The air-turbo-rocket(ATR)engine is a promising propulsion plant for achieving numerous surface and air launched missile missions.The application of lobed mixer in the ATR combustor can promote the mixing of the fuelri...The air-turbo-rocket(ATR)engine is a promising propulsion plant for achieving numerous surface and air launched missile missions.The application of lobed mixer in the ATR combustor can promote the mixing of the fuelrich gas and the air,thus improving the engine performance significantly.The numerical simulation method was conducted to explore the effects of lobe peak-to-trough width ratio on mixing and combustion performance in ATR combustors.Results show that:For a given peak lobe width b1,the combustion efficiency and total pressure loss decrease with the increase of trough lobe width b2;For a given b2,the combustion efficiency and total pressure loss decrease with the increase of b1;The fan-type lobed mixer with smaller b2has a better effect on promoting the combustion efficiency in the region near the ATR combustor center line than that with a pair of parallel side walls.The total pressure recovery coefficient reaches more than 0.99 at the exit of combustor in nonreactive combustion while the total pressure loss reaches more than 4%in the reacting combustion.Compared with the mixing process,more than80%of the total pressure loss is caused during combustion.展开更多
基金supported by the National Science and Technology Major Project(No.J2019-Ⅲ-0001-0044)。
文摘The air-turbo-rocket(ATR)engine is a promising propulsion plant for achieving numerous surface and air launched missile missions.The application of lobed mixer in the ATR combustor can promote the mixing of the fuelrich gas and the air,thus improving the engine performance significantly.The numerical simulation method was conducted to explore the effects of lobe peak-to-trough width ratio on mixing and combustion performance in ATR combustors.Results show that:For a given peak lobe width b1,the combustion efficiency and total pressure loss decrease with the increase of trough lobe width b2;For a given b2,the combustion efficiency and total pressure loss decrease with the increase of b1;The fan-type lobed mixer with smaller b2has a better effect on promoting the combustion efficiency in the region near the ATR combustor center line than that with a pair of parallel side walls.The total pressure recovery coefficient reaches more than 0.99 at the exit of combustor in nonreactive combustion while the total pressure loss reaches more than 4%in the reacting combustion.Compared with the mixing process,more than80%of the total pressure loss is caused during combustion.
