International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, Vol.43, No.15, 7515-7524, 2018
Hydrogen-fueled detonation ramjet model: Wind tunnel tests at approach air stream Mach number 5.7 and stagnation temperature 1500 K
The mode of continuous spinning detonation (CSD) combustion of hydrogen in the annular combustor of a model of a hydrogen-fueled detonation ramjet under conditions of approach air stream Mach number 5.7 and stagnation temperature 1500 K is registered experimentally in a short-duration (pulsed) wind tunnel at the overall air-to-hydrogen equivalence ratio (ER) ranging from 0.7 to 1.4. The maximum values of thrust and specific impulse of the ramjet model are attained at ER = 1.25 and are estimated as 1550 N and 3300 s, respectively. At 1.4 < ER < 1.6, the mode of longitudinally pulsating detonation (LPD) combustion is registered with somewhat lower values of thrust and specific impulse. (C) 2018 Hydrogen Energy Publications LLC. Published by Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
Keywords:Detonation ramjet model;Wind tunnel;Supersonic airflow;Spinning detonation;Pulsed detonation;Fuel-based specific impulse