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Scramjet Performance Assessment Using Water Absorption Diagnostics (U)Simultaneous multiple path measurements of temperature and H2O concentration will be presented for the AIMHYE test entries in the NASA Ames 16-Inch Shock Tunnel. Monitoring the progress of high temperature chemical reactions that define scramjet combustor efficiencies is a task uniquely suited to nonintrusive optical diagnostics. One application strategy to overcome the many challenges and limitations of nonintrusive measurements is to use laser absorption spectroscopy coupled with optical fibers. Absorption spectroscopic techniques with rapidly tunable lasers are capable of making simultaneous measurements of mole fraction, temperature, pressure, and velocity. The scramjet water absorption diagnostic was used to measure combustor efficiency and was compared to thrust measurements using a nozzle force balance and integrated nozzle pressures to develop a direct technique for evaluating integrated scramjet performance. Tests were initially performed with a diode laser tuning over a water absorption feature at 1391.7 nm. A second diode laser later became available at a wavelength near 1343.3 nm covering an additional water absorption feature and was incorporated in the system for a two-wavelength technique. Both temperature and mole fraction can be inferred from the lineshape analysis using this approach. Additional high temperature spectroscopy research was conducted to reduce uncertainties in the scramjet application. The lasers are optical fiber coupled to ports at the combustor exit and in the nozzle region. The output from the two diode lasers were combined in a single fiber, and the resultant two-wavelength beam was subsequently split into four legs. Each leg was directed through 60 meters of optical fiber to four combustor exit locations for measurement of beam intensity after absorption by the water within the flow. Absorption results will be compared to 1D combustor analysis using RJPA and nozzle CFD computations as well as to data from a nozzle metric balance measuring thrust and integrated pressure measurements along the length of the nozzle. Assessment of its value as a combustor performance evaluation tool will be conducted.
Document ID
20020038413
Acquisition Source
Ames Research Center
Document Type
Conference Paper
Authors
Cavolowsky, John A.
(NASA Ames Research Center Moffett Field, CA United States)
Loomis, Mark P.
(Sterling Federal Systems, Inc. United States)
Deiwert, George
(NASA Ames Research Center Moffett Field, CA United States)
Date Acquired
August 20, 2013
Publication Date
January 1, 1995
Subject Category
Aircraft Propulsion And Power
Meeting Information
Meeting: 1995 JANNAF Propulsion and Subcommittee Joint Meeting
Location: Huntsville, AL
Country: United States
Start Date: October 22, 1995
End Date: October 27, 1995
Sponsors: Department of the Army, NASA Headquarters, Department of the Air Force, Department of the Navy
Funding Number(s)
PROJECT: RTOP 466-10-02
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
Work of the US Gov. Public Use Permitted.

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