A 1-D Start-up Analysis for Liquid Rocket Engine Powerpacks

Seongha Yu; Seonghwi Jo; Hongjip Kim; Seong-Lyong Kim

doi:10.15231/jksc.2019.24.1.039

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A 1-D Start-up Analysis for Liquid Rocket Engine Powerpacks 액체로켓엔진 파워팩 1차원 시동해석

30 March 2019. pp. 39-45

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Abstract

A numerical study has been performed to investigate 1-D steady/unsteady start-up characteristics for liquid rocket engines using SINDA/FLUINT. First, in order to verify the analysis of cryogenic fluid, RL-10 engine having expander cycle is selected as a target of present study. Pressure drop in cooling channels was simulated through orifice devices. Satisfactory agreement has been obtained through the comparison of the numerical analysis and the experimental results. Based on these results, a start-up analysis of RD-8 having staged combustion cycle has been performed. As comparison of the numerical analysis and the experimental results, tendency of start-up characteristics had good agreements. This methodology of present study will be able to be used for the analysis of liquid rocket engines as a future work.

Keywords

Liquid rocket engine

Powerpack

Cryogenic fluid

Start-up analysis

Expander cycle

Staged combustion cycle

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Publisher :The Korean Society Combustion
Publisher(Ko) :한국연소학회
Journal Title :Journal of The Korean Society Combustion
Journal Title(Ko) :한국연소학회지
Volume : 24
No :1
Pages :39-45
Received Date : 2018-08-30
Revised Date : 2019-01-02
Accepted Date : 2019-01-10
DOI :https://doi.org/10.15231/jksc.2019.24.1.039

Journal of The Korean Society Combustion ISSN:1226-0959(Print) 2466-2089(Online) 한국연소학회지

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