• Proceedings of the KSME Conference
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• 2007.05a
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• pp.1143-1148
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• 2007

LRE(Liquid propellant Rocket Engine) is one of the important parts to control the motion of rocket. For operation of rocket in error boundary of the set-up trajectory, it is necessarily to control the thrust of LRE according to the required thrust profile and control the mixture ratio of propellants fed into combustor for the constant mixture ratio. It is not easy to control thrust and mixture ratio of propellants since there are co-interferences among the components of LRE. In this study, the dynamic model of LRE was constructed and the dynamic characteristics were analyzed with control system as PID control and PID+Q-ILC(Iterative Learning Control with Quadratic Criterion) control. From the analysis, it could be observed that PID+Q-ILC control logic is more useful than standard PID control system for control of LRE.

• Journal of the Korean Society of Propulsion Engineers
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• v.22 no.6
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• pp.104-110
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• 2018

Operating mode analysis of a liquid propellant rocket engine(LRE) is a crucial tool through the development of an engine. The operating mode analysis of an engine based on a collection of the acceptance tests of components shows discrepancies when compared to the test results. We propose a correction method for performance parameters to develop an engine analysis model for the gas generator cycle of an LRE. In order to simulate engine behavior, the performance parameters for the analysis model are tuned based on the test results of the 75tf engine of KSLV-II.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society of Propulsion Engineers Conference
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• 2006.05a
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• pp.177-180
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• 2006

It is essential for engine design and establishment of test program to assign an appropriate performance range of liquid propellant rocket engine(LRE). The present study surveys the operation and qualification test range of LRE developed in Japan, United States, Europe and Russia.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society of Propulsion Engineers Conference
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• 2009.11a
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• pp.115-118
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• 2009

Life time and number of use of liquid propellant rocket engine (LRE) should be carefully defined since those are crucial parameters affecting development costs and period. The present study surveyed the development and qualification records of LRE for space launch vehicles, especially concerning about test numbers and duration. It was shown that a single engine for expendable launch vehicle is tested with tens of ignition and several times duration of flight at least.

• 유체기계공업학회:학술대회논문집
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• 2006.08a
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• pp.509-512
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• 2006

The propellant mixture ratio of gas generator changes when thrust control valve operate to change LRE thrust level. The mixture ratio change of gas generator result in gas temperature change and failure of turbine blade or deterioration of LRE specific impulse. The mixture ratio stabilizer has been developed to maintain propellant mixture ratio of gas generator. This article deals with design and static/dynamic characteristic of stabilizer. Also gas generator system simulation test has shown that the stabilizer can maintain propellant mixture ratio effectively within tolerable range.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society of Propulsion Engineers Conference
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• 2010.05a
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• pp.34-37
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• 2010

One dimensional transient analysis was studied for turbopump-fed liquid propellant rocket engine(LRE) system in starting using AMESim. The effects of timing of gas generator fuel valve opening and gas generator ignition to start-up stability were researched for open cycle type system using LOX/RP-1 to propellants. Result show that the parameters and sequence on start-up should be considered to design optimized turbopump-fed LRE system.

• Journal of the Korean Society of Propulsion Engineers
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• v.15 no.1
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• pp.35-44
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• 2011

Mathematical modelling for liquid rocket engine(LRE) main components were conducted to predict the dynamic characteristics when the LRE operates at the transient condition, which include engine start up, shut down, or thrust control. Propellant feeding system is composed of fuel and oxidizer feeding components except for regenerative cooling channel for the fuel circuit. Components modeling of pump, pipe, orifice, control valve, regenerative cooling channel and injector was serially made. Hydraulic tests of scale down component were made in order to validate modelling components. The mathematical models of engine components were integrated into LRE transient simulation program in concomitant with experimental validation.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society of Propulsion Engineers Conference
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• v.y2005m4
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• pp.23-26
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• 2005

The method of decreasing the ecological risk for the LRE(Liquid Rocket Engine) test is developed, working on the cryogenic oxidizer and the high-boiling fuel(Kerosene). This Method is based on the study that contains a technical solution method and an accident occurrence range for decreasing of accident probability and damage. This paper contains schematic on the all risk circumstance bring to accident, block-diagram for an accident growth process in case of the propellant leakage, evaluation method of safety distance from test stand to residential area. It will be used to alternative method for the risk reduction of complex technical systems.

• Journal of the Korean Society of Propulsion Engineers
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• v.23 no.5
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• pp.67-74
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• 2019

In this paper, mathematical models of a simulation code are presented. The simulation code was developed for the startup analysis of an open cycle liquid rocket engine (LRE). Most of the components comprising an LRE, including the priming process in the propellant feeding line, were considered. A startup simulation of a 75-tonf LRE, which was used for the KSLV-II test launch vehicle (TLV), was performed. The simulation results showed good agreement with the engine acceptance test results, thus proving the validity of the startup simulation code.

• Journal of the Korean Society of Propulsion Engineers
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• v.8 no.3
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• pp.75-86
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• 2004

KSR-III is the first Korean sounding rocket propelled by a liquid propellant propulsion system and it has been developed over 5 years using purely domestic technologies. The propulsion system of KSR-III is a 13-ton class see-level thrust liquid rocket engine(LRE) which utilizes liquid oxygen and kerosene for its propellants and employed pressurized propellant feeding and ablative cooling system. The problem of combustion instabilities which has brought the most difficulty in the development was resolved by implementation of a baffle. Through the development of KSR-III LRE, meaningful achievements have been made in the core technologies of LRE such as design of injectors and combustion chambers and test, evaluation, and control of combustion instabilities. The acquired technologies will be applied to the development of higher performance LREs necessary for future space development programs such as Korean Small Launch Vehicles(KSLV) In this paper, the development of KRE-III LRE system is described including its design, analyses. performance tests and evaluation.