• Proceedings of the Korean Society of Propulsion Engineers Conference
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• 2006.11a
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• pp.43-46
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• 2006

Storage air heater(SAH) is a general purpose facility that is used to simulate the high altitude condition of supersonic ground test facility, thurst compensation test of rocket engine nozzle and gas turbine engine combustor test. SAH in KARI is built to simulate the total temperature of the supersonic ground test facility which has a wide flight envelope from altitude 0km, Mach 2 to altitude 25km, Mach 5 and operates up to 1300K, 3.5MPa. In this paper, we introduces the SAH in JAXA which is model of SAH in KARI and summarizes the design process and manufacture of ours.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society of Propulsion Engineers Conference
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• 2010.05a
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• pp.443-449
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• 2010

Recently underwater systems moving at hyper-speed such as a super-cavitating torpedo have been studied for their practical advantage of the dramatic drag reduction. In this study we are focusing our attention on super-cavitating flows around axisymmetric cavitators. A numerical method based on inviscid flow is developed and the results for several shapes of the cavitator are presented. First using a potential based boundary element method, we find the shape of the cavitator yielding a sufficiently large enough cavity to surround the body. Second, numerical predictions of super-cavity are validated by comparing with experimental observations carried out in a high speed cavitation tunnel at Chungnam National University (CNU CT).

• Proceedings of the KIPE Conference
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• 2014.07a
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• pp.229-230
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• 2014

본 논문은 고속전철용 1C1M 추진제어장치의 개발에 관한 것이다. KTX-산천 추진제어장치와 호환되도록 컨버터 부분은 DC링크를 공유하여 컨버터 2대를 병렬 운전하도록 하였다. 인버터 2대를 배치하여 견인전동기를 개별적으로 제어할 수 있도록 하였다. 동일 대차에서 1축, 2축 바퀴의 직경차는 1C2M 추진제어장치에서는 4mm 이하로 관리되고 있다. 1C1M 추진제어장치를 개발하여 바퀴의 직경차가 40mm 이하로 관리되도록 바퀴 직경관리 기준을 향상 시켜 바퀴의 사용 시간을 연장할 수 있도록 하였다. 컨버터, 인버터가 중고장에 의하여 차단 시 고장난 컨버터, 인버터 군을 차단하고 나머지 컨버터, 인버터 군은 재기동하는 충전회로 및 시퀀스를 추가하여 50% 동력을 사용하도록 하였다. 개발된 추진제어장치는 전력회로 시험, 기능 동작 시험을 통하여 제어가 원활히 수행됨을 확인하였다.

• Journal of the Korean Society of Propulsion Engineers
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• v.20 no.6
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• pp.101-112
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• 2016

The characteristic analysis and fundamental test of a plasma generator is performed for drag reduction of a high speed vehicle. In high pressures, thermal plasmas is suitable for generating plasmas. The appropriate plasma torch is selected and used to generate thermal plasmas. The plasma torch, which can emit high-speed and high-pressure plasma jet, is suitable for generating plasma counterflow jet. In this study, the fundamental test and analysis for the plasma torch is summarized. Results show that supplying gas pressures and electrode gap of plasma torch are considered as critical parameters for generating plasma jets.

• Proceedings of the KSR Conference
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• 2011.05a
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• pp.82-92
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• 2011

This paper presents a PFC(Power Factor Correction) system to control the power factor of input current of the converter system which is working in the propulsion system of KTX high speed train. In the KTX train system, initially introduced from ALSTOM, the thyristor converter with phase controlling technique is adopted in the current fed type powering system. The input current induces harmonic losses highly because the waveform becomes rectangular shapes according to the filter inductor current increased as the train speed increasing gradually. Especially the interference with the signalling systems is severe concerned due to high current harmonics on the catenary line. To protect this problem, a frequency trap filter(notch filter) is operating with the input converter system. In this paper, an analysis work and PC simulation have been done on the PFC system to upgrade its performance and maintenance efficiency.

• Journal of the Korean Society of Propulsion Engineers
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• v.20 no.1
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• pp.76-81
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• 2016

At negative-g condition, a float-type valve can open the passage of fuel in order to it flows continuously through a pressurized fuel tank system. Since specialized test conditions and high-cost supports are required, it is truly difficult to test the valve in a real high-speed test. Therefore, this paper contains performance analysis of a float-type fuel supply valve through flight tests conducting roll and negative-g maneuvers.

• Proceedings of the KIPE Conference
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• 2003.07b
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• pp.872-875
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• 2003

This paper introduces the propulsion system for Korean High Speed Railway(HSR). The developed propulsion system consists of PWM AC/DC converter and inverter. Compared with TGV-K, converters can improve input harmonics characteristics by the interlaced PW switching methods. And several merits such as unity power factor and simple regenerative operations can be also made. As a main power component, IGCT stack with suitable structure for high speed train and environmentally friendly cooling heat pipe is designed. In this paper, overall configuration of controller and control scheme is briefly described. Finally running tests are made to verify the developed propulsion system. The presented test results shows fast torque response, balanced converter current sharing, and appropriate running sequence.

• Journal of Ocean Engineering and Technology
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• v.25 no.2
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• pp.113-119
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• 2011

The Korea navy has a vital national interest in maritime security. The national strategy for maritime security focuses on preventing terrorism, crime, and hostile acts in the maritime domain. This requires the development of high speed crafts for maritime security in the South Korea domain. This paper reviews the state of the art on the development of high speed craft internationally, including efforts by the U.S. navy, and analyses the riverine environment to operate high speed crafts in South Korea. This paper makes specific proposals for high speed craft such as their main dimensions, speed, endurance, hull structure material, propulsion system, and general arrangement and 3D shape. This paper was used in the generation of basic resources for future ROC (requirement of capability) of high speed crafts using an engineering methodology.

• Journal of the Korean Society of Propulsion Engineers
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• v.14 no.2
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• pp.54-62
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• 2010

This paper describes the development of high fidelity air data processing algorithm which can be applied into an air data system for a high speed aerial vehicle. Unlike the previous air data system, current algorithm used several pre-determined pressure data which were obtained with computational fluid dynamic approach without using total pressures having enough sensor redundancy and fault detection ability. The verification of current algorithm was done by commercial software Matlab and Simulink.

• Journal of the Korean Society for Aeronautical & Space Sciences
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• v.44 no.8
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• pp.686-694
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• 2016

During the Cold War, all space developments were focused on the performance only. However economy becomes more important for space development after the Cold War. There is a growing interest in reusable launch vehicle to secure the economic feasibility. In this paper, technology development prospects and direction of reusable launch vehicles and future propulsion systems of various countries are presented.