• 대한기계학회논문집B
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• 제32권4호
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• pp.249-254
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• 2008

Hydrodynamic performance test of a turbopump for a liquid rocket engine is carried out. The turbopump is composed of an oxidizer pump, a fuel pump and a turbine, and the two pumps are driven by the turbine. In the test, water is used for the pumps as working media and air is used for the turbine. Performance parameters of pumps and a turbine are drawn, and a power balance between the pumps and the turbine are calculated. The calculation shows a good power balance, which implies that the pump component tests, the turbine component test and the assembly test are reliably performed. At the starting period of the test, pressure rise-flow rate curve of a pump gradually approaches the ideal curve which could be obtained by very slow starting.

• 유체기계공업학회:학술대회논문집
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• 유체기계공업학회 2005년도 연구개발 발표회 논문집
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• pp.341-347
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• 2005

To perform a cryogenic development test for Tribo-elements in a turbopump, a cryogenic bearing and seal test facility (BSTF) is designed and currently under construction in KARI. The working fluid is liquid nitrogen operating at a temperature $-197^{\circ}C$. The maximum operating pressure and volume flow rate of BSTF are 100 bar and 10 liters per second, respectively. The development tests of floating ring seals, inter-propellant seals (IPS) and cryogenic ball bearings in a turbopump will be performed using the BSTF. This paper briefly described design requirements and procedures of BSTF.

• 유체기계공업학회:학술대회논문집
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• 유체기계공업학회 2005년도 연구개발 발표회 논문집
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• pp.348-353
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• 2005

A cryogenic test facility has been developed to perform inducer and pump tests using liquid nitrogen. Performance tests of a turbopump in the maximum 50ton-thrust class can be performed with cryogenic fluid in the facility which operates at a temperature around $-196^{\circ}C$ with the rotational speed up to 30,000rpm. To verify the reliability of the cryogenic pump test facility, hydraulic performance tests of an inducer were accomplished, and their results were compared with the result from a water test The results confirm the reliability of the cryogenic test facility, and it is expected to contribute for on-going development of a turbopump for liquid rocket engines.

• 한국소음진동공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국소음진동공학회 2003년도 추계학술대회논문집
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• pp.471-477
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• 2003

The floating ring seal is often used in the turbopump (TP) unit of liquid rocket engine (LRE) owing to its inherent ability of minimizing the leakage flow and superior dynamic characteristics as well. This paper describes the test results concerned with the lock-up and dynamic characteristics of the floating ring seals in the turbopump. The characteristics of the floating ring seals were extracted from the frequency response function (FRF) by instrumental variable method. The experiment was tested at 7.0MPa and 0-24,800 rpm. And the test results were introduced about the dynamic characteristics of floating ring seal related with the eccentricity and attitude angle.

• 항공우주시스템공학회지
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• 제9권1호
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• pp.1-6
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• 2015

A critical speed analysis of oxidizer pump was peformed for a 7 ton class liquid rocket engine as the third stage engine of the Korea Space Launch Vehicle II. Based on the previously developed experimental 30 ton class turbopump and presently developing 75 ton class turbopump for the first and second stage rocket engine of Korea Space Launch Vehicle II, a layout and configuration of the 7 ton class turbopump rotor assembly are determined. A ball bearing stiffness analysis and rotordynamic analysis are performed for both of the bearing unloaded condition and loaded condition. Structural flexibility of the oxidizer pump casing is also included to predict critical speeds. From the numerical analysis, it is confirmed that the rotor system acquires sufficient separate margin of critical speed as a sub-critical rotor even though decrease of critical speed due to the casing structural flexibility.

• 한국유체기계학회 논문집
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• 제9권4호
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• pp.20-26
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• 2006

A cryogenic test facility has been developed to perform inducer and pump tests using liquid nitrogen. Performance tests of a turbopump in the maximum 50ton-thrust class can be performed with cryogenic fluid in the facility which operates at a temperature around -196oC with the rotational speed up to 30,000rpm To verify the reliability of the cryogenic pump test facility, hydraulic performance tests of an inducer were accomplished, and their results were compared with the result from a water test. The results confirm the reliability of the cryogenic test facility, and it is expected to contribute for on-going development of a turbopump for liquid rocket engines.

• 한국추진공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국추진공학회 2010년도 제34회 춘계학술대회논문집
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• pp.38-44
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• 2010

75톤급 개방형 액체로켓용 터보펌프 터빈의 성능시험을 수행하였다. 넓은 압력비와 회전수 영역에서 터빈의 출력을 측정하였으며 이를 통해 터빈로터 전후의 유동특성을 파악하였다. 이와 함께 터빈의 효율 변화 및 측정된 로터입구의 압력을 기 개발된 30톤급 터빈과 비교하여 설계 의도에 부합되는 향상된 성능의 동익을 재설계하였다.

• 한국추진공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국추진공학회 2012년도 제38회 춘계학술대회논문집
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• pp.187-195
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• 2012

본 연구에서는 터보펌프 인듀서 주변의 극저온 유동장에 대한 수치해석을 주로 다룬다. 이를 위해 수치해석에 사용된 수치기법에 대한 내용을 우선 다룬다. 수치기법에 대한 검증 문제로 2차원/축대칭 극저온 유동문제를 해석하였고 이 과정에서 다양한 공동모델에 대한 비교 연구를 수행하였다. 마지막으로 3차원 터보펌프 인듀서에 대한 수치해석을 수행하고, 실험 결과와 타 연구결과와 비교함과 동시에 극저온 유체에서 나타나는 공동현상의 특징을 살펴보았다.

• 한국추진공학회지
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• 제18권2호
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• pp.35-41
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• 2014

베어링 하우징의 구조 유연성을 고려하여 7톤급 액체 로켓 엔진용 터보펌프의 회전체동역학 해석이 수행되었다. 볼 베어링과 펌프 비접촉 실의 강성 및 감쇠 특성이 회전체동역학 모델에 반영되었으며, 베어링 하우징의 동특성이 집중 질량 및 강성으로 모델링 되어 해석에 반영되었다. 동기 회전체 질량 불평형 응답 해석과 회전 속도에 따른 복소 고유치 해석으로부터 회전체의 임계속도와 불안정 운전 시작 속도를 예측하였다. 회전체동역학적 특성에 베어링 하우징이 미치는 영향이 베어링 부하 조건 및 무부하 조건에서 각각 검토되었다. 수치 해석 결과 베어링 하우징의 구조 유연성은 회전체의 임계속도와 불안정 운전 속도를 의미있게 감소시킬 수 있는 것으로 확인되었다.

• Tribology and Lubricants
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• 제36권2호
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• pp.75-81
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• 2020

In this paper, we present an experimental investigation of the leakage and endurance performances of mechanical face seals in a 75-tonf turbopump for the Korea Space Launch Vehicle II first-stage engine. A mechanical face seal is used between the fuel pump and turbine to prevent mixing of the fuel and turbine gas. However, excessive leakage occurs through the carbon attached to the mechanical face seal bellows. To reduce this leakage, we redesign the mechanical face seal such that the contact area between the fuel and carbon is reduced, height of the carbon nose is reduced, and stiffness of the bellows is increased. Then, we conduct static and dynamic leakage tests and endurance tests to compare the performances of the original and modified mechanical face seals. The investigation of the leakage of the old and new mechanical face seals confirms that the leakage performance is significantly improved, by 80%, in the new design in comparison with the old design. The endurance tests demonstrate that the average wear rate of carbon in the new mechanical face seal is 0.1094 ㎛/s. The service lifetime is predicted to be 4,200 s, which is 28 times greater than the requirement. Finally, we present a new mechanical face seal in a 75-tonf turbopump, and perform a validation test in the real-propellant test facility at the NARO Space Center. Based on the test results, we can confirm that the modified mechanical face seal works well under real operating conditions.