Mixing enhancement of reacting parallel fuel jets in a supersonic combustorPursuant to a NASA-Langley development program for a scramjet HST propulsion system entailing the optimization of the scramjet combustor's fuel-air mixing and reaction characteristics, a numerical study has been conducted of the candidate parallel fuel injectors. Attention is given to a method for flow mixing-process and combustion-efficiency enhancement in which a supersonic circular hydrogen jet coflows with a supersonic air stream. When enhanced by a planar oblique shock, the injector configuration exhibited a substantial degree of induced vorticity in the fuel stream which increased mixing and chemical reaction rates, relative to the unshocked configuration. The resulting heat release was effective in breaking down the stable hydrogen vortex pair that had inhibited more extensive fuel-air mixing.
Document ID
19910059432
Acquisition Source
Legacy CDMS
Document Type
Conference Paper
Authors
Drummond, J. P. (NASA Langley Research Center Hampton, VA, United States)
Date Acquired
August 15, 2013
Publication Date
June 1, 1991
Subject Category
Aircraft Propulsion And Power
Report/Patent Number
AIAA PAPER 91-1914Report Number: AIAA PAPER 91-1914