• 한국추진공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국추진공학회 2006년도 제27회 추계학술대회논문집
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• pp.237-240
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• 2006

Hybrid propulsion systems provide many advantages in terms of stable operation and safety. However, classical hybrid rocket motors have lower fuel regression rate and combustion efficiency compared to solid propellant rocket motor. Accordingly, the recent research efforts are focused on the improvement of engine efficiency and regressionrate in the hybrid rocket engine. The present study has numerically investigated the combustion processes and the flame structure in the hybrid rocket engine. The turbulent combustion is represented by the flamelet model and Low Reynolds number $k-{\varepsilon}$turbulent model is employed to reduce the uncertainties for convective heat transfer near solid fuel surface having strong blowing effect. Numerical results suggest that the present approach is capable of realistically simulating the combustion characteristics of the hybrid rocket engines.

• 유체기계공업학회:학술대회논문집
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• 유체기계공업학회 2006년 제4회 한국유체공학학술대회 논문집
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• pp.245-248
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• 2006

Hybrid propulsion systems provide many advantages in terms of stable operation and safety. However, classical hybrid rocket motors have lower fuel regression rate and combustion efficiency compared to solid propellant rocket motor. Accordingly, the recent research efforts are focused on the improvement of engine efficiency and regression rate in the hybrid rocket engine. The present study has numerically investigated the combustion processes in the hybrid rocket engine. The turbulent combustion is represented by the flamelet model and Low Reynolds number $k-{\varepsilon}$ turbulent model is employed to reduce the uncertainties for convective heat transfer near solid fuel surface having strong blowing effect. Based on numerical results, the detailed discussions have been made for the effects of oxygen injection methods and oxygen injection flow rate on flame structure and regression rate in the vortex hybrid rocket engines

• 한국추진공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국추진공학회 2001년도 제17회 학술발표회 논문초록집
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• pp.55-60
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• 2001

Recently, there have been many research efforts to improve the fuel regression rate in the hybrid rocket engines. In the present study, the ongoing research and development of the next general ion hybrid rocket engine are systematically reviewed. The detailed discussions have been made for the innovative combust ion technologies including the vortex hybrid rocket engines , cryogenic sol id propellant hybrid rocket engine, and the gas generator hybrid rocket engines.

• 한국추진공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국추진공학회 2004년도 제22회 춘계학술대회논문집
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• pp.524-527
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• 2004

Hybrid rocket had many advantage with compared to solid and liquid rockets. However, the engines have not yet been used in practical rocket systems, due mainly to the disadvantage of hybrid combustion, such as low fuel regression rate. In this study, lab-scale hybrid motor was designed and manufactured. And the methods of regression rate improvement were considered. Test firings with thrusts up to 300 N were conducted with GOX and transparent PMMA. Thrust was calculated with the pressure of the combustion chamber and the regression rate was measured in with variation of oxidizer flow rate. The regression rates showed a strong dependency on GOX mass flux. The frequency analysis technique of the bulk-mode oscillation of motor was applied to a hybrid rocket motor and was based on the principle that this frequency was inversely proportional to the square root of the chamber volume. Several problems and solutions of operating hybrid rocket were presented.

• 한국추진공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국추진공학회 2001년도 제17회 학술발표회 논문초록집
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• pp.61-67
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• 2001

Hybrid propulsion systems provide many advantages in terms of stable operation and safety. However, classical hybrid rocket motors have lower fuel regression rate and combustion efficiency compared to solid propellant rocket motor. The recent research efforts are focused on the improvement of volume limitation and regression rate in the hybrid rocket engine. The present study has numerically investigated the combustion processes in the hybrid rocket engine. The turbulent combustion is represented by the eddy breakup model and Hiroyasu and Nagle and Strickland-Constable model are used for soot formation and soot oxidation. Radiative heat transfer is modeled by finite volume method. To reduce the uncertainties for convective heat transfer near solid fuel surface having strong blowing effect, the Low Reynolds number k-$\varepsilon$ turbulent model is employed. Based on numerical results, the detailed discussion has been made for the turbulent combustion processes in the vortex hybrid rocket engine.

• 한국추진공학회지
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• 제23권3호
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• pp.112-118
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• 2019

수중운용 체계를 위한 로켓추진기관 개발에 대해 기술하였다. 추력조절이 가능한 LP(Liquid Propellant rocket)형 추진기관 및 HR(Hybrid Rocket)형 추진기관을 선정하여 시스템으로의 적용 가능성을 확인하였다. 축소형 액체로켓연소기 및 이동형 시험대를 개발하여 적용 가능성을 검토하였으며, 수상체계 적용을 위한 추력 1.5톤급 및 추력 1.8톤급 하이브리드 로켓 추진기관을 개발하였다. 시험결과 1.8-톤급 하이브리드 로켓이 수상운용을 위한 추진기관 요구 성능 및 수중 주행 안정성 목표를 성공적으로 달성하였다.

• 한국추진공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국추진공학회 2005년도 제25회 추계학술대회논문집
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• pp.491-494
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• 2005

본 보고서는 하이브리드 로켓 추진시스템의 실제 비행 가능성에 대한 기초 연구 내용이다. Lab scale 엔진의 실험을 바탕으로 개발된 추력 $50\sim100kgf$ 급 하이브리드 로켓 추진 시스템은 추력 시험과 소형로켓의 실제 비행을 통해 그 성능을 확인할 수 있었다. 본 연구를 통해, 하이브리드 로켓 추진 시스템이 실제 발사체 시스템으로서 유용하게 적용될 수 있음을 확인해 볼 수 있었다.

• 한국추진공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국추진공학회 2003년도 제21회 추계학술대회 논문집
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• pp.122-125
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• 2003

For Lab-scale Hybrid Rocket's Ignition, It is needs of heat source to vaporize solid fuel. We used Nichrome wire which has a electric resistance for ignition. But Ignition system by using Nichrome wire is not only the disposable system, but also the system which has an affect on the Hybrid rocket's structures(nozzle throat diameter). The new Ignition system composed of Butane+propane gas' supply devices and spark plug. RPL(Rocket Propulsion Lab.) perform the hybrid rocket experiments over 50 times by using new ignition system. The fact that is possible to throttle the Thrust in hybrid rocket is confirmed.

• International Journal of Aeronautical and Space Sciences
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• 제18권3호
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• pp.512-521
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• 2017

This paper reports development process of a university-based sounding rocket using simplified hybrid rocket propulsion system for low-altitude flight application. A hybrid propulsion system was tried to be designed with as few components as possible for more economical, simpler and safer propulsion system, which is essential for the small scale sounding rocket operation as a CanSat carrier. Using blow-down feeding system and catalytic ignition as combustion starter, 250 N class hybrid rocket system was composed of three components: a composite tank, valves, and a thruster. With a composite tank filled with both hydrogen peroxide($H_2O_2$) as an oxidizer and nitrogen gas($N_2$) as a pressurant, the feeding pressure was operated in blowdown mode during thruster operation. The $MnO_2/Al_2O_3$ catalyst was fabricated for propellant decomposition, and ground test of propulsion system showed the almost theoretical temperature of decomposed $H_2O_2$ at the catalyst reactor, indicating sufficient catalyst efficiency for propellant decomposition. Auto-ignition of the high density polyethylene(HDPE) fuel grain successfully occurred by the decomposed $H_2O_2$ product without additional installation of any ignition devices. Performance test result was well matched with numerical internal ballistics conducted prior to the experimental propulsion system ground test. A sounding rocket using the developed hybrid rocket was designed, fabricated, flight simulated and launch tested. Six degree-of-freedom trajectory estimation code was developed and the comparison result between expected and experimental trajectory validated the accuracy of the developed trajectory estimation code. The fabricated sounding rocket was successfully launched showing the effectiveness of the simplified hybrid rocket propulsion system.

• 한국추진공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국추진공학회 2009년도 제33회 추계학술대회논문집
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• pp.507-510
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• 2009

PE/$LN_2O$를 적용한 소형 하이브리드 추진 시스템을 설계, 제작 및 발사하여 하이브리드 로켓 발사체 개발에 대한 기반 기술을 확보하였다. 외부 액추에이터를 적용한 밸브 시스템을 하이브리드 엔진에 적용하였고, 밸브 개폐 시스템이 문제없이 작동함을 확인했다. 연료 그레인을 설계하기 위해 내탄도 설계를 수행했고, 로켓의 비행궤도를 예측하기 위한 외탄도 해석을 수행하여 로켓을 설계 제작 하였고, 발사 실험을 통해 하이브리드 로켓 설계의 타당성을 확인 하였다. 제작된 하이브리드 로켓은 무게 9 kg, 외경 110 mm, 전장 1.7 m로 성공적으로 발사하였으나, 추력 비행구간 중에 사출이 되어 최적 비행을 하지 못했다. 또한 설계치에 못 미치는 낮은 추력특성 등의 문제점을 확인하였고, 추후 하이브리드 발사체 개발에 대한 개선사항을 제시하였다.