Performance analysis of injectors for a hybrid propulsion system

Abstract

This paper presents a study about injectors, where the radial injector was evaluated. This type of injector was chosen because only a small amount of information on it was found. Thus, the radial injector will be compared with other two types of injectors, the orifice plate and the swirl, in terms of parameters, such as discharge coefficient (C d ), regression rate r, and specific impulse (I sp ). In respect of the regression rate, the values appeared increasingly with the test pressure and, consequently, with the injection pressure. Thus, each injector model responded in the same way as for the regression rate behavior; however, the same behavior was not observed in relation to the specific impulse.