Rocket Engine Feasibility Study for the JAXA Future Transportation Reference System

• IIJIMA Asuka

  Muroran Institute of Technology

• NAKATA Daisuke

  Muroran Institute of Technology

• SUGIOKA Masatoshi

  Muroran Institute of Technology

• TANATSUGU Nobuhiro

  Muroran Institute of Technology

• HIGASHINO Kazuyuki

  Muroran Institute of Technology

• ISHIMOTO Shinji

  Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, Chofu

• AZUMA Nobuyuki

  Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, Tsukuba

抄録

Bioethanol is a suitable candidate as a reusable rocket engine fuel because it is carbon neutral and environmentally friendly. Based on the JAXA future transportation reference system, the feasibility of a gas generator cycle fueled by bioethanol was examined in this paper. The result is considered to be a general design guideline of an ethanol-fueled rocket engine. A combustion pressure of 7 MPa, an expansion ratio of 25, a turbine efficiency of 0.6 and a pump efficiency of 0.7 enabled the engine to satisfy the required specifications with an Isp efficiency of 0.96. In addition, a flow experiment of bioethanol under high temperature and high pressure was conducted. Resulting from the EPMA analysis, the presence of sulfur and coking was recognized on the copper-alloy tube.

収録刊行物

• TRANSACTIONS OF THE JAPAN SOCIETY FOR AERONAUTICAL AND SPACE SCIENCES, AEROSPACE TECHNOLOGY JAPAN

  TRANSACTIONS OF THE JAPAN SOCIETY FOR AERONAUTICAL AND SPACE SCIENCES, AEROSPACE TECHNOLOGY JAPAN 14 (ists30), Po_1_17-Po_1_23, 2016

  一般社団法人 日本航空宇宙学会

キーワード

• Reusable Launch System
• Bioethanol
• Regenerative Cooling
• Coking
• Sulfur

詳細情報

• CRID: 1390001205321154944
• NII論文ID: 130005395302
• DOI: 10.2322/tastj.14.po_1_17
• ISSN: 18840485
• Web Site: https://www.jstage.jst.go.jp/article/tastj/14/ists30/14_Po_1_17/_pdf
• 本文言語コード: en
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