27/06/2016
Ramjet test facility in Chitose is a facility to simulate an actual flight environment (altitude and the Mach number) for next-generation supersonic engines and to evaluate their thermal aerodynamic characteristics etc. on the ground.
Main components of this facility are a compressor, air tanks, a burner, a cooler, a test chamber, a cooler for exhaust gas, ejectors, etc. High-pressure air generated by the compressor is accumulated in the air tanks and fed to an engine to be tested in a form of airflow corresponding to the actual flight speed. A temperature of the airflow can be set according to the actual flight environment by the burner or cooler. In addition, the exhaust gas from the engine can be cooled by the exhaust gas cooler and depressurized by the ejectors so that a pressure in the test chamber can be set according to the actual flight altitude.