Experimental Studies on the Fuel Control Method of the Scramjet Combustor

Abstract

The fuel control method of the liquid kerosenefueled scramjet combustor was investigated experimentally in this article. The primary goal was to experimentally demonstrate the possibility of using the closed-loop control with a combustor wall pressure feedback in the scramjet combustor. The open-loop control and the closed-loop control experiment were investigated by using the direct-connected test facility of Northwestern Polytechnical University. The typical flow conditions at the combustor entrance were: Mach number Ma = 2.0, totaltemperature Tt ≈ 880 K and total-pressure Pt = 700 ~ 800 kPa, which corresponded to a flight condition with Mach number 4.0. The monotone relationship between the wall pressure and the engine thrust was experimentally demonstrated by the open-loop control experiments. The closed-loop control experiments demonstrated that it was feasible to use wall pressure or pressure ratio as the feedback parameter in the closed-loop control, and the results indicate that it can precise control the fuel applying and shows a good performance.