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Review on Kerosene Fuel and Coking

케로신 연료 및 코킹에 대한 검토

  • Lee, Junseo (School of Mechanical Engineering, Chungbuk National University) ;
  • Ahn, Kyubok (School of Mechanical Engineering, Chungbuk National University)
  • Received : 2020.01.29
  • Accepted : 2020.03.14
  • Published : 2020.06.30
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Abstract

In liquid oxygen/kerosene liquid rocket engines, kerosene is not only a propellant but also plays a role as a coolant to protect the combustion chamber wall from 3,000 K or more combustion gas. Since kerosene is exposed to high temperature passing through cooling channels, it may undergo heat-related chemical reactions leading to precipitation of carbon-rich solids. Such kerosene's thermal and fluidic characteristic test data are essential for the regeneratively cooled combustion chamber design. In this paper, we investigated foreign studies related to regenerative cooling channel and kerosene. Starting with general information on hydrocarbon fuels including kerosene, we attempted to systematically organize sedimentary phenomena on cooling channel walls, their causes/research results, coking test equipments/prevention methods, etc.

액체산소/케로신 액체로켓엔진에서 케로신은 추진제일 뿐만 아니라 3,000 K 이상의 연소가스로부터 연소실 벽면을 보호하기 위한 냉각제 역할도 수행한다. 케로신은 냉각채널을 통과하면서 높은 온도에 노출되기 때문에 열과 관련한 화학반응이 일어나 탄소 과잉 고체가 침전되는 현상이 발생할 수 있다. 이러한 케로신의 열/유체 특성 시험 데이터는 재생냉각 연소실 설계에 필수적이다. 본 논문에서는 재생냉각채널과 케로신에 관련된 해외 연구를 조사하였다. 탄화수소 연료에 대한 전반적인 정보를 시작으로, 냉각채널 벽면에 발생하는 퇴적 현상, 이에 대한 원인/연구결과, 케로신 코킹 시험 장치/예방 방법 등을 체계적으로 정리하고자 하였다.

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Acknowledgement

본 논문은 과학기술정보통신부의 재원으로 한국연구재단의 지원(NRF-2013R1A5A1073861, NRF-2018M1A3A3A02065683, NRF-2019M1A3A1A02076962)을 받아서 수행되었으며, 이에 감사드립니다.

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