• Korean Journal of Air-Conditioning and Refrigeration Engineering
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• v.11 no.1
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• pp.109-116
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• 1999

To establish optimum cycle of the inverter-driven heat pump with a variation of frequency, the bypass orifice, which is a short tube having a bypass hole in the middle, was designed and tested. Flow characteristics of the bypass orifice were measured as a function of orifice geometry and operating conditions. Flow trends with respect to frequency were compared with those of short tube orifices and capillary tubes. Generally, the bypass orifice showed the best flow trends among them, that will enhance the seasonal energy efficiency ratio of an inverter heat pump system. Based on experimental data, the semi-empirical flow model was developed to predict mass flow rate through bypass orifices. The maximum difference between measured data and model's prediction was within ${\pm}5%$.

• Aerospace Engineering and Technology
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• v.4 no.1
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• pp.143-149
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• 2005

To evaluate the hydraulic and cavitation performance of a fuel pump for a liquid rocket engine, performance tests of the pump, which consist of hydraulic tests and cavitation tests, were conducted in water environment with various condition. In the hydraulic tests, the head, efficiency and volute pressure distribution of the pump are found to follow the conventional similarity rule, whereas the secondary flow pressure shows a small deviation from the similarity rule. As the floating gap is constricted, the efficiency of the pump improves and the secondary flow pressure decreases. However, the inner diameter of bypass line orifice does not show clear relationship with the pump efficiency. In the cavitation tests, measurements of the head and the NPSH indicate that the pump shows better cavitation performance as the rotational speed of the pump increases.