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A CFD ANALYSIS OF LIQUID PROPELLANT INJECTOR FOR PERFORMANCE ENHANCEMENT OF SMALL THRUSTER (소형 추진기의 성능 개선을 위한 액체 추진제 주입기의 전산유체해석)

  • Lee, Se-Min;Park, Soo-Hyung;Kim, Sung-Kyun;Byun, Do-Young;Yu, Myoung-Jong
    • 한국전산유체공학회:학술대회논문집
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    • 2009.04a
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    • pp.130-134
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    • 2009
  • CFD analysis of the fuel injection pattern and the flow field surrounding the liquid propellant injector of a small thruster is performed. A good agreement is shown with PIV test data for the initial configuration. Analysis on various injector shapes is performed to observe the effect of injector shape on the trajectories of liquid droplet. A various shapes of injector is investigated to enhance spray pattern of the small injector.

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Operation and Test Range of Liquid Propellant Rocket Engine (액체로켓엔진의 작동 및 시험 영역 조사)

  • Nam Chang-Ho;Kim Seung-Han;Seol Woo-Seok
    • Proceedings of the Korean Society of Propulsion Engineers Conference
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    • 2006.05a
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    • pp.177-180
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    • 2006
  • It is essential for engine design and establishment of test program to assign an appropriate performance range of liquid propellant rocket engine(LRE). The present study surveys the operation and qualification test range of LRE developed in Japan, United States, Europe and Russia.

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Temperature Control System of Cryogenic Propellant for Launch Complex (발사대 극저온 추진제 온도조절 시스템)

  • Yu, Byung-Il;Park, Soon-Young;Park, Pyun-Gu;Kim, Ji-Hoon
    • Proceedings of the Korean Society of Propulsion Engineers Conference
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    • 2011.11a
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    • pp.793-794
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    • 2011
  • In launch process, propellants should be supplied with established temperature range for engine normal operation. In order to satisfy this temperature condition, propellant feeding systems should be considered some effects during operation. This paper studied liquid oxygen filling system operation process and cooling method of liquid oxygen during launch process.

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Characteristics of Hydrogen and Considerations as a Rocket Propellant (수소의 특성 및 로켓 추진제로서의 고려사항)

  • Lim, Ha-Young;Cho, In-Hyun
    • Proceedings of the Korean Society of Propulsion Engineers Conference
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    • 2009.11a
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    • pp.23-26
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    • 2009
  • General characteristics of hydrogen and the ratio change of the two forms of hydrogen(ortho-hydrogen and para-hydrogen) as a function of the temperature were introduced. The unique characteristics of hydrogen, such as a wide range of flammability limits, low minimum ignition energy, low maximum inverse temperature, and hydrogen embrittlement were introduced. The process of producing the liquid hydrogen using pre-cooling and expansion engine and ortho-para conversion using the catalyst were introduced. Finally, the characteristics and the considerations as a propellant for liquid rocket were reviewed.

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Definition of Engine Component Performance Test Range of 75tf Class Gas Generator Cycle Liquid Propellant Rocket Engine (75톤급 가스발생기 사이클 액체로켓엔진의 시험영역과 엔진 구성품 시험 영역의 결정)

  • Nam, Chang-Ho;Moon, Yoon-Wan;Seol, Woo-Seok
    • Journal of the Korean Society of Propulsion Engineers
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    • v.15 no.6
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    • pp.91-97
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    • 2011
  • A test range for a 75tf class gas generator cycle liquid propellant rocket engine is defined. The engine system test range is defined by the performance variation during flight, the dispersion after engine calibration, and additional margin. The component development test range includes the operation range corresponding to the engine system test range and the component performance margin.

Analysis of Transient Characteristics for Turbopump-fed Liquid Propellant Rocekt Engine in Start-up (터보펌프식 액체 로켓 엔진의 시동 과도 특성 해석)

  • Son, Min;Kim, Duk-Hyun;Koo, Ja-Ye
    • Proceedings of the Korean Society of Propulsion Engineers Conference
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    • 2010.05a
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    • pp.34-37
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    • 2010
  • One dimensional transient analysis was studied for turbopump-fed liquid propellant rocket engine(LRE) system in starting using AMESim. The effects of timing of gas generator fuel valve opening and gas generator ignition to start-up stability were researched for open cycle type system using LOX/RP-1 to propellants. Result show that the parameters and sequence on start-up should be considered to design optimized turbopump-fed LRE system.

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Definition of Engine Component Performance Test Range of 75tf class Gas Generator Cycle Liquid Propellant Rocket Engine (75톤급 가스발생기 사이클 액체로켓엔진의 시험영역과 엔진 구성품 시험 영역의 결정)

  • Nam, Chang-Ho;Moon, Yoon-Wan;Seol, Woo-Seok
    • Proceedings of the Korean Society of Propulsion Engineers Conference
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    • 2011.04a
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    • pp.51-56
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    • 2011
  • A test range for a 75tf class gas generator cycle liquid propellant rocket engine is defined. The engine system test range is defined by the performance variation during flight, the dispersion after engine calibration, and additional margin. The component development test range includes the operation range corresponding to the engine system test range and the component performance margin.

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Numerical Study of Chemical Reaction for Liquid Rocket Propellant Using Equilibrium Constant (평형상수를 이용한 액체로켓 추진제의 화학반응 수치연구)

  • Jang, Yo Han;Lee, Kyun Ho
    • Journal of the Korean Society for Aeronautical & Space Sciences
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    • v.44 no.4
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    • pp.333-342
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    • 2016
  • Liquid rocket propulsion is a system that produces required thrust for satellites and space launch vehicles by using chemical reactions of a liquid fuel and a liquid oxidizer. Monomethylhydrazine/dinitrogen tetroxide, liquid hydrogen/liquid oxygen and RP-1/liquid oxygen are typical combinations of liquid propellants commonly used for the liquid rocket propulsion system. The objective of the present study is to investigate useful design and performance data of liquid rocket engine by conducting a numerical analysis of thermochemical reactions of liquid rocket propellants. For this, final products and chemical compositions of three liquid propellant combinations are calculated using equilibrium constants of major elementary equilibrium reactions when reactants remain in chemical equilibrium state after combustion process. In addition, flame temperature and specific impulse are estimated.

Research on Gas-phase Condensation of Cryogenic Propellant in Pipelines of a Liquid Rocket Engine (로켓엔진의 극저온 연료 공급관내에서 기체상 응축에 관한 연구)

  • Bershadskiy, Vitaly A.;Phyrsov, Valery P.;Cho, Kie-Joo;Oh, Seung-Hyub;Kim, Cheul-Woong
    • Journal of the Korean Society for Aeronautical & Space Sciences
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    • v.35 no.3
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    • pp.248-252
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    • 2007
  • This article is related to the possibility for continuous operation of a liquid rocket engine when a portion of cryogenic propellant in the pipeline is vaporized. As a result of experimental studies imitating the formation of vapors in the flow, we confirmed the possibility of full gas-phase condensation in case temperature of cryogenic liquid is lower than it's saturation temperature in the pipeline. Empirical equation allowing to calculate a nonequilibrium condensation region in the steady flow of cryogenic liquid was obtained as a non-dimensional form and the fields of practical application were suggested.

A Study on the Cyclogram for the Firing Test of KSR-III Liquid Rocket Engine (KSR-III 주엔진 연소시험 Cyclogram에 대한 고찰)

  • 한영민;조남경;박성진;이수용;이대성
    • Journal of the Korean Society of Propulsion Engineers
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    • v.6 no.3
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    • pp.19-27
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    • 2002
  • The sequence of the propellant supply for ignition of a liquid rocket engine combustor is very important in the reliable and safe operation of the engine. The ignition sequence of KSR-III main engine was briefly described and the measuring parameters and their reliability determining ignition sequence were examined in this paper. The filling time of the engine propellant manifolds and the valve open/close time were reviewed to obtain the exact and reliable time of the propellant supply to the combustor. The combustion characteristics of the engine at starting were discussed at different supply lead of propellant. Finally, the hot firing test results with cyclogram determined by measuring parameters were presented.