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Heat and Mass Transfer Institute (WSA), RWTH University, Aachen, Germany
Faculty of Aerospace Engineering, Technion Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, Israel
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Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Technion Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, Israel
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ABSTRACT
Keywords
P
w g RvTa ln mix
Pa
(1)
P
w T R vTa 1 ln mix
Pa
(2)
E. Motor
160
Drag system
140
Drag total
120
Drag net
100
80
60
40
140
MRJ Thrust
V [m/sec]
120
20
Drag [N]
100
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
Velocity [m/s]
80
60
Acceleration
Injection Deceleration
40
20
0
0
20
40
60
80
100
time [s]
Drag [N]
0.35
0.3
0.25
0.2
P8 [atm]
3.5
P12 [atm]
P14 [atm]
Pressure [atm]
0.15
0.1
0.35
P15 [atm]
0.55
0.75
0.95
1.15
1.35 X106
Re
2.5
2
Acceleration
1.5
Injection
Deceleration
1
0.5
0
0
20
40
time [s]
60
80
100
70
Thrust [N]
50
40
30
Thrust[N]
60
65
45
20
10
25
10
12
14
16
18
Velocity [m/s]
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
Velocity [m/s]
For the liquefied gas driven MRJ the gas chosen was
R134a.
R134a
is
a
synthesized
refrigerant
(Tetraflouroethane, H2FC-CF3). It is a gas at atmospheric
pressure, but liquefies at a moderate pressure of ~6atm
and room temperature.
Table 1: Saturation Properties of R134a at atmospheric
pressure and a temperature of -26.07C
hfg
Cv
Cp
k
(J/g) (kg/m3) (J/g*K) (J/g*K) (Pa*s) (W/m*K)
(N/m)
1.28
378.7
0.1039 0.01543
Vapor
0.794
9.779
0.00931
5.258
0.688
Nozzle profile
ratio
Air
Water
Mach
nr.
Figure 10: Air and water velocity profile along nozzle of the
tow-pool MRJ engine, predicted by Simulator (Mor & Gany
2004) at 15m/s and 16g/s of air.