Journal of the Korean Society of Propulsion Engineers (한국추진공학회지)

The Korean Society of Propulsion Engineers (한국추진공학회)
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Research Trend and Histories of Rocket Engines using Hydrogen Peroxide and Liquid Methane as Green Propellants

친환경 추진제인 과산화수소와 액체메탄의 활용 역사와 연구 동향

  • 김선진 (청양대학 소방안전관리학과) ;
  • 이양석 (충남대학교 항공우주공학과) ;
  • 고영성 (충남대학교 항공우주공학과)
  • Received : 2010.06.19
  • Accepted : 2010.08.09
  • Published : 2010.08.30
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Abstract

Hydrogen peroxide(HP) and liquid methane have deserved renewed considerations as green propellants in recent years, because main design concerns in the development of the new generation propulsion system for spacecrafts are concentrated on low operation cost and environmental cleanness. Although HP has a long history of application to aerospace propulsion systems due to high density, mono-propellant characteristics and low toxicity, it had been replaced by hydrazine and liquid oxygen due to extreme performance requirement during the cold war. But HP has received a renewed interest due to its increased stability and many researches have been conducted to develop high performance LREs(Liquid Rocket Engines) using HP. Liquid methane has also received a new interest in rocket propulsion system for the future space exploration according to its possibility of ISRU(In-Situ Resource Utilization).

최근 들어 새로운 차세대 우주발사체의 추진기관의 개발 방향에서 친환경성과 저비용성이 주요 관심사이며, 과산화수소와 액체메탄은 이러한 추진제로 대표적인 관심을 받고 있다. 과산화수소는 로켓 개발 초기에 널리 사용되었으나, 냉전시대에 성능을 최우선시함에 따라 사용이 현격히 감소해오다가 1990년대 이후 안정성의 향상과 더불어 다시 재조명 받기 시작하였다. 액체메탄은 실제 발사체의 추진기관으로 사용되지는 않았지만, 액화천연가스(LNG)로 사용할 수 있기 때문에 친환경/저비용 추진제로 지속적으로 관심을 받아왔으며 최근에는 달/화성 탐사와 관련하여 지속적인 연구가 수행되고 있다. 이러한 대표적인 친환경 추진제에 대한 활용 역사와 최근 연구 동향을 고찰하여, 향후 국내에서 소요될 각종 임무 조건을 만족하는 엔진의 연구 개발 방향 설정에 도움이 될 것으로 예상된다.

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