Abstract To characterize the impact of thermal nonequilibrium conditions in shock-induced combustion in high Mach number scramjet engines, a comparative numerical investigation has been performed. The combustor configuration was based on the HyShot II scramjet while the total enthalpy is 3.3 MJ/kg which resembles Mach 8 flight condition. The improved delay detached eddy simulation with Park two-temperature approach in combination with the vibration-chemical coupling model was employed in the nonequilibrium simulations. It is shown that under thermal nonequilibrium inflow conditions, noticeable stratification in the thermal state exists in the circumferential direction both in the combustor section and exhaust nozzle. In the inner core where the fuel mixes with the mainstream, flow deceleration caused by the heat release leads to a sufficient transformation of energy between the vibrational and translational-rotational modes approaching the thermal equilibrium state. However, the τ v , m i x is quite large in the supersonic mainstream, whereby the thermal nonequilibrium dominates. For the case with higher T v in the inflow, the fuel jet's penetration height is lower while the local viscosity is higher which results in poor mixing between the fuel and air stream. Nevertheless, a 400 K increase in inflow T v gives a higher effective temperature, which promotes the dissociation reactions, shortens the ignition distance and yields an 8% increase in the overall combustion efficiency. With better combustion performance, an additional 6% deceleration in the supersonic mainstream and the energy exchange rate between vibrational and translational-rotational modes becomes almost four times faster at the combustor outlet, which promotes the restoration of the thermal equilibrium state. Furthermore, under higher inflow vibrational temperature, the shock-induced combustion in supersonic crossflow becomes less stable with noticeable fluctuations in combustion heat release and local static pressure.

    Highlights Combustion dynamics for the Hyshot II scramjet engine under different thermal nonequilibrium inflow conditions were investigated numerically. Noticeable stratification in thermal state in the circumferential direction was observed when vibrational nonequilibrium effect was considered. Increase in vibrational temperature at combustor inlet by 400 K resulted in an 8% increase in the overall combustion efficiency. The instability of shock-induced combustion was enhanced under higher inlet vibrational temperature.


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    Title :

    Combustion dynamics of high Mach number scramjet under different inflow thermal nonequilibrium conditions


    Contributors:
    Ao, Yu (author) / Wu, Kun (author) / Lu, Hongbo (author) / Ji, Feng (author) / Fan, Xuejun (author)

    Published in:

    Acta Astronautica ; 208 ; 281-295


    Publication date :

    2023-04-11


    Size :

    15 pages




    Type of media :

    Article (Journal)


    Type of material :

    Electronic Resource


    Language :

    English




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