Namkyung Cho

Design of Compressed Gas Supply System for Combustion Chamber Test Facility

To develop liquid propulsion engine, the development of combustion chamber must be preceded. For performance validation of the combustion chamber, the designed and manufactured combustion chamber should be tested in combustion chamber test facility (CCTF). The CCTF is the test facility to develop the combustor of rocket engine, which uses liquid oxygen as a oxidizer and kerosene as a fuel. Present paper introduces the detailed design results of compressed gas supply system of CCTF, which is planned to be installed at Naro Space Center.

Modeling and Simulation of Combustion Chamber Test Facility Oxidizer Supply System

․ Namkyung Cho* ․ Yeoung-Min Han**ABSTRACT The propulsion system of space launch vehicle generates thrus t by supplying oxidizer and fuel to combustion chamber. KSLV-II 2nd stage engine, currently under d evelopment by KARI, is to use liquid oxygen as a oxidizer and JET-A1 as a fuel. The 2nd stage pump-fed engine is mainly composed of combustion chamber, turbo-pump and engine supply system. To develop liquid propulsion engine, the development of combustion chamber must be preceded. For per formance validation of the combustion chamber, the designed and manufactured combustion ch amber should be tested in combustion chamber test facility (CCTF). The detailed design fo r the planned CCTF in Naro Space Center was conducted. The oxidizer supply system modeling using AMESim was performed based on the results of the detailed design, and the oxidizer supply cha racteristics was analyzed in this paper.초 록 발사체의 추진기관은 일반적으로 산화제와 연료를 연소실로 공급하여 추진력을 얻게 된다. 개발 중에 있는 한국형 발사체(KSLV-II) 2단 엔진의 경우 산화제로는 액체산소(Liquid Oxygen)를 사용하고 연료로는 JET-A1이 사용될 예정이다. 터보펌프 공급방식인 2단 엔진의 주요 구성은 연소기와 터보펌프, 엔진공급시스템 등으로 구성되어 있다. 액체 추진 엔진 개발을 위해서는 서브시스템인 연소기 개발이 선행되어야 하고 설계 및 제작된 연소기의 성능 검증은 연소기 연소시험설비(CCTF)에서 수행된다. 우주센터에 구축 예정인 연소기 연소시험설비에 대한 상세설계가 수행되었으며, 본 설계 결과를 기준으로 AMESim을 사용하여 산화제공급시스템에 대한 모델링을 수행하여 산화제 공급특성을 해석하였다.Key Words: Combustion Chamber Test Facility(CCTF, 연소기연소시험설비), Oxidizer(산화제), Supply System(공급시스템), Hydraulic and Pneumatic(유공압), AMESim(아메심)

Development Trend of Korean Staged Combustion Cycle Rocket Engine

Korea Aerospace Research Institute has being developed a staged combustion cycle rocket (SCCR) engine with high specific impulse to send a 3-ton class satellite into geostationary orbit while conducted Korean Space Launch Vehicle (KSLV) II project. The SCCR engine is different from the KSLV-II engine, which is open cycle engine using a gas-generator. The SCCR engine with closed cycle is composed of a pre-burner, a turbo pump, and a main combustor. The technology demonstration model (TDM0) was assembled and tested in the 7ton-class engine combustion test facility of Naro Space Center, and the combustion test was successfully conducted. Afterward engine-shaped SCCR engine model (TDM1) is being designed and developed for the next combustion test.

Construction and Start-up Test of Hot-firing Test Facility for KSLV-II Combustion Chamber

ABSTRACT This paper covers the result of construction and start-up tes ts of the KSLV(Korea Space Launch Vehicle)-II combustion chamber hot-firing test facility. This facility was constructed from 2012 to 2014. Start-up test of this facility began in the second half of 2014. Oxidizer cold flow test, fuel cold flow test and cooling water cold flow test were carried out as start -up test. Afterward, ignition test of combustion chamber was accomplished. The result of ignition test is applied to set up start-up sequence of KSLV-II combustion chamber and utilized as base line data for hot-firing test of low and normal design point. 초 록 본 논문은 한국형발사체 연소기 연소시험설비의 구축과 시운전 결과를 다루고 있다. 이 시험설비는 2012년부터 2014년까지 구축되었고, 2014년 하반기에 시운전이 수행되었다. 시운전 과정에는 산화제 수류시험, 연료 수류시험, 냉각수 수류시험 등이 수행되었고, 이후 점화시험이 이루어졌다. 점화시험 결과는 연소기의 시동시퀀스를 설정하는데 적용되며, 저압연소시험과 설계점 연소시험을 위한 기초자료로 활용되게 된다. Key Words:Combustion Camber(연소기), Hot-firing Test(연소시험), Start-up Test(시운전), Start-up Sequence(시동시퀀스), Normal Design Point(설계점)Received 1 December 2015 / Revised 10 January 2016 / Accepted 1 5 January 2016

Performance Prediction of Rocket Engine Combustion and Estimation of Experimental Results

A model for depicting the rocket engine combustion process is presented and several experiments near a design point are provided with a FOOF type of unlike impinging injector for a propellant combination of Jet A-1 fuel and liquid-oxygen. The model is based on the assumption that the vaporization is the rate-controlling combustion process. The effects of initial drop size and initial drop velocity are systematically shown and discussed. It is seen that in the midst of considered parameters the change of initial drop size is more sensitive to the performance. The proposed model describes qualitative trends of combustion process well despite of its simplicity