Research on Pressure Change and Thermal Stratification of Cryogenic Liquid Oxygen Tank during the Ascent Process[J]. 2016, 50(11): 97-103.
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Research on Pressure Change and Thermal Stratification of Cryogenic Liquid Oxygen Tank during the Ascent Process[J]. 2016, 50(11): 97-103.DOI: 10.7652/xjtuxb201611015.
Research on Pressure Change and Thermal Stratification of Cryogenic Liquid Oxygen Tank during the Ascent Process
A numerical simulation method was adopted to study the pressure change and fluid thermal stratification in liquid oxygen tank during the ascent process by a user-defined function(UDF)considering the aerodynamic heat and space radiations. The influences of atmosphere physical parameters
flight acceleration and phase change occurring in the liquid-vapor interface on the tank pressure and fluid temperature distribution were taken into account in the present numerical model. The calculation results showed that aerodynamic heat has great influence on the tank pressurization frequency and with the increase of aerodynamic heat flux
the tank pressurization time increases and depressurization time reduces gradually. After 120 s flight
the aerodynamic heat flux reaches its maximum value
and its influence on the tank pressurization behavior becomes most prominent. At this moment
the minimum tank pressure rise time and the maximum tank pressure reduction time are 4 s and 13 s
respectively. During the pressurization process without outflow
the tank pressure fluctuates within the set pressure range
and the phase change is condensation at the interface. The liquid mass increases about 11.05 kg while the ullage mass decreases about 1.52 kg in this process. When it is in the outflow period
the tank pressure decreases with the continuous injection of pressurized gas
and the ullage mass shows a fluctuating increase. Both the gas and liquid temperatures boost to higher temperatures with time. As the space radiation leakage leads to the temperature increase of drainage liquid
and hence resulting in safety issues for the rocket engine
some effective measures should be taken to reduce the space leakage.
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