• Journal of the Korean Society of Propulsion Engineers
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• v.11 no.2
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• pp.1-8
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• 2007

Nonlinear acoustic damping of a half-wave acoustic resonator in a rocket combustor is investigated numerically adopting a nonlinear acoustic analysis. First, in a baseline chamber without any resonators, acoustic behavior is investigated over the wide range of acoustic amplitude from 80 dB to 150 dB. Damping factor increases nonlinearly with acoustic amplitude and nonlinearity becomes appreciable at acoustic amplitude above 125 dB. Next, damping effect of a half-wave resonator is investigated. It is found that nonlinear acoustic excitation does not affect optimum tuning condition of the resonator, which is derived from linear acoustics. A half-wave resonator is effective even for acoustic damping of high-amplitude pressure oscillation, but its function of acoustic damper is relatively weakened compared with the case of linear acoustic excitation.

• Journal of the Korean Society for Aeronautical & Space Sciences
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• v.32 no.4
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• pp.80-87
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• 2004

To understand the each performance parameter correlation of flight type liquid-propellant rocket engine for KSR-III(Korea Sounding Rocket-III), the analysis of engine stand-alone combustion test results was carried out. Considering the variation of ablative material combustion chamber caused by erosion, linear regression analysis that ignores oxidizer/fuel ratio effect and two-variable 2nd-order polynomial regression analysis that considers oxidizer/fuel ratio change were performed. It can be described that linear regression analysis is simple and very practical method, and can predict the performance within 1% error inside analyzed region. And two-variable 2nd-order polynomial regression analysis can predict with very high accuracy inside region and shows that KSR-III engine's optimum oxidizer/fuel ratio for thrust(or specific impulse) is 2.22 and that for combustion chamber pressure(or characteristic velocity) is 2.17.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society of Propulsion Engineers Conference
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• 2011.04a
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• pp.93-96
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• 2011

A genetic algorithm (GA) has been employed to optimize the major design variables of the liquid rocket engine. Mass flow rate to the main thrust chamber, mass flow rate to the gas generator and chamber pressure have been selected as design variables. The target engine is the open gas generator cycle using the LO2/RP-1 propellant. The objective function of design optimization is to maximize the specific impulse with condition of energy balance between the pump and the turbine. The properties of the combustion chamber have been obtained from CEA2. Pump & turbine efficiencies and properties of the gas generator have been modeled mathematically from reference data. The result shows 3~4% errors for the specific impulse and 2~6% errors for the pump power of the gas generator cycle compared to references.

• Aerospace Engineering and Technology
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• v.5 no.2
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• pp.195-204
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• 2006

A linear acoustic analysis has been performed to elucidate damping characteristics of acoustic cavities in a liquid rocket combustor. Results have shown that resonant frequencies of acoustic cavity obtained by classical theoretic approach and by the present linear analysis are somewhat different with each other. This difference is attributed to the limitation of the simplified classical theory. To quantify the damping characteristics, acoustic impedance has been introduced and resultant absorption coefficient and conductance have been evaluated. Satisfactory agreement has been achieved with previous experiment. Finally the design procedure for an optimal tuning of acoustic cavity has been established.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society of Propulsion Engineers Conference
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• 1998.04a
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• pp.12-12
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• 1998

국제 공동 가스터빈 엔진 개발 프로그램인 ASE120 사업은 항공기용 터보팬 엔진을 Low Emission 산업용 엔진으로의 개조사업으로서 현대우주항공, AlliedSignal, AIDC(대만), SPHT(대만) 등이 참여하고 있다. 본 사업을 통한 주요 개조 부품인 연소기의 경우, 산업용 엔진의 특성상 장시간의 수명이 보장되어야 하고 Dry Low NOx 연소실 형태로 배기가스 규제의 요구조건을 만족하여야 하므로 일반 항공기용 연소기와 구조적으로 첨예한 변화가 발생하여 구조 및 수명해석을 통한 구조적 안전성과 요구 수명에 대한 평가가 절대적으로 요구되었다. 당 엔진의 요구수명은 30년으로 cold section part의 경우 180,000시간, hot section의 경우 90,000시간의 수명을 목표로 개발되었으며, 연소기 최적설계를 위해 구조/수명 해석결과가 개발과정 중 설계에 지속적으로 반영되어 추진되었다. 연소기의 구조해석은 해석용 tool로서 ANSYS53을 활용하였고 수명예측은 AlliedSignal사의 Material Database 및 Inconel사 재질 data를 근간으로 수행하였다.

• Proceedings of the Korea Society for Energy Engineering kosee Conference
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• 2000.04a
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• pp.165-174
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• 2000

새로운 에너지원으로 개발된 오리멀젼의 국내 활용에 관한 기술적인 특성을 파악하기 위하여 연료 특성과 연소에 대한 실험적인 연구를 수행하였다. 연료저장을 위한 최적온도는 6$0^{\circ}C$이었으며 온도가 낮으면 점화특성이 불량하고 너무 상승하는 경우에는 계면분리 현상이 보였다. 연소를 위해 필요한 연소실온도는 $600^{\circ}C$ 이상이 요구되었고 수분의 비등폭발에 의해 2차 연소가 특징적으로 관찰되었다. 오리멀젼 연소시 배기가스중 오염물질 농도는 과잉공기비에 SO$_2$ 가 1700-2200ppm , NOx 100-150ppm 으로 측정되었다.

• Journal of the Korean Society of Propulsion Engineers
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• v.11 no.3
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• pp.35-42
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• 2007

Acoustic damping induced by gap width between baffled injectors is investigated numerically, which are installed to suppress pressure oscillations in a model rocket combustor. The previous work reported that the baffled injectors show larger acoustic damping with the gap width between injectors. It is simulated numerically and its mechanism is examined. Damping factors are calculated as a function of gap width and it is found that the optimum gap is 0.1 mm or so. For understanding of the improved damping induced by the gap, dissipation rate of turbulent kinetic energy and vorticity are calculated as a function of the gap. Both parameters have their maximum values at the specific gap and especially, the dissipation rate has the same profile as that of damping factor. It verifies that the improved damping made by the gap is attributed to the increased acoustic-energy dissipation.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society of Propulsion Engineers Conference
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• 2007.04a
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• pp.13-16
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• 2007

Nonlinear acoustic damping of a half-wave acoustic resonator in a combustion chamber is investigated numerically. First, in a baseline chamber without any resonators, acoustic behavior is investigated over the wide range of acoustic amplitude from 80 dB to 150 dB. Decay rate increases nonlinearly with acoustic amplitude and nonlinearity becomes appreciable at acoustic amplitude above 125 dB. Next, damping effect of a half-wave resonator is investigated. Nonlinear acoustic excitation does not affect optimum tuning condition of the resonator, which is derived from linear acoustics. A half-wave resonator is effective even for acoustic damping of high-amplitude pressure oscillation, but its function of acoustic damper is relatively weakened compared with the case of linear acoustic excitation.

• Transactions of the Korean Society of Mechanical Engineers B
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• v.34 no.5
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• pp.547-552
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• 2010

A modified VIStA (vortex inertial staged air) burner was developed and used in a once-through-type boiler. For safety, the combustion in this burner is of the non-premixed type. An air damper is installed to control the distribution of air to each combustion chamber. The effects of the air-fuel ratio and air distribution on NOx formation were investigated. The newly modified VIStA burner gives NOx reduction effect by maximum 20% in the combustion chamber of a boiler, while it yields more uniform flame than the conventional burner.

• Journal of the Korea Academia-Industrial cooperation Society
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• v.12 no.2
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• pp.1005-1012
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• 2011

This research carried out a 3-dimensional simulation using computerized fluid dynamics (CFD) for the flow characteristics, temperature distribution, velocity distribution and residence time, etc. in a reactor in order to derive the optimal combustion conditions of an innovative combustion system. The area-weighted average temperature of the outlet of a furnace during combustion at a condition of fuel input rate 1.5 ton/hr, residence time 1.25 sec and air/fuel ratio 2.1 was $1,077^{\circ}C$, which is a suitable temperature for energy recovery and treatment of air pollutants. Exhaust gas is discharged through a duct at a 40~50 m/s maximum speed along strong vortexes at the center of a combustion chamber, so strong turbulence is created at the center of a combustion chamber to enhance the combustion speed and combustion efficiency. In this system, the optimum operation conditions to prevent incomplete combustion and suppress the formation of thermal NOx were air/fuel ratio 1.9~2.1 and fuel input rate 1.25~1.5 ton/hr.