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Engine name: A-1Tue Mar 10 04:51:26 2015
Propellant SpecificationComponent Temperature (K) Mass fraction Mole fraction
RP-1 298.15 0.30 0.49O2(L) 90.17 0.70 0.51
Total 1.00 1.00
Exploded propellant formula: O1.013 C0.493 H0.962 O/F = 2.350
O/F0 = 3.406 (stoichiometric)ox = 0.690 (oxidizer excess coefficient)
Table 1. Thermodynamic propertiesParameter Injector Nozzle inlet Nozzle throat Nozzle exit UnitPressure 7.5498 6.3748 4.0190 0.0598 MPaTemperature 3607.4809 3563.6454 3394.6274 1880.5353 KEnthalpy -812.4596 -933.3756 -1521.2999 -5465.3553 kJ/kgEntropy 11.4677 11.4963 11.4963 11.4963 kJ/(kgK)Specific heat (p=const) 5.1776 5.1805 4.8031 2.0029 kJ/(kgK)Specific heat (V=const) 4.3947 4.4028 4.1039 1.6500 kJ/(kgK)Gas constant 0.3687 0.3682 0.3645 0.3508 kJ/(kgK)Molecular weight 22.5532 22.5806 22.8086 23.7016Isentropic exponent 1.1467 1.1459 1.1456 1.2138Density 5.6768 4.8582 3.2478 0.0906 kg/mSonic velocity 1234.9064 1226.2043 1190.6554 894.8274 m/sVelocity 0.0000 491.7642 1190.6554 3050.5395 m/sMach number 0.0000 0.4010 1.0000 3.4091Area ratio 1.6000 1.6000 1.0000 14.0000Mass flux 2389.0951 2389.0951 3867.0468 276.3302 kg/(ms)
Table 2. Fractions of the combustion productsSpecies Injector
massfractions
Injectormole
fractions
Nozzleinlet
massfractions
Nozzleinletmole
fractions
Nozzlethroatmass
fractions
Nozzlethroat
molefractions
Nozzle exitmass
fractions
Nozzle exitmole
fractions
CO 0.4458328 0.3589765 0.4445909 0.3584115 0.4369910 0.3558416 0.3793073 0.3209619CO2 0.2393605 0.1226633 0.2413278 0.1238217 0.2533073 0.1312805 0.3439998 0.1852630COOH 0.0000372 0.0000186 0.0000320 0.0000161 0.0000198 0.0000100H 0.0012877 0.0288122 0.0012733 0.0285265 0.0010767 0.0243643 0.0000144 0.0003384H2 0.0099839 0.1116980 0.0099750 0.1117341 0.0098628 0.1115922 0.0123948 0.1457315H2O 0.2570992 0.3218610 0.2578170 0.3231518 0.2639619 0.3341943 0.2642313 0.3476324H2O2 0.0000129 0.0000085 0.0000111 0.0000074 0.0000064 0.0000043HCHO,formaldehy 0.0000017 0.0000013 0.0000014 0.0000011 0.0000009 0.0000007
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Species Injectormass
fractions
Injectormole
fractions
Nozzleinlet
massfractions
Nozzleinletmole
fractions
Nozzlethroatmass
fractions
Nozzlethroat
molefractions
Nozzle exitmass
fractions
Nozzle exitmole
fractions
HCO 0.0000455 0.0000353 0.0000391 0.0000305 0.0000236 0.0000185HCOOH 0.0000069 0.0000034 0.0000058 0.0000029 0.0000037 0.0000018HO2 0.0000629 0.0000430 0.0000558 0.0000382 0.0000314 0.0000217O 0.0042583 0.0060026 0.0041027 0.0057903 0.0028355 0.0040423 0.0000001 0.0000001O2 0.0093894 0.0066178 0.0090983 0.0064204 0.0065660 0.0046802 0.0000002 0.0000001OH 0.0326210 0.0432583 0.0316693 0.0420474 0.0253131 0.0339475 0.0000520 0.0000725
Table 3. Theoretical (ideal) performanceParameter Sea level Optimum expansion Vacuum UnitCharacteristic velocity 1806.66 m/sEffective exhaust velocity 2900.11 3050.54 3266.79 m/sSpecific impulse (by mass) 2900.11 3050.54 3266.79 Ns/kgSpecific impulse (by weight) 295.73 311.07 333.12 sThrust coefficient 1.6052 1.6885 1.8082
Table 4. Estimated delivered performanceParameter Sea level Optimum expansion Vacuum UnitCharacteristic velocity 1780.24 m/sEffective exhaust velocity 2776.25 2926.67 3142.93 m/sSpecific impulse (by mass) 2776.25 2926.67 3142.93 Ns/kgSpecific impulse (by weight) 283.10 298.44 320.49 sThrust coefficient 1.5595 1.6440 1.7655
Ambient condition for optimum expansion: H=4.24 km, p=0.590 atm
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