Influence of Polyisobutylene Kerosene Additive on Combustion Efficiency in a Liquid Propellant Rocket Engine
by
Igor Borovik 1,*,†
, Evgeniy Strokach 1,†, Alexander Kozlov 1,†, Valeriy Gaponov 2,†, Vladimir Chvanov 2,†, Petr Levochkin 2,† and Youngbin Yoon 3,†
Igor Borovik 1,*,†, Evgeniy Strokach 1,†, Alexander Kozlov 1,†, Valeriy Gaponov 2,†, Vladimir Chvanov 2,†, Petr Levochkin 2,† and Youngbin Yoon 3,†
1
Institute No. 2 “Aviation rocket engines and power plants”, Moscow Aviation Institute, Volokolamskoe shosse 4, Moscow 125993, Russia
2
NPO Energomash, Burdenko st. h. 1, Khimki 141400, Russia
3
Department of Aerospace Engineering, Seoul National University, 1 Gwanak-ro, Gwanak-gu, Seoul 08826, Korea
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Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.
†
These authors contributed equally to this work.
Aerospace 2019, 6(12), 129; https://doi.org/10.3390/aerospace6120129
Received: 13 October 2019 / Revised: 24 November 2019 / Accepted: 26 November 2019 / Published: 27 November 2019
The combustion of kerosene with the polymer additive polyisobutylene (PIB) was experimentally investigated. The aim of the study was to measure the effect of PIB kerosene on the efficiency of combustion chamber cooling and the combustion efficiency of the liquid propellant for a rocket engine operating on kerosene and gaseous oxygen (GOX). The study was conducted on an experimental rocket engine using kerosene wall film cooling in the combustion chamber. Fire tests showed that the addition of polyisobutylene to kerosene had no significant effect on the combustion efficiency. However, analysis of the wall temperature measurement results showed that the use of PIB kerosene is more effective for film cooling than pure kerosene, which can increase the efficiency of combustion chamber cooling and subsequently increase its reliability and reusability. Thus, the findings of this study are expected to be of use in further investigations of wall film cooling efficiency.
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Keywords:
polyisobutylene; drag reduction; kerosene; rocket engine; film cooling; fire test; non-Newtonian liquid
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Borovik, I.; Strokach, E.; Kozlov, A.; Gaponov, V.; Chvanov, V.; Levochkin, P.; Yoon, Y. Influence of Polyisobutylene Kerosene Additive on Combustion Efficiency in a Liquid Propellant Rocket Engine. Aerospace 2019, 6, 129.
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