TY - GEN
T1 - Japan-Europe collaborative Droplet Array Combustion experiment in microgravity onboard TEXUS-46-technical achievements and preliminary scientific results
AU - Kikuchi, Masao
AU - Yamamoto, Shin
AU - Yoda, Shinichi
AU - Mikami, Masato
AU - Nomura, Hiroshi
AU - Moriue, Osamu
AU - Umemura, Akira
AU - Hisashi, Yasuyuki
AU - Sugano, Nobuhiro
AU - Moesl, Klaus
AU - Sattelmayer, Thomas
AU - Eigenbrod, Christian
AU - Minster, Olivier
PY - 2011
Y1 - 2011
N2 - A microgravity combustion experiment was performed on a partially pre-vaporized droplet array in November 2009, by the flight of TEXUS 46 sounding rocket, which was launched from the Esrange launch site in northern Sweden. The flight experiment was performed as a collaborative mission of JAXA and ESA. The Droplet Array Combustion Unit (DCU) was developed by JAXA and finally integrated as Japanese Combustion Module (JCM) to be installed into the TEXUS rocket. In the flight experiment, flame spread behavior of n- decane droplet arrays was observed with différent degree of pre-vaporization. Also, collection of combustion gas samples during the flight was performed for gas composition analysis on the ground. In this paper, technical achievements of the DCU as well as preliminary scientific results are reported.
AB - A microgravity combustion experiment was performed on a partially pre-vaporized droplet array in November 2009, by the flight of TEXUS 46 sounding rocket, which was launched from the Esrange launch site in northern Sweden. The flight experiment was performed as a collaborative mission of JAXA and ESA. The Droplet Array Combustion Unit (DCU) was developed by JAXA and finally integrated as Japanese Combustion Module (JCM) to be installed into the TEXUS rocket. In the flight experiment, flame spread behavior of n- decane droplet arrays was observed with différent degree of pre-vaporization. Also, collection of combustion gas samples during the flight was performed for gas composition analysis on the ground. In this paper, technical achievements of the DCU as well as preliminary scientific results are reported.
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M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:84859907759
SN - 9789290922643
T3 - European Space Agency, (Special Publication) ESA SP
SP - 473
EP - 478
BT - Proceedings of the 20th ESA Symposium on European Rocket and Balloon Programmes and Related Research
T2 - 20th ESA Symposium on European Rocket and Balloon Programmes and Related Research
Y2 - 22 May 2011 through 26 May 2011
ER -