Dynamic Model of Priming Processes of CryogenicPropellant Feed Lines
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    The priming process of feed lines of cryogenic propellant liquid rocket engines was studied. The two-phase flow of cryogenic propellant priming process was treated homogeneously as pseudo-fluid with average properties. A feed pipe was divided into uniform finite elements. By applying the basic conservation laws to the elements filled with propellant or purge gas, and employing the equivalent flow-capacitance equation to deal with the two-phase element, the finite element state-variable model for the priming process of the cryogenic propellant feed pipe was developed. By treating vessel as two-phase element, we also obtained the equations of its priming process. Using our models, the processes of LH2 and LOX priming a pipe were calculated respectively. The calculation results are given.

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  • Received:December 01,2002
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  • Online: June 14,2013
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