• Proceedings of the Korean Society of Propulsion Engineers Conference
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• 1999.04a
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• pp.1-1
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• 1999

액체로켓엔진은 인젝터, 추력실, 노즐 등으로 구성되어 있으며, 이들 구성요소 중에서 연소성능과 연소안정성에 가장 지배적인 요소는 인젝터이다. 본 연구에서는 액체로켓엔진에 사용될 인젝터의 F-O-O-F 충돌형 Uni-element 인젝터를 설계하였으며 특히, F-O-O-F 충돌형 인젝터는 두 단계의 충돌과정으로 구성되는데, 첫단계 충돌은 산화제와 연료 오리피스의 분무로 충돌이 이루어져 Liquid Sheet가 형성되며 다음 단계로는 이러한 양쪽의 Liquid Sheet가 서로 충돌하여 미립화가 진행되는 두단계 충돌과정으로 이루어지게 된다. 그러므로 인젝터의 가공 정밀도가 매우 높아야 하며 인젝터 오리피스 크기나 각도 등의 어느 하나라도 정밀도가 낮게 가공된다면 연소성능과 연소안정성에 심각한 영향을 주게 된다.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society of Propulsion Engineers Conference
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• 2002.04a
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• pp.6-7
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• 2002

동축형 인젝터는 이미 여러 발사체에서 널리 쓰이고 있는 인젝터의 한 형태로서 또 다른 인젝터 방식인 충돌형과 비교하여 구조가 복잡한 단점이 있는 반면에 연소 현상의 불안정성에 대해 덜 민감하며 미립화와 혼합의 특성도 우수하다. 이런 동축형 인젝터는 크게 스월 방식과 shear 방식으로 나누어진다. 이중에서 스월 인젝터는 산화제와 연료의 유입구에 접선 방향의 속도를 줌으로써 conical sheet 형태의 분무장을 형성하여 미립화와 혼합을 꾀하는 방식이다. 이와 같은 스월 인젝터에서 중요한 변수 중에 하나인 recess의 변화에 대해 분무 형상과 미립화 혼합특성까지 파악해보았다.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society of Propulsion Engineers Conference
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• 1999.10a
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• pp.3-3
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• 1999

액체 연료 로켓엔진의 인젝터에 대한 연구는 연소 효율과 안정성 향상에 초점을 두어왔다. 그 중 충돌분사형 인젝터는 구조가 매우 간단하면서 많은 유량의 연료를 분사시킬 수 있기 때문에 개발 초기부터 많은 연구가 이루어졌으며 실제 여러 엔진에 응용된 바 있다. 그동안의 충돌분무에 대한 연구는 주로 제트의 충돌시 생기는 액막의 분열 과정을 이해하는 데에 관심이 있어 왔으며, 아직까지는 실험적 기법에 기초하여 근사적인 분열 모델을 제시하는 데에 그치고 있다.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society of Propulsion Engineers Conference
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• 2000.11a
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• pp.5-5
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• 2000

이 연구의 목적은 한국항공우주연구소가 개발 중인 액체추진제 로켓엔진의 축소형 엔진에 대하여 인젝터 배열의 변화가 성능 및 연소특성에 미치는 영향을 분석하는데 있다. 인젝터의 배열방식에 따라 방사형(radial) 및 직교형(H-type) 인젝터를 연구대상으로 하였으며 충돌각의 변화에 2차원 및 3차원 해석을 수행하였다. 로켓엔진에는 스월러 인젝터를 고려하지 않았기 때문에 인젝터의 배열 및 충돌 각은 엔진성능뿐만 아니라 연소특성에도 중요하게 영향을 미치는 인자가 된다.(중략)

• Journal of the Korean Society of Propulsion Engineers
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• v.7 no.2
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• pp.1-6
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• 2003

Triplet(FOF or OFO) injectors are commonly applied to liquid rockets which use LOX and hydrocarbon propellants. The FOF type injector has been known to have an advantage for the although to show lower combustion performance as compared by the OFO type. However, a large disparity between oxidizer and fuel orifice diameters of the FOF type injector may reduce both the combustion efficiency and stability so that as FOOF split triplet injector which splits a single oxidizer orifice into double orifices was designed. In the present study, spray characteristics of the FOOF injector were investigated and compared with those of the FOF injector undo. cold flow conditions. Mass distributions of oxidizer and fuel for both injectors were measured by using a PLLIF (Planar Liquid Laser Induced Fluorescence)technique, and each drop size was also measured by using an instantaneous photographic method. From the experimental results, we found out that FOOF shows more stable mixing efficiencies than the FOF. As for the drop size of both oxidizer and fuel, there was not a large difference between two injector types.

• Journal of the Korean Society for Aeronautical & Space Sciences
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• v.33 no.1
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• pp.62-68
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• 2005

An injector for fuel rich gas generator was designed and experimentally investigated. Five variations of F-O-F triplet impinging type injector were tested to evaluate spray characteristics with kerosene/water simulant propellant. Test was focused to find the effect of design variables of impinging angle, and impinging distance, on the atomization performance. A mixing efficiency is used to compare droplet distribution and local O/F ratio of each injector in the range of momentum ratio of 0.2~1.3. Test results shows the max value of mixing efficiency locates about the 0.8 in momentum ratio. And the injector with an impinging angle of 45 degree and impinging distance of 6mm shows the very good performance result suitable for fuel rich gas generator. A combustion test will be also conducted with selected injector to verify the spray pattern and mixing efficiency.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society of Propulsion Engineers Conference
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• 2011.11a
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• pp.139-142
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• 2011

A water-flow test for acceptance verification is carried out for a nonimpinging-type injector prior to the design-performance verification of hydrazine thruster under development. The injector used in the experiment is to be equipped on the hydrazine thruster producing 70 N of nominal thrust at an inlet pressure of 24.6 $kg_f/cm^2$. It is observed that there exist varying characteristics of atomization among the injector-nozzle orifices caused by a fabrication error which can be judged from a microscopic standpoint. On the other hand, all of the injector orifices are placed within the design criteria in an injection-angle performance.

• Journal of the Korean Society of Propulsion Engineers
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• v.14 no.6
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• pp.17-24
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• 2010

This study was performed to make a close inquiry into a pseudo 3-dimensional structure of the liquid-propellant spray emerging from nonimpinging-type injector. Spray configuration near the injector exit was captured by a high-speed camera, and then its periodic phenomena (shedding) was observed. Detailed spatial structure of spray was investigated by spray characteristic parameters (velocity, diameter, volume flux, etc.) with the aid of a Dual-mode Phase Doppler Anemometry (DPDA). Experiment was carried out at various locations along the geometric axis of the nozzle orifice and on the plane normal to the spray stream with the injection pressures of 17.2 to 27.6 bar.

• Journal of the Korean Society of Propulsion Engineers
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• v.16 no.3
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• pp.1-8
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• 2012

A water-flow test was carried out for the nonimpinging-type injector to be equipped on 70 N-class liquid-rocket engine under development. Breakup patterns of injector-spray transit from a smooth jet to wavy one as the injection angle increases, whereas spray-breakup lengths are inversely proportional to the injection pressure. It is confirmed that there exist ruffles on the surface of liquid column, which could be caught through the instantaneous spray images captured by high-speed camera. A phenomenon of spray shedding amplified at the specific pressure level of 0.93 MPa was an unexpected behavior of the injected stream and it is to be investigated further.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society of Propulsion Engineers Conference
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• 2012.05a
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• pp.143-148
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• 2012

This study is an investigation on macroscopic spray behavior of nonimpinging-type injector equipped on the hydrazine thruster under development. An electron microscope is employed for the acceptance examination of injector orifice. Initial performance characteristics and spray behavior of injector are observed through the instantaneous spray images which are captured by high speed camera and Schlieren method with varying injection pressures. The injector performance is scrutinized by the velocity along with penetration length of spray and categorized by dimensionless parameters. It is confirmed that there exist varying characteristics related to the spray breakup caused by fabrication errors of injector-orifices. Unexpected spray behavior, which needs to be reexamined, is grasped at specific pressure level, as well.