Numerical Analysis of the Thermophysical Characteristic of Multiphase Flow of Liquid Hydrogen Through Feed Pipe of Rocket Engine
摘要
Analysing the two-phase flow behaviour of cryogenic propellants like LH2-VH2 and the accompanying flow regime utilizing volume fraction is made easier by the current analysis. Additionally, two phases of liquid hydrogen (LH2) in different inlet velocities and temperatures have been described in the current work. With the aid of the commercial CFD program Ansys Fluent, a two-dimensional computer model of a cryogenic feed line, has been created for the present study. To characterize the two-phase flow of LH2 and to accurately estimate hydrodynamic and thermodynamic properties under various situations, the volume of fluid (VOF) approach based on an Eulerian flow scheme incorporated with an energy equation is used. These models have been validated with experimental data, and the trend of volume fraction captured matches the computational result. The flow visualization and the volume fraction has evaluated along with bulk mean temperature (Tb) and velocity analysis. Therefore, the current methodology may be used to estimate the flow shape and phase distribution at different initial conditions.