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Simulation of Thermo-fluid Interactions in Cryogenic Stage Turbine Startup System Using AUSM plus -UP-based Higher-order Accurate Flow Solver

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Title Simulation of Thermo-fluid Interactions in Cryogenic Stage Turbine Startup System Using AUSM plus -UP-based Higher-order Accurate Flow Solver
 
Creator NAIR, P
JAYACHANDRAN, T
PURANIK, B
BHANDARKAR, UV
 
Subject hypersonic flows
computations
sequel
unstructured meshes
solid motor
ausm plus -up based finite volume solver
turbine inlet manifold
least square reconstruction
solution mapped
flux limiters
 
Description High-speed turbines are used in tipper stage liquid engines of launch vehicles and the most common ones include LH2 and LOX turbines used in the cryogenic stages. The main constraints in the design Of turbine system for a liquid engine are thermal loads, mass flow and pressure drops in various systems ahead of the turbine inlet. The temperature of the combustion products/gases reaching the turbine blades must be well below the ruching point of the turbine blade material and the mass flow rate must be sufficient to generate the required power. Turbine call be started in two ways, by generating gases using a solid propellant-based spinner motor, and using compressed gases stored in gas bottles. The first method involves design challenges but requires less space and weight. On the other hand, second method is simple but requires more space. Because of the space and weight constraints associated with the upper stages, first method is preferred and discussed in this paper. It consists of a solid propellant-based spinner motor with a convergent-divergent nozzle, a guiding duct connecting nozzle exit, and the turbine inlet manifold in the form of a torroid with nozzle block having, 39 guiding nozzles. The combustion products generated by the spinner motor are guided to the manifold through the guiding duct. Inlet manifold acts as a reservoir and Supplies hot gases uniformly to the turbine through 39 nozzles. This study addresses the role of computational fluid dynamics in the design of turbine startup system using unstructured cell-centered AUSM+-UP-based finite volume solver with the two-equation turbulence model. The flow and the thermal characteristics of the solid motor with a convergent-divergent nozzle were Studied to evaluate the gas temperature, operating pressure, and flow velocities. The guiding duct along with the inlet manifold was analysed separately to find the drop ill temperature and pressure within the system. From the simulation results, the mass flow through each guiding nozzle, and hence, energy available Could be evaluated to ensure proper functioning of the turbine.
 
Publisher DEFENCE SCIENTIFIC INFORMATION DOCUMENTATION CENTRE
 
Date 2011-07-21T08:36:42Z
2011-12-26T12:51:58Z
2011-12-27T05:38:50Z
2011-07-21T08:36:42Z
2011-12-26T12:51:58Z
2011-12-27T05:38:50Z
2009
 
Type Article
 
Identifier DEFENCE SCIENCE JOURNAL, 59(3), 215-229
0011-748X
http://dspace.library.iitb.ac.in/xmlui/handle/10054/5850
http://hdl.handle.net/10054/5850
 
Language en