• Proceedings of the Korean Society of Propulsion Engineers Conference
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• 2004.10a
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• pp.189-192
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• 2004

Test Facility for hot firing test of small size liquid rocket engine has been developed to research the cooing characteristics of kerosene for cylinder part especially. Propellants for the tests are kerosene and liquid oxygen as fuel and oxidizer respectively and they are fed by gaseous nitrogen. The engine components used hot firing test except for cylinder are cooled by tap-water. Valves for supply of propellants and coolants are controlled by pneumatically. System control and data recording are conducted automatically.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society of Propulsion Engineers Conference
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• 2003.05a
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• pp.59-63
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• 2003

This paper describes the conceptual design method of subscale direct-connect test facility for liquid fuel ramjet combustion study and preliminary analysis of test results. The measured pressure signal represents the successful operation of the test facility. The pressure oscillation in combustion chamber shows the dominant frequency of 190Hz, relatively very low frequency to 1L acoustic mode (1200Hz) based on the length of combustor. It is suspected that there were several driving sources, which are vortex street at backward step of combustor, inlet resonance induced by the long length of unchecked inlet, and/or combustor configuration with optical window.

• 한국신재생에너지학회:학술대회논문집
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• 2005.11a
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• pp.112-121
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• 2005

본 연구는 2003년부터 2005년까지 2년간 에너지관리공단의 선행연구과제로서 진행되었으며 20 Watt 급 소형 연료전지에 수소를 공급할 수 있는 소형의 마이크로 채널 메탄올 개질장치를 개발하는 것을 목적으로 하였다. 개질장치는 개질기 본체, 여기에 반응열을 공급 해주는 촉매 연소기 그리고 연료를 증발시켜 주는 연료증발기의 세부분으로 구성되며 각 반응기의 개발 및 통합을 수행하였다. 반응기는 반응면적을 증가시키기 위하여 폭 $200{\sim}5000{\mu}m$, 필이 $200{\sim}5000{\mu}m$ 규모의 마이크로 채널 유로를 금속 박판을 화학 에칭하여 구현하였으며 이를 수십장 적층하여 전체 반응기를 제작하였다. 마이크로 채널표면에 내부 촉매 지지체를 먼저 코팅한 후 촉매를 코팅하는 방법을 사용하여 담지체 코팅으로 기하학적 표면적 대비 표면적이 10 배 이상 향상되는 우수한 결과를 얻을 수 있었고 촉매의 내구성이 월등히 향상 되었다. 저온 활성 촉매를 사용하여 $350^{\circ}C$ 이하에서 메탄을 전환율 90% 이상을 구현하였다. 실제 운전 후 측정 결과 개질 반응기의 부분별 온도차가 $20^{\circ}C$ 이내로 설계의 우수성을 확인하였다. 촉매 연소기를 이용한 개질 반응열 공급장치를 개발하여 20Watt 급 수소 생산을 위한 개질 반응기에 반응열을 공급하도록 하였다. 이와 함께 촉매 연소기를 이용한 연료 증발열 공급 장치 개발하여 개질기 공급 연료의 90% 이상이 기화되도록 하였다.

• Journal of the Korean Society for Aeronautical & Space Sciences
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• v.32 no.9
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• pp.122-129
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• 2004

An accurate thrust measurement is one of the critical paths to the successful test and evaluation program of small liquid propulsion engines. This study describes the design factors for the development of thrust measurement system (TMS) as well as manufacturing practice of TMS hardware. We investigate characteristics of the TMS and its performance through hot-firing test of small liquid engine in a vacuum test cell which is capable of simulating 100,000 ft of altitude or higher. For performance test of TMS, we measure thrusts by changing propellant injection pressure at steady state firing mode as well as at pulse firing mode. Measured eigen frequency of the TMS is 67 Hz. Linearity test of the TMS shows good performance with less than 0.5% of linearity error.

• New & Renewable Energy
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• v.16 no.2
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• pp.47-53
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• 2020

The amount of food waste and its water content depends on both the season and region. In particular, the water content typically varies between 73.8 wt.% and 83.3 wt.%, depending on the proportion of vegetables. Current food waste drying technologies are capable of reducing the water content to less than 10 wt.%, while increasing the heating value. Ongoing studies aim to utilize dried food waste as fuel. Food waste can be used to produce solid refuse fuel (SRF) by mixing it with various solid fuels or other types of waste. The analysis of specimens is very important when considering the direct combustion of food waste or its co-firing with solid fuels. In this study, the weight reduction of specimens after burning them in a small combustor, and compared with the results of thermogravimetric analysis (TGA). The concentration of various chemicals was also measured to define the characteristics of waste generation. Performed proximate analysis, elemental analysis, TGA, combustion experiment, the heating value, and derivative thermogravimetry (DTG).

• Proceedings of the Korean Society of Propulsion Engineers Conference
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• 2010.11a
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• pp.405-409
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• 2010

금속분말을 청정 에너지원으로 이용하기 위해 금속분말 소형 연소기의 구현이 필요하다. 이를 위한 선행연구로 연료 공급 시스템인 핀틀인젝터형(pintle injector type) 금속분말 공급장치의 중요 성능인 분사량을 실험적으로 측정하였다. 분사량 측정 시험에 앞서 간단한 금속분말 공급 시험으로 확인된 문제점을 장치의 변경을 통해 해결하였다. 측정 시험의 결과, 연료 공급 장치에 이송 가스 압력이 상승함에 따라 많은 질유량의 금속분말이 분사되었고 압력에 따른 정량적 분사량을 확인하였다. 이송 가스와 금속분말의 혼합 성능을 개선하여 균일한 분사를 하고자 이송 가스를 25 Hz로 가진 하여 공급하였고 가진이 없는 경우의 실험결과와 비교하였다.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society of Propulsion Engineers Conference
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• 2009.05a
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• pp.83-87
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• 2009

Ramjet engine is weak for low frequency combustion instability because of their long air flow passage. A model combustor which has fuel injector and V-gutter shaped flame holder was designed and fabricated in order to simulate a combustion mechanism of ramjet engine, and it could demonstrate combustion instability which might occur in ramjet combustor. The frequency of the instability was very similar to that of acoustic resonance frequency of combustor, and it proved that a typical combustion instability by thermo-acoustic coupling occurred.

• Transactions of the Korean Society of Mechanical Engineers
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• v.14 no.4
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• pp.892-898
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• 1990

본 연구에서는 소형 연소로에서 단입자 석탄화염을 형성하고 스펙트럼 분석기 를 통하여 순간적으로 입자 발광스펙트럼을 획득하고 이를 컴퓨터에서 분석하는 장치 를 구성하였다. 입자로부터의 발광신호(luminous signature)를 측정하여 연소과정에 서의 복사거동을 파악하여 이로부터 광학적 온도측정을 하는 방법을 보고하다. 본 논문에서는 미분탄 입자 화염의 in-situ측정에 의한 스펙트로스코피 방법을 보고하는 데에 중점이 있으므로 전형적인 화염의 스펙트럼에 의한 자료분석 방법을 제시하였고 화염조건에 따른 결과치의 변화상황은 별도로 보고한다.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society of Propulsion Engineers Conference
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• 2008.11a
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• pp.45-48
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• 2008

Micro power generators have been studying to provide high power that micro systems require. Micro power generators need micro combustor. Swiss-roll combustor has been studied about scale, geometry, material. From previous study experiments have shown that swiss-roll combustors require thin walls with low thermal conductivity for maximum performance at small scales. In this work, polyimide combustors with low thermal conductivity and thin thickness are built and tested.

• Journal of the Korean Society of Propulsion Engineers
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• v.24 no.1
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• pp.1-8
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• 2020

In this study, a configuration design of a CH₄/LOx small rocket engine was made and test system was established for the performance evaluation. A coaxial swirl injector was chosen because of its remarkable atomization performance and low combustion instability. Three aspect ratios for the combustion chamber configuration, i.e., 1.5, 1.8, and 2.1 were also set for the comparison of the combustion efficiency. The reliability of the thrust measurement rig was enhanced by pre-and post-calibration process. From the preliminary ground hot-firing test, the measured thrust and specific impulse values were 89.2 N and 181.8 s, respectively, which were 21.6% lower than the ideal values. In addition, the efficiency of characteristic velocity was measured as 84.2%.