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Characteristics of the Pressure Instability in a Hydrazine Thruster with Various Length-to-Diameter Ratio of Catalyst-bed

하이드라진 추력기의 촉매대 길이직경비에 따른 압력 불안정 특성

  • Jung, Hun (Department of Mechanical Engineering, Graduate School, Pukyong National University) ;
  • Kim, Jong Hyun (Department of Mechanical Engineering, Graduate School, Pukyong National University) ;
  • Kim, Jeong Soo (Department of Mechanical Engineering, Pukyong National University)
  • Received : 2014.11.07
  • Accepted : 2014.11.19
  • Published : 2014.12.01
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Abstract

A ground hot-firing test (HFT) was carried out to make a close examination into the pressure instability for the 70 N-class hydrazine thruster under development. Monopropellant grade hydrazine was adopted as a propellant for the HFT, and catalyst-bed was filled with $Ir/Al_2O_3$ catalyst. In order to investigate the effects of thrust-chamber diameter on combustion stability, evaluation tests for the development models were performed on three kinds of lower thrust chambers having the length-to-diameter ratio (L/D) of 1.03, 1.13, and 1.26. As results, it was found that low frequency instability (~ 50 Hz) was inherent in the models, and in addition, increase of the L/D and decrease of the operating pressure led to an amplification of pressure oscillation in the test condition specified.

70 N급 하이드라진 추력기 개발모델의 압력 불안정 특성 고찰을 위한 지상연소시험을 수행하였다. 단일추진제급 하이드라진이 연소시험용 추진제로 선정되었고, 촉매대에는 $Ir/Al_2O_3$ 촉매를 충전하였다. 추력실 직경변화가 연소안정성에 미치는 영향을 규명하기 위해 길이직경비(L/D) 1.03, 1.13, 1.26을 갖는 하단 추력실을 시험변수로 적용한 성능평가가 수행되었다. 개발모델은 50 Hz 근처의 저주파 불안정 특성을 내재하고 있으며, L/D 증가 및 작동압력의 감소가 정체실의 압력진동을 증대시킨다는 사실이 확인되었다.

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