• Proceedings of the Korean Society of Propulsion Engineers Conference
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• 2008.03a
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• pp.150-156
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• 2008

A program based on a 2-D CFD code has been developed to simulate a gas turbine engine. 2-D Navier-Stokes implicit code with $k-\omega$ turbulent model is used in compressor and turbine. Lumped method chemical equilibrium code with 10 species of molecular is applied to combustor with assuming perfect mixture and 100% combustion efficiency at constant pressure state. Fluid properties are shared on interfaces between engine components. Compressor supplies outlet temperature and pressure to combustor. At the same time, combustor also carries temperature and pressure to turbine. The back pressure of compressor outlet is transferred by inlet pressure of turbine. Unsteady phenomena in rotor-stator are covered by mixing-plane method. The running condition of engine can be determined only by given the inlet condition of compressor, the outlet condition of turbine, equivalence ratio and rotating speed.

• Journal of the Korean Society of Propulsion Engineers
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• v.25 no.3
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• pp.26-41
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• 2021

Titanium hydride potassium perchlorate (THPP) has played an important role as initiators of the propulsion system. However, the 'aging' may cause performance degradation and even give rise to a failure in the total system. In this study, various hygrothermal aging conditions were considered and the aging effects on thermodynamic and ignition characteristics of THPP are provided via thermal analysis and ignition measurements. Also, physical-chemical changes were identified by morphological analysis. In conclusion, thermal aging led to E_α decrease-high reactivity due to oxidizer decomposition whereas hygrothermal aging gave rise to an opposite tendency by fuel oxidation.

• Bulletin of the Korean Chemical Society
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• v.35 no.5
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• pp.1305-1311
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• 2014

The nickel oxide, the most widely used cathode material for the molten carbonate fuel cell (MCFC), has several disadvantages including NiO dissolution, poor mechanical strength, and corrosion phenomena during MCFC operation. The surface modification of NiO with lanthanum maintains the advantages, such as performance and stability, and suppresses the disadvantages of NiO cathode because the modification results in the formation of $LaNiO_3$ phase which has high conductivity, stability, and catalytic activity. As a result, La-modified NiO cathode shows low NiO dissolution, high degree of lithiation, and mechanical strength, and high cell performance and catalytic activity in comparison with the pristine NiO. These enhanced physico-chemical and electrochemical properties and the durability in marine environment allow MCFC to marine application as a auxiliary propulsion system.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society of Propulsion Engineers Conference
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• 1997.04a
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• pp.259-265
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• 1997

An analytical study has been peformed to investigate the unsteady ignition characteristics of pulse combustion. In many combustion applications, strain rate of the flow can significantly affect the combustion features; ignition, extinction, and reignition. In the pulse combustion, two jets (hot combustion gases and fresh mixtures) coming from the opposite side of the combustor will collide in the combustor forming a stagnation region where the chemical reaction is suppressed by the strain rate until this becomes below the critical value. In this research, the method of large activation energy asymptotic is adopted with one step irreversible kinetics to examine the ignition response to the periodic variation of the strain rate of flow. The results show the variation of the maximum value of strain rate can determine whether the ignition or extinction occur.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society of Propulsion Engineers Conference
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• 1997.04a
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• pp.191-201
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• 1997

혼합형 고체추진제에는 연소속도를 증가시키는 촉매로서 철,구리,크롬등 전이금속 $화합물^1$ 이 사용되고 있다. 현재 당공장에서 양산되는 개량형 추진기관의 추진제에 철화합물인 $Fe_2$ $O_3$ 가 사용되는데 그동안 $Fe_2$ $O_3$ 를 공급해온 미국 Columbian chemical co.에서 생산을 중단함에 따라 새로운 수급이 필요하게 되었다. 이에 이원료의 안정적인 공급을 위해 국산 $Fe_2$ $O_3$ 로 대체 개발하기 위해 국산 원료의 시장조사, 샘플 입수, 그리고 원료분석을 실시하였지만 당공장에서 사용해온 $Fe_2$ $O_3$ 의 원료규격중 순도, 산도(PH값), 입도등 중요항목을 만족할만한 국산 원료는 발견하지 못했다. 하지만 국내 제조업체중 제조능력 및 시설을 고려하여 일신종합화학(인천 소재)을 선정한 다음 제조 공정의 개선을 통하여 당공장 사용 원료을 만족하는 원료를 생산할 수 있었고, 개향형 추진 기관의 추진제에 적용하여 추진제 공정성, 물성, 그리고 가장 중요한 연소특성을 만족하는 국산 $Fe_2$ $O_3$ 를 개발에 성공하여 양산에 적용하고 있다.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society of Propulsion Engineers Conference
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• v.y2005m4
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• pp.343-346
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• 2005

Three dimensional structures of detonation wave propagating through a square-shaped duct were investigated using computational method and parallel processing. Inviscid fluid dynamics equations coupled with $variable-{\gamma}$ formulation and simplified one-step Arrhenius chemical reaction model were analysed by MUSCL-type TVD scheme and four stage Runge-Kutta time integration. The unsteady computational results in three dimension show the detailed mechanism of transverse mode and diagonal mode of detonation wave instabilities resulting same cell length but different cell width in smoked-foil record.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society of Propulsion Engineers Conference
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• 2006.05a
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• pp.283-287
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• 2006

As the interest of environment was increased recently, the environment friendly propellants are required in space community, The hydrogen peroxide is the most suitable propellant for this because it requires very low development cost and has very low environmental impact. In this paper the chemical characteristics, advantage/disadvantage as a propellant, historical applications and recent developments were discussed.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society of Propulsion Engineers Conference
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• 2006.05a
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• pp.141-143
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• 2006

It is well known that there are three mechanisms in the nozzle surface regression, namely ablation, mechanical erosion and chemical corrosion. There are Analogies among these three mechanisms. In order to compare the order of the magnitude of these mechanism, the analogy was adapted and the Mach number of the gas flow was expressed by the nozzle shape(location).

• Proceedings of the Korean Society of Propulsion Engineers Conference
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• 2006.11a
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• pp.299-302
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• 2006

We present an innovative means of numerically treating interfaces associated with chemically active energetic materials. Recent advances in wave tracking technique based on the Ghost Fluid Concept is extended to handle multi-material multi-phase interfaces associated with chemical environment associated with explosion. We show several work-in-progress applications of our code, including the impact problems involving both energetic and inert elements. Accurate modeling of the equation of state and the constitutive relations are also discussed

• Proceedings of the Korean Society of Propulsion Engineers Conference
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• 2003.10a
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• pp.108-113
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• 2003

The numerical research has been done for the transverse jet behind a rearward- facing step in turbulent supersonic flow without chemical reaction. The purpose of transverse jet is used to improve mixing of the fuel in the combustor. Two- dimensional unsteady flowfields generated by slot injection into supersonic flow are numerically simulated by the integration of Navier-Stokes equation with two-equation k - $\varepsilon$ turbulence model. Numerical methods are used high-order upwind TVD scheme. Eight cases are computed, comprising slot momentum flux ratios and slot position at downstream of the step. The flow is very similar to the cavity flow, because the jet is like an obstacle. Therefore, the numerical results show the periodic phenomenon.