• Journal of the Korean Society of Propulsion Engineers
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• v.21 no.4
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• pp.89-95
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• 2017

The improvement of a flow coefficient for the recirculation chill-down flow in a main oxidizer shut-off valve has been presented. The flow coefficient, which is mainly affected by the recirculation outlet port size and the configuration inside the valve, has been predicted with measured flow coefficient values. The comparison of experimentally measured flow coefficient with the predicted value shows the effect of valve inside configuration on the flow coefficient. Consequently, the flow coefficient is twice the previous value and about 75% of the pressure loss assigned to the main oxidizer shut-off valve can be used for additional pressure losses for other components in the recirculation chill-down system of a launch vehicle.

• Journal of the Korean Society of Propulsion Engineers
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• v.21 no.4
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• pp.28-35
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• 2017

A main oxidizer shutoff valve controls the supply of the oxidizer flow into the combustion chamber of a liquid rocket engine. This shutoff valve also carries out the pre-chilling of oxidizer supply lines by permitting recycling flow for stable transient start of the engine. In the present paper, the flow tests for the recycling line of the valve were conducted in order to evaluate the cooling performance of the main oxidizer shutoff valve. In addition, cryogenic life-cycle tests were performed with an assumption of the increase of spring constant with increasing valve operating times due to ductile-brittle transition effects.

• Journal of the Korean Society for Aeronautical & Space Sciences
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• v.37 no.8
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• pp.812-818
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• 2009

A MOV(Main Oxidizer shutoff Valve) controls the flow rate of liquid oxygen into the rocket combustor by opening and shutting operations piloted by a pneumatic force. In order to improve the effective design for sealing parts of poppet and piston assemblies, the poppet assembly has been designed to be just contacted with the piston assembly. However, to avoid a gap at the poppet/piston contact surface and to evaluate the MOV operating performance, an analyze on the force balance during the closing motion have been performed. For the accuracy of the analysis, the friction forces and the hydraulic forces have been respectively obtained by experiments and CFD analysis. Through the analysis, some important design parameters such as the spring constant, poppet friction and orifice size in the force balance have been introduced and the required operation performance of the MOV has been proved feasible.

• Proceedings of the Korean Nuclear Society Conference
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• 1996.05a
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• pp.526-531
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• 1996

영광5,6호기 유출관계통은 영광3,4호기의 유출관계통과는 달리 세개의 유출수 압력강하 오리피스 및 유출관 오리피스 개폐밸브론 이용하여 유출유량 및 압력을 제어한다. 새로이 설계 변경된 유출관계통의 성능 및 운전을 평가하기 위해서 Modular Modeling System(MME) 코드를 이용하여 분석을 수행하였다. 분석결과 배압제어기 제어변수의 계수선정이 계통의 과도현상에 매우 큰 영향을 미치고 있기 때문에 배압제어기 제어변수 선정이 계통의 과도현상 완화에 매우 중요한 인자임을 알 수 있었다. 그리고 배압제어기의 계수만 적절하게 선정되어 있다면, 유출관오리피스 개폐밸브의 Stroke 속도변화에 따른 계통의 과도현상에 미치는 영향은 거의 없음을 알 수 있었다. 또한 유출관오리피스 개폐밸브 특성이 선형인 경우가 Equal Percentage 특성을 갖는 경우 보다 과도현상 방지측면에서 우수하며, 배압제어기 제어변수의 계수만 적절하게 잘 선정된다면 유출관오리피스 개폐밸브의 운전에는 관계없이 계통의 과도상태를 적절하게 제어할 수 있다는 것을 알 수 있었다.

• Journal of the Korean Society for Aeronautical & Space Sciences
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• v.45 no.11
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• pp.989-997
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• 2017

We study opening transient responses of a self-sustainable poppet valve, which is usually used for the main oxidizer shut-off valve of liquid rocket engines. In order to perform numerical analysis, a pneumatic supply system was simulated as an orifice with a diameter of 3.2 mm and the equations of motion of valve moving part were derived. For the validation of the study, a comparison of numerical predictions and experimental results has been done. As one of the practical applications of this study, the employment of an orifice in a high pneumatic pressure has been presented to control the valve opening time.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society for Noise and Vibration Engineering Conference
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• 2000.06a
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• pp.1437-1443
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• 2000

왕복동식 압축기에서 고효율 토출밸브를 개발하였다. 멈치개(stopper)가 있는 외팔보 형태의 토출 밸브는 밸브 및 멈치개의 형상과, 밸브와 멈치개 및 밸브시트에 존재하는 오일에 의한 점성력(sticky force) 등에 의한 밸브의 개폐과정과 동적 거동특성의 변화를 유발한다. 본 논문에서는 오일막에 의한 점성력을 측정하고, 그에 의하여 유발되는 지연시간(time-lag)을 측정할 수 있는 실험장치를 개발하였다. 또한, 토출밸브의 개폐과정을 최적화하여, 과압축 손실을 최소화한 토출밸브계를 개발하였다. 개발된 밸브계에 대하여 실험적인 방법으로 그 효과를 검증하였다.

• Aerospace Engineering and Technology
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• v.11 no.1
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• pp.84-90
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• 2012

Fuel shutoff valve of a combustion chamber controls propellant mass flowrate of a rocket engine, by using pilot pressure and spring force. The developing fuel shutoff valve can be self sustained even though pilot pressure is removed in an actuator. Therefore, it is necessary to analyze the characteristics of the forces with respect to the opening and closing of the valve in order to evaluate its performance. In light of this, the valve has been designed to adjust the control pressure for the opening of the poppet and to determine the working fluid pressure at which the valve starts to close. This paper also has been predicted flow coefficient of the valve by Fluent(ver. 12.0) CFD analysis. Various results from the prediction and the analysis have been compared with experiments.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society of Propulsion Engineers Conference
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• 2010.11a
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• pp.111-114
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• 2010

MOV(Main Oxidizer shut-off Valves) control the combustion of launch vehicle systems by the supply and the isolation of liquid oxygen to a main combustion chamber in launch vehicle systems. Moreover, the MOV should secure a constant flow rate of liquid oxygen for combustion instability in the steady operational state. To modify the middle flange and rip of inlet valve design by Computer Aided Structural Analysis for improvement of EM core functions. In result, it has been verified to improve performance of EM by tests.

• Journal of the Korean Society of Propulsion Engineers
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• v.13 no.6
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• pp.48-55
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• 2009

The purpose of using Gas Generator Oxidizer On/Off Valve(GOV) is to control opening and closing of oxidizer mass flow. This paper describes analytical results of flow and structural properties for four different GOV models, using commercial software such as Fluent(Ver. 6.3.26) and NASTRAN(2005 r.2), PATRAN(2005 r.2). Analytical results show that GOVs could generate 2.3~3.8 kg/s of oxidizer mass flow rate and come up with 1.09~1.42 of safety factor.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society of Propulsion Engineers Conference
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• 2011.11a
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• pp.731-736
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• 2011

A pneumatic driving solenoid valve operates pneumatic control devices by opening/closing operating flow passage when the command is given by control system for the liquid-propellant feeding system of space launch vehicle. The simulation model of pneumatic driving solenoid valve is designed with AMESim to verify the designs and evaluate the dynamic characteristics and pneumatic behaviors of valve. To validate a valve simulation model, the simulation results of their operating durations of valve by AMESim analysis are compared with the results of experiments. In addition, the results of internal flow simulation with FLUENT are utilized to improve the accuracy of valve-modeling. Using the model, we analyze performance of valve; opening/closing pressure, operating time on various design factors; shape of control valve seat, drainage seat, rate of sealing diameter, volume of control cavity. This study will serve as one of reference guides to enhance the developmental efficiency of ventilation-relief valves with the various operating conditions, which shall be used in Korea Space Launch Vehicle-II.