한국항공우주연구원 가스터빈엔진 고고도 성능시험설비 소개

An altitude test facility(AETF) for gas turbine engines was built at the Korea Aerospace Research Institute(KARI) in 1999 and has been being operated well until now. AETF acquire international certification from KOLAS(Korea Laboratory Accreditation Scheme) about thrust and SFC of turbo-jet/fan engine for international reliability. At 2008, an AETF of KARI has capability of turbo-shaft engine altitude test with upgrade of facility and altitude engine test of SURION was performed successfully. Above this, AETF of KARI has been used in the various area of aerospace. Anti-icing test of total pressure probe and ejector mode test of RBCC(Rocket Based Combined Cycle) engine also performed with low-temp and high pressure air source capacity, respectively. AETF can simulate up to 40,000 ft and Mach 1 with three large scale compressor. Maximum inlet air flow and pressure is 40㎏/s@2bar and 4bar@15㎏/s.