Influence of radiation on grain heating in ETC closed chambers

Author

Wren, Gloria P. ; Oberle, William F. ; Hosangadi, Ashvin

Author_Institution

US Army Res. Lab., Aberdeen Proving Ground, MD, USA

Volume

35

Issue

1

fYear

1999

fDate

1/1/1999 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

234

Lastpage

239

Abstract

A model of radiation from an ETC plasma is proposed to investigate bulk heating of the propellant. The radiant energy is transmitted to the solid propellant, the combustion chamber gases, and the chamber walls. A numerical simulation is used to compute the enhancement in the burning rate of the solid propellant as a result of the bulk temperature increase. The model is applied to a closed chamber ETC firing and indicates that absorption of radiant energy is sufficient to increase the bulk temperature of the propellant to a level which would have a significant impact on the gas generation rate

Keywords

combustion; electrothermal launchers; heating; plasma interactions; plasma production; ETC closed chambers; bulk heating; burning rate enhancement; chamber walls; closed chamber ETC firing; combustion chamber gases; electrothermal-chemical launcher; gas generation rate; grain heating; plasma radiation; propellant heating; radiant energy absorption; radiant energy transmission; Absorption; Combustion; Firing; Gases; Heating; Numerical simulation; Plasma simulation; Plasma temperature; Propulsion; Solids;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Magnetics, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0018-9464

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/20.738410

Filename

738410