2010 年 58 巻 677 号 p. 171-177
A numerical analysis program is created to research effect of heat transfer for propellant flow in Laval nozzle and estimate improvements of thrust and specific impulse. Several types of gases are assumed as propellant. The energy ratio is defined as ratio of energy supplied to propellant by convective heat transfer to enthalpy of propellant at the inlet of nozzle. The energy ratio increases with elongating length of divergent nozzle, and finally becomes maximum value that depends on Prandtl number, propellant temperature and wall temperature at the inlet of nozzle. The conversion efficiency is defined as ratio of energy conversion to kinetic energy with nozzle to energy supplied to propellant. The conversion efficiency increases with elongating of divergent nozzle, and depends on profile of supplied heat.