• Proceedings of the Korean Society of Propulsion Engineers Conference
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• 2009.11a
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• pp.601-602
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• 2009

대한항공은 2003년 소형위성발사체(KSLV-I) 사업 참여와 함께 2005년부터는 국내 액체로켓엔진 개발관련 한국항공우주연구원 주관의 각종 개발에 참여하고 있다. 본 논문에서는 현재 국내에서 진행중인 75톤급 액체로켓엔진 시스템 선행개발관련 대한항공이 수행하고 있는 분야별 업무의 소개와 함께 대한 항공의 향후 추진 계획을 다루고자 한다.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society of Propulsion Engineers Conference
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• 2011.11a
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• pp.62-65
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• 2011

액체로켓엔진용 극저온 산화제 고압 배관 기술 개발을 위해 시제품을 제작하였다. 기술 개발 시제품은 체결용 플랜지, 직관, 곡관, 벨로우즈, 분기구로 구성하였다. 액체로켓엔진용 극저온 산화제 고압 배관은 터보펌프에서 토출된 고압의 극저온 산화제를 연소기로 공급하는 경로이므로 극저온, 고압의 작동환경에서 구조적 안정성을 가져야 한다. 따라서 본 제작공정 개발에서는 극저온을 고려한 구조해석을 수행하여 적합한 소재를 선정하였으며, 공정개발과 특수공정을 적용하여 시제품을 제작한 후 구조강도 시험을 수행하였다. 본 개발을 통해 액체로켓엔진에 적용되는 극저온 산화재 고압배관을 위한 기술적 기반과 소재 응용기술, 향후 고성능 대형 액체로켓엔진에 적용하기 위한 공정개발을 완료하였다.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society of Propulsion Engineers Conference
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• 2009.11a
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• pp.115-118
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• 2009

Life time and number of use of liquid propellant rocket engine (LRE) should be carefully defined since those are crucial parameters affecting development costs and period. The present study surveyed the development and qualification records of LRE for space launch vehicles, especially concerning about test numbers and duration. It was shown that a single engine for expendable launch vehicle is tested with tens of ignition and several times duration of flight at least.

• Journal of the Korean Society of Propulsion Engineers
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• v.13 no.1
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• pp.1-9
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• 2009

As a result of the study on a number of the works, published in Russia, the methodical aspects of experimental improvement on working capacity of LRE (Liquid Rocket Engine) are reviewed. In the article, on the basis of the experience of Russia and USA, the special features of experimental improvement on working capacity of LRE and the methods of its rational implementation formulated. The organizational and technical solutions of experimental improvement on working capacity of LRE for achieving the required level of the reliability and decreasing the material expenditures are presented in the article. These suggested solutions can be used for the development of LRE.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society of Propulsion Engineers Conference
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• 2000.04a
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• pp.30-30
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• 2000

액체로켓엔진의 단일추진제 가스발생기는 연료공급 시스템의 터보펌프를 구동시키기 위한 작동가스 생성을 목적으로 사용된다. 고체추진제 가스발생기와 비교할 경우 작동시간이 보다 길고 연소생성물에 의한 터빈 블레이드의 삭마가 없으며 제어가 용이하므로 초기 액체로켓엔진 개발시부터 사용되어 왔다. 80년대 이후 개발된 액체로켓엔진은 이원추진제 가스발생기 또는 연소가스 FEEDBACK 시스템을 채용하고 있지만 단일추진제 가스발생기는 과산화수소수 또는 하이드라진과 같은 별도의 추진제 공급 시스템을 필요로 하는 단점에도 불구하고 상대적으로 낮은 온도의 무연 작동 가스를 발생하므로 가스발생기 자체를 위한 냉각시스템을 제거 또는 최소화 시켜 간단한 구조로 전체 시스템 설계를 가능하게 하므로 중소형 액체로켓엔진에 사용되고 있다.

• Journal of the Korean Society for Aeronautical & Space Sciences
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• v.34 no.2
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• pp.106-111
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• 2006

Combustion test facility for liquid rocket engine using kerosene and liquid oxygen has been developed for the purpose of cooling and performance study. Test engine of thrust under 1.0 KN can be evaluated, and the real combustion test ensures a good operation of the combustion test facility. Combustion test facility will be modified to supply natural gas and liquefied natural gas as fuel and to give a regenerative cooling test.

• Journal of the Korean Society of Propulsion Engineers
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• v.8 no.3
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• pp.75-86
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• 2004

KSR-III is the first Korean sounding rocket propelled by a liquid propellant propulsion system and it has been developed over 5 years using purely domestic technologies. The propulsion system of KSR-III is a 13-ton class see-level thrust liquid rocket engine(LRE) which utilizes liquid oxygen and kerosene for its propellants and employed pressurized propellant feeding and ablative cooling system. The problem of combustion instabilities which has brought the most difficulty in the development was resolved by implementation of a baffle. Through the development of KSR-III LRE, meaningful achievements have been made in the core technologies of LRE such as design of injectors and combustion chambers and test, evaluation, and control of combustion instabilities. The acquired technologies will be applied to the development of higher performance LREs necessary for future space development programs such as Korean Small Launch Vehicles(KSLV) In this paper, the development of KRE-III LRE system is described including its design, analyses. performance tests and evaluation.

• Current Industrial and Technological Trends in Aerospace
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• v.8 no.2
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• pp.86-97
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• 2010

This paper treats with the history and current trends in the developments of liquid-propellant rocket engine in Russia and Ukraine which are among world leaders in the technology of liquid rocket engine(LRE). In 1960s formerly the Soviet Union accepted the closed cycle engine for increasing the pressure in the combustion chamber and specific impulse to the maximum. However, since financially difficult times after 1990, they have decreased the cost for the development of new rocket engines. It was achieved by using existing units for new developed engines and minimizing the total number of engines and tests through the reasonable planning in the process for the experimental improvement of LRE. In addition, nowadays international cooperation in supplying LRE for commercial rocket and development of next generation LRE, such as 3 components engines and mathane engines, are proceeding.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society of Propulsion Engineers Conference
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• 2009.11a
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• pp.15-18
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• 2009

Technology demonstration for the development of a 75-tonf liquid rocket engine(LRE) thrust chamber for a space launch vehicle has been started on the basis of the previously acquired 30-tonf LRE technologies. For this purpose, a technology demonstration plan was established upon considering the currently available firing test facility in Korea and performance evaluation firing tests were performed on technology demonstration model thrust chambers under a restricted test condition. This paper describes the plan and current status of technology demonstration for a 75-tonf LRE thrust chamber.

• Journal of the Korean Society for Aeronautical & Space Sciences
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• v.32 no.5
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• pp.109-115
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• 2004

A 1-D system design program has been developed for the preliminary design of the turbopump system in liquid rocket engines, which use LOx and kerosene as propellants. Gasgenerator cycle and staged combustion cycle were considered as turbopump type liquid rocket engine systems. In the system analysis, mass flow balance, thrust, specific impulse, mixture ratios, turbopump power, and turbine expansion ratio of engine system were analyzed. Results show that most of the parameters agree well with real engine parameters except gasgenerator. Therefore, the l-D system design program developed in this study can be used to derive the preliminary design parameters of a turbopump with any thrust level liquid rocket engine.