Investigation of supercritical cracking characteristics of alkane and cycloalkane for heat sink application in a supersonic engine

IF 5.1 3区工程技术 Q2 ENERGY & FUELS

Thermal Science and Engineering Progress Pub Date : 2025-01-26 DOI:10.1016/j.tsep.2025.103306

Madhavaiah Nalabala , Shree Veena Mamilla , Iyman Abrar , Appala Naidu Uttaravalli , Srikanta Dinda

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Abstract

Thermal control around the combustion chamber is a critical issue for a supersonic engine to work efficiently. Active cooling using onboard hydrocarbon fuel can be a potential solution to manage thermal loads. In the present investigation, the pyrolysis characteristics of cyclohexane and n-decane were examined under supercritical environments. Experiments were conducted for a temperature range between 500 °C and 600 °C and at 5.5 MPa pressure, to investigate the extent of cracking, coke deposition, and heat sink behavior of the fuels. The boiling properties, cracking conversion, product composition, carbon-to-hydrogen ratio, gas production, and aniline point of the feed and products were examined using a variety of analytical techniques. Two innovative methods were adopted to estimate fuel conversion and heat sink parameters. The suitability of the newly adopted conversion calculation method was validated from GCMS results. n-Decane showed about 33.4 % cracking conversion, which is 3.6 times higher conversion than cyclohexane at 600 °C and 5.5 MPa. Under the same condition, n-decane exhibited 3.3 times more coke deposition than cyclohexane. The total heat sinks of cyclohexane and n-decane are about 2110 and 2423 kJ/kg, respectively, at 600 °C. The outcome of this investigation can be useful in selecting a suitable hydrocarbon composition to manage the thermal load of an onboard supersonic engine.

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Thermal Science and Engineering Progress Chemical Engineering-Fluid Flow and Transfer Processes

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7.20

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10.40%

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327

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41 days

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