Fill-In and Boiling Transition Characteristics during the Liquid Oxygen Chill-Down Process in a Vertical Exit-Contracted Pipe

Liquid oxygen chill-down in a vertical exit-contracted pipe was investigated experimentally. The wall temperatures were recorded in detail to describe the filling and chill-down process of the experimental section. Two quenching fronts, the exit one and the inlet one, were detected, and their propag...

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Main Authors: Jiaqi Zhang, Ke Wang, Lanwei Chen
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Language:English
Published: Wiley 2022-01-01
Series:International Journal of Aerospace Engineering
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2022/5899199
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description Liquid oxygen chill-down in a vertical exit-contracted pipe was investigated experimentally. The wall temperatures were recorded in detail to describe the filling and chill-down process of the experimental section. Two quenching fronts, the exit one and the inlet one, were detected, and their propagations were found. Results show that the chill-down process is controlled mainly by the formation and propagation of quenching front, which are determined by the pressure level. With the increase of pressure, the roles of both propagation of quenching front and inlet quenching front undergo decreasing. On the vertical section, the effect of circumferential position was discussed in detail and the dominant point was identified, which determines the boiling transition time of the dominated points on the current cross-section. Based on the experimental data, two correlations were suggested for dominant point and dominated points, respectively, to predict heat flux on Leidenfrost, heat transfer coefficient on Leidenfrost, and critical heat flux. One equation was approved to predict heat transfer coefficient on critical heat flux point for both sorts of points. All of these correlations could produce reliable predictions.
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spelling doaj-art-210b7a8833fd4561b06d63e2a86e36672025-08-20T03:54:47ZengWileyInternational Journal of Aerospace Engineering1687-59742022-01-01202210.1155/2022/5899199Fill-In and Boiling Transition Characteristics during the Liquid Oxygen Chill-Down Process in a Vertical Exit-Contracted PipeJiaqi Zhang0Ke Wang1Lanwei Chen2Science and Technology on Scramjet LaboratoryScience and Technology on Scramjet LaboratoryScience and Technology on Scramjet LaboratoryLiquid oxygen chill-down in a vertical exit-contracted pipe was investigated experimentally. The wall temperatures were recorded in detail to describe the filling and chill-down process of the experimental section. Two quenching fronts, the exit one and the inlet one, were detected, and their propagations were found. Results show that the chill-down process is controlled mainly by the formation and propagation of quenching front, which are determined by the pressure level. With the increase of pressure, the roles of both propagation of quenching front and inlet quenching front undergo decreasing. On the vertical section, the effect of circumferential position was discussed in detail and the dominant point was identified, which determines the boiling transition time of the dominated points on the current cross-section. Based on the experimental data, two correlations were suggested for dominant point and dominated points, respectively, to predict heat flux on Leidenfrost, heat transfer coefficient on Leidenfrost, and critical heat flux. One equation was approved to predict heat transfer coefficient on critical heat flux point for both sorts of points. All of these correlations could produce reliable predictions.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2022/5899199
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Fill-In and Boiling Transition Characteristics during the Liquid Oxygen Chill-Down Process in a Vertical Exit-Contracted Pipe
International Journal of Aerospace Engineering
title Fill-In and Boiling Transition Characteristics during the Liquid Oxygen Chill-Down Process in a Vertical Exit-Contracted Pipe
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title_full_unstemmed Fill-In and Boiling Transition Characteristics during the Liquid Oxygen Chill-Down Process in a Vertical Exit-Contracted Pipe
title_short Fill-In and Boiling Transition Characteristics during the Liquid Oxygen Chill-Down Process in a Vertical Exit-Contracted Pipe
title_sort fill in and boiling transition characteristics during the liquid oxygen chill down process in a vertical exit contracted pipe
url http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2022/5899199
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