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Engine Name: A-1

This document contains specifications and performance parameters for the rocket engine A-1. It includes: - The propellant composition of RP-1 fuel and liquid oxygen oxidizer. - Thermodynamic properties like pressure, temperature, and velocity at different points in the engine. - The mass and mole fractions of combustion products like CO, CO2, H2O at the injector, nozzle inlet/throat/exit. - Theoretical ideal performance metrics like specific impulse and thrust coefficient at sea level, optimum expansion, and vacuum conditions. - Estimated actual delivered performance accounting for real-world factors.

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Engine Name: A-1

This document contains specifications and performance parameters for the rocket engine A-1. It includes: - The propellant composition of RP-1 fuel and liquid oxygen oxidizer. - Thermodynamic properties like pressure, temperature, and velocity at different points in the engine. - The mass and mole fractions of combustion products like CO, CO2, H2O at the injector, nozzle inlet/throat/exit. - Theoretical ideal performance metrics like specific impulse and thrust coefficient at sea level, optimum expansion, and vacuum conditions. - Estimated actual delivered performance accounting for real-world factors.

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Engine name: A-1

Tue Mar 10 04:51:26 2015


Propellant Specification
Component Temperature (K) Mass fraction Mole fraction
RP-1

298.15

0.30

0.49

O2(L)

90.17

0.70

0.51

Total

1.00

1.00

Exploded propellant formula: O1.013 C 0.493 H0.962


O/F = 2.350
O/F0 = 3.406 (stoichiometric)
ox = 0.690 (oxidizer excess coefficient)

Table 1. Thermodynamic properties


Parameter

Injector

Nozzle inlet

Nozzle throat

Nozzle exit

Unit

7.5498

6.3748

4.0190

0.0598

MPa

Temperature

3607.4809

3563.6454

3394.6274

1880.5353

Enthalpy

-812.4596

-933.3756

-1521.2999

-5465.3553

kJ/kg

Pressure

Entropy

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)
kJ/(kgK)

Gas constant

0.3687

0.3682

0.3645

0.3508

22.5532

22.5806

22.8086

23.7016

Isentropic exponent

1.1467

1.1459

1.1456

1.2138

Density

5.6768

4.8582

3.2478

0.0906

Molecular weight

Sonic velocity

kg/m

1234.9064

1226.2043

1190.6554

894.8274

m/s

Velocity

0.0000

491.7642

1190.6554

3050.5395

m/s

Mach number

0.0000

0.4010

1.0000

3.4091

Area ratio
Mass flux

1.6000

1.6000

1.0000

14.0000

2389.0951

2389.0951

3867.0468

276.3302

kg/(ms)

Table 2. Fractions of the combustion products


Species

Injector
mass
fractions

Injector
mole
fractions

Nozzle
inlet
mass
fractions

Nozzle
inlet
mole
fractions

Nozzle
throat
mass
fractions

Nozzle Nozzle exit Nozzle exit


throat
mass
mole
mole
fractions fractions
fractions

CO

0.4458328

0.3589765

0.4445909

0.3584115

0.4369910

0.3558416

0.3793073 0.3209619

CO2

0.2393605

0.1226633

0.2413278

0.1238217

0.2533073

0.1312805

0.3439998 0.1852630

COOH

0.0000372

0.0000186

0.0000320

0.0000161

0.0000198

0.0000100

0.0012877

0.0288122

0.0012733

0.0285265

0.0010767

0.0243643

0.0000144 0.0003384

H2

0.0099839

0.1116980

0.0099750

0.1117341

0.0098628

0.1115922

0.0123948 0.1457315

H2O

0.2570992

0.3218610

0.2578170

0.3231518

0.2639619

0.3341943

0.2642313 0.3476324

H2O2

0.0000129

0.0000085

0.0000111

0.0000074

0.0000064

0.0000043

HCHO,formaldehy

0.0000017

0.0000013

0.0000014

0.0000011

0.0000009

0.0000007
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Species

Injector
mass
fractions

Injector
mole
fractions

Nozzle
inlet
mass
fractions

Nozzle
inlet
mole
fractions

Nozzle
throat
mass
fractions

Nozzle Nozzle exit Nozzle exit


throat
mass
mole
mole
fractions fractions
fractions

HCO

0.0000455

0.0000353

0.0000391

0.0000305

0.0000236

0.0000185

HCOOH

0.0000069

0.0000034

0.0000058

0.0000029

0.0000037

0.0000018

HO2

0.0000629

0.0000430

0.0000558

0.0000382

0.0000314

0.0000217

0.0042583

0.0060026

0.0041027

0.0057903

0.0028355

0.0040423

0.0000001 0.0000001

O2

0.0093894

0.0066178

0.0090983

0.0064204

0.0065660

0.0046802

0.0000002 0.0000001

OH

0.0326210

0.0432583

0.0316693

0.0420474

0.0253131

0.0339475

0.0000520 0.0000725

Table 3. Theoretical (ideal) performance


Parameter

Sea level

Optimum expansion

Characteristic velocity

Vacuum

Unit

1806.66

m/s

Effective exhaust velocity

2900.11

3050.54

3266.79

m/s

Specific impulse (by mass)

2900.11

3050.54

3266.79

Ns/kg
s

Specific impulse (by weight)

295.73

311.07

333.12

Thrust coefficient

1.6052

1.6885

1.8082

Sea level

Optimum expansion

Vacuum

Table 4. Estimated delivered performance


Parameter
Characteristic velocity

1780.24

Unit
m/s

Effective exhaust velocity

2776.25

2926.67

3142.93

m/s

Specific impulse (by mass)

2776.25

2926.67

3142.93

Ns/kg

298.44

320.49

1.6440

1.7655

Specific impulse (by weight)

283.10

Thrust coefficient
1.5595
Ambient condition for optimum expansion: H=4.24 km, p=0.590 atm

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