微重力下板式贮箱内液体晃动性能研究

Liquid Sloshing Performance in Vane Type Tank under Microgravity

板式贮箱内推进剂管理装置(PMD)以板式结构部件为主,其抑制液体晃动性能应能够满足卫星平台高稳定度和快速机动的需求。针对微重力下板式贮箱内液体晃动性能,建立基于有限体积(VOF)方法的气液两相流流动模型,通过数值模拟计算手段,比较分析研究了微重力环境下有防晃叶片和无防晃叶片的板式PMD晃动性能。计算分析结果表明,有防晃叶片的板式PMD抑制液体晃动性能明显优于无防晃叶片的板式PMD,使液面快速趋于稳定。同时,将计算分析结果与液体晃动微重力试验结果进行了分析比较,微重力试验结果与计算分析结果非常相近。研究结果表明,有防晃叶片的板式PMD具有更好的抑制液体晃动功能,能够显著地抑制贮箱内推进剂晃动,以满足卫星平台的高稳定度和快速机动的需求。

Propellant management device（ PMD） in vane type tank mainly comprises of vane type structure parts,whose performance of restraining liquid sloshing should satisfy spacecraft requirements of high stabilization and fast orbital maneuver. Aiming at liquid sloshing performance in vane type tank under microgravity environment,gas-liquid flow model based on the volume of fluid method was put forward,and via numerical simulation liquid sloshing performances of vane type PMD with anti-sloshing baffles and without anti-sloshing baffles in microgravity were analyzed and compared. Simulation results reveal that liquid sloshing performance of vane type PMD with anti-sloshing baffles is markedly superior vane type PMD without anti-sloshing baffles and the baffles make liquid surface become stable fast. Then by comparing between results of microgravity experiments and results of numerical simulations,they are very similar. According to present research,vane type PMD with anti-sloshing baffles has better effects on restraining liquid sloshing and is able to restrain observably propellant sloshing in tanks in order to satisfy spacecraft requirements of high stabilization and fast orbital maneuver.