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Electrification of nozzle in a liquid rocket engine

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A method of electrical-physical diagnostics is developed and experimental studies are conducted of the process of nozzle electrification in a liquid rocket engine operating on a hydrocarbon fuel. The highest electric potential is shown to be realized at about a stoichiometric ratio of the components, i.e., when the flow velocity, temperature, and, hence, ionization of combustion products are maximum. Recommendations for practical application of the information obtained are given.

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  1. D. A. Yagodnikov
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  2. A. V. Voronetskii
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  3. N. M. Pushkin
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Institute of Power Engineering, Moscow 107005. Translated from Fizika Goreniya i Vzryva, Vol. 31, No. 4, pp. 54–58, July–August, 1995.

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Yagodnikov, D.A., Voronetskii, A.V. & Pushkin, N.M. Electrification of nozzle in a liquid rocket engine. Combust Explos Shock Waves 31, 450–454 (1995). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00789365

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