• Journal of the Korean Society of Propulsion Engineers
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• v.15 no.3
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• pp.86-93
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• 2011

Recently, development and application of condition monitoring and diagnostic system for improvement of durability and reliability and reduction of operating cost is generalized in the aircraft propulsion system. Expecially, for reliable operation of the high altitude and a long time and condition monitoring system to identify faults and degradations of its propulsion system should be needed. This work proposed a GUI-based On-line condition monitoring program using LabVIEW by PT6A-67 turboprop engine. The proposed on-line condition program can monitor the real engine performance as well as the trend through precise comparison between performance results calculated by the base performance simulation program and measuring engine performance signals. In the development phase of this monitoring system, a signal generation module is proposed to evaluate the proposed on-line monitoring system.

• Journal of the Korean Society of Propulsion Engineers
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• v.16 no.3
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• pp.57-68
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• 2012

In this study, designs of the high efficiency composite propeller blade for a high speed turboprop aircraft, which will be used for a next generation regional commercial aircraft in Korea, are performed. Both the vortex theory and the blade element theory are used for preliminary aerodynamic design and performance analysis of the propeller. Then the aerodynamic design result is confirmed through performance analysis using a commercial CFD code, ANSYS. The carbon/epoxy composite materials is used, and the skin-spar-foam sandwich type structure is adopted for improvement of lightness and structural stability. Finally, it is investigated that the proposed propeller blade has high efficiency and structural safety through both aerodynamic and structural analysis and experimental test of a prototype propeller blade.

• Journal of the Korean Society of Propulsion Engineers
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• v.5 no.2
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• pp.44-50
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• 2001

After modeling an aircraft turboprop engine using SIMULINK$\circledR$, performance simulation of PT6A-62 engine, which is main power plant of KT-1, was performed. For validation, performance parameters of the SIMULIINK model were compared with the simulated results by GASTURB program. It was confirm that the results by the SIMULINK model were well agreed with those by GASTURB within 1.07%, It was assumed that installation losses were bleed-air exteraction with a range from 0% to 5%, and power for accessories with a range from 0 to 20hp. In this investigation, it was found that the shafthorsepower was decreased by maxium 0.68%, but specific fuel consumption ratio was not effected nearly by these losses.

• Journal of the Korean Society of Propulsion Engineers
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• v.23 no.6
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• pp.87-94
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• 2019

This paper contains the process of investigating the cause of fuel filter contamination of P&WC's PT6A-67A engine. An outline of the fuel filter contamination and configuration of the fuel supply line are specified. The analytical methods were classified into fuel component analysis and solid sediment analysis(EDX, TGA, optical microscope). In summary, the sulfur was detected from fuel tank sealant as a major contamination component. As a follow-up, P&WC and the Agency for Defense Development will conduct engine fuel filter cycle checks and fuel tank cleaning for engine operation.

• Journal of the Korean Society of Propulsion Engineers
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• v.6 no.2
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• pp.53-63
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• 2002

The steady-state and transient performance simulation program for a turboprop engine(PT6A-62) was developed. Specially this program included some algorithms, such as flat-rated behaviors in performance and limit control algorithms to prevent the compressor surge and the compressor-turbine inlet limit temperature overshoot. In order to minimize analysis errors, on interpolation method in component characteristics using matching errors and specific heat and specific heat ratio, which are functions of temperatures were used. The developed steady state performance analysis program can handle various conditions such as altitude, bleed extraction, inlet temperature and pressure and part throttle, and the transient performance analysis program incorporated a general mode for transient simulation and a control mode for prevention of the compressor surge and the turbine inlet limit temperature overshoot.

• Journal of the Korean Society of Propulsion Engineers
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• v.3 no.4
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• pp.93-103
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• 1999

The steady-state performance analysis program for turboprop engine which was used for a small, middle industrial aircraft and a basic trainer aircraft was developed and linear Gas Path Analysis method was applied to Engine Health Monitoring for Turboprop engine. This program was compared with TURBOMARCH program which is well known with performance and power according to flight Mach No. at the standard atmospheric condition to prove a steady-state performance analysis program. From the result, inlet, exit temperature and pressure of each component had error within 3% and especially power according to flight Mach No. had error within 2.4% so that this program could be assured. To make sure if linear Gas Path Analysis is reasonable four cases were selected. The first is the case that fouling is occurred in compressor only. The second is the case that fouling is occurred in compressor and erosion is occurred in turbine. The third is the case that erosion is occurred in both compressor and turbine and power turbine at the same time. Finally, the case that fouling and erosion are occurred in compressor, compressor turbine and power turbine was selected. Different parameters were selected impartially among the independent parameters so that the effect of measurement parameter selection was observed. From the result, the more measurement parameters the smaller RMS error and even though the number of measurement parameters was the same, the RMS error was obtained differently according to which measurement parameters were selected. The case using eight instrument parameters of case IV-4 had small error comparably and was economic and it was important to select optimal number of measurement and optimal measurement parameters.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society of Propulsion Engineers Conference
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• 2001.04a
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• pp.76-79
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• 2001

SIMULINK^{$\circledR}$를 이용하여 항공기용 터보프롭 엔진을 모델링한 후 현재 KT-1의 추진기관인 PT6A-62 분리축 터보프롭엔진의 성능을 해석하였다. SIMULINK^{$\circledR}$ 모델의 검증을 위하여 상용해석프로그램인 GASTURB 와 비교한 결과 최대오차율 1.07% 이내로 확인되었다. 지상정지 조건에서 블리드 공기유량을 0에서 5%, 보기류 구동에 따른 출력손실을 0에서 20 hp로 가정하고 해석한 결과 축마력은 최대 0.68%감소하며 비연료소모율은 거의 영향을 받지 않음을 알 수 있었다.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society of Propulsion Engineers Conference
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• 2001.04a
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• pp.69-72
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• 2001

본 연구에서는 터보프롭엔진의 성능해석 프로그램을 EASY5를 이용하여 최초로 시행하였다. 개발된 프로그램을 입증하기 위해 고도와 마하수를 고정한 상태에서 공기유량과 보기류 구동을 위한 출력손실의 변화에 따른 성능을 분석하였다. 해석 결과, Bleed 공기유량 손실과 보기류 구동을 위한 출력 손실에 의해 가용출력은 최대 6%의 손실을 보이나 비연료 소모율은 거의 영향을 미치지 않음을 알 수 있었다. 또한 EASY5 프로그램과 GASTURB 프로그램의 결과 비교에서도 최대 오차율 1.37% 이내에서 일치함을 확인할 수 있었다.

• Journal of the Korean Society of Propulsion Engineers
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• v.4 no.2
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• pp.61-70
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• 2000

The performance simulation program on the turboprop engine(PT6A-62), which is a main engine of the first trainer KT-1 in republic of Korea, was developed. Characteristics of engine components were required for the steady-state performance analysis including on and off design point analysis. In most cases, these were substituted for what scaled from well known engine components characteristics with the scaling law. The developed program was compared with CASTURB program which is well known for the simulation performance analysis, such as analysis results of mass flow rate, compressor pressure ratio, fuel flow rate, power, specific fuel consumption ratio and turbine inlet temperature in the following four cases, to evaluate whether the developed program is acceptable or not. The first case was the sea level static standard condition and other cases were considered with various flight Mach numbers, altitudes. After verifying the developed program, the partload performance analysis was carried out. Transient performance analysis for various fuel schedules were performed. When the fuel step increase of 0.1sec was performed, the overshoot of the compressor turbine inlet temperature occurred. However, the fuel ramp increase for longer than 0.1sec time was performed, the overshoot could be eliminated.

• Aerospace Engineering and Technology
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• v.11 no.2
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• pp.65-72
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• 2012

Numerical simulations were performed to study the stall characteristics of turboprop aircraft. Stall characteristics were qualitatively investigated using the computational results of various configurations based on the combinations of propeller and high lift device. For the analysis of stall characteristics, three-dimensional Navier-Stokes solver with Spalart-Allmaras turbulence model was used and the relative motion between propeller and wing was simulated using sliding mesh technique. For the cruise configurations, major flow separation was occurred at the fuselage/wing fairing and the separation was reduced under propeller slipstream condition. For the high lift device configuration without propeller, major flow separation was occurred at the outboard side of nacelle. With rotating propeller, early stall onset due to low relative velocity and high effective angle of attack was observed on the outboard wing section. Regarding rotating direction of propeller, inboard-down direction was preferred due to the stall delay effect of propeller slipstream.