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Cause of Fuel Leakage from the Inner Piston Packing of Afterburner Fuel Pump in an Aircraft J85-GE-21 Turbojet Engine

전투기 J85-GE-21 터보제트 엔진 후기 연소기 연료펌프의 내부 피스톤 패킹 연료 누출 원인

  • Received : 2014.10.24
  • Accepted : 2014.11.20
  • Published : 2014.12.31

Abstract

Most of military supersonic aircraft use an afterburner. It plays an important role in performing unusual duties for supersonic flight, takeoff, and combat situations. Recently, repetitive fuel leakage from the inner piston packing rubber of afterburner fuel pump in an aircraft J85-GE-21 turbojet engine has happened. These failures have only happened in one manufacturer's parts of two manufacturers. Thus, the cause of these failures was investigated through the comparative analysis for both the failed and the unfailed with two different manufacturers using various analysis methods. The failure analysis was performed using analysis methods such as swelling or swelling ratio, total sulfur content, polymer identification, loading and surface area of carbon black, and hardness. Consequently, the main cause of this failure was identified to be insufficient loading of carbon black as a reinforcing agent, together with small surface area of carbon black and somewhat low sulfur content.

대부분 군사용 초음속 전투기는 후기 연소기를 사용한다. 후기 연소기는 초음속 비행, 이륙, 전투 상황에 대해 비상 임무 수행을 가능하게 하는 중요한 역할을 한다. 최근 전투기 J85-GE-21 터보제트 엔진 후기 연소기 연료펌프의 내부 피스톤 패킹고무에서 반복적인 연료 누출 결함이 발생하였다. 이러한 결함은 두 제조사 중 한 제조사의 부품에서만 발생하였다. 따라서, 결함발생 원인을 제조사가 상이한 정상품 및 결함품에 대하여 다양한 비교 분석방법을 통하여 조사하였다. 결함분석에는 팽윤 또는 팽윤도, 총 황함량, 폴리머 확인, 카본블랙 함량 및 표면적, 경도와 같은 분석방법이 적용되었다. 결론적으로, 반복적인 연료 누출 결함의 주요 원인은 보강제 카본블랙의 함량 미달로 확인되었으며, 더불어 표면적이 작은 카본블랙과 함량이 낮은 황 적용이 결함원인에 부가적인 영향을 준 것으로 확인되었다.

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