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Water Performance Test of Pumps for a 7 Ton Class Rocket Engine

7톤급 로켓엔진용 펌프 수류 성능시험

  • Hong, Soonsam (Turbopump Team, Korea Aerospace Research Institute) ;
  • Kim, Daejin (Turbopump Team, Korea Aerospace Research Institute) ;
  • Choi, Changho (Turbopump Team, Korea Aerospace Research Institute)
  • Received : 2015.04.08
  • Accepted : 2015.05.04
  • Published : 2015.06.01
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Abstract

Performance test was conducted for an oxidizer pump and a fuel pump for a 7 ton class rocket engine, by using water. The pumps were driven by an electric motor. The hydrodynamic performance and the suction performance were measured at flow ratio of the design and off-design conditions. Head-flow curve, efficiency-flow curve, and head-cavitation number curve were obtained. It is confirmed that the pumps can satisfy the design requirements of hydrodynamic performance in terms of the head and the efficiency. The pumps also satisfied the design requirements of suction performance.

7톤급 로켓엔진용 산화제펌프와 연료펌프에 대하여 물을 매질로 하는 성능시험을 수행하였다. 펌프는 전기모터로 구동되었고 설계 및 탈설계 유량비 조건에서 펌프의 수력성능과 흡입성능이 측정되었다. 양정-유량 곡선, 효율-유량 곡선, 양정-캐비테이션수 곡선을 얻었다. 개발된 펌프는 펌프 양정과 효율의 수력성능에 관한 설계요구조건을 만족시킬 수 있음을 확인하였다. 또한 흡입성능에 관한 설계요구조건을 만족시킨다.

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