• Proceedings of the Korean Society of Propulsion Engineers Conference
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• 2017.05a
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• pp.54-58
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• 2017

A combustion instability has been one of the most serious problems in the development of combustion devices including rocket engine and gas turbine. In particular, a high-frequency combustion instability generated by resonant coupling between combustion phenomena and acoustic oscillations within thrust chamber causes severe damage to the hardware. Because it is accompanied by high amplitude pressure oscillations and excessive heat flux to the chamber wall. Therefore, combustion instability is one of the difficult problems that must be resolved in developing liquid rocket engine. This paper describes the cases of combustion instability encounted during the development of thrust chamber for KSR-III and KSLV-II.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society of Propulsion Engineers Conference
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• 2005.11a
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• pp.240-246
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• 2005

A series of combustion tests of a 30-tonf-class full scale liquid rocket thrust chamber under development has been carried out to verify its design. The test results revealed decent performance in the aspects of efficiency. The combustion stability is one of the most important parameters of liquid rocket engine in addition to the efficiency. Assessment tests of combustion stability must be accomplished to confirm the possibility of combustion instability due to spontaneous or external disturbances. The combustion stability rating tests of the full scale thrust chamber with temporary baffles made of stainless steel were carried out utilizing pulse guns to estimate combustion stability characteristics. The tests results show highly stable combustion stability characteristics. The outcome acquired from the present experimental study will be used to design an actively cooled baffle that can survive for the life time operation of the thrust chamber.

• Journal of the KSME
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• v.56 no.9
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• pp.38-43
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• 2016

초임계 난류유동이 활용되고 있는 가장 대표적인 시스템은 액체로켓연소기이다. 액체로켓엔진은 목적하는 임무에 따라 추력이 결정되고 엔진의 추력이 결정된다. 이러한 추력을 결정하는 핵심부품이 분사기(injector)이다. 실용 인공위성을 발사하기 위한 액체로켓엔진의 연소기는 수백 개의 분사기를 통해 연료와 산화제가 혼합되는 구조를 가지고 있다. 따라서 로켓연소기의 연소특성 및 성능은 분사기의 혼합특성에 좌우된다. 그러므로 단일 분사기의 연료/산화제 혼합특성에 대한 많은 실험과 해석연구가 진행되고 있다. 그런데 초임계압력에서는 액체의 표면장력이 사라지게 되어 독특한 혼합특성을 가지고 있기 때문에 성능을 높여주기 위하여 초임계 압력을 선택할 경우 분사기에 대한 연구가 선행되어야 한다. 이 글에서는 이러한 초임계 작동압력에서 분사기에 대한 연구들을 소개하고자 한다.

• 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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• 2004.10a
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• pp.189-192
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• 2004

Test Facility for hot firing test of small size liquid rocket engine has been developed to research the cooing characteristics of kerosene for cylinder part especially. Propellants for the tests are kerosene and liquid oxygen as fuel and oxidizer respectively and they are fed by gaseous nitrogen. The engine components used hot firing test except for cylinder are cooled by tap-water. Valves for supply of propellants and coolants are controlled by pneumatically. System control and data recording are conducted automatically.

• 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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• 2000.04a
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• pp.21-21
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• 2000

통상적으로 액체로켓의 노즐은 재생냉각에 의해 고온의 연소가스로부터 보호된다. 그러나 재생냉각의 경우, 시스템에 상당한 투자가 요구되며, 잦은 엔진 결함의 원인을 제공하기도 한다. 최근 들어 액체로켓에 재생냉각을 사용하지 않고, 연소실과 노즐 보호를 위해 삭마재료가 사용되고 있다. 노즐재료에 대한 삭마량과 삭마형상 연구를 위해 500회 이상의 연소실험이 수행되었다. 그러나 연소실험을 통한 삭마특성은 전혀 예측할 수 없는 방향으로 진행되고 있으며, 실험에 사용된 액체로켓의 작동범위가 실제 로켓과 거의 유사하다는 것을 감안한다면, 삭마재질을 로켓에 적용하기 위해서는 상당한 주의가 필요할 것으로 판단된다. 실험변수는 추진제의 공급 순서, 인젝터의 형상, 점화기의 위치, 그리고 액체산소의 공급온도이다.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society of Propulsion Engineers Conference
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• 2007.11a
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• pp.147-150
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• 2007

In this study, cooling characteristics of combustion gas were investigated by injecting liquid nitrogen into liquid rocket combustion chamber. A injection ring of liquid nitrogen was installed between a combustion chamber and a mixing chamber which was designed for mixing of combustion gas and nitrogen. At first, a ignition test of liquid rocket engine was conducted to verify a stable combustion process and 10 second combustion tests were successfully conducted. The results showed that combustion gas of LRE could be cooled by using liquid nitrogen.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society of Propulsion Engineers Conference
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• 2006.05a
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• pp.288-293
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• 2006

The combustion performances and characteristics of the subscale liquid rocket combustion chamber are discussed in this paper. Subscale combustion chamber is composed of mixing head, ablative cooling cylinder, and water cooling nozzle. The mixing head has eighteen coaxial swirl injectors and one center coaxial swirl injector for ignition. The mixing heads employing the injectors of low different recess length are considered in this paper. The results of the firing test, comparison of performance, and characteristics of static and dynamic pressures of the four different mixing heads are described. The characteristics of combustion at design and of design points are also discussed.

• Journal of the Korean Society of Propulsion Engineers
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• v.16 no.6
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• pp.16-22
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• 2012

Performance of a liquid rocket thrust chamber with regenerative cooling scheme has been numerically analyzed using in-house CFD code which can predict combustion/cooling performance and provide nozzle design parameters. This paper investigates trade-offs between combustion and cooling performance with varying amount of fuel directly injected into the chamber wall to form cooling films and mixture ratios for the peripheral injectors. Further efforts to verify/improve the simulation methodology including comparison with the firing test results are planned to make it a reliable tool to optimize the film cooling and other major design parameters.