• Proceedings of the Korean Society of Propulsion Engineers Conference
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• 2003.10a
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• pp.73-77
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• 2003

Stability rating of KSR-III rocket engine is conducted based on stability rating tests in the course of development of KSR-III rocket engine. Rocket engine is approved to have combustion stabilization ability when it can suppress the external perturbation or pressure oscillation with finite amplitude and recover the original stable combustion. Rocket engine in flight nay be perturbed with unexpectedly large amplitude and thus a designer should not only assure combustion stabilization ability of the engine but also quantify the stabilization capacity. For this, several quantitative parameters and their evaluation are introduced. To verify dynamic stability of KSR-III rocket engine, five stability rating tests have been conducted. Based on these test results, such parameters are quantified and thereby, the stabilization capacity of KSR-III rocket engine is evaluated.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society of Propulsion Engineers Conference
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• 1999.10a
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• pp.5-5
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• 1999

3단형 과학로켓(KSR-III)의 기본형 및 응용형에 공통으로 사용되는 주엔진은 액체산소를 산화제로, 케로신을 연료로 사용하는 액체추진기관이다. 엔진 기본설계를 통하여 로켓 임무 요구사항에 부합되도록 엔진 각 부분의 기본제원을 설정하였고, 엔진의 형상을 결정하였다. 설계된 엔진의 성능검증 작업은 분사시험용 엔진, 축소형 엔진, 엔지니어링 모델 및 비행시험모델의 설계/제작/시험을 통하여 순차적으로 수행할 계획이다. 본 연구는 3단형 과학로켓 엔진의 기본설계 및 성능검증 계획에 관한 것이다.

• Journal of the Korean Society for Aeronautical & Space Sciences
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• v.34 no.2
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• pp.106-111
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• 2006

Combustion test facility for liquid rocket engine using kerosene and liquid oxygen has been developed for the purpose of cooling and performance study. Test engine of thrust under 1.0 KN can be evaluated, and the real combustion test ensures a good operation of the combustion test facility. Combustion test facility will be modified to supply natural gas and liquefied natural gas as fuel and to give a regenerative cooling test.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society of Propulsion Engineers Conference
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• 2006.11a
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• pp.157-162
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• 2006

A Liquid Rocket Engine(LRE) ground firing test facility was built in Korea Aerospace Research Institute(KARI) in 2001 to develop the LRE for the first Korean liquid rocket, KSR-III. Around 170 tests were conducted since its establishment until recently by September 2006, and in the meantime, a considerable improvements were made in the capability. This paper describes the outline, conducted tests and operation techniques which have been accumulated through the operation of KARI LRE ground firing test facility.

• Journal of the Korean Society of Propulsion Engineers
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• v.24 no.6
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• pp.120-125
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• 2020

75 tonf liquid rocket engine combustion test was performed at Naro space center Engine Combustion Test Facility for KSLV-II. A gradual pressure drop was observed during off-design combustion test turbopump inlet condition using cooled kerosene at 271 K. It was found that the water content inside kerosene could cause pressure drop at 40 ㎛ grade filter through the water contests analysis of kerosene, kerosene cooling test and dehydration of kerosene.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society of Propulsion Engineers Conference
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• 2011.11a
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• pp.885-891
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• 2011

This paper describes the results of preliminary design of rocket engine test facility for the performance evaluation of liquid rocket engine. Design specification and composition of rocket engine test facility are suggested based on the design requirements. The results of the preliminary design of rocket engine test facility will be used as base data for the detail design and construction of rocket engine ground test facility of KSLV-II 75tonf liquid rocket engine.

• Journal of the Korean Society of Propulsion Engineers
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• v.5 no.4
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• pp.67-74
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• 2001

Based on the national space development project, the necessity of developing liquid propellant rocket engine is revealed to secure the basic technology for the development of individual artificial-satellite launcher. Consequently, KARI (Korea Aerospace Research Institute) is developing a liquid propellant rocket engine for the KSR-III. Currently, a prototype engine using kerosene/LOx which produces 13-ton thrust is designed, fabricated and tested. In this paper, test procedure and technique for liquid propellant rocket engine are introduced with the analysis of static and dynamic test data.

• Journal of the Korean Society for Aeronautical & Space Sciences
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• v.32 no.3
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• pp.95-101
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• 2004

Stability rating of KSR-III rocket engine is conducted based on stability rating tests in the course of development of KSR-III rocket engine. Rocket engine is approved to have combustion stabilization ability when it can suppress the external perturbation or pressure oscillation with finite amplitude and recover the original stable combustion. Rocket engine in flight may be perturbed by unexpectedly large-amplitude pressure oscillation and thus a designer should not only assure combustion stabilization ability of the engine but also quantify the stabilization capacity. For this, principal quantitative parameters and their evaluation are introduced. To verify dynamic stability of KSR-III rocket engine, six stability rating tests have been conducted. Based on these test results, such parameters are quantified and thereby, the stabilization capacity of KSR-III rocket engine is evaluated.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society of Propulsion Engineers Conference
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• 2017.05a
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• pp.1054-1056
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• 2017

The Preparation for a flight test of the launch vehicle to verify the performance of the liquid rocket engine(LRE) is proceeding. Flight test of liquid rocket engine costs an enormous amount of money, has a restriction on measurement channels, so it requires the optimal measurement plan to check the prelaunch operation and determine the cause of abnormal situation. This paper surveys the foreign sources for LRE flight test. In recent years, as the tendency to eliminate all faults of LRE at the ground test the number of flight test is decreasing and in contrast, the number of measurements and measurement accuracy is increasing. This paper may be used as a reference for the preparation of an LRE flight test.

• Journal of the Korean Society of Propulsion Engineers
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• v.25 no.1
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• pp.50-57
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• 2021

Engine cool down process is necessary for the liquid rocket engines using cryogenic propellants in order to meet the requirement of engine inlet temperature. This paper evaluates the cool down characteristics of oxidizer supply pipeline and engine in prechill process prior to the engine firing tests, and calculate the quantity of liquid oxygen consumption.