• Journal of the Korean Society of Propulsion Engineers
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• v.13 no.1
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• pp.19-26
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• 2009

The response characteristics of $H_2O_2$ monopropellant thrusters at a pulse mode were presented in this paper. A catalyst bed was fixed to $MnO_2$/$Al_2O_3$ to investigate the thruster design effect to response time. Three different thrusters (50 N class) having different injectors, ullage volumes, catalyst grain sizes, and reactor volumes were prepared to investigate the response characteristics. As a result, the ignition delay, pressure rising and tail-off time of case 2-2 thruster with 16-20 mesh catalyst size were 14, 108, 94 ms respectively, which were comparable to requirement of response time at commercial hydrazine thrusters.

• 한국전산유체공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 2008.03b
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• pp.401-404
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• 2008

Pressurization system in a liquid-propellant launcher supplies the controlled gas into the ullage volume of propellant tanks to feed propellants to combustion chamber by pressurizing propellants stored in propellant tanks. The ullage part of propellant tank should be constantly pressurized to supply the propellants stored in propellant tanks to turbo-pump or combustion chamber by pressurant pressurization system. Pressurant used to pressurize propellants is generally stored in a series of tanks at cryogenic temperature and high preassure inside an oxidizer tank. The reason is to store the quantity of pressurant as much as possible and to make pressurant tanks as small as (i.e. as light as) possible. However for test convenience pressurant tank is located at STP (standard temperature and pressure) environment in this study. Orifices are widely adapted to several pressurization systems in liquid rocket propulsion systems. Discharge coefficients of orifices are essentially needed for the optimized design of pressurization system in liquid rocket propulsion system. For this study gaseous nitrogen was served as pressurant and rounded entry orifices were employed. The forty-two (42) rounded entry orifices (the radii of curvatures are 0.5 and 1.0) have been tested experimentally in the supersonic flow region. The discharge coefficients of rounded entry orifices with inside diameters ranging from about 1.4 to 5.0mm was measured with 0.95 ${\sim}$ 0.99.

• Bulletin of the Korean Space Science Society
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• 2004.04a
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• pp.83-83
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• 2004

상용프로그램인 AMESim을 이용하여 제어밸브 성능시험설비에 대한 Transient 구간에서 문제점 발생 확인과 동시에 시스템에 최적화를 통한 비용 절감효과를 위해 본 Simulation을 수행하였다. 가압 자동 조절 시스템은 직렬식과 병렬식 두 가지에 대해 고려했을 경우 직렬식이 더 타당함을 확인하였고, 특히 Tank Ullage의 압력 분포를 보면 직렬식에서 Fluctuation이 약 $\pm$0.2%이고, 병렬식에서 약 $\pm$0.7%가 됨을 보았다. (중략)

• Journal of the Korean Society for Aeronautical & Space Sciences
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• v.38 no.12
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• pp.1202-1208
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• 2010

The prediction of the required pressurant mass for maintaining the pressure of propellant tanks during propellant feeding is an important issue in designing pressurization system. The temperature of pressurant fed into propellant tank is the critical factor in the required pressurant mass and is one of the most crucial design parameters in the development of pressurization system including designing the weight of pressurant tanks and the size of heat exchanger. Hence a series of propellant drainage tests by pressurizing propellant stored in a cryogenic propellant tank have been performed with measuring the temperature distribution inside ullage and the required pressurant mass according to the temperature condition of pressurant. Results shows that the required pressurant mass decreases as the temperature of pressurant increases. However, the rate of the actual pressurant mass to the ideal required pressurant mass increases.

• Proceedings of the KSME Conference
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• 2001.06d
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• pp.1008-1013
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• 2001

KSR-III propulsion system designed in KARI has a gas-pressurization system for propellant feeding system. This system uses a regulator for the control of the ullage pressure of propellant tank and a venturi for passive control of propellant flowrate. This system seems to be very reliable, but the flowrate of propellant varies according to the change of acceleration with the rocket flight. In this paper, dynamic characteristic of KSR-III propulsion feeding system was analyzed in flight condition. The purpose of this research is to find the variation of off ratio and propellant flowrate change for certification condition of engine reliability test.

• 유체기계공업학회:학술대회논문집
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• 2006.08a
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• pp.565-568
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• 2006

This paper achieved dynamic characteristics with test to use solenoid valve for flight model that have present. Designed pressure control virtual system which PWM solenoid valve to use test result. Examination compared solenoid valve dynamic characteristics in atmosphere and cryogenic fluid and presented technique and valuation method that measured upstream and down stream pressure of solenoid valve, as well as, temperature, excitation voltage etc. These test results could confirm solenoid valve response time and maximum using frequency characteristic at use in atmosphere and cryogenic temperature and this derived design variables pressure control system from those bases.

• 유체기계공업학회:학술대회논문집
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• 2006.08a
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• pp.551-554
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• 2006

Inhibition of propellant temperature rising in liquid propulsion rocket using cryogenic fluid as a propellant is very important. Especially propellant temperature rising during stand-by after filling and pre-pressurization can bring into cavitation in turbo-pump. One of the method preventing propellant temperature rising in cryogenic feeding system is recirculating propellant through the loop composed of propellant tank, feed pipe, and recirculation pipe. The circulation of propellant is promoted through gas-lift effect by gas injection to lower position of recirculation pipe. In this experiment liquid oxygen and gas helium is used as propellant and injection gas. Under atmospheric and pressurized tank ullage condition, helium injection flow-rate is varied to observe the variation of recirculating flow-rate and propellant temperature in the feed pipe. There is appropriate helium injection flow-rate for gas-lift recirculation system.

• Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Information and Commucation Sciences Conference
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• 2001.05a
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• pp.493-496
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• 2001

본 논문에서는 선박에서 사용하는 유수 경계면 및 온도 검출기 센싱 모듈을 설계하였다. 설계된 모듈들은 구체적으로 세부분으로 나눌 수 있다. 첫째는 유수 경계면 검출부분이고, 둘째는 온도 건출부분, 셋째는 전체를 제어하는 제어부분으로 나눌 수 있다. 처음으로 유수 경계면 검출부분은 각 물질의 고유한 유전율을 이용하여 설계하였다. 이것을 이용하여 추출된 경계면의 값은 제어부에서 스피커를 통해 사람이 들을 수 있는 신호음으로 나타난다. 두 번째는 온도 검출부분이다. 기름이나, 가스는 온도에 따라 부피가 변하게 된다. 이러한 온도를 측정함으로써 실제 부피를 정확하게 계산할 수 있다. 마지막으로 전체를 제어하는 제어부분이다. 위에서 언급한 것처럼 제어부는 PIC16F84를 사용하여 유수면 경계검출부분과 온도 검출부분을 통합적으로 제어한다. 설계된 모듈들의 결과를 보면 우선 유수 경계면 검출을 오차 $\pm$2mm 내에서 거리 측정이 이루어지며, 온도 검출은 0.2$^{\circ}C$의 정확도를 가지는 성능을 보였다.

• Journal of the Korean Society for Aeronautical & Space Sciences
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• v.37 no.10
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• pp.1048-1053
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• 2009

It proposes an simple and intuitive method that calculates the equilibrium pressures of a propellant tank by appling the mass conservation principle on the helium in the liquid propellant and in an ullage volume of the propellant tank. A propellant loading analysis program is developed and validated against the existing reference data. And it has applied to the present developing program, COMS Chemical Propulsion Subsystem and the results are compared, it may use to develop a technology of the next geostationary complex satellite's propulsion system.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society of Propulsion Engineers Conference
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• v.y2005m4
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• pp.168-175
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• 2005

The pressurization system in a liquid rocket propulsion system provides a controlled gas pressure in the ullage space of the vehicle propellant tanks. It is advantage to employ a hot gas heat exchanger in the pressurization system to increase the specific volume of the pressurant and thereby reduce over-all system weight. A significant improvement in pressurization-system performance can be achieved, particularly in a cryogenic system, where the gas supply is stored inside the cryogenic propellant tank. The temperature characteristic of cryogenic pressurant is very important to develop some components in pressurization system. Numerical modeling and Test data were studied using SINDA/FLUINT Program and PTF(Propellant-feeding Test Facility).