Wednesday, February 19, 2014

Step 1: Calculate Design Parameters


Everything starts with the standard thrust equation:
















A holistic approach would be to consider your fuel and oxidizer choices and what the kind of performance the mixture will give you at your chosen chamber pressure then run through all of these equations:


However, I have been through this rodeo before so I took a shortcut and used NASA's CEA software which is much faster, but you need to have at least gone through the process of deriving all of the equations by hand before you can really understand and utilize the software.

CEA output for the IPA/N2O mixutre at 20 bar (300psi) chamber pressure: 
CHAMBER THROAT EXIT
Pinf/P 1 1.7344 18.987
P, BAR 20.265 11.684 1.0673
T, K 3353.31 3173.12 1962.93
RHO, KG/CU 1.8931 1.1686 1.73E-01
H, KJ/KG 1820.97 1251.23 -652.7
U, KJ/KG 750.52 251.43 -1271.19
G, KJ/KG -32276.2 -31013.7 -20612.2
S, KJ/(KG)(K) 10.1682 10.1682 10.1682
M, (1/n) 26.046 26.388 26.388
Cp, KJ/(KG)(K) 4.7167 4.6253 1.5256
GAMMAs 1.1435 1.1397 1.2592 1.2613
SON VEL,M/SEC 1106.4 1067.5 882.9
MACH NUMBER 0 1 2.519
PERFORMANCE PARAMETERS
Ae/At 1 3.25
CSTAR, M/SEC 1624.5 1624.5
CF 0.6571 1.3692
Ivac, M/SEC 2004.1 2502.3
Isp, M/SEC 1067.5 2224.3
MASS FRACTIONS
*CO 0.1046 *CO2 0.14206 *H 0.00046
HO2 0.00003 *H2 0.00191 H2O 0.11395
*NO 0.01804 NO2 0.00002 *N2 0.5644
*O 0.00535 *OH 0.02117 *O2 0.02799

From which, I had all of the other inputs needed to derive:

Calculated Design Parameters
Injector Fuel Oxidizer(x4)
Flow Rate: 12.24 75.74 gallons/hr
Pressure: 349.86 735 psi
Injector Diameter: 0.0368 0.0300 inches
Chamber
Injector Throat Exit
Pressure  298 172 16 [psi]
Temperature  5577 5252 3074 [F]
Density 0.118 0.073 0.011  [lb/ft^3]
Speed of Sound  2475 2388 1975 [mph]
Mach Number 0 1 3
Local Velocity  0 2388 4975 [mph]
Cross Sectional Area 1.52 0.13 0.41 in^2
L* chosen for propellants 50 inches
Length of the chamber 3.937 inches
Chamber Convergence Angle 60 degrees
Rocket Nozzle Divergence Angle 15 degrees
Wall Thickness   1/16 inches
Temperature Change Through Wall 18.8 F
Coolant
Maximum Wall Temperature 125 F
Coolant Flow Needed 129.5792673 gph
Coolant Velocity 30 ft/s
Gap needed 0.01 inches

Now that I have all my numbers, onto the design phase!

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