• Proceedings of the Korean Society of Propulsion Engineers Conference
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• 2017.05a
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• pp.637-642
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• 2017

In this study, cold flow and combustion tests are conducted and analyzed to validate designed rocket engine head generating high temperature/pressure steam. At first, uni-injector was designed and manufactured, and cold flow test was conducted. Through this, differential pressure that can supply designed flow rate was confirmed. Also, Each injector's spray pattern were confirmed by patternator. Based on cold flow test results, we selected injectors among the candidates and arranged them on engine head, and cold flow and propellant spray tests were conducted. Finally, combustion test was carried out to analyze the flow rate, pressure, combustion efficiency. As a result, validation of rocket engine head for the development of the high temperature and high pressure steam generator has been completed.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society of Propulsion Engineers Conference
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• 2017.05a
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• pp.1016-1020
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• 2017

This study was conducted to develop a test facility that simulates the combustion instability that occurs in a real-scale liquid rocket combustor. A separate engine head with 3 injectors arranged in a row was designed/manufactured and verified through preliminary tests. The flow rate and spray pattern of the head were confirmed by the cold flow test. Next, propellant spray test and combustion test were carried out. A preliminary combustion test was carried out at 10 bar and the combustion chamber pressure was measured to be significantly lower than the target pressure. This is because it was a low pressure test, and it is expected to be resolved in the high pressure test in the future.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society of Propulsion Engineers Conference
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• 2009.11a
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• pp.119-122
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• 2009

The purpose of this study is to design of film-cooling ring for the small thrust rocket engine using green propellants(Hydrogen peroxide and kerosene). Cold flow test was carried out to measure the mass flow rate and atomizing characteristic. Required mass flow rate was obtained from thermal analysis of the engine, and measured flow rate 42.25g/s was in the range of permissible coolant flow rate. With the same mass flow rate, cooling ring with more hole and high velocity shows better spray pattern. The result of thermal analysis, cooling ring has enough cooling performance.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society of Propulsion Engineers Conference
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• 2010.05a
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• pp.95-98
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• 2010

A multi-injector rocket engine using high concentrated hydrogen peroxide and kerosene as the oxidizer and fuel was designed and fabricated. Six coaxial swirl injectors were mounted on the mixing head and flow analysis in the manifold was performed to minimize stagnation and recirculation zones. Finally, uniformity of mass flow rate and spray pattern was evaluated by cold flow tests and the mixing head design process was successfully verified the results.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society of Propulsion Engineers Conference
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• 2000.11a
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• pp.9-9
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• 2000

우주추진기관의 모든 부품은 생산 시 규정된 절차를 거쳐서 작동의 이상유무를 확인하는 시험을 거친다. 우주추진기관은 특별한 경우를 제외하고는 실 비행 상태에서 시험하기가 어렵거나 불편하기 때문에 지상에서 시험을 수행하여 성능 및 안정성 등을 확인하게 된다. 지상연소시험을 수행하기 위해서는 비행용 엔진을 대상으로 엔진 메니폴드에 비행 시와 같은 조건의 추진제가 공급될 수 있게 해줘야 한다. 기존에 시험장이 이미 구축되어 있는 경우 엔진의 운용조건에 맞추어 엔진에 맞게 엔진과 시험설비 연결부분이 수정되게 된다.(중략)

• Journal of the Korean Society of Propulsion Engineers
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• v.22 no.1
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• pp.52-57
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• 2018

This paper presents the design and cold flow test results of oxidizer-rich preburner injectors for a 9 tonf-class staged combustion engine cycle. Three types of coaxial swirl injectors were designed, and 12 injectors were designed for each type. The diameters of the fuel tangential holes are identical. The diameters of the oxidizer tangential holes were varied to investigate the influence of combustion in the oxidizer-rich preburner according to the momentum ratio of the gas oxidizer generated from combustion in the injector chamber and liquid oxidizer through the cooling channel. It will be verified through a powerpack and combustion test using an oxidizer-rich preburner. In the cold flow test, the fuel flow rate and oxidizer tangential hole flow rate reached the target value based on the designed differential pressure.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society of Propulsion Engineers Conference
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• 2012.05a
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• pp.180-186
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• 2012

A water-flow test for acceptance verification is carried out for a nonimpinging-type injector prior to the design-performance verification of 70 N-class liquid-rocket engine under development. It is observed that there exist varying characteristics of atomization among the injector-orifices caused by a fabrication crudeness of orifice holes which can be judged from a microscopic standpoint. The flow shedding phenomenon and ruffle on the surface of liquid column (or droplet) could be caught from the instantaneous spray images.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society of Propulsion Engineers Conference
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• 2001.11a
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• pp.1-2
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• 2001

• Journal of the Korean Society of Propulsion Engineers
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• v.25 no.3
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• pp.89-100
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• 2021

This paper deals with the construction of a combustion test facility and preliminary tests for hot-firing tests of a methane engine. First, the combustion test facility for a 1 kN-class thrust chamber using liquid oxygen/gas methane as propellants was designed and built. Before hot-firing tests, the cold-flow tests of each propellant line and the ignition tests of torch igniter/afterburner were performed to verify propellant supply stability of the combustion test facility, operation of the control and measurement system, and successful ignition. Finally, a preliminary hot-firing test was conducted to measure the combustion efficiency, heat flux, and combustion stability of a thrust chamber prototype. The constructed combustion test facility will be helpfully used for basic research and development of methane engine thrust chambers.

• Journal of the Korean Society of Propulsion Engineers
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• v.20 no.1
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• pp.69-75
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• 2016

This paper covers the result of construction and start-up tests of the KSLV(Korea Space Launch Vehicle)-II combustion chamber hot-firing test facility. This facility was constructed from 2012 to 2014. Start-up test of this facility began in the second half of 2014. Oxidizer cold flow test, fuel cold flow test and cooling water cold flow test were carried out as start-up test. Afterward, ignition test of combustion chamber was accomplished. The result of ignition test is applied to set up start-up sequence of KSLV-II combustion chamber and utilized as base line data for hot-firing test of low and normal design point.