Investigation on Fluid Retention Stability of Propellant Management Devices in Cryogenic Liquid Hydrogen Tank under Microgravity Conditions

Wang Yunlong; Ma Yuan; Zhang Rongda; Wang Kang; Li Yanzhong

doi:10.12465/j.issn.0253-4339.2025.05.039

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Investigation on Fluid Retention Stability of Propellant Management Devices in Cryogenic Liquid Hydrogen Tank under Microgravity Conditions

Hydrogen Liquefaction & Cryogenic Storage and Transmission | 更新时间：2025-09-29

- Investigation on Fluid Retention Stability of Propellant Management Devices in Cryogenic Liquid Hydrogen Tank under Microgravity Conditions
- Journal of Refrigeration Vol. 46, Issue 5, Pages: 39-46(2025)
- 作者机构：
  
  1.西安交通大学能源与动力工程学院　西安　710049
  2.西安交通大学深低温技术与装备教育部重点实验室　西安　710049
- 作者简介：
  
  Ma Yuan, female, associate professor, School of Energy and Power Engineering, Xi'an Jiaotong University, 86-17792410890, E-mail: yuan.ma@xjtu.edu.cn. Research fields: gas-liquid twophase flow mechanism of cryogenic fluids (microgravity, porous media, phase change); space management technology for cryogenic propellants (gas-liquid separation, thermal protection); cryogenic liquid rocket engine technology (turbo seal, fuel atomization); storage and transportation technology for cryogenic fluids (liquid hydrogen, liquid oxygen, liquid methane, precooling and supercooling, filling, structural thermal stress).
- 基金信息：
- DOI：10.12465/j.issn.0253-4339.2025.05.039
  CLC： TK91;V19;V421.33
- Received：07 May 2025，
  
  Revised：2025-05-23，
  
  Accepted：26 May 2025，
  
  Published：16 October 2025
- 稿件说明：
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Wang Yunlong, Ma Yuan, Zhang Rongda, et al. Investigation on Fluid Retention Stability of Propellant Management Devices in Cryogenic Liquid Hydrogen Tank under Microgravity Conditions[J]. Journal of refrigeration, 2025, 46(5): 39-46.
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Wang Yunlong, Ma Yuan, Zhang Rongda, et al. Investigation on Fluid Retention Stability of Propellant Management Devices in Cryogenic Liquid Hydrogen Tank under Microgravity Conditions[J]. Journal of refrigeration, 2025, 46(5): 39-46. DOI： 10.12465/j.issn.0253-4339.2025.05.039.

摘要

为研究航天低温推进系统实际工况中网幕通道式贮箱对液氢的在轨管理能力，通过构建充注率-扰动强度耦合作用的三维多相流仿真模型，研究了微重力重定位过程中网幕通道式贮箱内毛细-惯性力竞争机制及蓄流稳定性。结果表明：网幕通道式贮箱的推进剂蓄流能力主要由集液通道与贮箱壁面的复合结构提供。在5%~50%充注率时，贮箱能够抵抗10

-3

g大小的多向扰动，维持集液通道入口区域始终保持连续液相覆盖的蓄流稳定性；低充注下，重定位过程中气液相分布主要受到网幕通道结构表面的强约束，相界面演化受扰动影响很小，随着充注量增大，流体惯性力和扰动动量输运效应成为相分布重构的重要因素，重定位过程相分布出现明显振荡；贮箱重定位过程中对扰动方向的敏感性不同，底部加速度引起的质心降幅最大，顶部加速度对相对质心高度影响较小，正侧向扰动比斜侧向扰动引

起的质心波动幅度和波动频率均更大。

Abstract

This study investigates the in-orbit liquid hydrogen management capability of screen channel tanks in cryogenic propulsion systems by developing a three-dimensional multiphysics model that integrates filling ratios (5%-50%) and microgravity disturbances (10

-3

g). The competition mechanism between capillary and inertial forces

as well as the fluid retention stability during tank reorientation

was systematically analyzed. The key findings include the following. The fluid retention capability was attributed to the structural synergy between liquid collection channels and tank walls

ensuring continuous liquid coverage at the channel inlets under all operating conditions. At low filling ratios

surface tension dominated the phase distribution with a quasi-static interfacial evolution. Increased filling enhanced inertial forces

inducing phase oscillations via momentum transport. The directional sensitivity analysis revealed that bottom acceleration induced the largest centroid depression

top acceleration had a minimal impact on the relative centroid height

and lateral disturbances caused larger centroid oscillation amplitudes and higher frequencies than oblique lateral disturbances.

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