预冷空气类动力系统发展历程浅析

(西安航天动力研究所,陕西 西安 710100)

预冷空气类动力系统; SABRE; 组合发动机; 发展历程

Preliminary analysis on development course of pre-cooling propulsion system
MA Haibo, ZHANG Mengzheng

(Xi'an Aerospace Propulsion Institute, Xi'an 710100, China)

pre-cooling propulsion system; SABRE; combined engine; development course

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预冷空气类动力系统是当前高超声速领域研究的热点,是未来两级入轨可重复运载器的一级和临近空间高超声速投放平台的理想动力方案。通过查找国内外公开文献,回顾了预冷空气类动力系统的发展历程,介绍了各个阶段的典型方案与研究成果,分析了各个方案演变过程和可能原因,重点比较了引入氦作为中间介质的预冷空气类发动机循环方案的差异。分析表明:各种方案改进的最主要目的 是提升空气预冷效率,降低冷却消耗的燃料,提升发动机的综合性能; 当前国内外的相关研究工作已经由最初液化循环转变为深冷循环,再到以SABRE4为代表的适度冷却方案; 在保持系统性能最大化的前提下,结合当前技术水平,增加系统可行性,加快从方案论证向部件集成及试验验证转变的步伐。

Pre-cooling propulsion system is a hotspot in the field of hypersonic velocity, and is the ideal scheme for the first stage of reusable TSTO vehicle and near space hypersonic launch platform.The development course of pre-cooling propulsion system was reviewed, the typical scheme and research results of each stage were briefly introduced, the evolution process and possible cause were analyzed, and the difference between the principles of the SABRE series was emphasized.The analysis indicates that the main purpose for evolution is to improve pre-cooling efficiency of air, reduce fuel consumption of cooling process and improve comprehensive performance of propulsion system.The current research has shifted from the liquefaction cycle to deep-cooling cycle, and then to the moderate cooling concept represented by SABRE4.Combining with current technical, enhance system feasibility and expedite the transformation from theoretical research to experimental verification under the premise of maximizing the performance of system.