Forced convective heat transfer to supercritical water in micro-rocket cooling passages

An investigation of heat transfer to supercritical fluids in micro-channels was completed to assess the cooling characteristics of the MIT micro-rocket engine. Previous results from supercritical ethanol heat transfer tests were compared to water tests to establish a baseline for future fuel testing. Existing literature on supercritical heat transfer was also consulted to corroborate the water test results. It was found that the characteristics of the water tests matched those observed in the literature, as well as those of ethanol tests run at similar conditions.

Department dc:contributor.department

Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Dept. of Aeronautics and Astronautics.

Grantor dc:publisher

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Year dc:date.issued

2000

Author dc:creator

• Faust, Adriane (Adriane Jean), 1976-

Advisor dc:contributor.advisor

• Jack L. Kerrebrock.

• Aeronautics and Astronautics.

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• M.I.T. theses are protected by copyright. They may be viewed from this source for any purpose, but reproduction or distribution in any format is prohibited without written permission. See provided URL for inquiries about permission.

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• http://dspace.mit.edu/handle/1721.1/7582

Language dc:language.iso

eng

Handle dc:identifier.uri

http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/9296

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oai:dspace.mit.edu:1721.1/9296