Browse > Article
http://dx.doi.org/10.5139/JKSAS.2008.36.11.1087

Hydraulic Characteristics of Branching and Merging of Channels in Regenerative Cooling Passage in Liquid Rocket Combustors  

Kim, Hong-Jip (한국항공우주연구원 연소기팀)
Kim, Seong-Ku (한국항공우주연구원 연소기팀)
Choi, Hwan-Seok (한국항공우주연구원 연소기팀)
Publication Information
Journal of the Korean Society for Aeronautical & Space Sciences / v.36, no.11, 2008 , pp. 1087-1093 More about this Journal
Abstract
Regenerative cooling passage to guarantee the thermal survivability in high performance rocket engine combustors could have complex configurations of the branching/merging of channels and flow turning, etc. By applying the classical hydraulic coefficients which can be found in the literature according to the flow conditions, hydraulic characteristics in regenerative cooling passages can be obtained effectively through dividing the pressure loss into friction loss and local resistance loss. Satisfactory agreement has been obtained by comparing the present results with experimental measurement of water flow test. In addition, the present results were in good agreement with CFD results when the actual coolant, kerosene was used. Therefore, the application of the present method is expected to be useful to design regeneratively cooled combustors.
Keywords
Regenerative cooling passage; Hydraulic characteristics; Pressure loss; Friction coefficient; Local resistance coefficient; Flow turning;
Citations & Related Records
연도 인용수 순위
  • Reference
1 김홍집, "로켓연소기의 재생냉각 채널에서의 수력학적 특성 파악을 위한 해석적 검토", KARI-CCT-TM-2007-011, 2007.
2 Liquid rocket engine fluid-cooled combustion chamber, NASA SP-8087, 1972.
3 G.P. Sutton and D.M. Ross, Rocket Propulsion Elements, John Wiley & Sons Inc; 5th edition, 1986.
4 이광진, 강동혁, 김희태, 안규복, 김종규, 한영민, "재생냉각 연소기의 냉각채널 형상 설계 및 채널 내 연료 균일성 평가시험", KARI-CCT-TM-2007-018, 2007.
5 D.K. Huzel and D. Huang, Modern engineering for design of liquid-propellant rocket engines, AIAA Inc., 1992.
6 Fluent User's Manual, Version 6.
7 I. E. Idelchik, "Handbook of Hydraulic Resistance", 3rd edition, Begell House.
8 최환석, 설우석, 이수용, "KSR-III 액체추진제 로켓 엔진 개발", 한국추진공학회지, vol. 8, no. 3, pp. 75-86, 2004.