• Bulletin of the Korean Space Science Society
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• 2004.04a
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• pp.74-74
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• 2004

액체추진제를 사용하는 위성 발사체의 경우 추진제탱크에 저장된 추진제를 추력을 발생하는 연소실에 공급하기 위하여 헬륨 등의 가압제를 사용한다. 본 연구에서는 액체추진제 로켓엔진의 산화제인 극저온의 액체산소를 저장하고 있는 탱크 내부에 설치된 별도의 탱크에 저장된 극저온/고압의 헬륨을 고온으로 열팽창 시켜 추진제 탱크로 재유입하여 추진제를 가압하는 시스템에 사용되는 가압제 열팽창용 열교환기의 개발을 위한 기초 설계를 수행하였다. (중략)

• Composites Research
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• v.33 no.5
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• pp.309-314
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• 2020

Polymer composites were used to reduce the weight of the spacecraft's cryogenic propellant tank. Since these materials were directional, the permeability performance of the gas permeated or delivered in the stacking direction was an indicator directly related to performance such as tank stability and onboard fuel quantity estimation. In addition, the results of permeation measurements and optical analysis of the surface to verify the effect of the number of cycles exposed to the cryogenic-room temperature environment are included. As a result, the permeability was inversely proportional to the thickness and was proportional to the number of thermal shocks, and it was verified that the permeability performance was suitable for the cryogenic propellant tank material for the space launch vehicle.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society of Propulsion Engineers Conference
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• 2009.11a
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• pp.273-277
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• 2009

An oxidizer tunnel-type pipe, which shall transport oxidizer from an oxidizer tank to a turbo-pump of an engine, studied is installed through a fuel tank located under an oxidizer tank. A tunnel-type pipe can save weight compared to a detour-type pipe, however may vary the temperature of fuel stored in a fuel tank because of a broad heat transfer area. Hence in this study the characteristics of main oxidizer pipe and thermal propagation from oxidizer to a fuel tank are monitored by a cryogenic performance test with a tunnel-type pipe. In addition, the possibility of adaptation of an oxidizer tunnel-type pipe to launcher system is also analyzed.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society of Propulsion Engineers Conference
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• 2009.11a
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• pp.363-367
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• 2009

For the liquid rocket propulsion system using liquid oxygen as oxidizer, helium for pressurizing LOX is usually stored in the LOX tank with cryogenic temperature. For that kind of pressurizing system, cryogenic helium is discharged from the immerged pressurant cylinder and passes through the heat exchanger downstream of gas generator. During the process, helium pressurant is heated from cryogenic temperature to high one and supplied to the ullage of propellant tank. To develop the pressurizing system, a cryogenic heating apparatus is needed to simulate the heat exchanger. In this paper, the cryogenic heating apparatus for development of the pressurization system is presented along with its heating test results with cryogenic helium.

• Journal of the Korean Society of Propulsion Engineers
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• v.15 no.1
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• pp.63-68
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• 2011

For the liquid rocket propulsion system using liquid oxygen as oxidizer, helium for pressurizing LOX is usually stored in the LOX tank with cryogenic temperature. For that kind of pressurizing system, cryogenic helium is discharged from the immerged pressurant cylinder and passes through the heat exchanger downstream of gas generator. During the process, helium pressurant is heated from cryogenic temperature to high one and supplied to the ullage of propellant tank. To develop the pressurizing system, a cryogenic heating apparatus is needed to simulate the heat exchanger. In this paper, the cryogenic heating apparatus for development of the pressurization system is presented along with its heating test results with cryogenic helium.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society of Propulsion Engineers Conference
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• 2017.05a
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• pp.1171-1175
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• 2017

Cryogenic helium gas is used as the pressurant for the oxidizer pressurization of DR(Damper Receiver) sphere in the PSD(Pogo Suppression Device) system and liquid oxygen is used as the oxidizer for the propellant in Korea Space Launch Vehicle-II. The helium gas is stored in pressurant cylinders inside the cryogenic liquid oxygen tank and liquid oxygen is stored in the oxidizer tank. In this study, the performance test of PSD liquid oxygen drain valve for KSLV-II was considered.

• Journal of the Korean Society of Propulsion Engineers
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• v.12 no.4
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• pp.33-41
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• 2008

The prelaunch thermal transients in the cryogenic oxidizer tank of liquid propulsion rocket subjected to uniform heat flux from outside are numerically analyzed through thermodynamic equations and heat and mass transfer relations. The prelaunch stage is assumed to be composed of five idealized sub-stages including pressurization process by helium gas injection. The Peng-Robinson equation of state is utilized in the lumped analysis of ullage gas. The liquid region is divided into a number of horizontal layers of uniform properties to account for the thermal stratification. The computational result for the typical case shows that the temperature rise of liquid oxidizer is less than 1K and the adsorbed helium into the liquid is approximately 10g.

• Aerospace Engineering and Technology
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• v.9 no.2
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• pp.168-175
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• 2010

During feeding oxidizer to the engine, vortices are occurred at lower dome of oxidizer tank inside by various working environments and external forces for liquid propellant feeding system of space launch vehicle. To eliminate the vortices or swirls Anti-Vortex Devices(AVD) shall be installed at inside lower oxidizer tank. Using the numerical analysis, we have confirmed the performance of AVD and analyzed the mass flow rate by feeding time and magnitudes of swirls on the free surface of oxidizer or exit surface according to the AVD number and length. Then we could derive the optimal design of the AVD number and length.

• Bulletin of the Korean Space Science Society
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• 2003.10a
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• pp.89-89
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• 2003

로켓엔진의 연소에 필요한 추진제를 안정적으로 공급하기 위한 추진제 공급시스템의 주요 구성과 설계 주요 인자를 정리하였다 공급시스템은 추진제 주입/배출 장치, 추진제탱크 가압 및 배기 장치, 추진제 공급 주/분기 배관, 극저온 산화제 온도 유지 장치 등으로 구성되어 있다. 주요 설계 제한 조건으로는 터보 펌프 입구에서의 추진제 압력 및 온도, 필요 추진제 공급 유량 및 온도 그리고 추진제 충진 및 비상 배출 허용 시간 등이며 이는 각 로켓의 해당 임무에 따라 적절히 결정된다. 발사체로부터 할당된 중량값 이내에서 고신뢰도의 작동성, 안정성이 보장되는 시스템을 설계하여야 하며 초기 설계 단계에서 개발 및 수급 가능성을 동시에 고려하여야 할 것이다. 또한 고추력 생성을 위해 엔진 클러스터링이 수행되어야 할 경우 각 엔진으로의 균등한 추진제 배분 공급이 설계의 중요한 요구 조건이 된다. 이러한 공급시스템의 개념은 액체산소와 케로신 조합의 액체 로켓인 100kg급 소형 위성 발사체(KSLV-Ⅰ)에 적용될 예정이다.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society of Propulsion Engineers Conference
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• 2003.10a
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• pp.238-241
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• 2003

In case of liquid rocket using turbopump, the inner pressure of liquid oxygen tank is maintained low, so vaporization of LOX is generally occurred. This vaporization tendency increases as the inlet helium gas temperature is higher. For estimating the amount of helium in the rocket system, the LOX vaporization phenomena should be carefully considered. In this paper, Inner process of LOX tank is analyzed by two phase flow modeling. the vaporization rate and required Helium mass is investigated with varying inlet helium temperature and heat transfer coefficient.