Closed-Loop Control of Isolator Shock Trains in a Mach 2.2 Direct-Connect Scramjet

Vanstone, Leon; Hashemi, Kelley E.; Lingren, Joe; Akella, Maruthi R.; Clemens, Noel T.; Donbar, Jeffrey M.; Gogineni, Sivaram

doi:10.2514/6.2017-1536

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“…Most control methods for air breathing vehicles rely on pressure measurements in the isolator and combustor to determine the location of the shock train [4,[6][7][8][9][10][11][12]. Optical emission sensors can potentially augment or serve as an alternative to pressure measurements by using the emission resulting from combustion intermediate species (chemiluminesence) to gain additional information about the combustor performance.…”

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Dual-mode scramjet control using optical emission sensors

Elkowitz,

Wanchek,

Rockwell

et al. 2024

Appl. Opt.

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Closed-loop fueling control of a dual-mode scramjet was successfully demonstrated using optical emission spectroscopy as the sole sensor for controller feedback. The optical emission from species of interest (OH∗, CH∗, C2∗) was first characterized throughout the combustor. The relative emission intensity between species pairs was studied over a range of fueling conditions and imaging locations throughout a dual-mode scramjet combustor flow path. The pair of emissive species (C2∗/OH∗) and imaging location that were the most sensitive to changes in fueling condition were selected for use in the control system. Changes in optical transmission of the observation windows and the impact on fuel control were explored. To our knowledge, this paper is the first demonstration of fueling control of a dual-mode scramjet using only optical emission spectroscopy as feedback.

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