• Proceedings of the Korean Society of Propulsion Engineers Conference
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• 2006.05a
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• pp.187-192
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• 2006

The combustion performance tests of a 30 tonf-class full-scale combustion chamber performed with water as a coolant were described. The combustion chamber has chamber pressure of 53bara and propellant flow mass rate of 90kg/s. Since it was first firing test for 30tonf-class combustion chamber using channel cooling, water coolant mass flow .ate of 35kg/s and 18kg/s were performed which correspond to 110% of kerosene design volume flow rate and equivalent cooling performance of kerosene. The test results are described and the results showed that the water cooling performance of this combustion chamber is sufficient and the firing test is feasible using the kerosene as a coolant.

• Journal of the Korean Society of Propulsion Engineers
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• v.11 no.4
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• pp.38-45
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• 2007

A liquid rocket engine fuel-rich gas generator has been developed for the first time in the country, which can produce combustion gas over the rate of 4 kg/s at 900 K and 58 bar. The gas is not only for driving a turbopump but also for providing heat source for propellant supply tanks. The final design of the gas generator had been fixed based on the concept and preliminary development tests, and was validated through structure and heat transfer analysis. The manufacturing involved precision machining, surface finish, and special welding technique. The final assessment on the characteristics of ignition and combustion had been carried out for two different versions of injector heads. This concluded that the present product satisfies the development requirements such as spatial temperature distribution and the development has been successful.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society of Propulsion Engineers Conference
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• 2006.11a
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• pp.181-185
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• 2006

A liquid rocket fuel-rich gas generator developed for the first time in the country can produce combustion gas over the rate of 4 kg/s at 900 K and 58 bar. The gas can be used not only for driving a turbopump but also for providing heat source for propellant supply tanks. The final design of the gas generator has been fixed based on the concept and preliminary development tests, and was validated through structure and heat transfer analysis. The manufacturing involves precision machining, special surface finish, and welding techniques. The final assessment on the characteristics of ignition and combustion had been carried out through five combustion tests. This concluded that the present product satisfies the development requirements.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society of Propulsion Engineers Conference
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• 2006.11a
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• pp.163-168
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• 2006

The combustion performance tests of a 30 tonf-class full-scale combustion chamber performed with kerosene as a coolant were described. The combustion chamber has chamber pressure of 53bara and propellant flow mass rate of 90kg/s. Since it was first firing test for 30tonf-class combustion chamber using kerosene cooling, kerosene coolant mass flow rate of 32kg/s which correspond to 120% of design mass flow rate were performed. Then, the firing test with kerosene mass flow rate of 25kg/s were successfully performed. The test results are described and the results showed that the kerosene cooling performance of this combustion chamber is sufficient and the firing test with regenerative cooling is feasible.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society of Propulsion Engineers Conference
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• 2008.05a
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• pp.133-137
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• 2008

Results of combustion tests performed for a regenerative cooling combustor of a 30 tonf-class liquid rocket engine were described. The combustion chamber has chamber pressure of 60 bar, propellant mass flow rate of 89 kg/s, and nozzle expansion of 12. The combustion chamber is composed of mixing head, baffle injector, and regenerative cooling chamber. The hot firing tests were performed at design and off-design points. The test results show that the combustion characteristic velocity is in the range of 1738${\sim}$1751 m/sec and the specific impulse of the combustion chamber is in the range of 253${\sim}$270 sec. The peak of combustion characteristic velocity and specific impulse for this combustor is shown at mixture ratio of 2.35 and 2.5, respectively.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society of Propulsion Engineers Conference
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• 2009.05a
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• pp.71-75
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• 2009

Test results of combustion chamber to verify the operation and the combustion performance at low pressure, design and off-design conditions for 30ton-class liquid rocket engine were described. The combustion chamber has nominal chamber pressure of 60 bar, propellant mass flow rate of 89 kg/s, and nozzle expansion of 12. Effects of chamber pressure on combustion characteristic velocity are largely affected by mixture ratio. The specific impulse of combustion chamber is proportional to the chamber pressure regardless of the mixture ratios. The present results can be used as the base to predict the combustion performance of large sized chamber at high pressure while demonstrating the possibility of low pressure firing test of large sized chamber.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society of Propulsion Engineers Conference
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• 2009.11a
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• pp.69-73
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• 2009

Combustion test results of 1/2.5-scale thrust chamber for 75tonf-class liquid rocket engine were described. The thrust chamber has chamber pressure of 60 bar, propellant mass flow rate of 89 kg/s, and nozzle expansion ratio of 12. The combustion tests were conducted to verify the combustion performance, the regenerative cooling performance and the durability of thrust chamber at design point condition, and then were performed to confirm the operation and the combustion performance at low combustion pressure condition. All the tests had been successfully executed without the damage of the hardware. These test results present a possibility of hot firing test at low combustion pressure condition, and can be used as fundamental data to predict the combustion performance at design point condition for 75 tonf thrust chamber.

• Journal of the Korean Society of Propulsion Engineers
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• v.20 no.1
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• pp.50-57
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• 2016

We studied the Lab-scale process for the development of DNAM in aspect of safety and overall efficiency. Melamine is used for starting material of process, DNAM was synthesized by oxidation and nitration reaction. In order to optimize the process parameters with the product in higher yield and purity, a systematic study with variation of different parameters like molar ratio of nitrating mixture, conditioning time and order of reactant was carried out. The optimized reaction conditions for the synthesis of DNAM were : conditioning time of $3{\pm}3.5$ hour and nitrating mixture in 1:1.4 molar ratio. In order to proceed a stable reaction, melamine was added with enough time to relieve reaction heat. From these reaction condition, DNAM could be obtained in a yield of more than 60%.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society of Propulsion Engineers Conference
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• 2007.11a
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• pp.139-143
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• 2007

The overall results of combustion tests performed for a 30 tonf-class full-scale combustion chambers of a liquid rocket engine were described. The combustion chambers have chamber pressure of 53${\sim}$60 bar and propellant mass flow rate of 89 kg/so The combustion chamber is composed of mixing head, SUS baffle, baffle injector, ablative chamber, channel cooling chamber and regenerative cooling chamber. The test results show that the combustion characteristic velocity is in the range of 1673${\sim}$1730 m/sec and the specific impulse of the combustion chamber is in the range of 254${\sim}$263 sec. As the recess number of the injectors increases, the combustion characteristic velocity increases. And as the combustion characteristic velocity increases, the specific impulse of the combustion chamber also increases.

• Journal of the Korean Society of Propulsion Engineers
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• v.15 no.2
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• pp.68-73
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• 2011

For the launch preparation of KSLV-I, gaseous nitrogen with various level of pressure and cryogenic liquid nitrogen are required. Nitrogen Supply System on launch complex has been developed to perform the production of high pressure gaseous nitrogen, the production of gaseous nitrogen with temperature of 273 ${\pm}$ 2K for protection purge of launch vehicle after loading of propellant and the supply of cryogenic liquid nitrogen for cooling of fuel (kerosene) and oxidizer (liquid oxygen). The operational instability of vaporizer mainly caused by its heat transfer characteristics which sensitively depends on the atmospheric conditions was removed by introducing parallel installation of two vaporizer and their switching operation. The developed Nitrogen Supply System carried out its function successfully in preparation of KSLV-I flight tests.