Abstract—Fuel injection techniques into scramjet engines are a field that is still developing today. The fuel that is used by scramjets is usually either a liquid or a gas. The fuel and air need to be mixed to approximately stoichiometric proportions for efficient combustion to take place. The main problem of scramjet fuel injection is that the airflow is quite fast, meaning that there is minimal time for the fuel to mix with the air and ignite to produce thrust (essentially milliseconds).Hydrogen is the main fuel used for combustion. Hydrocarbons present more of a challenge compared to hydrogen due to the longer ignition delay and the requirement for more advanced mixing techniques. Enhancing the mixing, and thus reducing the combustor length, is an important aspect in designing scramjet engines. There are number of techniques used today for fuel injection into scramjet engines.
Index Terms—Fuel injection, Mach number, Scramjet,Thrust
K.M.Pandey, Member IACSIT, Department of Mechanical Engineering, N.I.T Silchar, Assam, India (email: kmpandey2001@yahoo.com).
T.Sivasakthivel, M.Tech - Thermal Engineering, Department ofMechanical Engineering, N.I.T Silchar, Assam, India(email:sivasakthivel.t@gmail.com).
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Cite: K. M. Pandey and T. Sivasakthivel, "Recent Advances in Scramjet Fuel Injection - A Review," International
Journal of Chemical Engineering and Applications vol. 1, no. 4, pp. 294-301, 2010.
