Scribd Logo
Upload

Welcome to Scribd!

  • 11 views

    Engine Name: A-1

    Uploaded by

    Muhammad Mujahid
    This document contains specifications and performance parameters for the rocket engine A-1. It includes: - The propellant composition of RP-1 fuel and liquid oxygen oxidizer. - Thermodynamic properties like pressure, temperature, and velocity at different points in the engine. - The mass and mole fractions of combustion products like CO, CO2, H2O at the injector, nozzle inlet/throat/exit. - Theoretical ideal performance metrics like specific impulse and thrust coefficient at sea level, optimum expansion, and vacuum conditions. - Estimated actual delivered performance accounting for real-world factors.

    Copyright:

    © All Rights Reserved
    Download as PDF, TXT or read online from Scribd
    Flag for inappropriate content

    You might also like

    Engine Name: A-1

    Uploaded by

    Muhammad Mujahid
    11 views2 pages
    This document contains specifications and performance parameters for the rocket engine A-1. It includes: - The propellant composition of RP-1 fuel and liquid oxygen oxidizer. - Thermodynamic properties like pressure, temperature, and velocity at different points in the engine. - The mass and mole fractions of combustion products like CO, CO2, H2O at the injector, nozzle inlet/throat/exit. - Theoretical ideal performance metrics like specific impulse and thrust coefficient at sea level, optimum expansion, and vacuum conditions. - Estimated actual delivered performance accounting for real-world factors.

    Original Description:

    mu

    Original Title

    A-1

    Copyright

    © © All Rights Reserved

    Available Formats

    PDF, TXT or read online from Scribd

    Did you find this document useful?

    Is this content inappropriate?

    Report this Document
    This document contains specifications and performance parameters for the rocket engine A-1. It includes: - The propellant composition of RP-1 fuel and liquid oxygen oxidizer. - Thermodynamic properties like pressure, temperature, and velocity at different points in the engine. - The mass and mole fractions of combustion products like CO, CO2, H2O at the injector, nozzle inlet/throat/exit. - Theoretical ideal performance metrics like specific impulse and thrust coefficient at sea level, optimum expansion, and vacuum conditions. - Estimated actual delivered performance accounting for real-world factors.

    Copyright:

    © All Rights Reserved
    Download as PDF, TXT or read online from Scribd
    Flag for inappropriate content
    Download as pdf or txt
    11 views2 pages

    Engine Name: A-1

    Uploaded by

    Muhammad Mujahid
    This document contains specifications and performance parameters for the rocket engine A-1. It includes: - The propellant composition of RP-1 fuel and liquid oxygen oxidizer. - Thermodynamic properties like pressure, temperature, and velocity at different points in the engine. - The mass and mole fractions of combustion products like CO, CO2, H2O at the injector, nozzle inlet/throat/exit. - Theoretical ideal performance metrics like specific impulse and thrust coefficient at sea level, optimum expansion, and vacuum conditions. - Estimated actual delivered performance accounting for real-world factors.

    Copyright:

    © All Rights Reserved
    Download as PDF, TXT or read online from Scribd
    Flag for inappropriate content
    Download as pdf or txt
    of 2

    Engine name: A-1

    Tue Mar 10 04:51:26 2015


    Propellant Specification
    Component Temperature (K) Mass fraction Mole fraction
    RP-1

    298.15

    0.30

    0.49

    O2(L)

    90.17

    0.70

    0.51

    Total

    1.00

    1.00

    Exploded propellant formula: O1.013 C 0.493 H0.962


    O/F = 2.350
    O/F0 = 3.406 (stoichiometric)
    ox = 0.690 (oxidizer excess coefficient)

    Table 1. Thermodynamic properties


    Parameter

    Injector

    Nozzle inlet

    Nozzle throat

    Nozzle exit

    Unit

    7.5498

    6.3748

    4.0190

    0.0598

    MPa

    Temperature

    3607.4809

    3563.6454

    3394.6274

    1880.5353

    Enthalpy

    -812.4596

    -933.3756

    -1521.2999

    -5465.3553

    kJ/kg

    Pressure

    Entropy

    11.4677

    11.4963

    11.4963

    11.4963

    kJ/(kgK)

    Specific heat (p=const)

    5.1776

    5.1805

    4.8031

    2.0029

    kJ/(kgK)

    Specific heat (V=const)

    4.3947

    4.4028

    4.1039

    1.6500

    kJ/(kgK)
    kJ/(kgK)

    Gas constant

    0.3687

    0.3682

    0.3645

    0.3508

    22.5532

    22.5806

    22.8086

    23.7016

    Isentropic exponent

    1.1467

    1.1459

    1.1456

    1.2138

    Density

    5.6768

    4.8582

    3.2478

    0.0906

    Molecular weight

    Sonic velocity

    kg/m

    1234.9064

    1226.2043

    1190.6554

    894.8274

    m/s

    Velocity

    0.0000

    491.7642

    1190.6554

    3050.5395

    m/s

    Mach number

    0.0000

    0.4010

    1.0000

    3.4091

    Area ratio
    Mass flux

    1.6000

    1.6000

    1.0000

    14.0000

    2389.0951

    2389.0951

    3867.0468

    276.3302

    kg/(ms)

    Table 2. Fractions of the combustion products


    Species

    Injector
    mass
    fractions

    Injector
    mole
    fractions

    Nozzle
    inlet
    mass
    fractions

    Nozzle
    inlet
    mole
    fractions

    Nozzle
    throat
    mass
    fractions

    Nozzle Nozzle exit Nozzle exit


    throat
    mass
    mole
    mole
    fractions fractions
    fractions

    CO

    0.4458328

    0.3589765

    0.4445909

    0.3584115

    0.4369910

    0.3558416

    0.3793073 0.3209619

    CO2

    0.2393605

    0.1226633

    0.2413278

    0.1238217

    0.2533073

    0.1312805

    0.3439998 0.1852630

    COOH

    0.0000372

    0.0000186

    0.0000320

    0.0000161

    0.0000198

    0.0000100

    0.0012877

    0.0288122

    0.0012733

    0.0285265

    0.0010767

    0.0243643

    0.0000144 0.0003384

    H2

    0.0099839

    0.1116980

    0.0099750

    0.1117341

    0.0098628

    0.1115922

    0.0123948 0.1457315

    H2O

    0.2570992

    0.3218610

    0.2578170

    0.3231518

    0.2639619

    0.3341943

    0.2642313 0.3476324

    H2O2

    0.0000129

    0.0000085

    0.0000111

    0.0000074

    0.0000064

    0.0000043

    HCHO,formaldehy

    0.0000017

    0.0000013

    0.0000014

    0.0000011

    0.0000009

    0.0000007
    1

    Species

    Injector
    mass
    fractions

    Injector
    mole
    fractions

    Nozzle
    inlet
    mass
    fractions

    Nozzle
    inlet
    mole
    fractions

    Nozzle
    throat
    mass
    fractions

    Nozzle Nozzle exit Nozzle exit


    throat
    mass
    mole
    mole
    fractions fractions
    fractions

    HCO

    0.0000455

    0.0000353

    0.0000391

    0.0000305

    0.0000236

    0.0000185

    HCOOH

    0.0000069

    0.0000034

    0.0000058

    0.0000029

    0.0000037

    0.0000018

    HO2

    0.0000629

    0.0000430

    0.0000558

    0.0000382

    0.0000314

    0.0000217

    0.0042583

    0.0060026

    0.0041027

    0.0057903

    0.0028355

    0.0040423

    0.0000001 0.0000001

    O2

    0.0093894

    0.0066178

    0.0090983

    0.0064204

    0.0065660

    0.0046802

    0.0000002 0.0000001

    OH

    0.0326210

    0.0432583

    0.0316693

    0.0420474

    0.0253131

    0.0339475

    0.0000520 0.0000725

    Table 3. Theoretical (ideal) performance


    Parameter

    Sea level

    Optimum expansion

    Characteristic velocity

    Vacuum

    Unit

    1806.66

    m/s

    Effective exhaust velocity

    2900.11

    3050.54

    3266.79

    m/s

    Specific impulse (by mass)

    2900.11

    3050.54

    3266.79

    Ns/kg
    s

    Specific impulse (by weight)

    295.73

    311.07

    333.12

    Thrust coefficient

    1.6052

    1.6885

    1.8082

    Sea level

    Optimum expansion

    Vacuum

    Table 4. Estimated delivered performance


    Parameter
    Characteristic velocity

    1780.24

    Unit
    m/s

    Effective exhaust velocity

    2776.25

    2926.67

    3142.93

    m/s

    Specific impulse (by mass)

    2776.25

    2926.67

    3142.93

    Ns/kg

    298.44

    320.49

    1.6440

    1.7655

    Specific impulse (by weight)

    283.10

    Thrust coefficient
    1.5595
    Ambient condition for optimum expansion: H=4.24 km, p=0.590 atm

    You might also like