• Journal of the Korean Society for Aeronautical & Space Sciences
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• v.43 no.7
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• pp.593-600
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• 2015

In this study, a combined hybrid rocket system is newly introduced which has characteristics of both gas generators and afterburner type hybrid rockets. In particular, a combined gas generator utilizing solid fuel and liquid/gas oxidizer was designed as a primary combustor of the system. Combustion tests were carried out with various equivalence ratio affected by parameters such as fuel length, oxidizer flow rate, fuel port diameter and fuel type. In general, fuel-rich gas generator produces low combustion gas temperature to meet the temperature requirement and the target temperature was transiently set less than 1600 K. Since it was found that controlling parameters showed limited effects on the change of equivalence ratio, mixture of $O_2$ and $N_2$ as an oxidizer was additionally introduced. As a result, a combined gas generator successfully produced combustion gas temperature of less than 1600 K Future studies will carry out more combustion tests to attain fuel-rich combustion gas temperature less than 1200 K, which was a temperature requirement of a gas generator system in the previous studies.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society of Propulsion Engineers Conference
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• 2017.05a
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• pp.864-870
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• 2017

The propellants are burned in the pre-burner of the staged combustion cycle engine, and the resulting hot gas drives the turbine, and the turbine operates the turbo pump. The burned gas passing through the turbo pump is supplied to the combustor at high temperature and high pressure, where the gas is supplied in an excess of fuel or an excess of oxidant depending on the amount of fuel or oxidant. When the cycle works at oxidizer-rich staged combustion, its metal pipe can ignite or explode by the impact of even small particles. In this study, we develop the powder combinations for anti-oxidation coating through the analysis of other coating materials and establish the coating process.

• Journal of the Korean Society of Propulsion Engineers
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• v.15 no.1
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• pp.69-75
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• 2011

Firing tests have been carried out for a technology demonstration model of 75-tonf-class combustor which is to be used on the liquid rocket engine of a Korean space launch vehicle. Firing tests were done at 50% of the nominal flow rate because of incapability of the test facility and limit of the test bed strength. Through the low pressure firing tests of 75-tonf-class channel cooling thrust chamber, operability and stability at the ignition and combustion phases were confirmed. Additionally it was foreseen that the 75-tonf-class thrust chamber would satisfy the performance requirements.

• 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 Institute of Surface Engineering Conference
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• 2015.05a
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• pp.154-154
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• 2015

현재 액체로켓 엔진 연소기 내벽은 bonding layer NiCrAlY과 Top layer $ZrO_2$가 플라즈마 용사 방식으로 형성 된다. 이는 뛰어난 열 차폐 특성과 작업시간이 짧은 장점이 있지만, bonding layer와 Top layer 사이의 열팽창 계수 차이로 인한 균열 발생 가능성이 내재 되어 있고, 연소실 내벽에 균일한 두께의 코팅층을 형성하기 어렵고 설비가 비싸다는 단점으로 인하여 세라믹 코팅 층을 금속 코팅 층으로 대체 하고자 한다. 금속 코팅층은 모재와의 밀착성이 높고, 우수한 산화 및 부식방지 기능을 가지며 저렴하다는 장점이 있다. 또한 코팅 후 연마 작업이 가능해 연소실 내부형상을 설계조건 대로 유지 할 수 있는 특징이 있다. 따라서 본 연구에서는 연소실 내벽에 적용할 모재, 무전해 Ni-P 도금과 전해 Cr 도금층 사이의 밀착력 향상을 위한 방법에 대한 연구를 하였다. 밀착력 향상을 위한 요소로 전처리 용액과 열처리 시간에 따른 영향을 알아보고자 하였으며, 이를 위해서 5가지의 산세 용액으로 각 시편을 산세 한 후, 6시간, 12시간, 18시간 열처리 하여 단면을 비교하여 열처리에 영향을 알아보고자 하였다. 연구 결과 산세 용액의 영향은 크게 나타나지 않았으며, 열처리 시간이 길수록 Ni-P/Cr의 확산이 더 잘 일어나 확산층이 더 넓어지면서 밀착력이 더 좋아 진 것으로 판단되어 진다.

• Journal of the Korean Society of Propulsion Engineers
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• v.24 no.6
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• pp.108-119
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• 2020

Dynamic pressure sensor used in liquid rocket engine combustor and gas turbine is recess-mounted usually because it should work in high temperature environment. Although recess-mounted method can protect it from combustion gas in high temperature, tube resonance occurs in a tube-cavity system. To reduce it, the infinite tube probe(ITP) was introduced in this study. The ITP model suggested in previous literature was validated with experimental data and frequency response characteristics were analyzed. Guidelines for designing the ITP were suggested as frequency response profiles varied with geometric information and physical properties using this model.

• Journal of the Korean Society of Propulsion Engineers
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• v.13 no.3
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• pp.50-57
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• 2009

A gas mechanical pulsator is developed for the study of combustion instabilities in various combustors such as LRE combustor. First, it shows that the mass flow rates and the perturbation frequencies can be successively controlled by the inlet pressure and the rotating speed of a rotating disk with many holes. Second, the device is used as an acoustic amplification source as a substitute for the speaker in the previous acoustic tests and its results show almost the same resonant frequency and damping characteristics compared with the previous results. In conclusion, the result shows that it can be used as a substitute for a speaker in the studies of LRE combustion instabilities, which has a flow and no limitation of amplification, and a device for making a perturbation source in gas flow.

• Journal of the Korean Society for Aeronautical & Space Sciences
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• v.33 no.6
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• pp.64-70
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• 2005

The overall results of hot firing tests of fuel-rich gas generator with impinging injector at design and off-design points are described. The gas generator consists of an injector head with impinging injector, a water cooled combustor wall, a turbulence ring to enhance mixing, an instrument ring measuring temperature and pressure and a nozzle. The combustion tests were successfully performed without damage of gas generator. Test results show that the outlet temperature is not dependent on residence time of hot gas within 4～6msec but dependent on chamber pressure. The relation between outlet temperature and combustion efficiency resulting from measured pressure, mass flow rate and area of nozzle throat is shown. The overall O/F ratio is the critical parameter to determine the outlet temperature and the linear correlation between two parameters is established.

• Journal of the Korean Society of Propulsion Engineers
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• v.3 no.3
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• pp.31-39
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• 1999

In this paper, numerical experiment is attempted to analyze and compare the combustion efficiency of the burning sprays due to OFO, FOF triplet / FOOF split doublet injectors. Preconditioned Wavier-Stokes equation system with low Reynolds number $\kappa$-$\varepsilon$ model for turbulence closure, is LU-SGS time-integrated. Spray processes are modeled by DSF analysis with experimentally determined injection characteristics. n-heptane/air global reaction model approximates the combustion for simplicity, and the influence of turbulence on the chemical reaction is included using eddy dissipation model. The results showed the FOF triplet injector of highest combustion efficiency, whereas the OFO type of poet performance. It was also observed that the droplet mean diameter and the average gas temperature due to the mixing efficiency, are the representative parameters for the performance design of combustion.