Cryogenic Propellant Management with Phase Change for Liquid Rocket Sysyems

• Project/Area Number: 18H01622
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B)
• Allocation Type: Single-year Grants
• Section: 一般
• Review Section: Basic Section 24010:Aerospace engineering-related
• Research Institution: The University of Tokyo
• Principal Investigator: Himeno Takehiro 東京大学, 大学院工学系研究科(工学部), 准教授 (60376506)
• Project Period (FY): 2018-04-01 – 2021-03-31
• Project Status: Completed (Fiscal Year 2020)
• Budget Amount: ¥17,420,000 (Direct Cost: ¥13,400,000、Indirect Cost: ¥4,020,000); Fiscal Year 2020: ¥3,640,000 (Direct Cost: ¥2,800,000、Indirect Cost: ¥840,000); Fiscal Year 2019: ¥6,890,000 (Direct Cost: ¥5,300,000、Indirect Cost: ¥1,590,000); Fiscal Year 2018: ¥6,890,000 (Direct Cost: ¥5,300,000、Indirect Cost: ¥1,590,000)
• Keywords: ロケット / 極低温 / 気液二相流 / 液体水素 / 相変化 / 自由表面 / 軌道間輸送 / CFD / スロッシング / タンク / 気駅二相流 / 微小重力 / 数値流体解析 / 推進薬マネジメント / 自由表面流 / 数値流体力学 / 沸騰 / 数値流体計算

Outline of Final Research Achievements

For the prediction of heat transfer coupled with sloshing phenomena in the propellant tanks of reusable launch vehicle for sounding mission, the pressure drop induced by heat transfer and the dynamic motion of liquid in sub-scale vessels were experimentally investigated. The correlation between the pressure drop and liquid motion was confirmed in the experiment. It was suggested that splash and wavy surface induced by violent motion of liquid cause the pressure drop in the closed vessel. In addition, as the preliminary investigation, non-isothermal sloshing of liquid nitrogen and liquid hydrogen were successfully visualized and pressure drop depending on the gaseous species was discussed.

Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements

宇宙輸送システムは、地上からの打上ロケットの再使用化だけでなく、宇宙空間の多地点を往来する軌道間輸送機の実現、推進薬再補給ステーションなどの軌道上インフラ構築へ向かって発展します。そのような場面で、しっかり働く機械を設計するためにも、流体工学や熱工学を含む学問体系を、低重力・極低温・超高圧などの極限的な条件にも拡張するように発展させることが重要です。本研究成果は、実験で得られた知見を、数値流体シミュレーション手法の改良に反映し、より広範な応用が可能な形で関連する研究者や技術者に提供する点で貢献できると考えています。

Research Products

• [Int'l Joint Research] NASA(米国)
• [Int'l Joint Research] NASA(米国)
• [Int'l Joint Research] Bremen University(ドイツ)
• [Int'l Joint Research] NASA/Glenn Research Center(米国)
• [Journal Article] Pressure recovery during pressure reduction experiment with large-scale liquid hydrogen tank (2021)
  • Author(s): Tani Kazuma、Himeno Takehiro、Sakuma Yasunori、Watanabe Toshinori、Kobayashi Hiroaki、Toge Terukuni、Unno Syuntaro、Kamiya Shoji、Muragishi Osamu、Kanbe Katsuhiro
  • Journal Title: International Journal of Hydrogen Energy Volume: 2021 Issue: 57 Pages: 29583-29596
  • DOI: 10.1016/j.ijhydene.2020.12.184
  • Peer Reviewed / Open Access
• [Journal Article] Experimental analysis of thermal behavior in cryogenic propellant tank with different pressurants (2020)
  • Author(s): Kinefuchi, K., Kawashima, H., Sugimori, D., Umemura, Y., Okita, K., Kobayashi, H., Himeno, T.
  • Journal Title: Cryogenics Volume: 112 Pages: 103196-103196
  • DOI: 10.1016/j.cryogenics.2020.103196
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] Ground based experiment and numerical calculation on thermodynamic vent system in propellant tank for future cryogenic propulsion system (2020)
  • Author(s): Imai, R., Nishida, K., Kawanami, O., Umemura, Y., Himeno, T.
  • Journal Title: Cryogenics Volume: 109 Pages: 103095-103095
  • DOI: 10.1016/j.cryogenics.2020.103095
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] Investigation of cryogenic chilldown in a complex channel under low gravity using a sounding rocket (2019)
  • Author(s): Kiyoshi Kinefuchi, Wataru Sarae, Yutaka Umemura, Takeshi Fujita, Koichi Okita, Hiroaki Kobayashi, Satoshi Nonaka, Takehiro Himeno and Tetsuya Sato
  • Journal Title: Journal of Spacecraft and Rockets Volume: 56 Issue: 1 Pages: 91-103
  • DOI: 10.2514/1.a34222
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] Study on break of thermal stratification in container targeted to thermodynamic vent system for future spacecraft (2019)
  • Author(s): Ryoji Imai, Osamu Kawanami, Yutaka Umemura, and Takehiro Himeno
  • Journal Title: IOP Conference Series: Materials Science and Engineering Volume: 502 Pages: 1-5
  • DOI: 10.1088/1757-899x/502/1/012082
  • Peer Reviewed / Open Access
• [Journal Article] Unified Length Scale of Spray Structure by Unlike Impinging Jets (2019)
  • Author(s): Chihiro INOUE, Yuta TAKEUCHI, Koji NOZAKI, Takehiro HIMENO, Toshinori WATANABE, Go FUJII, Yu DAIMON
  • Journal Title: TRANSACTIONS OF THE JAPAN SOCIETY FOR AERONAUTICAL AND SPACE SCIENCES Volume: 62 Issue: 4 Pages: 213-218
  • DOI: 10.2322/tjsass.62.213
  • NAID: 130007674705
  • ISSN: 0549-3811, 2189-4205
  • Peer Reviewed / Open Access
• [Presentation] CFD modeling of cryogenic chilldown in a complex channel under normal and low gravity conditions (2020)
  • Author(s): Pesich, J., Hauser, D., Hartwig, J., ...Umemura, Y., Himeno, T.
  • Organizer: AIAA Propulsion and Energy 2020 Forum
  • Int'l Joint Research
• [Presentation] CFD modeling of phase change and pressure drop during violent sloshing of cryogenic fluid in a small-scale tank (2020)
  • Author(s): Kartuzova, O., Kassemi, M., Umemura, Y., Kinefuchi, K., Himeno, T.
  • Organizer: AIAA Propulsion and Energy 2020 Forum
  • Int'l Joint Research
• [Presentation] Research on Propellant Slosh Dynamics of a Martian Moon Lander (2020)
  • Author(s): Keitaro Anii, Takehiro Himeno, Mitsuhisa Baba, Toshinori Watanabe, Masatsugu Otsuki, Yutaka Umemura
  • Organizer: Space Propulsion 2020+1
  • Int'l Joint Research
• [Presentation] Effect of Thermal Stratification Thickness on Pressure Drop Enhanced by Sloshing in a Closed Vessel (2019)
  • Author(s): Takehiro Himeno
  • Organizer: 2019 Space Cryogenics Workshop
  • Int'l Joint Research
• [Presentation] Experimental and Numerical Investigation on Boiling Flow of a Refrigerant FC72 in a Pipe, (2019)
  • Author(s): Yuta Takeuchi
  • Organizer: The Second Pacific Rim Thermal Engineering Conference
  • Int'l Joint Research
• [Presentation] Slosh of Non-Volatile Liquid: Experiment & JAXA and NASA CFD Model Validation (2019)
  • Author(s): O. Kartuzova
  • Organizer: International symposium on space technology and science 2019
  • Int'l Joint Research
• [Presentation] Experimental Research on the Characteristic of Pressure Drop Influenced by the Temperature Distribution in Liquid Hydrogen Storage Vessel (2018)
  • Author(s): Kazuma Tani, Takehiro Himeno, Yasunori Sakuma, Toshinori Watanabe, Hiroaki Kobayashi, Terukuni Toge, Hiroaki Kagaya, Shoji Kamiya, Osamu Muragishi
  • Organizer: Asian Congress on Gas Turbines (ACGT) 2018
  • Int'l Joint Research
• [Presentation] Investigation on Phase Change and Pressure Drop Enhanced by Violent Sloshing of Cryogenic Fluid (2018)
  • Author(s): Takehiro Himeno, Akifumi Ohashi, Keitaro Anii, Daichi Haba, Yasunori Sakuma, Toshinori Watanabe, Chihiro Inoue, Yutaka Umemura, Hideyo Negishi,Satoshi Nonaka
  • Organizer: The 54th AIAA/ASME/SAE/ASEE Joint Propulsion Conference and Exhibit
  • Int'l Joint Research
• [Presentation] 密閉容器内で相変化を伴うスロッシングによる減圧現象 (2018)
  • Author(s): 姫野武洋, 大橋昭文, 兄井啓太郎, 幅大地, 佐久間康典, 渡辺紀徳, 梅村悠
  • Organizer: 日本航空宇宙学会第50回流体力学講演会
• [Presentation] Effect of Thermal Stratification Thickness on Pressure Drop Enhanced by Sloshing in a Closed Vessel (2018)
  • Author(s): Takehiro Himeno, Akifumi Ohashi, Yutaro Furuichi, Keitaro Anii, Daichi Haba,Yasunori Sakuma, Toshinori Watanabe, Yutaka Umemura, Hideyo Negishi, Kiyoshi Kinefuchi, Satoshi Nonaka
  • Organizer: Space Propulsion 2018
  • Int'l Joint Research
• [Remarks] 宇宙輸送系の流体管理に関連する研究紹介
  • URL: https://www.t.u-tokyo.ac.jp/foe/topics/setnws_201906281249459745867077.html
• [Remarks] 宇宙で液体を操る (解説)
  • URL: https://www.t.u-tokyo.ac.jp/foe/topics/setnws_201906281249459745867077.html
• [Remarks] 様々な加速度環境における自由表面流の数値解析 (解説)
  • URL: https://www.jsme-fed.org/papertech/2013_11/001.html
• [Remarks] 自由表面流関連研究紹介
  • URL: http://www.jsme-fed.org/papertech/2013_11/001.html