see running new type of pressure jet - methanol fuel

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thermo jet properties

Post by zono » Sun Mar 15, 2009 10:50 pm

heres the file:

commments come later
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Re: see running new type of pressure jet - methanol fuel

Post by zono » Sun Mar 15, 2009 10:57 pm

Hi Viv

thanks for these patents ! on the first look it seems similar to my engine. but we need no oxygen, and we have only one-stage-injector for example. I will study this very thoroughly.

I attach the old simulation code (pascal as ascii text file) to this post. unfortunately comments are in german :cry:
but I will translate this, if you or anyone else is interested. explanation will follow next week (I am on travel next days)

... and you see 1995, where this code was written, TurboPascal was aged, but ok. and we were students and had no money for modern CFD progs...
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Re: see running new type of pressure jet - methanol fuel

Post by tufty » Fri Mar 20, 2009 7:22 pm

Pascal's a pretty good language really. Not the hippest, but easy to code.

This might be useful, if the code is findable : http://www.garret.ru/lang.html

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Re: see running new type of pressure jet - methanol fuel

Post by zono » Fri Mar 20, 2009 8:03 pm

on

http://www.freepascal.org/download.var

I found a nice pascal compiler. Its open source (also found at sourceforge). I am still testing this for compatibility with my old code. But looks good for now...
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Re: see running new type of pressure jet - methanol fuel

Post by zono » Fri Mar 20, 2009 9:22 pm

some more images of this thermo jet
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Re: see running new type of pressure jet - methanol fuel

Post by Viv » Fri Mar 20, 2009 9:50 pm

Hi Zono

Couple of questions occur to me in retrospect,
What is your heat exchanger coil made of?
Do you have a metering nozzle between your liquid fuel pump and the heat exchanger coil input? running it sounded like it was surging due to the coil flooding?
Your picture of a running engine looks to be running cool? digital cameras normally look brighter (yellow) than they are due to CCD sensitivity to IR but yours is dark red?

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Re: see running new type of pressure jet - methanol fuel

Post by zono » Sat Mar 21, 2009 2:59 pm

Hi Viv, here the answers:

Couple of questions occur to me in retrospect,
What is your heat exchanger coil made of?


stainless steel. hard to bend without crack!!!!

Do you have a metering nozzle between your liquid fuel pump and the heat exchanger coil input? running it sounded like it was surging due to the coil flooding?

yes, its a metering nozzle we used 1995, but I havent yet. thats the reason why sounds like surging. pump fills coil - flash vaporizing the fuel - steam pressure too high for pump - steam runs out the injector nozzle - pressure low - start from beginning (pump fills coil....). but with our flow control nozzle it was a smooth rocket whoosh and fizz...

Your picture of a running engine looks to be running cool? digital cameras normally look brighter (yellow) than they are due to CCD sensitivity to IR but yours is dark red?

thats right! in 1995 we had a SLR with diapositive film . I scanned some of the old images. the daylight photos are from 2008 with CCD digicam.
this daylight shown "i-jet type 3" has further insulated shell to be capable for RC-models.

next time I can add some old images from 1995. hope I find some more...
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old images from 90's

Post by zono » Tue Mar 24, 2009 10:09 pm

hi all, see our trials from early 90's
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Re: see running new type of pressure jet - methanol fuel

Post by zono » Sun Apr 05, 2009 9:31 pm

tests with "free pascal compiler" were successful. so next time i will send customized code for thermo jet dimensioning

PS: is "injector thermo ramjet" a accurate phrase for this jet engine?
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Re: see running new type of pressure jet - methanol fuel

Post by zee » Sun May 17, 2009 11:25 pm

Fascinating. Was it pure methanol, or did it have water or nitromethane in it?

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Re: see running new type of pressure jet - methanol fuel

Post by zee » Sun May 17, 2009 11:30 pm

wonder if dimethyl-ether would work?

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Re: see running new type of pressure jet - methanol fuel

Post by zono » Mon May 18, 2009 6:25 pm

pure methanol, thats right. it works fine. it has almost a perfect caloric value (heating value). it is the best compromise between vapor-jet impulse and combustion temperature. dimethyl-ether will work also, but more heat and less vapor-jet impulse. best should be methanol with a bit water added (but not calculated yet)
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Re: see running new type of pressure jet - methanol fuel

Post by kenshin » Mon Jan 09, 2017 12:23 pm

zono wrote:Hi Viv

thanks for these patents ! on the first look it seems similar to my engine. but we need no oxygen, and we have only one-stage-injector for example. I will study this very thoroughly.

I attach the old simulation code (pascal as ascii text file) to this post. unfortunately comments are in german :cry:
but I will translate this, if you or anyone else is interested. explanation will follow next week (I am on travel next days)

... and you see 1995, where this code was written, TurboPascal was aged, but ok. and we were students and had no money for modern CFD progs...
A research paper with similar code based on gas dynamic theory:
SUBSONIC PERFORMANCE POTENTIAL OF RAMJETS AND EJECTOR RAMJETS

The ejector ramjet discussed above use propane for fuel and add excessive rich fuel for increasing ejector primary momentum.
Dimensions are intake area A0/A3=0.1825, exit area A5/A3=0.55
What's your engine size?
Ejector ramjet.png
Ramjet isp.png
Ejector ramjet isp.png
Ejector ramjet isp loss.png
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Re: old images from 90's

Post by kenshin » Mon Jan 09, 2017 12:28 pm

zono wrote:hi all, see our trials from early 90's
The 25N engine seems to have benefited from small inlet area / good matching with injector.

But why you choose large combustor diameter and length, for gas dynamic purpose, stable combustion, or more surface of heat exchange?

Older engines have problem of combustion occur in diffuser, did the 25N engine prevented that problem?

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Re: see running new type of pressure jet - methanol fuel

Post by zono » Fri Jun 05, 2020 6:47 pm

Dear kenshin,

sorry, I didnt recognise your interesting posts, thank you very much!

to your questions: yes , large diameter and combustion chamber length for stable combustion, and no, we had never trouble with combustion in diffuser, because the methanol vapor jet has enough momentum to supress combustion in the diffuser (high velocity, larger than maximum combustion velocity)

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