• Proceedings of the Korean Society of Propulsion Engineers Conference
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• 2012.05a
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• pp.429-434
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• 2012

Ignition delay of micro/nano aluminum particles is caused by aluminum oxide shell. The method of minimizing this ignition delay is proposed in the study. Generating and heating of particles are processed at the same time. As soon as heated particles are produced, they immediately contact with oxygen. Chemical reaction is induced on the contact surface instead of crystallization of oxide shell. Finally particles are ignited. Aluminum particles are generated by laser ablation on an aluminum plate using Nd:YAG pulse laser. Injected particles are confirmed through visualization of particles using scattering method. $CO_2$ continuous laser supplies heat to aluminum plate and generated particles. Trace of burning particles is observed in the experiment.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society of Propulsion Engineers Conference
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• 2011.11a
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• pp.737-744
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• 2011

The success of continuous aluminum powder combustion with steam plasma is different from hydrocarbon ignition source. Ignition characteristics of aluminum powder with high temperature thermal plasma is studied with oxidizer-free environment. Experiment with argon plasma has same temperature conditions at 4500 K and particle feeding condition for previous combustion test with steam plasma and swirl combustor. The temperature of the plasma was measured using Optical Emission Spectroscopy method. Ignition characteristics were analyzed by SEM image and EDS. Aluminum powder with plasma has rapid evaporation mechanism contrast to hydrocarbon ignition source. It enhances to aluminum powder effective ignition characteristics.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society of Propulsion Engineers Conference
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• 2010.05a
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• pp.450-459
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• 2010

고체추진제의 첨가제 또는 연료로써 주로 사용되는 알루미늄 단일 입자 연소시험 장비를 제작하고 연소 실험을 수행하였다. 산화 알루미늄으로 피복된 금속입자는 약 30~100 ${\mu}m$의 크기를 사용하였다. 단일 입자는 Electrodynamic Balance (EDB) 방법에 의해 공중 부양된 상태로, 중력에 의한 영향이 배제되어 금속입자 고정용 또는 측정용 장치들의 접촉에 의한 열손실을 제거시켜 실험 정확도를 높였다. Standard Hyperbolic Electrodynamic Levitator (SHEL) 내에서 부양된 입자에 $CO_2$ 레이저를 사용하여 점화시킨 후, 입자로부터 방사되는 열복사를 이용한 two wavelength pyrometry를 적용하여 알루미늄 입자 크기에 따른 연소시간, 평균 화염온도, 점화온도, 점화시간을 획득하였으며, 단일 알루미늄 입자의 점화-연소특성을 평가하였다.

• Journal of the Korean Society of Propulsion Engineers
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• v.23 no.3
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• pp.88-95
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• 2019

The hydrogen torch ignition system has been widely used to ignite a pure aluminum for aluminum powder combustion system because of its simple ignition method. However, the conventional hydrogen torch ignition system has a disadvantage that requires a high-pressure tank to supply hydrogen, which leads to the increase of the weight. In order to solve this problem, a hydrogen ignition system using $NaBH_4$, a solid chemical hydride, was designed in this study. The thermal decomposition of $NaBH_4$ was initiated approximately at $500^{\circ}C$ and hydrogen was generated. The parameters affecting the thermal decomposition characteristics of $NaBH_4$ were analyzed and the aluminum combustion test was carried out using $NaBH_4$-based hydrogen ignition system to study the applicability to a practical aluminum-combustion propulsion system.

• Journal of the Korean Society of Propulsion Engineers
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• v.18 no.1
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• pp.26-32
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• 2014

In this study, DC (Direct current) type steam plasma igniter is developed for effective ignition of high-energy density metal aluminum and gas temperature is measured by emission spectrum of OH radical. Because of the ultra-high gas temperature, the DC plasma jet is measured by Boltzmann plot method which is the non-contact optical technique and spectrum comparison-analysis. And both methods were applied to experiment after accurate verification. As a result, we could identify that plasma jet temperature is 2900 K ~ 5800 K in the 30 mm range from the nozzle tip.

• Journal of the Korean Society of Propulsion Engineers
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• v.18 no.4
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• pp.9-17
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• 2014

In this study, in order to improve the ignitability of high energy aluminum powder, natural oxide films (alumina) were chemically removed, and instead nickel coat was applied. We used an electroless plating for nickel coating and confirmed quantitatively and qualitatively a time-dependent degree of nickel coating through analysis of surface by SEM/EDS. We also conducted element analysis by XRD and thermal properties by TGA/DSC in air oxidizer environment. There results explained the ignition enhancement mechanism of the nickel-coated aluminum powder in air. The difference between coated and un-coated aluminum powder, the effectiveness of coated powder has better ignitability.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society of Propulsion Engineers Conference
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• 2010.05a
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• pp.460-466
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• 2010

단일 알루미늄의 연소 모델을 사용하여 알루미늄 분말의 점화 과정에 대한 전산유체 해석 기법을 개발하였다. 유동의 계산은 Reynolds averaged Navier-Stokes식을 사용하였으며, $k-{\epsilon}$ 난류모델을 적용하였다. 입자는 Eulerian-Lagrangian 방법을 사용하여 유동과 독립적으로 계산을 수행하였으며 상용 전산유체해석 프로그램인 Fluent 6.3을 사용하여 해석을 수행하였다. 단일 모델에서 사용한 대류 및 복사 열전달, 표면이상반응, 알루미늄의 용융열을 입자 가열원으로 고려하였다. 같은 조건을 사용하여 단일 입자 모델 계산과 전산유체해석을 수행하였으며, 두 결과는 5% 이내로 잘 일치 하였다. 이를 통해 전산유체해석에서 알루미늄의 점화를 모사할 수 있음을 확인하였다.

• Journal of the KSME
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• v.51 no.9
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• pp.40-44
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• 2011

이 글에서는 분말형태가 아닌 고체형태(bulk)의 고에너지 금속물질을 레이저 조사를 통하여 효율적으로 점화시키는 방법에 대하여 소개하고자 한다.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society of Propulsion Engineers Conference
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• 2010.11a
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• pp.321-327
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• 2010

A simplified analytical modeling for micro-sized single metal particle combustion in air was conducted in the present study. The metal particle combustion consists of two distinct reaction regimes, ignition and quasi-steady burning, and the thermo-fluidic phenomena in each stage are formulated by virtue of the conservation and transport equations. Reliability of the model is shown by rigorous validation of the method with emphasis laid on the characterizing the commanding parameters. Effects of Initial particle size, initial oxide film thickness, convection, ambient pressure and temperature are examined and addressed with validation.

• Journal of the KSME
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• v.49 no.9
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• pp.40-46
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• 2009

화석연료의 과다 사용으로 인한 에너지 고갈과 환경오염 문제는 청정 고 에너지인 알루미늄 등의 금속 입자가 대안이 될 수 있다. 그 중에서도 나노 크기의 알루미늄은 일반적으로 사용하는 마이크로 크기의 알루미늄보다 낮은 점화온도와 높은 반융률로 그 효율성이 매우 높다.