Accession Number:
ADA224846
Title:
Li-SF(6) Combustion in Stored Chemical Energy Propulsion Systems
Descriptive Note:
Technical rept. 1 Oct 1989-30 Sep 1990
Corporate Author:
WISCONSIN UNIV-MILWAUKEE DEPT OF MECHANICAL ENGINEERING
Personal Author(s):
Report Date:
1990-07-01
Pagination or Media Count:
69.0
Abstract:
Appropriate thermodynamic models and thermo-chemical data for multicomponents and immiscible phases have been incorporated into a code for the computation of chemical equilibrium of the reactants used in a stored chemical energy propulsion system. The reactants considered are molten lithium fuel and gaseous sulfur hexafluoride oxidant. Extensive equilibrium state relationships as a function of mixture fraction have been presented over a temperature range of possible operating conditions. They were subsequently employed to predict the complex flow structure of a choked, turbulent, reacting SF6 gas jet submerged in a molten lithium bath. Detailed profiles of velocity, temperature, void fraction and mass fraction of all phases in the jet have been presented.
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Subject Categories:
- Thermodynamics