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Numerical Analysis on the Startup of a Rocket Engine  

Park, Soon-Young (한국항공우주연구원 엔진팀)
Seol, Woo-Seok (한국항공우주연구원 엔진팀)
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Journal of the Korean Society of Propulsion Engineers / v.11, no.5, 2007 , pp. 60-71 More about this Journal
Abstract
The startup characteristic of liquid propellant rocket engine should be focused on the stable ignition of combustion chamber and gas generator. Also, to lessen the propellants consumption during this period which doesn't contribute to the flight thrust, the engine has to be transferred to the nominal mode quickly. Because of the risk of test, it is impossible to develop all the startup cyclogram or the specifications of engine by test, so the precedent numerical approach is quite necessary. In this study we developed a mathematical model for the startup phenomena in a liquid rocket engine driven by gas generator-turbopump system based on the commercial 1-D flow system analysis program, Flowmaster. Using this program we proposed a methodology to obtain the specifications of turbine starter and the opening time of shutoff valves for the stable startup of the engine. To verify this methodology we qualitatively compared the analysis results to the typical startup curve of the published engine, then found it is quite well matched.
Keywords
Liquid Rocket Engine; Gas Generator Cycle; Trurbopump-fed System; Startup; Transient Analysis;
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