Experimental investigation for temperature and emissivity by flame emission spectrum in a cavity of rocket based combined cycle combustor chamber

Flame temperature and spectral emissivity were the important parameters characterizing the sufficient degree of fuel combustion and the particle radiative characteristics in the Rocket Based Combined Cycle (RBCC) combustor. To investigate the combustion characteristics of the complex supersonic flame in the RBCC combustor, a new radiation thermometry combined with Levenberg-Marquardt (LM) algorithm and the least squares method was proposed to measure the temperature, emissivity and spectral radiative properties based on the flame emission spectrum. In-situ measurements of the flame temperature, emissivity and spectral radiative properties were carried out in the RBCC direct-connected test bench with laser-induced plasma combustion enhancement (LIPCE) and without LIPCE. The flame average temperatures at fuel global equivalence ratio (α) of 1.0b and 0.6 with LIPCE were 4.51% and 2.08% higher than those without LIPCE. The flame combustion oscillation of kerosene tended to be stable in the recirculation zone of cavity with the thermal and chemical effects of laser induced plasma. The differences of flame temperature at α = 1.0b and 0.6 were 503 K and 523 K with LIPCE, which were 20.07% and 42.64% lower than those without LIPCE. The flame emissivity with methane assisted ignition was 80.46% lower than that without methane assisted ignition, due to the carbon-hydrogen ratio of kerosene was higher than that of methane. The spectral emissivities at 600 nm with LIPCE were 1.25%, 22.2%, and 4.22% lower than those without LIPCE at α = 1.0a (with methane assisted ignition), 1.0b (without methane assisted ignition) and 0.6. The effect of concentration in the emissivity was removed by normalization to analyze the flame radiative properties in the RBCC combustor chamber. The maximum differences of flame normalized emissivity were 50.91% without LIPCE and 27.53% with LIPCE. The flame radiative properties were stabilized under the thermal and chemical effects of laser induced plasma at α = 0.6.