추진제로 LOX/kerosene를 사용하는 소형 액체로켓 엔진의 노즐에서 막냉각의 영향을 살펴보고자 물을 냉각제로 사용하여 로켓엔진의 노즐을 막냉각 시켰다. 막냉각제를 추력실로 흘려보내기 위한 막냉각장치를 제작하였으며, 막냉각제의 공급유량은 전체 추진제 공급 유량의 약 15~19% 하였다. 노즐의 열유속은 냉각제(물)의 온도상승과 유량을 측정하여 구하였다. 측정결과 노즐의 입구에서 막냉각제를 직접 분사시켰을 때, 노즐에서의 열유속은 크게 감소하였다.
An experimental study was carried out to investigate the effect of film cooling in the lab-scale dump-cooled liquid rocket engine using LOX and kerosene as propellants. The nozzle of the rocket engine was film cooled with water as coolant. A special film cooling adapter was fabricated to introduce the film-coolant into the thrust chamber. The flow rates of film coolant was approximately 15~19 percent of the total propellant. The nozzle heat flux was determined from the measured temperature rise and flow rate of the coolant(water). Large reductions in the nozzle heat flux was resulted when film cooling adapter located directly upstream of the nozzle.
