Numerical Investigation on the Mechanism of Transpiration Cooling for Porous Struts Based on Local Thermal Non-Equilibrium Model
Struts as an important structure in the combustion chamber of hypersonic flight vehicles to inject fuel into main flow face a severe thermal environment. Transpiration cooling is considered as a potential method to provide a thermal protection for struts. This paper presents a numerical investigatio...
| Main Authors: | , , , |
|---|---|
| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
| Published: |
MDPI AG
2022-03-01
|
| Series: | Energies |
| Subjects: | |
| Online Access: | https://www.mdpi.com/1996-1073/15/6/2091 |
| _version_ | 1797471802498220032 |
|---|---|
| author | Haiwei Yang Xue Liu Yuyang Bian Ge Wang |
| author_facet | Haiwei Yang Xue Liu Yuyang Bian Ge Wang |
| author_sort | Haiwei Yang |
| collection | DOAJ |
| description | Struts as an important structure in the combustion chamber of hypersonic flight vehicles to inject fuel into main flow face a severe thermal environment. Transpiration cooling is considered as a potential method to provide a thermal protection for struts. This paper presents a numerical investigation on transpiration cooling for a strut based on Darcy–Forchheimer model and the local thermal non-equilibrium model and analyzes the mechanism of transpiration cooling. A coolant film and a velocity boundary layer are formed on the strut surface and the shock wave is pushed away from the strut, which can effectively reduce the heat load exerted on the strut. The temperature difference between coolant and solid matrix inside the porous strut is analyzed, a phenomenon is found that the fluid temperature is higher than solid temperature at the leading edge inside the porous strut. As flowing in the porous medium, the coolant absorbs heat from solid matrix, and the fluid temperature is higher than solid temperature at the stagnation point of the strut. The influence of coolant mass flow rate and various coolants on transpiration cooling is studied. As mass flow rate increases, the cooling efficiency becomes higher and the temperature difference between fluid and solid in the porous medium is smaller. The coolant with a lower density and a higher specific heat will form a thicker film on the strut surface and absorbs more heat from solid matrix, which brings a better cooling effect for strut. |
| first_indexed | 2024-03-09T19:53:14Z |
| format | Article |
| id | doaj.art-8fe63e3750ec4b4483aacf6d3f578641 |
| institution | Directory Open Access Journal |
| issn | 1996-1073 |
| language | English |
| last_indexed | 2024-03-09T19:53:14Z |
| publishDate | 2022-03-01 |
| publisher | MDPI AG |
| record_format | Article |
| series | Energies |
| spelling | doaj.art-8fe63e3750ec4b4483aacf6d3f5786412023-11-24T01:04:22ZengMDPI AGEnergies1996-10732022-03-01156209110.3390/en15062091Numerical Investigation on the Mechanism of Transpiration Cooling for Porous Struts Based on Local Thermal Non-Equilibrium ModelHaiwei Yang0Xue Liu1Yuyang Bian2Ge Wang3College of Aerospace and Civil Engineering, Harbin Engineering University, Harbin 150001, ChinaSchool of Energy Science and Engineering, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin 150001, ChinaCollege of Aerospace and Civil Engineering, Harbin Engineering University, Harbin 150001, ChinaCollege of Aerospace and Civil Engineering, Harbin Engineering University, Harbin 150001, ChinaStruts as an important structure in the combustion chamber of hypersonic flight vehicles to inject fuel into main flow face a severe thermal environment. Transpiration cooling is considered as a potential method to provide a thermal protection for struts. This paper presents a numerical investigation on transpiration cooling for a strut based on Darcy–Forchheimer model and the local thermal non-equilibrium model and analyzes the mechanism of transpiration cooling. A coolant film and a velocity boundary layer are formed on the strut surface and the shock wave is pushed away from the strut, which can effectively reduce the heat load exerted on the strut. The temperature difference between coolant and solid matrix inside the porous strut is analyzed, a phenomenon is found that the fluid temperature is higher than solid temperature at the leading edge inside the porous strut. As flowing in the porous medium, the coolant absorbs heat from solid matrix, and the fluid temperature is higher than solid temperature at the stagnation point of the strut. The influence of coolant mass flow rate and various coolants on transpiration cooling is studied. As mass flow rate increases, the cooling efficiency becomes higher and the temperature difference between fluid and solid in the porous medium is smaller. The coolant with a lower density and a higher specific heat will form a thicker film on the strut surface and absorbs more heat from solid matrix, which brings a better cooling effect for strut.https://www.mdpi.com/1996-1073/15/6/2091transpiration coolingporous mediumstrutnumerical investigationlocal thermal non-equilibrium model |
| spellingShingle | Haiwei Yang Xue Liu Yuyang Bian Ge Wang Numerical Investigation on the Mechanism of Transpiration Cooling for Porous Struts Based on Local Thermal Non-Equilibrium Model Energies transpiration cooling porous medium strut numerical investigation local thermal non-equilibrium model |
| title | Numerical Investigation on the Mechanism of Transpiration Cooling for Porous Struts Based on Local Thermal Non-Equilibrium Model |
| title_full | Numerical Investigation on the Mechanism of Transpiration Cooling for Porous Struts Based on Local Thermal Non-Equilibrium Model |
| title_fullStr | Numerical Investigation on the Mechanism of Transpiration Cooling for Porous Struts Based on Local Thermal Non-Equilibrium Model |
| title_full_unstemmed | Numerical Investigation on the Mechanism of Transpiration Cooling for Porous Struts Based on Local Thermal Non-Equilibrium Model |
| title_short | Numerical Investigation on the Mechanism of Transpiration Cooling for Porous Struts Based on Local Thermal Non-Equilibrium Model |
| title_sort | numerical investigation on the mechanism of transpiration cooling for porous struts based on local thermal non equilibrium model |
| topic | transpiration cooling porous medium strut numerical investigation local thermal non-equilibrium model |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/1996-1073/15/6/2091 |
| work_keys_str_mv | AT haiweiyang numericalinvestigationonthemechanismoftranspirationcoolingforporousstrutsbasedonlocalthermalnonequilibriummodel AT xueliu numericalinvestigationonthemechanismoftranspirationcoolingforporousstrutsbasedonlocalthermalnonequilibriummodel AT yuyangbian numericalinvestigationonthemechanismoftranspirationcoolingforporousstrutsbasedonlocalthermalnonequilibriummodel AT gewang numericalinvestigationonthemechanismoftranspirationcoolingforporousstrutsbasedonlocalthermalnonequilibriummodel |