Heat Transfer in Nonequilibrium Dissociated Nitrogen Jets: Experiments in RF-plasmatron and Numerical Modeling


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Experimental and numerical investigations of heat transfer from dissociated nitrogen jet flow to cylindrical flat face water cooling model are presented. Experiments are made in IPG-4 in-duction plasmatron in IPMech RAS for both supersonic and subsonic jet flow conditions at anode power Nap=35 - 65 kW. Stagnation pressure and heat flux to model stagnation point are measured for different materials: copper, stainless steel, nickel, graphite, quartz. Different heating effect due to different surface recombination rates for different materials is demon-strated; qualitative catalytic scale for the tested materials is established. CFD modeling of su-personic underexpanded nonequilibrium jet flow over the model is made for experimental conditions by the codes developed in IM MSU. CFD modeling of subsonic jet flow is made by the codes developed in IPM RAS. Comparison of experimental data and computation results is presented. Estimation of effective recombination coefficient for the tested materials is made on the basis of matching the measured and calculated heat flux values.

RF-plasmatron, dissociated nitrogen, underexpanded jet, subsonic jet, heat transfer, nitrogen atoms catalytic recombination


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Теплообмен в неравновесных струях диссоциированного азота: эксперимент на ВЧ-плазмотроне и численное моделирование

На индукционном плазмотроне ВГУ-4 проведены эксперименты по теплообмену в недорасширенных сверхзвуковых струях высокоэнтальпийного азота при давлении в барокамере 10.4 гПа. При расходах газа 2.4, 3.6 г/с и мощностях ВЧ-генератора 45, 64 кВт измерены тепловые потоки к поверхности меди, нержавеющей стали, графита МПГ-7 и кварца в критической точке водоохлаждаемой цилиндрической модели с плоским торцом диаметром 20 мм. В этих же режимах измерены давления торможения. Проведены также эксперименты в дозвуковых струях диссоциированного азота, измерены тепловые потоки к поверхности меди, нержавеющей стали, графита и кварца в критической точке водоохлаждаемой цилиндрической модели с плоским торцом диаметром 20 мм, а также скоростные напоры при давлении в барокамере 50 гПа и мощности ВЧ-генератора 35 – 65 кВт. В экспериментах на сверхзвуковых и дозвуковых струях продемонстрирован эффект влияния каталитичности поверхности по отношению к рекомбинации атомов азота на тепловой поток, установлена качественная шкала каталитичности исследованных материалов. Для условий экспериментов в сверхзвуковых и дозвуковых режимах двумя различными численными методами выполнено моделирование течений плазмы азота в разрядном канале плазмотрона и обтекания цилиндрической модели. Проведено сравнение экспериментальных и расчетных данных по давлениям торможения и тепловым потокам к охлаждаемым поверхностям металлов, графита и кварца. Из сопоставления экспериментальных и расчетных данных по тепловым потокам установлена количественная шкала каталитичности исследованных материалов по отношению к гетерогенной рекомбинации атомов азота.

ВЧ-плазмотрон, диссоциированный азот, недорасширенная струя, дозвуковая струя, теплообмен, каталитическая рекомбинация атомов азота


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