• Advances in aircraft and spacecraft science
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• 제7권5호
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• pp.425-440
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• 2020

The work presented herein is a numerical investigation of the flow field inside a resonant igniter, with the aim of predicting the performances in terms of cavity temperature and noise spectrum. A resonance ignition system represens an attractive solution for the ignition of liquid rocket engines in space missions which require multiple engine re-ignitions, like for example debris removal. Furthermore, the current trend in avoiding toxic propellants leads to the adoption of green propellant which does not show hypergolic properties and so the presence of a reliable ignition system becomes fundamental. Resonant igniters are attractive for in-space thrusters due to the low weight and the absence of an electric power source. However, their performances are strongly influenced by several geometrical and environmental parameters. This motivates the study proposed in this work in which the flow field inside a resonant igniter is numerically investigated. The unsteady compressible Reynolds Averaged Navier-Stokes equations are solved by means of a finite volume scheme and the effects of several wall boundary conditions are investigated (adiabatic, isothermal, radiating). The results are compared with some available experimental data in terms of cavity temperature and noise spectrum.

• 전력전자학회:학술대회논문집
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• 전력전자학회 2001년도 전력전자학술대회 논문집
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• pp.589-593
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• 2001

This paper presents a high frequency modulation electronic ballast for the metal halide lamp. As the proposed ballast operates in high frequency ranges (20kHz - 100kHz) and it can start up the lamp using the LC resonant circuit without external igniter, the proposed ballast is very compact. The proposed ballast is controlled with the modulated frequency in the range of 20kHz to 100kHz, and it has variable modulating frequencies between 200Hz and 2kHz in order to avoid the acoustic resonance phenomenon. In this paper, a new realtime acoustic resonance detection method is described and the experimental results with the proto-type ballast of 150W metal halide lamp with the dimming function are discussed.

• 전력전자학회논문지
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• 제6권5호
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• pp.438-445
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• 2001

본 논문은 메탈할라이드 램프용 고주파 변조방식 전자식 안정기에 관한 것이다. 제안한 안정기는 고주파 영역에서 동작되며 외부 점화기 없이 LC 공진회로를 이용하여 램프를 기동시키므로 매우 컴팩트하며, 통상의 저주파식 전자식 안정기에 비하여 효율이 좋다. 제안하는 안정기는 공명현상을 회피하기 위하여 20kHz에서 100kHz 범위 내에서 변조되는 주파수로 제어된다. 본 논문에서는 안정기 특성을 평가하기 위하여 새로운 실시간 공명현상 검출기를 제안하였다. 또한 직류단 전류 검출을 통한 무부하 검출 알고리즘 및 전력제어 알고리즘에 대하여 기술하였다. 그리고 제안하는 방법을 적용한 프로토타입의 150W 메탈할라이드 램프 안정기로 수행된 실험결과를 검토하였다.