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Acta Aeronautica et Astronautica Sinica ›› 2025, Vol. 46 ›› Issue (18): 131786.doi: 10.7527/S1000-6893.2025.31786

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Secondary combustion of magnesium powder to enhance kerosene-fueled scramjet thrust

Xu WANG1,2, Jiaxun LIU1, Yongqi LIU1, Suyi DOU1, Qingyu LI1, Xu XU1,3, Qingchun YANG1,3()   

  1. 1.School of Astronautics,Beihang University,Beijing  100191,China
    2.Shenyuan Honors College,Beihang University,Beijing  100191,China
    3.National Key Laboratory of Aerospace Liquid Propulsion,Beihang University,Beijing  102206,China
  • Received:2025-01-09 Revised:2025-01-22 Accepted:2025-02-10 Online:2025-09-25 Published:1900-01-01
  • Contact: Qingchun YANG E-mail:yangqc@buaa.edu.cn
  • Supported by:
    Provincial or Ministerial Level Project;Academic Excellence Foundation of Beihang University for PhD students;Outstanding Research Project of Shenyuan Honers College

Abstract:

To verify the feasibility of enhancing thrust performance in hydrocarbon-fueled scramjet engines through secondary combustion by injecting magnesium powder for fully combusted exhaust gases, a magnesium powder-enhanced direct-connect scramjet experimental system was developed. Experiments were conducted under simulated flight conditions of Mach number 6.0 at an altitude of 30 km. An improved thrust measurement method was employed to obtain the thrust and combustion performance parameters of the powder-based scramjet combustor. The study focused on evaluating the feasibility of the powder enhanced scramjet, the effects of the powder-gas ratio, and the powder residence distance on thrust performance. Results demonstrated the viability of the proposed scheme, with magnesium powder primarily reacting with water vapor and carbon dioxide in the exhaust gases, where water vapor was the dominant reactant. When 13% magnesium powder was injected, the engine achieved a specific thrust gain of 86.6% and a combustion efficiency of 65.1%. Considering both engine size and performance, the recommended ratio of powder residence distance-to-combustor chamber length is approximately 0.62.

Key words: metal fuel, hydrocarbon fuel, powder scramjet, magnesium powder, thrust performance

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