Experimental Investigation of Transient Injection Phenomena in Rocket Combusters at Vacuum with Cryogenic Flash Boiling

Numerical Simulation of Cryogenic Injection in Rocket Engine Combustion Chambers

Numerical Simulation of Cryogenic Injection in Rocket Engine Combustion Chambers

The numerical simulation of cryogenic combustion is crucial for a better understanding of the complex physics involved in reactive flows of rocket engines and to help to reduce the development cost of these engines. The focus of this study is set on the oxidizer injection and its dispersion through jet dense core destabilization and atomization or supercritical mixing. Specific models have been...

Investigation of Vapor Injection Heat Pump System with a Flash

Title of Dissertation: INVESTIGATION OF VAPOR INJECTION HEAT PUMP SYSTEM WITH A FLASH TANK UTILIZING R410A AND LOW-GWP REFRIGERANT R32 Xing Xu, Doctor of Philosophy, 2012 Dissertation Directed by: Professor Reinhard Radermacher Department of Mechanical Engineering Vapor injection technique has proven to be effective in improving heat pump system performance, especially for cooling application a...

Investigation of interfacial behavior during the flow boiling CHF transient

Vertical upflow boiling experiments were performed in pursuit of identifying the trigger mechanism for subcooled flow boiling critical heat flux (CHF). While virtually all prior studies on flow boiling CHF concern the prediction or measurement of conditions that lead to CHF, this study is focused on events that take place during the CHF transient. High-speed video imaging and photomicrographic ...

Solvent behaviour in flash-cooled protein crystals at cryogenic temperatures.

The solvent behaviour of flash-cooled protein crystals was studied in the range 100--180 K by X-ray diffraction. If the solvent is within large channels it crystallizes at 155 K, as identified by a sharp change in the increase of unit-cell volume upon temperature increase. In contrast, if a similar amount of solvent is confined to narrow channels and/or individual cavities it does not crystalli...