Parametric Simulation Study of Liquid Film Cooling of Hydrocarbon Liquid Rocket Engine

The hydrocarbon liquid rocket engine working environment is harsh; the thrust chamber needs to withstand high temperatures and a high-pressure working environment, and the thrust chamber wall material is difficult to bear, so it is necessary to design the cooling structure to reduce the gas damage t...

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Main Authors: Huixin Yang, Haoyu Zou, Zeming Song, Wenhao Yu
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Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2025-02-01
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Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2226-4310/12/3/176
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Zeming Song
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description The hydrocarbon liquid rocket engine working environment is harsh; the thrust chamber needs to withstand high temperatures and a high-pressure working environment, and the thrust chamber wall material is difficult to bear, so it is necessary to design the cooling structure to reduce the gas damage to the chamber wall. Liquid film cooling is a common cooling method for hydrocarbon rocket engines, and numerical simulation is an important method for studying liquid film cooling. Most of the liquid film cooling numerical simulation is for a fixed model. This paper proposes a liquid film cooling numerical calculation method for a variable-configuration hydrocarbon liquid rocket engine, based on the secondary development of Fluent software (ANSYS Fluent 2022) to form a high-energy hydrocarbon liquid rocket engine design software, which can be realized on the Qt platform. The visualization interface can be for different engine injection port locations, numbers, angles, mass flow rates, and other parameters, to calculate and improve design efficiency and reduce operating difficulty.
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spelling doaj-art-a2876f05301f47b6b5e5747c866de17a2025-08-20T03:40:41ZengMDPI AGAerospace2226-43102025-02-0112317610.3390/aerospace12030176Parametric Simulation Study of Liquid Film Cooling of Hydrocarbon Liquid Rocket EngineHuixin Yang0Haoyu Zou1Zeming Song2Wenhao Yu3School of Aerospace Engineering, Shenyang Aerospace University, Shenyang 110136, ChinaSchool of Aerospace Engineering, Shenyang Aerospace University, Shenyang 110136, ChinaSchool of Aerospace Engineering, Shenyang Aerospace University, Shenyang 110136, ChinaSchool of Aerospace Engineering, Shenyang Aerospace University, Shenyang 110136, ChinaThe hydrocarbon liquid rocket engine working environment is harsh; the thrust chamber needs to withstand high temperatures and a high-pressure working environment, and the thrust chamber wall material is difficult to bear, so it is necessary to design the cooling structure to reduce the gas damage to the chamber wall. Liquid film cooling is a common cooling method for hydrocarbon rocket engines, and numerical simulation is an important method for studying liquid film cooling. Most of the liquid film cooling numerical simulation is for a fixed model. This paper proposes a liquid film cooling numerical calculation method for a variable-configuration hydrocarbon liquid rocket engine, based on the secondary development of Fluent software (ANSYS Fluent 2022) to form a high-energy hydrocarbon liquid rocket engine design software, which can be realized on the Qt platform. The visualization interface can be for different engine injection port locations, numbers, angles, mass flow rates, and other parameters, to calculate and improve design efficiency and reduce operating difficulty.https://www.mdpi.com/2226-4310/12/3/176variable-configuration hydrocarbon engineliquid film coolingnumerical calculationsQt visualization interface
spellingShingle Huixin Yang
Haoyu Zou
Zeming Song
Wenhao Yu
Parametric Simulation Study of Liquid Film Cooling of Hydrocarbon Liquid Rocket Engine
Aerospace
variable-configuration hydrocarbon engine
liquid film cooling
numerical calculations
Qt visualization interface
title Parametric Simulation Study of Liquid Film Cooling of Hydrocarbon Liquid Rocket Engine
title_full Parametric Simulation Study of Liquid Film Cooling of Hydrocarbon Liquid Rocket Engine
title_fullStr Parametric Simulation Study of Liquid Film Cooling of Hydrocarbon Liquid Rocket Engine
title_full_unstemmed Parametric Simulation Study of Liquid Film Cooling of Hydrocarbon Liquid Rocket Engine
title_short Parametric Simulation Study of Liquid Film Cooling of Hydrocarbon Liquid Rocket Engine
title_sort parametric simulation study of liquid film cooling of hydrocarbon liquid rocket engine
topic variable-configuration hydrocarbon engine
liquid film cooling
numerical calculations
Qt visualization interface
url https://www.mdpi.com/2226-4310/12/3/176
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