The startup of in-orbit rocket engines using cryogenic propellants is characterized by near-vacuum conditions leading to rapid flash evaporation of liquid oxidizer or fuel before ignition. The evolution of a flashing oxygen spray as well as the interaction with a coaxial gaseous methane injection is studied and compared to experiments using numerical methods. A flash evaporation model for superheated cryogenic droplets using an Euler–Lagrange method is implemented into a computational fluid dynamics solver. A simplified droplet flash evaporation model is used to calculate the coupling between Eulerian and Lagrangian phases with their respective source terms.
Simulations of Injection of Liquid Oxygen/Gaseous Methane Under Flashing Conditions
Journal of Propulsion and Power ; 34 , 2 ; 395-407
01.03.2018
Aufsatz (Konferenz) , Aufsatz (Zeitschrift)
Elektronische Ressource
Englisch
Simulations of Injection of LOX/GCH~4 under Flashing Conditions (AIAA 2016-1684)
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