Aviation and spacecraft engineering. Рубрика в журнале - Siberian Aerospace Journal
The possibility of using methane-hydrogen fuel in converted gas turbine engines for power plants
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Taking into account the fact that recently the topic of using methane-hydrogen mixtures as a fuel for gas turbine engines used in power plants has been actively developed, it is necessary to have engineering methods for calculating the fuel system and combustion chamber of engines operating on such fuel. The paper proposes the methodology that allows performing such calculations. A gas turbine unit (GTU) based on a converted aircraft engine NK-16ST was taken for the calculation. The calculation according to this method is carried out in three stages. At the first stage the composition is selected and the thermophysical characteristics of the gas under consideration are determined. At the second stage the fuel system is calculated, the consumption characteristics of the engine fuel system and the combustion chamber system are built. The consumption characteristics built for natural gas and for methane-hydrogen mixture are compared. The analysis makes it possible to develop recommendations for optimizing the design of the fuel supply equipment and fuel nozzles in terms of changing the volume of internal channels. At the third stage the combustion chamber is calculated and recommendations about the need to change the flame tube head or redistribute air along the flame tube length are made. The volumetric heat intensity parameter is used to estimate the sufficiency of the available volume of the flame tube for operation on methane-hydrogen mixture and to determine the gas average temperature in the combustion zone of the combustion chamber. The possibility of operation of the NK-16ST gas turbine unit on a methane-hydrogen mixture was confirmed on the basis of the results of the work performed. It was also concluded that in order to supply large volumes of methane-hydrogen mixture in comparison with natural gas, it is required to increase the size of fuel pipelines, metering and control units and fuel nozzles.
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Today, the scope of application of electric propulsion systems for orbit correction and spacecraft’s attitude control is rapidly expanding due to their high efficiency compared to liquid jet systems. The main elements of electric jet systems are plasma or ion thrusters. To ensure power supply of such thrusters, complex electronic power processing systems – power processing units (PPU) – are used. These units are capable to operate for a long time (up to 15 years or more) in a high vacuum environment and generate sufficiently high accelerating voltages – from 300 V and higher. PPU’s comprise various EEE-parts, mainly in the case design. As a rule, the technology of their production is such that air or nitrogen is initially located inside the housing at atmospheric pressure. During the operation of the unit, the non-absolute hermeticity causes pressure decrease inside EEE housings. Due to high voltages applied, this can lead to electrical breakdowns between current-carrying ele-ments inside the parts, their failure with the subsequent failure of the functional blocks of the unit. The paper considers the physical principles of the breakdown occurrence inside EEE-parts cases. The results of non-hermiticity measurements of several types of HV EEE-parts are presented. The dynamics of the pressure drop to the values dangerous from the point of view of breakdown event and the relevant occurrence duration are esti-mated. It is shown that duration of being exposed to the pressure-dangerous conditions can be as long as space-craft service lifetime. It can make difficult to use packaged gas-filled EEE-parts at the level of units intended to operate in non-pressurized compartments of spacecraft. Recommendations are provided for selecting the design of EEE parts with an operating voltage of about 300 V or more, as well as circuit solutions used to develop high-voltage equipment intended to operate in vacuum environment.
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Three-component aerodynamic load cells
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The article examines the effect of flow on models studied in wind tunnels. To determine the force effect of the flow on the model under study, a more accurate and reliable method of directly measuring forces and moments using aerodynamic strain gauge balances is proposed. When solving a plane problem for a symmetrical model at zero slip angle, a design of three-component scales is proposed that measures the lift force, the drag force and the pitching moment. To eliminate the interaction between the supporting devices and the model, which causes disturbances in the flow near the model, the scales are located outside the model and the working part of the wind tunnel. The components of the aerodynamic force and moment acting on the model are measured using resistance strain gauges, which convert the deformation of the elastic element into a change in electrical resistance, which is measured by an instrument connected to an appropriate measuring circuit. The choice of strain gauges as weight elements is due to their very small size and weight, the ability to measure very small relative deformations of elastic elements, low inertia, which makes it possible to measure not only static but also dynamic loads, and the possibility of remote measurements. To compensate for the influence of various sources of errors, increase sensitivity and ensure greater measurement accuracy, the strain gauges are connected via a bridge circuit and included in all four arms of the bridge. Deformation of the horizontal measuring beam causes a change in resistance not only in the strain gauges that measure the pitching moment, but also in the strain gauges designed to measure the lift force. Since the design of the scales does not allow for electrical separation of these components, the influence of the pitching moment on the magnitude of the lift force is determined during the calibration process and is assessed using a special influence graph constructed from the results of calibration data. In strain gauge measurements, the output values of forces and moments acting on the model under test are obtained in the form of corresponding readings from a device that measures electrical signals proportional to the applied forces. To convert instrument data into values of forces and moments, a joint calibration of scales and instruments is carried out in order to obtain calibration coefficients. Additional components of aerodynamic forces and moments created by the holder are determined by purging it in the presence of the model. Calculated dependencies for determining the components of the aerodynamic impact are given. The values of the coefficients of aerodynamic forces and moments are given in the flow coordinate system. The pledge has been given.
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Ensuring high reliability of unique high-critical products at the design stage is an actual task that the aerospace industry faces. For high reliability indicators, at the design stage, it is necessary to ensure the basic property of the product – its strength, with a high probability of non-destruction. It is provided by introducing the corresponding coefficients – «safety coefficient» and «margin of safety» into the strength calculations. The necessity in these coefficients is based on the spread of values of external loading factors: magnitude of forces, combination of forces, kind of actions, place of connection, etc. In this case, the safety coefficient is related to external factors. The margin of safety refers to internal factors: the spread of the mechanical characteristics of the product material, the spread of the geometric dimensions of the product, etc. To determine, with a given probability, the safety coefficient and margin of safety, it is necessary to know their dependence on the combination of spread of external and internal factors. The purpose of this work is to determine the mathematical connection between the internal factors of the spread and the safety coefficient, external factors of the spread and the margin of safety, the combination of these factors and the probability of non-destruction of structures. In this work the values of internal and external factors, which affect the strength and probability of non-destruction of the product and have the boundaries of the spread of their values, using the tools of probability theories, were characterized as random variables, the values of which are determined by the distribution density, expected value and variance. I this work there was found a high dependence of the product strength on the spread of its geometric characteristics and tools were defined to determine the total spread of the values of the main strength characteristics of the product with a given probability of non-destruction. The practical significance of the results of this work can be achieved in the aerospace industry, in particular, at the design stage of unique high-critical products.
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To the question of forecasting the technical condition of low-thrust liquid rocket engines
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In the rapidly developing space and rocket industry, spacecrafts are being equipped with low-thrust liquid rocket engines. Нigh requirements are imposed on the reliability, efficiency and economy of fuel use for this type of rocket engine. To ensure monitoring of the characteristics of spacecrafts, a functional diagnostic system is used, which includes telemetry and analytical data processing. Telemetry performs the functions of receiving and transmitting information. Information processing is carried out in computer centers located on the spacecraft and the Earth. The most promising computing tool capable of predicting time series and classifying a large amount of interconnected data is considered an artificial neural network. In this regard, the subject of research in the work is data processing methods based on an artificial neural network. The purpose of the work is to develop a method for forecasting the technical condition of low-thrust liquid rocket engines using an artificial neural network. The relevance of research on the use of a neural network in the system of functional diagnostics of low-thrust liquid rocket engines for spacecraft is explained in the introduction. In the main part, an analysis of many telemetric data of the rocket engine is carried out and their strength in the forecast of the main diagnostic parameters is determined. It is proposed to use traction, specific impulse, and temperature of the structure as diagnostic parameters. The prognostic capabilities of the neural network were investigated and a schematic diagram of a method for predicting the technical condition of a low-thrust liquid rocket engine was developed. In the developed method, at the first stage, the neural network performs the approximation of the function and extrapolates the time series of telemetric data; the second stage determines the probable class of the technical condition of the engine. The conclusion outlines a plan for further experimental research in the study area and provides recommendations on the development and improvement of algorithms for functioning of artificial neural networks as part of the functional diagnostics system of the spacecraft. Due to the generalized nature of the methodological schemes, the results of the work can be applied to any type of rocket engines and used at all enterprises of the rocket and space industry of the corresponding profile.
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Liquid gas generators (LGG) are additional firing units in the power system of liquid rocket engines (LPRE). The LGG ensure the operation of the power units of the turbopump unit (TPU) of the engine by feeding combustion products (CP) to the turbine drive. The main criteria for the efficiency of the generator gas is the complex (RT)gg and the thermodynamic properties of the mixture, depending on temperature, pressure, the degree of excess of the oxidizer and the enthalpy of the fuel, attributed to the conditions of supply to the nozzles of the GG. Changing the parameters of the generator gas leads to a change in the turbine power parameters due to its effect on the adiabatic operation of the Lad turbine. Depending on the engine circuit under consideration, CP GG can perform work in other units and elements of the engine, as well as influence many parameters of the LPRE. Among the main ones can be noted: the power of the booster gas turbine of the booster turbopump unit (BTPU) in the case of the selection of the generator gas after the GG or turbogas after the main turbine; the temperature of heating the refrigerant in the heat exchanger introduced in the GG; specific impulse of a liquid rocket propulsion system (LRPS), depending on the quantity and properties of the turbogas entering the exhaust pipe of the engine (for the engine circuit without afterburning the generator gas); mixing in the combustion chamber (CC) due to afterburning of turbogas entering the engine chamber after the turbine (for the engine circuit with afterburning of generator gas); parameters of the firing wall of the engine in the case of using a high-temperature gas curtain by blowing generator gas into the supersonic part of the nozzle. For many pairs of fuel during combustion in GG, the nonequilibrium of combustion products is characteristic (especially in hydrocarbon fuels).Due to the fact that the combustion products (CP) during the combustion of an oxygen-hydrogen mixture, due to the simplicity of the reaction, have time to form while staying in the GG (i.e., the time of chemical equilibrium of the CP is less than or equal to the time of stay in the GG), their thermodynamic parameters can be reliably determined using programs that simulate chemical equilibrium reactions. In this article, the issue of obtaining reliable results of thermodynamic calculations of generator gas at low and high coefficients of oxidant excess is investigated. Verification of parameters obtained in the programs “Astra” and “Rocket Propulsion Analysis” with calculated values was carried out. The most suitable program for performing engineering calculations and modeling the thermodynamics of liquid gas generators has been determined.
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Virtual imitation of a fueling panel for modern civil airplane
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The article considers the design and development of a computer model of the fueling monitoring and control panel of the Sukhoi SuperJet 100 civil aircraft. The presented model is included in a simulator program for training technical specialists in aircraft maintenance skills under conditions of limited access to real or hardware-simulated equipment. In the process of designing of the presented simulation model, the refueling panel and the SSJ-100 aircraft refueling system sufficient components were considered and selected for further software implementation. The selection of the necessary components for the model was carried out using the decomposition method of the real system. First, the functional elements of the refueling panel itself were selected, after which the refueling system was disassembled into components that allow simulating the operation of the simulated panel. To implement the simulation model, software classes of objects and interactions between them were described. Software algorithms are implemented in the Unity environment using the C# language. The created program uses a three-dimensional graphic component and compiled for launching on a web browser. Software components have also been developed that allow studying the functions of the fueling panel both independently and in the mode of control of knowledge of the elements and algorithms for working with the fueling panel. The developed model is used as part of a practical simulator at the Reshetnev Siberian State University, and can be functionally expanded in the future.
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Recently, there has been an increase of interest in satellite orbit raising using electric propulsion subsys-tems. Theoretic analyses and practical experience demonstrate that while orbit raising to the geostationary orbit (GEO) via a transfer orbit is feasible, it requires a certain amount of time due to the thrust of onboard electric thrusters being low (40-300 mN) and thus incomparable with that of propulsion systems of liquid propellant thrusters (22-400 N). Due to low thrust, orbit raising by electric thrusters is time-consuming. However, the associated increase in mass to GEO may counterbalance the long duration of satellite commis-sioning. Calculations demonstrate a potential added satellite mass on GEO of up to several hundred kilo-grams with orbit raising duration of about 6 months. In particular, with satellite mass not exceeding 2500 kg, coupled launch is possible using existing launch vehicles. ISS took into consideration the positive results ob-tained with Express-AM5, and Express-AM6 satellites to design the Express-80 and Express-103 with orbit raising in mind. Such approach allowed for a coupled launch on the Proton-M carrier rocked with a Breeze-M upper stage, and a twofold launch cost saving. To increase thrust during orbit raising and decrease its du-ration, coupled thruster operation in high thrust mode was implemented. The resulting total mass on GEO increase constituted over 700 kilograms with maneuver duration of up to 158 days. This allows performing coupled launches of heavier satellites with orbit raising by means of electric propulsion in a feasible timeframe.
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