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Abstract
Deep-throttling variable thrust cryogenic propellants rocket engines are facing the challenge of unstable combustion caused by propellants temperature. To explore the effect of liquid oxygen temperature on the combustion stability of liquid oxygen/methane engine, spray images and CH* chemiluminescence images were obtained synchronously using laser background light imaging. The dynamic characteristics of spray and flame at different liquid oxygen temperatures were studied. The mechanisms of low- and medium-frequency unstable combustion were analyzed. The liquid oxygen temperature has a significant influence on the combustion stability of the gas liquid swirl coaxial injectors. As the liquid oxygen temperature decreases, the frequencies of low- and medium-frequency oscillation combustion modes decrease, and the oscillation intensity increases. Eventually, both the low- and medium- frequency unstable combustion disappear. At the same total mass flow rate, the spray projection area of liquid oxygen decreases with increasing liquid oxygen temperature, while both the flame projection area and flame length increase. The low-frequency oscillation combustion mode results from the interaction between the fluctuating mass flow of liquid oxygen injected into the combustor and the vaporization of liquid oxygen inside the injector. When the liquid oxygen boiling position is near the surface of the gas core, partial vaporization of liquid oxygen inside the injector occurs, leading to the appearance of the medium-frequency oscillation combustion mode in the combustor. However, when the liquid oxygen boiling position exceeds the liquid sheet thickness of the swirl chamber, the liquid oxygen inside the injector remains in a purely liquid phase, resulting in stable combustion. Both low- and medium-frequency combustion instabilities can be effectively suppressed by increasing the combustor pressure or decreasing the liquid oxygen temperature.
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