The history of hypersonic propulsion facilities and tasks are briefly reviewed in this paper, the operating principle, main structures and basic parameters of these reclassified facilities are also surveyed, including direct-connect supersonic combustion test facility, combustion-heated high temperature tunnel, arc-heated scramjet test facility, high enthalpy shockwave facility and combustion-heated impulse tunnel. After an analysis of the characteristics of different facilities, it is pointed out that the combustion-heated impulse tunnel is the ideal facility for aero-propulsion integration test.

hypersonic propulsion facility  /  aero-propulsion integration  /  combustion-heated impulse tunnel