• 대한기계학회:학술대회논문집
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• 대한기계학회 2001년도 춘계학술대회논문집E
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• pp.637-642
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• 2001

Performance and cavitation characteristics of a turbo pump inducer which is designed for oxygen pump is experimentally investigated. It is found that the static performance of inducer is dependent on the location of inlet pressure measurement and that enough distance from inducer is ensured for accurate evaluation of performance. With the increase of flow rate. NPSH tends to decrease as opposed to pump characteristics, which seems to be due to the cavitation region.

• 한국유체기계학회 논문집
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• 제6권1호
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• pp.6-13
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• 2003

Variations of performance and NPSH of a turbo pump inducer were measured. The flows at the inlet and the outlet of the inducer were also experimentally investigated by measuring flow velocity and angle using a 3-hole Pilot tube. Performance and velocity profiles show a similarity for tested speeds, however not for efficiencies. Strong recirculating flows appears at the inlet of inducer even at the design condition. Cavitating flows were also visualized at several NPSH's.

• 한국유체기계학회 논문집
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• 제12권2호
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• pp.52-57
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• 2009

The effects of number of blades on the hydraulic performance of the inducer were studied using a computational method. Inducers with number of blades from 2 to 4 were used for computations and the hydraulic performances of the inducers were compared. The computational results showed that the hydraulic performance decreased due to the increase of the skin friction loss at blade passages as the blade number increased. The results also showed that the strength of the backflow became weak because of the decrease of unfavorable pressure gradient as the blade number increased.

• 한국추진공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국추진공학회 2005년도 제24회 춘계학술대회논문집
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• pp.243-247
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• 2005

액체로켓엔진용 터보펌프에서 연료펌프에 대한 수력시험을 수행하였다. 작동유체는 상온의 물이며 펌프는 모터로 구동되고 상온의 물을 작동유체로 이용하였다. 인듀서가 펌프의 양정 및 효율에 미치는 영향은 작지만 펌프의 캐비테이션 성능에는 지대한 영향을 미치는 것을 실험으로 확인하였다. 또한 인듀서 단독의 성능을 살펴보기 위한 시험을 수행하였는데, 캐비테이션 시험 중 인듀서에서 $55\%$ 양정저하가 발생할 때 펌프에서 캐비테이션 임계점에 도달하는 것을 알 수 있었다.

• 한국추진공학회지
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• 제10권1호
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• pp.18-22
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• 2006

액체로켓엔진용 터보펌프에서 연료펌프에 대한 수력시험을 수행하였다. 작동유체는 상온의 물이며 펌프는 모터로 구동된다. 인듀서가 펌프의 양정 및 효율에 미치는 영향은 작지만 펌프의 캐비테이션 성능에는 지대한 영향을 미치는 것을 실험으로 확인하였다. 또한 인듀서 단독의 성능을 살펴보기 위한 시험을 수행하였는데, 캐비테이션 시험 중 인듀서에서 55% 양정저하가 발생할 때 펌프에서 캐비테이션 임계점에 도달하는 것을 알 수 있었다.

• 유체기계공업학회:학술대회논문집
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• 유체기계공업학회 2003년도 유체기계 연구개발 발표회 논문집
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• pp.353-360
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• 2003

Hydraulic performance and cavitation characteristics of fuel pump in turbo-pump were studied experimentally. The fuel pump has a centrifugal impeller with a separate inducer. In this paper, flow characteristics of inducer and impeller was experimentally investigated separately and together. Especially static pressure distribution of Inducer was examined in non-cavitation and cavitation conditions.

• 한국항공우주학회지
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• 제33권11호
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• pp.74-79
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• 2005

액체로켓용 터보펌프 인듀서의 성능향상을 위해서 전진익형 인듀서를 설계하고 유동해석하였다. 전진익형 인듀서의 경우 형상의 특징상 후진익형 인듀서에 비해서 짧은 축길이에도 상대적으로 큰 익단 현절비를 가지고 있으며, 큰 현절비에서도 불구하고 수력효율의 저하가 없었다. 또한 전진익형 인듀서의 경우 일반적인 후진익형 인듀서에 비해서 인듀서 입구에서 발생하는 역류의 크기가 작고, 또한 인듀서 블레이드 팁에서의 국부적인 저압영역이 작은 영역에서 발생하는 것이 관찰되었다. 따라서 전진익형 인듀서의 경우 인듀서 입구의 정압이 높아서 흡입성능의 향상이 있을 것으로 판단되었다. 후진익형 인듀서의 경우 허브의 블레이드가 입구 유동을 교란하여 입구 역류가 커지지만, 후진익형 인듀서의 경우 이러한 교란효과가 없기 때문에 역류가 줄어든 것으로 나타났다.

• 대한기계학회논문집B
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• 제28권4호
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• pp.382-388
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• 2004

The hydraulic and suction performance of an inducer varies sensitively with the inducer geometry and this paper deals with solidity as the inducer geometry parameter. The typical performance characteristics of a basic inducer was investigated and tests with another three inducers of which the solidity is different from each other were performed, so the effect of solidity on the inducer performance was experimentally investigated. For a fixed flow coefficient, required NPSH of the inducer did not follow the conventional similarity rule, so this paper suggested another empirical formula. The hydraulic and suction performance was measured at four cases of the tip solidity ranged from 1.32 to 2.76. As long as the tip solidity had the value above 1.84, the hydraulic and suction performance of the inducer increased with decrease in the tip solidity. With further decrease in the tip solidity up to 1.32, however, inducer head decreased and the suction performance dropped sharply.

• 한국유체기계학회 논문집
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• 제9권2호
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• pp.25-29
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• 2006

Computational and experimental studies on the forward-sweep inducer for the rocket-engine turbopump are presented in comparison with the conventional backward-sweep inducer. Computational results show that back flows at the inlet decrease in the case of forward-sweep inducers compared to the back-ward inducer. Moreover, the low pressure region at the back flow is decreased, which is presumed to improve the suction performance of the inducers. Experimental results show that the suction performance of the forward-sweep inducer is almost the same as that of the backward-sweep inducer although it has smaller inlet tip diameter and shorter length. The efficiency of the forward-type inducer is found better than that of the backward-sweep inducer due to the small size of back flows.

• 한국유체기계학회 논문집
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• 제13권3호
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• pp.49-53
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• 2010

The computational studies on the cavitating flow around a turbopump inducer were performed to see the effect of the cavitation on the performance of the inducer. The development of cavities around the inducer blades and the head drop of the inducer are observed as the inlet pressure reduces. The change of the backflow at the inducer inlet is also observed with the development of the cavities. The size of the backflow reduces as the inlet pressure is reduced due to the development of the cavities around the blades. The predicted suction performances of the inducer were compared with the experimental results. The results show that the computations overestimate the suction performances of the inducer than the experiments.