This chapter reviews important characteristics of endothermic fuels and the potential they offer to fuel a next generation of hypersonic air‐breathing vehicles. Endothermic fuels are a critical technology to enable the use of hydrocarbons at hypersonic speeds. Studies of endothermic fuel reactions were pursued in order to develop endothermic fuels that can fuel air‐breathing propulsion for high‐speed applications without resorting to cryogenic propellants. A number of system trade studies can be done to determine the heat sink requirements of a fuel for a given vehicle and mission. The fuel system, which delivered gaseous hydrogen and pyrophoric silane for ignition, was designed for a limited hypersonic velocity operation and a very short time. The chapter describes the importance of fuel selection in the design of hypersonic vehicles powered by air‐breathing propulsion systems. Efforts must continue to develop methods to increase the cooling or heat sink capacity of hydrocarbons fuels.
Fuels for Hypersonic Air‐Breathing Propulsion
Scramjet Propulsion ; 203-226
18.11.2022
24 pages
Aufsatz/Kapitel (Buch)
Elektronische Ressource
Englisch
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