In this work, two representative hybrid rocket injector designs, a single-port and an axial showerhead design, were examined experimentally to determine the comparative influence on the development of the downstream combustion zone with polymethylmethacrylate (PMMA) fuel. One-dimensional laser absorption tomography was employed to obtain the thermochemical structure of the PMMA–gaseous oxygen reaction layer via quantitative in situ species and temperature measurements. Optical measurements were performed with tunable semiconductor lasers in the midwave infrared to target absorption features in the fundamental vibrational bands of CO, CO 2 , and H 2 O . Planar measurements were conducted at the exit plane of cylindrical fuel grains ( inner    diameter = 0.5    in . ) at axial distances ( x / d ) ranging from 2 to 11 with a constant gaseous oxygen flow for each of the injectors. Assuming azimuthal symmetry, a Tikhonov-regularized Abel inversion technique was used to obtain the radially resolved absorption coefficient, from which temperature and mole fractions were extracted. One-dimensional measurements over all fuel-grain lengths were consolidated to obtain spatially resolved two-dimensional images of the reaction layer thermochemical structure in a hybrid rocket motor geometry. Significant variations in experimental results were observed between the two injectors, suggesting the importance of injection fluid dynamics in hybrid rocket combustion performance. Explanations of the variations are offered from both a theoretical and a computational analysis.


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    Titel :

    Injector Effects on Hybrid Polymethylmethacrylate Combustion Assessed by Thermochemical Tomography


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    Erscheinungsdatum :

    2021-07-23


    Format / Umfang :

    16 pages




    Medientyp :

    Aufsatz (Zeitschrift)


    Format :

    Elektronische Ressource


    Sprache :

    Englisch




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