• Journal of the Korean Society of Propulsion Engineers
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• v.11 no.1
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• pp.18-26
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• 2007

A development of monopropellant thruster for microsatellite that uses concentrated hydrogen peroxide is described. Catalyst, the most important component in the thruster, was prepared and coated on a monolith honeycomb. Performance evaluation of thruster was peformed by considering the efficiency of characteristic velocity and ignition delay. As a result, 96.0% of $C^*$ efficiency was obtained at designed propellant flowrate and steady state operating condition.

• Journal of the Korean Society of Propulsion Engineers
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• v.13 no.1
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• pp.19-26
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• 2009

The response characteristics of $H_2O_2$ monopropellant thrusters at a pulse mode were presented in this paper. A catalyst bed was fixed to $MnO_2$/$Al_2O_3$ to investigate the thruster design effect to response time. Three different thrusters (50 N class) having different injectors, ullage volumes, catalyst grain sizes, and reactor volumes were prepared to investigate the response characteristics. As a result, the ignition delay, pressure rising and tail-off time of case 2-2 thruster with 16-20 mesh catalyst size were 14, 108, 94 ms respectively, which were comparable to requirement of response time at commercial hydrazine thrusters.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society of Propulsion Engineers Conference
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• 1998.04a
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• pp.31-31
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• 1998

위성체의 보조추진시스템은 임구궤도까지의 궤도진입 및 임무궤도상에서의 속도 또는 자세제어에 필요한 임펄스를 제공한다. 단일하이드라진 추력기는 하이드라진(H$_2$H$_4$)과 자발적 촉매(Shell 405)의 발열 및 흡열 열분해 반응에 의해 발생하는 질소($N_2$), 수소(H$_2$), 암모니아(NH$_3$), 혼합가스를 노즐을 통해 방출하므로써 요구되는 impulse를 얻는다. 단일하이드라진 추력기 설계는 주입기, 촉매대, 노즐과 기타 설계 형태에 따른 다지관, 링, 스크린, 지지판 등의 부수적인 부품으로 구성된다. 추력기 제작 과정은 크게 piece-parts 기계가공, HEA(Head End Assembly)와 TCA(Thrust Chamber Assembly)로 구성되고 각 세부공정마다 전수시험 및 검사를 가진다. 연소시험설비는 최소 모사진 공 수준이 고도 100,000 ft(8.4 torr)를 만족시킬 수 있는 진공설비, 시험제어부, 성능변수 측정 및 처리부, 추진제 가압 공급부, 기타 환경 안전 및 부대 설비로 구성된다. 추력기 연소성능시험 절차는 추진제 충전 및 오염 여부 표본 검사, 가압 및 공급 라인 이상여부 확인, 추력기 장착, 추진제 가압 및 공급, 시험장치 보정, 진공 모사 및 연소성능시험, data 처리 등으로 구성된다.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society of Propulsion Engineers Conference
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• 2011.11a
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• pp.645-648
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• 2011

Hydrazine which has been used as monopropellant shows high performance, but because of its high toxicity research for new green propellant that could replace hydrazine is going on. Ionic liquid propellant that is one of the green propellant has lower toxicity, higher specific impulse, and higher density than hydrazine. To design the thruster which use Hydroxylamine Nitrate (HAN), one of ionic liquid propellant, as a propellant, a quantity of catalyst for full decomposition of a propellant is needed. In this study, reference point for HAN thruster design could be suggested through a design of a small scale thruster which used HAN propellant, and propellant decomposition capability evaluation with characteristic velocity efficiency.

• Journal of the Korean Society of Propulsion Engineers
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• v.4 no.2
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• pp.39-45
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• 2000

A Thruster valve operates to supply fuel into thruster chamber. Very quick on-off operation of thruster valve results in unsteady flow of fuel in the propellant supplying system. Then fuel kinetic force, elastic material of propellant line, compressibility of fuel cause the flow field to pulsate. The pressure oscillation arising from resonance would damage the weak part of the thruster valve and other propellant supplying equipment. Pressure drop and fuel flowrate through propellant suppling system were measured, and pressure oscillation were triggered at the thruster valve inlet.

• Journal of the Korean Society of Propulsion Engineers
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• v.22 no.1
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• pp.98-106
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• 2018

With the advancement in technology, miniaturization, integration, and weight reduction of satellite components have become possible. In this regard, existing medium and large satellites have been replaced by small satellites. As the demand for small satellites increases, the need for micro-thrusters has emerged for precise attitude and position control. A laser ablation micro-thruster, which generates thrust by using ablation jets that offer a wide range of thrusts and low-impulse thrusts, is considered as an alternative for micro-thrusters in small satellites. The objective of the present study is to introduce configurations of the laser ablation micro-thruster and its research trend.

• Journal of the Korean Society of Propulsion Engineers
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• v.16 no.6
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• pp.48-55
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• 2012

An ambient hot-firing test was carried out for the hydrazine thruster which may be employed in the space launch vehicles. The thruster is designed to produce 67 N (15 $lb_f$) of nominal steady-state thrust at an inlet pressure of 2.41 MPa (350 psia). A scrutiny into the performance characteristics of thruster is made in terms of thrust, propellant supply pressure, mass flow rate, chamber pressure, and temperature at the steady-state firing mode. As a result, it is ensured that the practical performance efficiencies are above 89.1% compared to its ideal requirements.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society of Propulsion Engineers Conference
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• 2010.11a
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• pp.399-404
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• 2010

Test results including the variation of propellant-inlet pressure, pulsed thrust, and environment vacuum with the accompanying thermal responses are presented for the pulse-mode operation of a set of monopropellant hydrazine thrusters producing $0.95lb_f$ of nominal steady-state thrust at an inlet pressure of 350 psia. The test data are reduced into the impulse bit, specific impulse, and force centroid that are the factors typically characterizing pulse-mode performance of small rocket engines. With a scrutiny to the performance parameters, their comparison to the reference criteria of 1 lbf standard monopropellant rocket engine are successfully made.

• Aerospace Engineering and Technology
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• v.2 no.2
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• pp.96-104
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• 2003

Geostationary satellite propulsion system provides satellite with the velocity increment for attitude control operations and sationkeeping operations from satellite launch to de-orbit at the end of life. Today, various types of propulsion system and its thrusters are produced by worldwide manufactures. Therefore, geostationary satellite manufacturers give significant modification to the Mission Analysis Software whenever different type of propulsion system type is adopted. Mission Analysis Software is a tool for planning and verification of satellite mission. For the development of the Generalized Mission Analysis Software, many thrusters are carefully investigated and modeled.

• Journal of the Korean Society of Propulsion Engineers
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• v.11 no.4
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• pp.67-73
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• 2007

In recent years hydrogen peroxide has become considerably more attractive as a green rocket propellant so a laboratory model of hydrogen peroxide thruster adopted silver catalyst and a test facility has been developed to research a hydrogen peroxide propulsion. The design scheme of thruster and the test data are presented including ignition delay, efficiency of characteristic exhaust velocity. As a result, 95% of efficiency of characteristic exhaust velocity was obtained at steady state operation condition.