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Turbopump Cavitation Tools

Award Information

Agency:
Department of Defense 		Branch:
Air Force 		Award ID:
82161 		Program Year/Program:
2008 / SBIR
Agency Tracking Number:
F071-204-0275 		Solicitation Year:
N/A 		Solicitation Topic Code:
N/A 		Solicitation Number:
N/A
Small Business Information
Combustion Research and Flow Technology,
6210 Kellers Church Road Pipersville, PA -
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Woman-Owned: No
Minority-Owned: No
HUBZone-Owned: No
 
Phase 2
Fiscal Year: 2008
Title: Turbopump Cavitation Tools
Agency / Branch: DOD / USAF
Contract: FA9300-08-C-2001
Award Amount: $749,900.00
 

Abstract:

Next generation liquid rocket systems envision novel designs for turbopumps that can operate at high suction speeds (i.e. low inlet pressures), and can be throttled over a wide range of low, off-design flow conditions. This is an extremely demanding flow regime where performance loss and damage from cavitation instabilities can be catastrophic since they can generate large amplitude pressure fluctuations. However, the ability of current analytical or CFD tools to reliably predict unsteady cavitation dynamics is not mature particularly for cryogens where temperature fluctuations can couple with the pressure variations. The innovation proposed here is to extend current computational capabilities to analyze mean solutions and head drop-off, to an unsteady framework that can predict amplitudes and frequencies of dynamic pressure loads within a cryogenic fluid environment with temperature fluctuations. A key aspect of this proposal is an extensive test program that will be conducted in the Phase II effort to provide dynamic load magnitudes in a regime where thermal effects are important. Hence, the resulting product will be a well-validated and reliable analysis tool, CRUNCH CFDr, that can be used to predict unsteady, off-design performance of liquid rocket turbopumps.

Principal Investigator:

Ashvin Hosangadi
Principal Scientist
2157661520
hosangad@craft-tech.com

Business Contact:

Brian J. York
Principal Scientist & Tre
2157661520
york@craft-tech.com
Small Business Information at Submission:

COMBUSTION RESEARCH & FLOW TECHNOLOGY, I
6210 Keller's Church Road Pipersville, PA 18947

EIN/Tax ID: 232759059
DUNS: N/A
Number of Employees:
Woman-Owned: No
Minority-Owned: No
HUBZone-Owned: No