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Characterisation of the eddy dissipation model for the analysis of hydrogen-fuelled scramjets

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  27 March 2019

J.J.O.E Hoste ,
M. Fossati ,
I.J. Taylor  and
R.J. Gollan
J.J.O.E Hoste*
Affiliation:
Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, University of Strathclyde, Aerospace Centre of Excellence, Glasgow, UK
M. Fossati
Affiliation:
Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, University of Strathclyde, Aerospace Centre of Excellence, Glasgow, UK
I.J. Taylor
Affiliation:
Division of Aerospace Sciences, School of Engineering, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, UK
R.J. Gollan
Affiliation:
University of Queensland, School of Mechanical and Mining Engineering, Centre for Hypersonics, Brisbane, Australia
*
[email protected]
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Abstract

The eddy dissipation model (EDM) is analysed with respect to the ability to address the turbulence–combustion interaction process inside hydrogen-fuelled scramjet engines designed to operate at high Mach numbers (≈7–12). The aim is to identify the most appropriate strategy for the use of the model and the calibration of the modelling constants for future design purposes. To this end, three hydrogen-fuelled experimental scramjet configurations with different fuel injection approaches are studied numerically. The first case consists of parallel fuel injection and it is shown that relying on estimates of ignition delay from a 1D kinetics program can greatly improve the effectiveness of the EDM. This was achieved through a proposed zonal approach. The second case considers fuel injection behind a strut. Here the EDM predicts two reacting layers along the domain which is in agreement with experimental temperature profiles close to the point of injection but not the case any more at the downstream end of the test section. The first two scramjet test cases demonstrated that the kinetic limit, which can be applied to the EDM, does not improve the predictions in comparison to experimental data. The last case considered a transverse injection of hydrogen and the EDM approach provided overall good agreement with experimental pressure traces except in the vicinity of the injection location. The EDM appears to be a suitable tool for scramjet combustor analysis incorporating different fuel injection mechanisms with hydrogen. More specifically, the considered test cases demonstrate that the model provides reasonable predictions of pressure, velocity, temperature and composition.

Keywords

Eddy dissipation modelingscramjet performance analysisturbulence-chemistry interaction
Type
Research Article
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The Aeronautical Journal , Volume 123 , Issue 1262 , April 2019 , pp. 536 - 565
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© Royal Aeronautical Society 2019 

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Currently research fellow at German Aerospace Center, Institute of Aerodynamics and Flow Technology, Göttingen. [email protected]

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