Engine name: RD170

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Propellant Specification
Component Temperature (K) Mass fraction Mole fraction
H2(L)

20.27

0.20

0.80

O2(L)

90.17

0.80

0.20

Total

1.00

1.00

Exploded propellant formula: O0.403 H1.597

O/F = 4.008
O/F0 = 7.937 (stoichiometric)
ox = 0.505 (oxidizer excess coefficient)

Table 1. Thermodynamic properties

Parameter

Injector

Nozzle inlet

Nozzle throat

Nozzle exit

Unit

20.0000

20.0000

11.2617

0.0071

MPa

Pressure
Temperature

2978.2792

2978.2792

2712.0615

555.9322

Enthalpy

-1217.2853

-1217.2853

-2567.6355

-11282.0748

Entropy

K
kJ/kg

20.5674

20.5674

20.5674

20.5674

kJ/(kgK)

Specific heat (p=const)

5.4790

5.4790

5.0633

3.2280

kJ/(kgK)

Specific heat (V=const)

4.5691

4.5691

4.1929

2.4044

kJ/(kgK)
kJ/(kgK)

Gas constant

0.8277

0.8277

0.8257

0.8236

10.0450

10.0450

10.0699

10.0956

Isentropic exponent

1.1961

1.1961

1.2061

1.3425

Density

8.1129

8.1129

5.0292

0.0155

Molecular weight

Sonic velocity

kg/m

1717.1890

1717.1890

1643.3811

784.0160

m/s

Velocity

0.0000

0.0000

1643.3811

4486.5999

m/s

Mach number

0.0000

0.0000

1.0000

5.7226

Area ratio

infinity

infinity

1.0000

118.9123

Mass flux

0.0000

0.0000

8264.8198

69.5035

kg/(ms)

Table 2. Fractions of the combustion products

Species

Injector
mass
fractions

Injector Nozzle inlet Nozzle inlet

mole
mass
mole
fractions
fractions
fractions

Nozzle
throat
mass
fractions

Nozzle Nozzle exit Nozzle exit

throat
mass
mole
mole
fractions fractions
fractions

0.0007346

0.0073211

0.0007346

0.0073211

0.0003942

0.0039380

H2

0.0983800

0.4902198

0.0983800

0.4902198

0.0985630

0.4923497

0.0988414

0.4950000

H2O

0.8963466

0.4997855

0.8963466

0.4997855

0.8991055

0.5025670

0.9011586

0.5050000

H2O2

0.0000012

0.0000004

0.0000012

0.0000004

HO2

0.0000006

0.0000002

0.0000006

0.0000002

0.0000354

0.0000222

0.0000354

0.0000222

0.0000084

0.0000053

O2

0.0000286

0.0000090

0.0000286

0.0000090

0.0000069

0.0000022

OH

0.0044729

0.0026418

0.0044729

0.0026418

0.0019217

0.0011378

Table 3. Theoretical (ideal) performance

Parameter

Sea level

Sea level (flow sep.)

Effective exhaust velocity

3130.81

3548.26

Specific impulse (by mass)

Characteristic velocity

Optimum expansion

Vacuum

Unit

4486.60

4588.65

m/s
Ns/kg

2419.90

m/s

3130.81

3548.26

4486.60

4588.65

Specific impulse (by weight)

319.25

361.82

457.51

467.91

Thrust coefficient

1.2938

1.4663

1.8540

1.8962

Sea level (flow sep.)

Optimum expansion

Vacuum

Table 4. Estimated delivered performance

Parameter

Sea level

Characteristic velocity

2418.87

Unit
m/s

Effective exhaust velocity

3026.78

3445.76

4382.57

4484.62

m/s

Specific impulse (by mass)

3026.78

3445.76

4382.57

4484.62

Ns/kg

308.65

351.37

Specific impulse (by weight)

Thrust coefficient
1.2513
1.4245
Ambient condition for optimum expansion: H=18.41 km, p=0.070 atm

446.90

457.30

1.8118

1.8540