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Mixing efficiency of hydrogen multijet through backward-facing steps at supersonic flow
- Source :
- International Journal of Hydrogen Energy. 46:16075-16085
- Publication Year :
- 2021
- Publisher :
- Elsevier BV, 2021.
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Abstract
- Increasing the fuel mixing performance in the combustor of scramjet substantially improves the overall efficiency of the scramjet engine. In this article, computational fluid dynamic is used to study the impacts of hydrogen jets injection through the backward-facing multi-steps on the fuel distribution and mixing zone at the supersonic air stream of Mach = 4. This study also analyzes the jet flow feature and circulation of jets in different sections of the combustor at downstream of the multi-injectors. Reynolds average Navier-Stocks equations are solved with SST turbulence model for achieving a precise and acceptable solution. The effects of step height on the jet features are also examined. According to circulation evaluation, low jet total pressure (pressure ratio = 0.1) and high step depth (step depth = 1 mm) is the optimum condition for achieving high circulation value. Our investigations show that the mixing efficiency of the hydrogen multijets improves up to 15% when the step height increases from 0.5 mm to 1 mm.
- Subjects :
- Jet (fluid)
Materials science
Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment
Turbulence
Energy Engineering and Power Technology
02 engineering and technology
Mechanics
010402 general chemistry
021001 nanoscience & nanotechnology
Condensed Matter Physics
01 natural sciences
0104 chemical sciences
Fuel Technology
Combustor
Supersonic speed
Scramjet
Total pressure
0210 nano-technology
Choked flow
Mixing (physics)
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 03603199
- Volume :
- 46
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- International Journal of Hydrogen Energy
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi...........7308ab144f4539052629d1dafae70586