• Proceedings of the Korean Society of Propulsion Engineers Conference
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• 2017.05a
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• pp.406-408
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• 2017

Ammonium dinitramide (ADN) Low toxicity monopropellant based 1N class thruster and test equipment were developed. Compared with the hydrazine which used in existing satellite thruster, ADN is easy to handle and has excellent physical characteristics such as density and specific impulse. Due to these characteristics, ADN is attracting attention as an eco-friendly propellant. In this paper, 1N class thruster and thrust measurement system was designed for performance testing of ADN monopropellant. The composition of the propellant for the design and experiment was set at 11.2: 25.4: 63.4 for each of Methanol: $H_2O$: ADN.

• Journal of the Korean Society of Propulsion Engineers
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• v.23 no.2
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• pp.1-12
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• 2019

A fundamental study on a gas injection variable thrust method for thrust throttling in a liquid rocket engine was conducted. The gas injection variable thrust has the advantage of not only being able to control the thrust with a simple structure but it also increases the atomization performance through the injection pressure drop that increases in direct proportion to the density reduction. In this study, spray characteristics such as spray instability, spray pattern, spray angle, and breakup length based on changes in the liquid mass flow rate and amount of injected gas were investigated using effervescent swirl injectors.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society of Propulsion Engineers Conference
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• 2007.11a
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• pp.135-138
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• 2007

Two-dimensional distribution characteristics on the spray droplets emanating from an injector employed in a liquid-propellant thruster are investigated through dual-mode phase Doppler anemometry (DPDA). Spray-breakup characteristic parameters such as spray droplet velocity, turbulent intensity, Sauter mean diameter (SMD), number density, and volumetric flux are quantified to scrutinize the macroscopic behavior of injector-spray breakup. The present study will be able to contribute to the comprehension for performance features of the thruster in current use and to the design engineering of a brand-new thruster as well.

• Bulletin of the Korean Space Science Society
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• 2003.10a
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• pp.88-88
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• 2003

로켓 엔진 시스템에는 가압가스로 추진제를 엔진으로 공급하는 가압 시스템과 터보펌프를 이용해 엔진으로 고압의 추진제를 공급하는 터보펌프 시스템으로 나눌 수 있으며 터보펌프 시스템은 다시 Gas Generator를 이용하는 개방형 엔진과 Prebumer를 이용한 폐쇄형 엔진인 다단 엔진으로 구분할 수 있다. 로켓의 엔진 시스템은 Turbine, Turbopump, Gas Generator, Thrust Chamber, Tube, Valve, Propellant Tank 등 각 구성품 간에 서로 상호간섭이 매우 심한 공정이다 로켓 엔진 시스템은 이와 같은 상호간섭에 의해 추력 제어 및 혼합비 제어, 추진제 소진 제어 적용 시 정확하고 강인한 제어를 수행하여야 한다. 이를 위해 정확한 동특성 모델을 구축하는 것이 중요하며 모델을 통해 적절한 제어 시스템을 선택하여야 한다. 그러나 현재 국내에는 이에 대한 연구가 미미하며 해외의 경우 로켓은 특수 분야에 속함으로 공개되어 있지 않다. 로켓에 대한 개발 연구에 있어서는 위와 같은 작업이 선행되어야 하며 이에 대한 선행 연구로 한국항공우주연구원에서 Gas Generator를 이용한 개방형 터보펌프 엔진 시스템에 대한 연구를 진행하고 있다. 본 논문에서는 Gas Generator를 이용한 개방형 터보펌프 엔진시스템에 대한 동특성 모델을 구성하였다. 배관부, 터빈, 펌프, 밸브, Gas Generator, 재생냉각, 추력연소실 등 엔진 시스템을 구성하는 구성품에 대한 동특성 모델을 구성하였으며 이를 matlab의 simulink를 통해 각 구성품을 연결하여 최종 엔진시스템의 동특성 모델을 구성하였다. 구성된 동특성 모델을 통해 각종 변화(추진제 밀도 변화, 추력 변화, 혼합비 변화 등)에 대한 엔진 시스템 변화를 예측하여 정확한 엔진 시스템에 대한 이해를 넓혔으며 추력 제어 및 혼합비, 추진제 소진 제어를 최적으로 할 수 있는 제어 시스템 구축을 위한 기초 자료로 이용할 수 있을 것이다.

• Journal of the Korean Society of Propulsion Engineers
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• v.18 no.1
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• pp.50-57
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• 2014

A ground hot-firing test (HFT) was conducted to take out the optimal design configurations for the thrust chamber of 70 N-class liquid rocket engine under development. Monopropellant grade (purity: ${\geq}98.5%$) hydrazine was adopted as a propellant for the HFT, and three kinds of thrust chambers having characteristic lengths ($L^*$) of 2.79, 2.95, and 3.13 m were selected for their performance evaluation. It is revealed through the test and evaluation that the increase of the $L^*$ leads to a performance degradation in the test condition specified, and pulse response performance of the development model shows superior characteristics to commercialized hydrazine thrusters.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society of Propulsion Engineers Conference
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• 2010.11a
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• pp.569-572
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• 2010

In order to study the performance characteristics of the thrust vector nozzle, the test facility and instrumentation system were designed. In this system, axial thrust, moment, exhaust gas velocity and pressure will be measured by using the scale down experimental model devices. The test facility are composed of high pressure air storage system, flow measuring and control system, test nozzle and thrust measurement system.

• Journal of the Korea Institute of Information and Communication Engineering
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• v.13 no.10
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• pp.2147-2153
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• 2009

A Hybrid type Linear Pulse Motor(LPM) for low cost is designed as single side stator structure. The static and dynamic characteristics measurement systems are designed. Experimental measurement systems, which measure the static and dynamic characteristic of the LPM, are uggested for the prototype LPM. It becomes known the values of the thrust forces. Finally the microstep drive method is adopted to the drive of prototype LPM. The waveform difference is measured between the microstep method and rectangular wave. From the experimental results, it can be confirmed that the repetitive ripple of the thrust force of the prototype LPM are reduced by taking the microstep drive method.

• Journal of the Korean Society of Propulsion Engineers
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• v.26 no.2
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• pp.40-46
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• 2022

Hall thrusters are one of the electric propulsion, where ions are accelerated to generate thrust and are widely utilized in space missions due to their high specific impulses. Recently, as the utilization of small and micro satellites with the mass of similar or less than 100 kg is highly increasing, the importance of research and development of the low-power electric propulsion is also raised. In this study, we developed two sub-200 W or less class, laboratory model Hall thrusters and measured the thrust and analyzed the discharge characteristics. Consequently, we obtained 2.5-9.0 mN of thrust, 600-1,150 s of specific impulse, and 15-28% of anode efficiency at 50-175 W of anode power.

• Journal of the Korean Society for Aeronautical & Space Sciences
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• v.31 no.9
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• pp.55-63
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• 2003

An attitude control system using reaction thrusters for the upper stage of a launch vehicle is considered. The thruster configuration (position and direction) determines control system response, fuel consumption, effective torque and system fault tolerance. We propose a procedure for finding the optimal thruster configuration with desired control effectiveness over the range of selected torque commands. An optimization technique called Particle Swarm Optimization is used for the numerical experiments. The validity of the solution is checked through computer simulations.

• Journal of the Korean Society of Propulsion Engineers
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• v.8 no.2
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• pp.32-38
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• 2004

A comprehensive understanding is given for the hot-firing test results, which were obtained throughout the verification program of mono-propellant hydrazine rocket engines (thrusters) producing 0.95 lbf (4.2 N) of nominal steady-state thrust at an inlet pressure of 350 psia (2.41 Mpa). A scrutiny for the engine performance is made in terms of thrust and temperature behavior of steady state firing mode at the given propellant injection pressures: Pinj = 400, 250, 100, and 50 psi. The thrust and specific impulse are compared with a reference performance of 1-lbf standard rocket engines and their normalization procedure is introduced. A practical engineering approach to the data measurement and reduction is addressed, too.