气式高超声速飞行器建立能够包含这些新特性的飞行动力学模型非常重要.本文对吸气式高超声速飞行器动力学建模的相关研究进行了总结: 首先,简略地回顾了从超燃冲压发动机研究到飞行器系统研究发展历程; 其次,详细阐述了宽飞行包线、高超声速效应、超燃冲压发动机约束、气动/推进耦合和气动弹性效应等吸气式高超声速飞行器的新动力学特性;然后,讨论了在选择坐标系、抽象飞行器外形、建立弹性机身模型、建立空气动力模型、建立超燃冲压发动机系统模型以及推导运动方程等每个具体步骤中需要考虑的问题和可用的方法;最后,评述了现有吸气式高超声速飞行器动力学模型,并指明了未来发展方向.      

高马赫数超燃冲压发动机技术研究进展

吸气式高超声速飞行在空间运输和国家空天安全领域具有极高价值,超燃冲压发动机是其核心动力装置.目前飞行马赫数4.0～7.0超燃冲压发动机技术日趋成熟,发展更高速的飞行动力技术成为今后临近空间竞争焦点之一.本文对飞行马赫数8.0～10.0的高马赫数超燃冲压发动机技术进行了分析和综述.首先论述其亟待解决的关键问题和技术,分别包括高焓离解与热化学非平衡效应、超高速气流燃料增混与燃烧强化技术、高超声速燃烧与进气压缩的匹配及工作模态、高焓低雷诺数边界层流动及其控制方法、高焓低密度流动/燃烧的热防护技术,以及高马赫数发动机的地面试验风洞技术.然后,进一步介绍了国内外高焓激波风洞与驱动技术以及国内外典型的地面和飞行试验进展.进而针对推进和热防护的总体性能评估、高马赫数发动机内凸显的高焓离解与热化学非平衡效应、超高速气流燃料增混和燃烧强化技术综述了相关研究进展及结论,讨论了高马赫数超燃冲压发动机的可行性以及各关键技术的特点.最后进行了总结并对后续研究提出了几点建议.     

提高高马赫数超燃冲压发动机推力的理论方法

斜爆轰发动机和激波诱导燃烧冲压发动机在高马赫数吸气式发动机中具有重要应用前景,但是斜爆轰发动机是否具有足够大的净推力,还是一个未知的问题,因此需要对高马赫数冲压发动机的推进性能以及提高推力的方法进行理论研究.本文主要分为3部分.第1部分理论研究了超燃冲压发动机中的爆燃波和爆轰波的传播特性.保证发动机稳定燃烧是提高推力的...     

关于吸气式高超声速推进技术研究的思考

回顾了吸气式高超声速推进技术的研究进展, 分析了超燃冲压发动机研制面临的关键科学问题, 并从不同角度探讨了增大超燃冲压发动机推力的可能方法.这些方法包括: 能够降低总压损失的高超声速来流压缩方法、生成三维涡流的超声速混合增强技术、碳氢燃料的预热喷射、可以控制燃烧过程的燃烧室设计优化方法、通过减小发动机流道湿面积来降低摩擦阻力和催化复合解离的燃气降低高温气体效应.考虑到等压热力学循环的热效率,还建议研究在高超声速推进系统中应用热效率高的爆轰过程, 并探讨了爆轰推进方法研究的进展与问题.吸气式高超声速推进技术是高超声速飞行器发展的关键技术, 认真思考和探索其发展方向是非常必要的.      

离心力和滑翔距离对于高超声速巡航飞行性能的影响

高超声速巡航飞行器(HCV)是21世纪国际空天技术竞争的焦点, 它的飞行性能可以用初始发射质量与广义有效载荷之比衡量. 文献[1]建立了该性能的耦合分析框架. 在这个框架下进一步考虑了离心力和滑翔距离两个重要因素的影响. 定量分析表明: 给定飞行距离, 对HCV飞行性能影响最大的是巡航速度, 其次是升阻比, 再次是巡航发动机比冲. 随着飞行距离的增加, 由于离心力和滑翔距离的计入, 火箭动力HCV的飞行性能大幅提高, 从近中程到远程均显著优于经典的最小能量弹道. 吸气式冲压发动机尽管比冲大幅优于火箭发动机, 但在巡航速度适用范围和飞行器升阻比方面, 均不及后者. 综合而言, 火箭动力HCV是现阶段非常有竞争力的选择.      

碳氢燃料超声速燃烧分区实验研究

高保真度空天发动机数值模拟通常基于快速化学反应火焰面假设,即超声速燃烧反应的特征尺度小于湍流Kolmgorov尺度,该模型方法对于氢气燃料仿真计算结果较好,但对于乙烯等碳氢燃料仍需进一步研究.受限于极端环境特种非接触测量技术,目前尚未见超声速燃烧火焰分区判别的实验研究,导致目前超声速燃烧火焰面模型适用性以及分区燃烧物理模型认识不清,进而也制约了数值发动机技术发展.本工作基于自主研发的MHz发动机内窥光纤传感器,针对单边扩张双模态冲压发动机超声速燃烧火焰分区开展实验研究,通过化学自发光信号的最小香农熵定义超声速燃烧的特征时间τsc,根据理论方法和来流工况估算了超声速燃烧的流动特征时间,结合分区燃烧理论分析了双模态超燃冲压发动机内碳氢燃料燃烧的分区情况.通过燃烧分区情况以及与泰勒尺度的比较结果,验证了碳氢燃料超燃冲压发动机典型飞行条件下燃烧室内超声速燃烧处于旋涡小火焰区域(Re?50 000; Da∈1.80～2.60, B区),多尺度湍流涡结构发挥重要作用,并随着相对于泰勒尺度的不同大小,分别对应了不同尺度的涡结构主导该过程.同时给出了当量比、通量比以及来流马赫数对燃烧特征时间的影响规律...     

双模态发动机的模态鉴别方法

双模态冲压发动机的不同燃烧模态具有不同的稳焰机制和流态特征,并且在模态转换时伴随着显著的推力变化. 因此,准确判断燃烧模态,对于捕捉发动机的燃烧区位置/范围、释热分布特征,以及为进一步优化燃烧室的设计(流道结构和供油布局) 具有重要意义. 目前尚无鉴别模态的有效试验方法,本文提出了一种模态鉴别的试验方法,并在超燃直连台上开展验证试验. 试验中使用的测量技术包括:壁面静压、高速阴影/纹影、多通道可调谐二极管吸收光谱和高能态碳氢自由基CH* 自发光成像. 利用多种测量方法的组合,可以同时获得燃烧室中气流静温、速度、马赫数分布,释热分布以及燃烧区位置/范围. 这些试验数据能够用于判别模态,并获得不同模态的流动和火焰特征.      

关于超声速燃烧与高超动力

先进发动机是航空工业的核心技术,而吸气式高超声速发动机一直是宇航飞行技术研发的首位难题.发动机的性能依赖于其能量转换模式和燃烧组织方法,相关理论研究具有基础性和启发性意义.论文首先讨论了超声速燃烧,它一直是超燃冲压发动机技术的理论基础.然后综述了相关研究进展,提出了吸气式高超声速冲压推进技术的3个临界条件,或者称为临界...     

Analysis of efficiency of using hybrid propulsion for accelerating small-size rockets starting from the earth surface

The flight trajectories of a hypothetical small-size rocket starting from the Earth surface and driven by hybrid propulsion, which involves a solid-propellant rocket motor (SRM) and a ramjet-type air-breathing engine (ramjet), are calculated and analyzed. The basic varied parameter is the ratio of the fuel masses used for operation of various engine types with the total fuel mass being unchanged. The objective function is the flight range of the rocket under different initial conditions. Based on a model problem considered as an example, it is demonstrated that the flight range can be substantially increased by using hybrid propulsion (SRM and ramjet), as compared with the vehicle having identical mass and size characteristics and using the SRM only.     

斜爆轰发动机的推力性能理论分析

爆轰燃烧具有释热快、循环热效率高的特点. 斜爆轰发动机利用斜爆轰波进行燃烧组织, 在高超声速吸气式推进系统中具有重要地位. 以往研究主要关注斜爆轰波的起爆、驻定以及波系结构等, 缺少从整体层面出发对斜爆轰发动机开展推力性能分析. 本文将斜爆轰发动机内的流动和燃烧过程分解成进气压缩、燃料掺混、燃烧释热和排气膨胀4个基本模块并分别进行理论求解, 建立了斜爆轰发动机推力性能的理论分析模型. 在斜爆轰波系研究成果的基础上, 选取了过驱动斜爆轰、Chapman?Jouguet斜爆轰、过驱动正爆轰和斜激波诱导等容燃烧等4种燃烧模式来描述燃烧室内的燃烧释热过程, 并对比分析了不同燃烧模式对发动机比冲性能的影响. 此外, 还获得了不同来流参数、燃烧室参数和进排气参数等对发动机推力的影响规律, 发现来流马赫数和尾喷管的膨胀面积比是发动机理论燃料比冲的主要影响因素. 最后, 结合以往关于受限空间内斜爆轰波驻定特性等方面的研究成果, 提出了斜爆轰发动机燃烧室的设计方向.      

Film cooling on a convex surface: influence of external pressure gradient and Mach number on film cooling performance

 The film cooling performance on a convex surface subjected to zero and favourable pressure gradient free-stream flow was investigated. Adiabatic film cooling effectiveness values were obtained for five different injection geometries, three with cylindrical holes and two with shaped holes. Heat transfer coefficients were derived for selected injection configurations. CO₂ was used as coolant to simulate density ratios between coolant and free-stream close to gas turbine engine conditions. The film cooling effectiveness results indicate a strong dependency on the free-stream Mach number level. Results obtained at the higher free-stream Mach number show for cylindrical holes generally and for shaped holes at moderate blowing rates significant higher film cooling effectiveness values compared to the lower free-stream Mach number data. Free-stream acceleration generally reduced adiabatic film cooling effectiveness relative to constant free-stream flow conditions. The different free-stream conditions investigated indicate no significant effects on the corresponding heat transfer increase due to film injection. The determined heat flux ratios or film cooling performance indicated that coolant injection with shaped film cooling holes is much more efficient than with cylindrical holes especially at higher blowing rates. Heat flux penalties can occur at high blowing rates when using cylindrical holes. Received on 29 May 2000     

The application of thin-film technology to measure turbine-vane heat transfer and effectiveness in a film-cooled, engine-simulated environment

Thin-film technology has been used to measure the heat transfer coefficient and cooling effectiveness over heavily film cooled nozzle guide vanes (NGVs). The measurements were performed in a transonic annular cascade which has a wide operating range and simulates the flow in the gas turbine jet engine. Engine-representative Mach and Reynolds numbers were employed and the upstream free-stream turbulence intensity was 13%. The aerodynamic and thermodynamic characteristics of the coolant flow (momentum flux and density ratio between the coolant and mainstream) have been modelled to represent engine conditions by using a foreign gas mixture of SF₆ and Argon. Engine-level values of heat transfer coefficient and cooling effectiveness have been obtained by correcting for the different molecular (thermal) properties of the gases used in the engine-simulated experiments to those which exist in the true engine environment. This paper presents the best combined heat transfer coefficient and effectiveness data currently available for a fully cooled, three-dimensional NGVs at engine conditions.     

Experimental research on the rotating detonation in gaseous fuels�Coxygen mixtures

An experimental study on rotating detonation is presented in this paper. The study was focused on the possibility of using rotating detonation in a rocket engine. The research was divided into two parts: the first part was devoted to obtaining the initiation of rotating detonation in fuel–oxygen mixture; the second was aimed at determination of the range of propagation stability as a function of chamber pressure, composition, and geometry. Additionally, thrust and specific impulse were determined in the latter stage. In the paper, only rich mixture is described, because using such a composition in rocket combustion chambers maximizes the specific impulse and thrust. In the experiments, two kinds of geometry were examined: cylindrical and cylindrical-conic, the latter can be simulated by a simple aerospike nozzle. Methane, ethane, and propane were used as fuel. The pressure–time courses in the manifolds and in the chamber are presented. The thrust–time profile and detonation velocity calculated from measured pressure peaks are shown. To confirm the performance of a rocket engine with rotating detonation as a high energy gas generator, a model of a simple engine was designed, built, and tested. In the tests, the model of the engine was connected to the dump tank. This solution enables different environmental conditions from a range of flight from 16 km altitude to sea level to be simulated. The obtained specific impulse for pressure in the chamber of max. 1.2 bar and a small nozzle expansion ratio of about 3.5 was close to 1,500 m/s.     

Propulsive performance of a liquid kerosene/oxygen pulse detonation rocket engine

Thrust and specific impulse are two critical parameters to estimate the performance of rocket engine. Utilizing liquid kerosene as the fuel, oxygen as oxidizer and nitrogen as purge gas, a series of multi-cycle detonation experiments were conducted to systemically investigate the relationships among the operating frequency, fill fraction and performance parameters of the pulse detonation rocket engine (PDRE). The operating frequency of PDRE was up to 49 Hz. The mass flow of liquid kerosene was measured by orifice meter and the mass flow of oxygen was measured based on the method of gas collection. The detonation chamber pressure traces were recorded by dynamic piezoelectric pressure transducers. A dynamic piezoelectric thrust transducer was used to record the instantaneous thrust produced by PDRE. Average thrust and detonative mixture-based specific impulse of PDRE with different operation frequency were obtained by experiments. The experimental results indicate that in the practical operation, the operating frequency caused the change of fill fraction, which resulted in a thrust enhancement. Due to the effect of fill fraction, average thrust did not linearly increase as the frequency rises. Fill fraction has a significant influence on the specific impulse of PDRE. The detonative mixture-based specific impulse presented a second order exponential decay with fill fraction, and was correspondingly increased with the raise of the operating frequency. With the strategy of partial filling in detonation tube, the specific impulse can be remarkably enhanced.