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“CFD Analysis of Inlet and Outlet Regions of Coolant Channels in an Advanced
Hydrocarbon Engine Nozzle”
Dr. Kevin R. AndersonAssociate Professor
California State Polytechnic University at PomonaDepartment of Mechanical Engineering
Thermal/Fluids Engineer, Swales AerospaceFaculty Part Time T&FSE, NASA-JPL
TFAWS 2004Thermal & Fluids Analysis Workshop Aerothermal / CFD Paper 109-A0019
JPL Pasadena, CA August 30 – September 3, 2004Pasadena Center, Pasadena, CA
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CFD Analysis Required to Model Channel Outlet Regions
Background:
AHEP – Advanced Hydrocarbon Engine Program
Air Force sponsored research contracted Swales Aerospace to perform CFD analysis
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CFD Analysis Required to Model Channel Outlet Regions
Goal: Estimate Convective Heat Transfer Coefficient On Hot Gas Wall At Inlet And Outlet
Region Of Rectangular Channel
A
A
Coolant Inlet
Section A-A
Coolant Outlet
Combustion Chamber Geometry
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Injector MountingFlange Stresses
Copper Combustor LinerStresses
Electroformed NickelStructural Closeout Stresses
Copper/EF NickelBond Joint Stresses
Inje
cto
r E
xit
Pla
ne
Combustion ChamberCross-Section
Combustor Geometry
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Combustor Liner Dimensions
Vacuum Plasma Sprayed GRCop-84 Combustor Liner
CoolantChannel
ElectroformedNickel Structural Closeout
300 R
Throat Cross-section
All Dimensions are in Inches
1210 R
270 R
0.140
0.30
0.0350.050
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Bounding Calculations• Based upon inlet flow rates and LN2 properties
– Reynolds Number
2300~3 ,4
,4
transhh
Rew
h
P
AD
D
mRe
Flow Rate (lb/s) Re inlet ×105 Re outlet ×105
0.7 0.815 38.6
1.0 1.165 55.1
1.2 1.398 66.1
• Thus, flow is modeled as Turbulent
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Bounding Calculations• Based upon inlet and outlet speed of sound in LN2
– Mach Number
Flow Subsonic 1 , , MaA
mu
c
uMa
Flow Rate (lb/s) Ma inlet Ma outlet
0.7 0.073 0.171
1.0 0.105 0.244
1.2 0.126 0.293
• Thus, flow is modeled as Incompressible
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CFD Modeling Methodology• GAMBIT© 2.0 Used to Build Computational Grid
• FLUENT© 6.0 3-D Finite Volume
• Incompressible, Viscous Internal flow
• Standard k- Turbulence Model
• Internal Flow Convective Heat Transfer
• FLUENT User Defined Fluid Option for LN2
• NIST 12 Database Used to Obtain LN2 Properties:ckccsh p ,,,,,,,
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CFD Modeling MethodologyLN2 DENSITY NIST 12 DATA CURVE FITS
T;p=6000 psia) = 9E-05T2 - 0.1429T + 73.415(T;p=5000 psia) = 0.0001T2 - 0.1594T + 75.011(T;p=4000 psia) = 0.0001T2 - 0.1844T + 77.658
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10
20
30
40
50
60
0 100 200 300 400 500 600
TEMPERATURE (R)
DE
NS
ITY
(L
BM
/FT
3 )
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Governing Equations• Conservation of Energy
K 15.298
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2
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Governing Equations• Conservation of Energy
- Segregated solver does not include Pressure Work or Kinetic Energy terms, which are negligible for incompressible flows
- Viscous Dissipation terms which describe the thermal energy created by the viscous shear in the flow must be included since Brinkman number:
- Br ~ 1.14, 2.3, 3.4, Viscous Heating present
1 2
Tk
uBr stream
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Governing Equations• Standard k- Turbulence Model
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2
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x
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Governing Equations• Turbulent Eddy Viscosity
• Model Constants
2
kCt
31 ,0.1
09.0 ,92.1 ,44.1 21
.σσ
CCC
εk
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CFD Model Solution• FLUENT© Segregated Solver
- Finite Volume Discretization
- Linearization of Discretized Equations
• Implicit Linearization results in a system of linear equations for each cell in the domain
• Point implicit Gauss-Seidel linear equation solver used in conjunction with an Algebraic Multigrid Method (AMG) to solve the resultant scalar system
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CFD Model Solution• Overview of the Segregated Solution Method
• Mesh independence study showed approx. 70,000 Finite Volumes required for grid independent converged results
UPDATE PROPERTIES
SOLVE MOMENTUM EQUATIONS
SOLVE PRESSURE-CORRECTION (CONTINUITY) EQUATION
UPDATE PRESSURE,
FACE MASS FLOW RATE
SOLVE ENERGY, TURBULENCE AND OTHER SCALAR
EQUATIONS
CONVERGED ?STOP
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Boundary ConditionsA
A
Coolant Inlet
Section A-A
Coolant Outlet
Mass Flow Rate Inlet BC
Supply LN2:
140 R
6000 psia
Pressure Outlet BC
Exit LN2:
285 R
4870 psia
Heat Flux BC
97 BTU/in2-s
(50.3×106 BTU/hr-ft2)
k- log-law of the wall
wall functions
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LOCAL HEAT TRANSFER COEFFICIENT h(x) VS. DISTANCE ALONG CHANNEL(CURVE SHOWN FOR UPPER HALF OF COMBUSTOR WALL)
3000
5000
7000
9000
11000
13000
15000
17000
19000
21000
-1 -0.8 -0.6 -0.4 -0.2 0 0.2 0.4 0.6 0.8 1
DISTANCE ALONG CHANNEL
h(x)
(B
TU
/hr-
ft2 -R
)
Flow Rate = 0.7 lb/s
Flow Rate = 1.0 lb/s
Flow Rate = 1.2 lb/s
1 2
1
2
2
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Comparison of Overall Convective Heat Transfer Coeff. hFLUENT CFD Model Surface Description
Flowrate = 0.7 lb/s Area Weighted Average Surface Heat Transfer
Coefficient (BTU/hr-ft2-R)
Flowrate = 1.0 lb/s Area Weighted Average Surface
Heat Transfer Coefficient
(BTU/hr-ft2-R)
Flowrate = 1.2 lb/s Area Weighted Average Surface Heat Transfer
Coefficient (BTU/hr-ft2-R)
combustorback 6448 8702 10541 combustorbottom 3986 5124 5815 combustorfront 6187 8885 10450 combustorinnerwall 5206 7507 8922 combustortop 3989 5159 5840 Net area weighted average 5868 8149 9681
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