著者
永田 晴紀 飯島 直純 金井 竜一朗
出版者
一般社団法人 日本燃焼学会
雑誌
日本燃焼学会誌 (ISSN:13471864)
巻号頁・発行日
vol.54, no.170, pp.251-258, 2012 (Released:2018-01-26)
参考文献数
9

During large scale CAMUI-type motor development, the authors frequently encountered anomalous combustion, a sudden pressure increase leading to destroy of the motor. Repeated static firing tests finally revealed that the cause of the anomalous combustion is the low initial fuel temperature. However, the mechanism responsible for the anomalous combustion is still unclear. Although a series of firing tests with a small combustor could not reproduce the anomalous combustion successfully, results showed a clear correlation between the initial fuel temperature and chamber pressure overshoot; chamber pressure overshoot does not occur when the fuel temperature is above the Leidenfrost point. From this result, the authors offer a hypothesis that the low fuel temperature below the Leidenfrost point enhanced heat transfer from the fuel to liquid oxygen and caused local blowoff. Accumulation of combustible mixture follows the blowoff and may cause the anomalous combustion. A possible reason why the firing tests could not reproduce the anomalous combustion is that Damkohler number in the combustion chamber was larger than those in the large-scale CAMUI-type motors. A preliminary experiment showed that the small combustor could reproduce the anomalous combustion by decreasing the Damkohler number in the combustion chamber. Detailed experimental study will follow the preliminary experiment to clarify the mechanism of the anomalous combustion.