• Proceedings of the Korean Society of Propulsion Engineers Conference
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• 2012.05a
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• pp.574-577
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• 2012

Thrust measuring is one of the crucial factor to decide the performance of a liquid rocket engine when the engine development test, especially for the combustion chamber, is implemented. Calculating the thrust from a combustion pressure is used when direct measuring the thrust is impossible, but direct measuring the thrust is necessary and various methods for doing it more precisely should be considered. This paper introduces the preliminary design concept about the new thrust measurement system for the vertical firing test stand, which is introduced domestically for the first time, of a liquid rocket engine combustion chamber.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society of Propulsion Engineers Conference
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• 2006.05a
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• pp.393-397
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• 2006

In this study, combustion characteristics of solid propellants using sorbitol and potassium nitrate were found out. Burning rate was calculated with several combustion experiments, also specific impulse and characteristic exhaust velocity were compared with theoretical value. Thrust measured with thrust measurement system using plate spring. Mixture ratio of propellants was varied in experiments, also combustion characteristics of solid propellants which consulted experimental results was used micro solid rocket design having 1mm nozzle throat.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society of Propulsion Engineers Conference
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• 2017.05a
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• pp.61-64
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• 2017

The gas-generator open cycle is adapted for liquid rocket engine of Korea Space Launch Vehicle-II. The combustion instability can interfere with combustion performance and cause a noise and vibration or carry the potential for serious damage. This study introduces the experience cases of combustion instability in development of the gas generator for liquid rocket engine.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society of Propulsion Engineers Conference
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• 1999.04a
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• pp.5-5
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• 1999

액체추진 로켓엔진의 개발과정에서 고주파 연소불안정은 엔진의 비행 안정성 및 성능의 보장을 위해 반드시 고려해야 하는 중요한 인자이다. 특히 액체추진 로켓엔진에 사용되는 다양한 추진제 조합 중 LOX/RP-1은 그 성능, 가용성, 경제성 등의 측면에서 우수한 추진제이지만 F-1 엔진의 개발과정에서와 같이 여타 추진제 조합에 비해 고주파 연소불안정 특성이 강하게 나타난다. 액체추진 로켓엔진의 음향불안정 특성 예측을 위해 다양한 방법이 제시되어 왔다. 그 중 n-$\tau$ 2 매개변수 법은 연소불안정 특성 예측에 실험적 고찰을 통한 간단한 연소모델을 포함하는 것으로 신속한 결과를 얻을 수 있다는 장점 때문에 엔진의 예비설계 및 본 설계과정에서 인정성 측면의 분석을 위해 널리 사용되고 있고 기존의 엔진 개발과정을 통해 그 신뢰성이 검증되어 왔다.

• Proceedings of the KSME Conference
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• 2005.11a
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• pp.37.2-37.2
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• 2005

• Proceedings of the Korean Society of Propulsion Engineers Conference
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• 2007.11a
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• pp.125-130
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• 2007

Firing tests have been performed for a 30 tonf-class full-scale regeneratively cooled combustion chamber. It was the first model which has welded construction of the injection head and the combustion chamber. A number of firing tests have been performed to evaluate combustion efficiency, regenerative cooling performance and durability of the combustor. This paper describes the results of firing tests performed at the design and off-design conditions which correspond to the chamber pressure of 60 bar, 68 bar respectively and the O/F ratio of 2.5 and 2.8 respectively. The data at each test condition have provided successful results in terms of combustion performance, combustion stability and durability. The tests are considered to be quite meaningful in the sense that the technologies for kerosene regeneratively cooled combustion chamber are successfully proven.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society of Propulsion Engineers Conference
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• 1998.04a
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• pp.28-28
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• 1998

고주파 연소불안정은 거의 모든 로켓엔진의 개발 프로그램에서 보고되고 있으며, 이 문제의 해결을 위한 많은 연구들이 진행되어 왔다. 고주파 연소불안정은 로켓엔진 연소실 내에서의 연소와 유동변수들이 커플링되어 발생한다. 연소가스의 음향파동은 연소의 외란을 야기하며 외란된 연소는 유동변수들에 맥동에너지를 공급하는 되먹임 과정을 반복하게 된다. 결과적으로 음향파에 의한 외란의 크기, 위상 및 되먹임 과정에서의 파동에너지 감쇠량에 따라 불안정한 파동은 증폭, 유지되거나 소멸된다.

• Journal of the Korean Society of Propulsion Engineers
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• v.6 no.1
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• pp.21-29
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• 2002

Hybrid propulsion systems provide many advantages in terms of stable operation and safety. However, classical hybrid rocket motors have lower fuel regression rate and combustion efficiency compared to solid propellant rocket motor. The recent research efforts are focused on the improvement of volume limitation and regression rate in the hybrid rocket engine. The present study has numerically investigated the combustion processes in the hybrid rocket engine. The turbulent combustion is represented by the eddy breakup model and Hiroyasu and Nagle and Strickland-Constable model are used for soot formation and soot oxidation. Radiative heat transfer is modeled by finite volume method. To reduce the uncertainties for convective heat transfer near solid fuel surface having strong blowing effect, the Low Reynolds number $\kappa-\varepsilon$ turbulent model is employed. Based on numerical results, the detailed discussion has been made for the turbulent combustion processes in the vortex hybrid rocket engine.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society of Propulsion Engineers Conference
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• 2017.05a
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• pp.672-674
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• 2017

The addition of swirl is a common technique used in premixed combustors in order to gain stability of the combustion with the improvements in mixing characteristics. recent experimental studies have observed that the addition of swirl oxidizer flow can effectively reduce the combustion instability in hybrid rocket. Investigation was continued to analyze the effect of the swirl on the internal flow of hybrid rocket engine main combustion chamber. The flow influenced by wall blowing as a representation of fuel evaporation interacts with swirling flow. Swirl angle increases, the amplitude of the combustion pressure decrease as the unstable combustion processes. These results suggest that the oxidizer swirling flow by the swirl angle causes the change of the turbulent flow characteristics inside the combustion chamber and suppresses the factors causing the combustion instability.

• Aerospace Engineering and Technology
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• v.13 no.2
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• pp.150-159
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• 2014

This study provides a brief introduction to application of the computational fluid dynamics to domestic development of combustion devices for liquid-propellant rocket engines. Multi-dimensional flow analysis can provide information on the flow uniformity and pressure loss inside the propellent manifold, from which the design selection can be performed during the conceptual design phase. Multi-disciplinary performance analysis of the thurst chamber can also provide key information on performance-related design issues such as fuel film cooling and thermal barrier coating conditions. Further efforts should be made to develop numerical models to resolve the mixing and combustion characteristics of LOX/kerosene near the injection face plate.