• 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.

• 제어로봇시스템학회:학술대회논문집
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• 1997.10a
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• pp.1647-1650
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• 1997

This paper presents the control law of Automatic Rudder Trim System(ARTS) for the KTX-1. The proposed ARTS is designed mainly t reduce the pilot's work load for trimming in the various conditiions of engine torque. airspeed, and aircraft configuration. The ARTS partially compensates the transient yawing motion due to change of engine power in turboprop aircraft because of the limitation of the actuation speed of the trim motor. In this paper flight test data are analyzed to understand the phenomena and the dynamics of the reversible rudder flight control system is derived. Finally, the control concept and conrtol law of ARTS are described and the characteristics of the ARTS are analyzed through simulation study.

• Journal of the Korean Society of Propulsion Engineers
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• v.10 no.1
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• pp.64-71
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• 2006

For SUAV is required to have the capacity of VTOL and fast forward flight, the SUAV development program has decided to adopt the tiltrotor mechanism which includes helicopter and turboprop mechanisms. From the engine point of view, the key engine parameters such as engine operating mechanism, engine control scheme, the dynamics characteristic of power train, engine intake/exhaust concept, and engine installation requirements should fulfill the requirements of the two different mechanisms, helicopter and turboprop. And for the maximum efficiency of the rotor, rotational speed for the two modes are 20% different, the power train shall find a way to make it so. Meeting these specific requirements for the tiltrotor mechanism, this research begins with a conventional OTS(off-the-shelf) turboshaft engine survey and minimizes engine modification to develop an economical propulsion system. The engine technical review has been performed on the basis of those requirements and capabilities.

• Journal of the Korean Society of Propulsion Engineers
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• v.7 no.1
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• pp.49-56
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• 2003

A steady-state performance simulation program using $EASY5^{(R)}$ on the turboprop engine was developed through in this study. The PT6A-62 turboprop engine which is the power plant of the first Korean basic trainer KT-1, was selected for this study. In order to evaluate the proposed perfrmance model the analysis results of $EASY5^{(R)}$ model were compared with the simulated results by the GASTURB program, which is well blown commercially for the simulation performance analysis at various cases. The first case was the uninstalled condition with various altitudes from ground to 30000ft and flight Mach No. 0. The second case was the install condition with various altitude from ground to M at the maximum take off and the ECS (Environmental Control System) OFF conditions. The third case was install condition with the altitude range from 5000 ft to 1000ft and Mach No. 0.1 to 0.3 at maximum ECS operating condition. It was confirm that the results by the $EASY5^{(R)}$ model were well agreed with those by GASTURB within maximum 5.0%

• 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 for Aviation and Aeronautics
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• v.20 no.3
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• pp.44-50
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• 2012

The noise reduction is important one of considerations in the process of a civil aircraft development program. External noise sources are classified into an air-born source and a structure-born source. Among these noise sources, the most affected noise source into a cabin is the air-born noise source from an engine or propeller. The external noise is transmitted into the cabin through the fuselage structure of airplane which are composed of an fuselage structure, an interior trim panel and an acoustic insulation layer between an fuselage structure and an interior trim panel. Therefore, appropriate fuselage structure and acoustic insulation layer is very important to reduce the internal noise level. In this paper, the vibro-acoustic coupled analysis of the cabin noise of the 80~90 seats regional turboprop aircraft is carried out to validate the acoustic analysis method using Direct BEM and FEM. The sound pressure level onto the fuselage skin is acquired by fan-source noise analysis using BEM, and which sound pressure is used as acoustic noise source in vibro-acoustic noise analysis for cabin noise analysis using FEM.

• 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.

• Journal of the Korean Society for Aeronautical & Space Sciences
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• v.30 no.7
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• pp.36-43
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• 2002

A new scaling method for the prediction of gas turbine components characteristics using experimental data or partially given data from engine manufacturers has been proposed. In order to minimize the analyzed performance error in the this study, firstly component maps were constructed by identifying performance data given by engine manufacturers at some operating conditions, then the simulated performance using the identified maps was compared with the performance result using the currently used traditional scaling method. In comparison, the performance result by the currently used traditional scaling method was well agreed with the real engine performance at on-design point but it had maximum 12% error at off-design points within the flight envelope of a study turboprop engine. However because the analysed performance by the newly proposed scaling method had maximum 6% reasonable error even within all flight envelope.

• 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.

• 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.