• 한국항공우주학회지
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• 제37권5호
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• pp.496-501
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• 2009

소형 인공위성에 적합한 300 W 급 원통형 홀 추력기의 추력부를 개발하였다. 추력부채널 내부에서의 자기장 분포는 추력 성능을 좌우하는 주요한 변수이다. 자기장 구조가 다른 두 종류의 추력부를 설계하고 제작하여 추력 및 효율에 대한 비교 측정 시험을 수행하였다. 또한 내구성 시험을 수행하여 추력부의 안정된 작동 시간과 작동 후 발생하는 문제점에 대한 결과를 얻었다.

• 한국추진공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국추진공학회 2004년도 제22회 춘계학술대회논문집
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• pp.262-270
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• 2004

Basic experiments were carried out using the THT-IV low-power Hall thruster to examine the influences of magnetic field shape and strength, and acceleration channel length on thruster performance and to establish guidelines for design of high-performance Hall thrusters. Thrusts were measured with varying magnetic field and channel structure. Exhaust plasma diagnostic measurement was also made to evaluate plume divergent angles and voltage utilization efficiencies. Ion current spatial profiles were measured with a Faraday cup, and ion energy distribution functions were estimated from data with a retarding potential analyzer. The thruster was stably operated with a highest performance under an optimum acceleration channel length of 20 mm and an optimum magnetic field with a maximum strength of about 150 Gauss near the channel exit and with some shape considering ion acceleration directions. Accordingly, an optimum magnetic field and channel structure is considered to exist under an operational condition, related to inner physical phenomena of plasma production, ion acceleration and exhaust plasma feature. A new Hall thruster was designed with basic research data of the THT-IV thruster. With the thruster with many considerations, long stable operations were achieved. In all experiments at 200-400 V with 1.5-3 mg/s, the thrust and the specific impulse ranged from 15 to 70 mN and from 1100 to 2300 see, respectively, in a low electric power range of 300~1300 W. The thrust efficiency reached 55 %. Hence, a large map of the thruster performance was successfully made. The thermal characteristics were also examined with data of both measured and calculated temperatures in the thruster body. Thermally safe conditions were achieved with all input powers.

• 한국소음진동공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국소음진동공학회 2013년도 춘계학술대회 논문집
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• pp.555-558
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• 2013

A type of electric propulsion employed by specialized purpose vessels or offshore is the azimuth thruster. Azimuth thruster application had been increasing recently and resulted to excellent vessel maneuverability. However, this system is very complex and some of its major component being exposed under the seawater level presents difficulty in sealing design. For Polar class icebreaker operating in extreme sea condition, this requires a high level of reliability and safety. In this study, the characteristics of lubricating orifice pipe structural vibration installed at the lower reduction gear were investigated and analyzed through beam analysis theory and comparison of experiments. Propeller excitation and the resonant modes of vibration causing excessive vibration and suitable countermeasures to prevent damage due to vibration fatigue on the pipe are presented.

• 한국추진공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국추진공학회 2004년도 제22회 춘계학술대회논문집
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• pp.257-261
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• 2004

Computational fluid dynamics analysis was carried out for thermo-chemical flow field in Arcjet thruster with mono-propellant Hydrazine ($N_2$H$_4$) as a working fluid. The theoretical formulation is based on the Reynolds Averaged Navier-Stokes equations for compressible flows with thermal radiation. The electric potential field governed by Maxwell equation is loosely coupled with the fluid dynamics equations through the Ohm heating and Lorentz force. Chemical reactions were assumed being infinitely fast due to the high temperature field inside the arcjet thruster. An equilibrium chemistry module for nitrogen-hydrogen mixture and a thermal radiation module for optically thin media were incorporated with the fluid dynamics code. Thermo-physical process inside the arcjet thruster was understood from the flow field results and the performance prediction shows that the thrust force is increased by amount of 3 times with 0.6KW arc heating.

• 한국추진공학회지
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• 제25권5호
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• pp.36-52
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• 2021

뉴 스페이스 시대를 맞아 군집 초소형 위성의 활용이 전 세계적으로 증가함에 따라, 위성의 정밀제어를 위한 추력기가 필수적으로 요구되고 있다. 전계방출 전기추진(Field Emission Electric Propulsion, FEEP) 추력기는 추진제로 액체 금속을 사용하는데, 강한 전기장에 의해 이온화된 액체금속을 가속시키는 방식의 추력기이다. FEEP 추력기는 1 µN급에서 1 mN급까지의 추력 범위와 10,000 s 수준에 이르는 큰 비추력을 가지며, 구조가 단순하고 소형화가 가능하여 초소형 위성의 다양한 자세 및 궤도 제어 임무에 적합하다. 본 논문에서는 FEEP 추력기의 개요를 소개하고, 연구개발 현황에 대해서 살펴보고자 한다.

• Journal of Ship and Ocean Technology
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• 제6권1호
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• pp.27-33
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• 2002

Recently, the application of the electric propulsion system becomes popular because of its advantage over conventional propulsion. However, the complicated flow mechanism and interaction around the azimuth thruster are not fully understood yet, and the studies on the powering performance characteristics with azimuth/pod thrusters are now in progress. The experimental method developed in KRISO(Korea Research Institute of Ships & Ocean Engineering) is introduced and the results of the powering performance tests, consisting of resistance, self-propulsion and propeller open water tests for a cable layer with two azimuth thrusters are presented. For the analysis of powering performance with azimuth thrusters, it is necessary to evaluate the thrust/drag for components of a thruster unit, Extrapolation results could differ according to the various definitions of the propulsion unit; that is the pod, thruster leg and/or nozzle can be treated as hull appendages or as part of propulsion unit, The powering performances based on several definitions are investigated for this vessel. The results of the measurements for the 3-dimensional velocity distribution on the propeller plane are presented to understand the basis of the difference in propulsion characteristics due to the propeller rotational directions.

• 제어로봇시스템학회:학술대회논문집
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• 제어로봇시스템학회 1994년도 Proceedings of the Korea Automatic Control Conference, 9th (KACC) ; Taejeon, Korea; 17-20 Oct. 1994
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• pp.232-237
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• 1994

An extended study of optimal thruster combination for simultaneous attitude and orbital maneuvers of a jet-controled spacecraft is conducted. In this case, the spacecraft has not enough number of thrusters to control the rotation and translation separately. Therefore, thrusters are employed by combining to eliminate their coupling effects. The combinations are determined to minimize the fuel consumption. The redundancy study for some thruster failure cases is also presented.

• 한국추진공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국추진공학회 2004년도 제22회 춘계학술대회논문집
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• pp.245-250
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• 2004

The discharge current oscillation has been measured for various hollow anode widths and its axial positions using a 1㎾-class anode layer hall thruster. As a result, there were thresholds of magnetic flux density for stable discharge. The plasma structure inside the hollow anode was numerically analyzed using the fully kinetic 2D3V Particle-in-Cell (PIC) and Direct Simulation Monte Carlo (DSMC) methods. The results reproduced both stable and unstable operation modes. In the stable operation case, which corresponds to the case with low magnetic flux, the plasma penetrated into the hollow anode deeper than the case with higher magnetic flux density case. This suggests that comparably large substantial anode area should contribute to stable operation.

• 한국항공우주학회지
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• 제35권12호
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• pp.1115-1120
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• 2007

본 논문은 기둥 구조의 전극이 내부에 존재하는 노즐을 이용한 정전 분무 마이크로 추진 장치의 새로운 메커니즘을 제시하였다. 기둥 구조의 노즐로 인한 제팅의 효율 증진을 수치적 및 실험적으로 연구하였다. 노즐 상부에 존재하는 전극에 인가된 전압으로 인하여 액면에 형성된 전기장은 액체의 분무를 가능하게 하며 기둥 구조의 전극은 액면의 중앙 부분에 전기장이 집중되도록 하여 제팅을 효율적으로 할 수 있게 하였다. 또한 노즐 크기에 따른 필요한 인가전압의 차이에 대한 연구를 수행하였으며 본 연구로부터 수 마이크로미터의 노즐에 대해서 500V 이하의 전압에서 구동이 가능함을 보였다.

• 한국추진공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국추진공학회 2006년도 제26회 춘계학술대회논문집
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• pp.66-69
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• 2006

소형 위성용 궤도천이 및 보정을 위한 홀 방식 전기추력기의 초기 설계를 위한 2-D Particle-In-Cell (PIC) 수치모사 (Simulation) 결과를 분석하였다. 수치해석에 의한 결과를 분석해 본 결과 주입된 중성 Xe Gas는 전자와의 충돌을 통해 이온화 된 후 가속지역을 통과하게 되며, 이들 두 지역은 추력기 채널에서 잘 분리되어 존재하는 걸로 나타났다. 또한 본 해석을 통하여 본 논문에서 고려된 추력기가 원래의 임무인 소형위성의 궤도 천이 및 보정을 수행할 수 있는 충분한 추력과 비추력을 갖출 수 있는 것으로 판단된다.