The heat transfer models between the pipe wall and the cryogenic liquid were established to investigate the unsteady flow and heat transfer process of a natural circulation loop precooling of a liquid rocket engine. The models couple the heat release equation of the circulation loop and the flow and heat transfer equations of the cryogenic liquid. Moreover
the one-dimensional unsteady homogenous flow mathematic models were set up and solved with the bisection method to obtain the unsteady flow rate of the natural circulation loop. Unlike the existing precooling models
both the inverted annular model and the dispersed model are adopted in the prediction of filming boiling
which ensures the logicality integrity of the transition from full liquid region to full gas region. In addition
the unsteady precooling models of the natural circulation loop of a liquid rocket engine were validated by the calculation of a supply pipe.
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