Alcohol and alkane fuel performance for Gas Generator cycle Air Turbo Ramjet Engine
| Autor: | Ryojiro Minato |
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| Rok vydání: | 2019 |
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Alkane
chemistry.chemical_classification Alcohol fuel 0209 industrial biotechnology Materials science Turbine blade Aerospace Engineering Thermodynamics 02 engineering and technology Combustion 01 natural sciences 010305 fluids & plasmas law.invention 020901 industrial engineering & automation chemistry law 0103 physical sciences Combustor Specific impulse Gas generator Ramjet |
| Zdroj: | Aerospace Science and Technology. 91:337-356 |
| ISSN: | 1270-9638 |
| DOI: | 10.1016/j.ast.2019.05.023 |
| Popis: | The present study investigates the feasibility of alcohol fuels for a Gas Generator cycle Air Turbo Ramjet (GG-ATR) Engine in comparison with alkane fuels. The alkane and alcohol fuels in the present study range from C1 species (CH4 and CH3OH) to C4 species (n-C4H10 and 1-C4H9OH). The present study analytically evaluates Specific thrust and Specific impulse (Isp) of GG-ATR engine as functions of gas generator combustion temperature. For both alcohols and alkanes, the peak Gas Generator (GG) combustion temperatures exist for specific thrust and ram combustor temperature. Comparing alcohol to alkane in the lower GG combustion temperature, specific thrusts and Isp of alcohol tend to be higher than those of C2H6, C3H8, and 1-C4H10. GG combustion gases for alcohol fuels contain higher mole fractions of H2O and CO2 than those for alkanes. Because of high mole fractions of H2O and CO2, the ratio of GG combustion gas for alcohols to air flow rate is fortunately close to the stoichiometric ratio, resulting in higher ram combustion temperature. The high ram combustion temperature can contribute to the higher specific thrust and Isp. Lower GG combustion temperature is preferable because of a thermal limit of a turbine blade. Thus, alcohols have superiorities to alkanes for the GG-ATR engine application. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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