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A Study on the Heat Flow Analysis of Infra-Red Signature Suppression System for Naval Ship

함정 적외선 신호저감 장치의 열 유동해석 연구

  • Yoon, Seok-Tae (Ship Infra-Red Signature Research Center, Dong-Eui University) ;
  • Cho, Yong-Jin (Department of Naval Architecture and Ocean Engineering, Dong-Eui University) ;
  • Ko, Dae-Eun (Department of Naval Architecture and Ocean Engineering, Dong-Eui University)
  • 윤석태 (동의대학교 함정적외선신호연구소) ;
  • 조용진 (동의대학교 조선해양공학과) ;
  • 고대은 (동의대학교 조선해양공학과)
  • Received : 2017.07.31
  • Accepted : 2017.11.03
  • Published : 2017.11.30

Abstract

Infrared signatures emitted from hot exhaust gases generated by the internal combustion engine and generator of naval ships and from the metal surfaces of the funnel have become the targets of infrared homing missiles, which is the main cause of a reduced survivability of naval ships. The infrared signatures from the exhaust gas and the metal surface of a funnel can be reduced by installing an infrared signature suppression (IRSS) system on a ship. The IRSS system consists of three parts: an eductor that generates turbulent flow of the exhaust gas, a mixing tube that mixes the exhaust gas with ambient air, and a diffuser that forms an air film using the pressure difference between the inside and outside air. As a basic study to develop an IRSS system using domestic technology, this study analyzed the model test conditions of an IRSS system developed by an overseas engineering company and installed on a domestic naval ship, and a numerical heat-flow analysis was conducted based on the results of the aforementioned analysis. Numerical heat-flow analysis was performed using a commercial numerical-analysis application, and various turbulence models were considered. As a result, the temperature and velocity of the exhaust gas at the educator inlet and diffuser outlet and that of the metal surface of the diffuser were measured, and found to agree well with the measurement results of the model test.

함정의 추진기와 발전기에 의해 발생하는 고온의 폐기가스와 연돌 주변 금속표면에서 방사되는 적외선 신호는 적 위협 무기체계의 표적이 되어 함의 생존성을 감소시키는 주 원인이 된다. 폐기가스와 연돌의 적외선 신호는 함정에 적외선 신호저감 장치(Infra-Red Signature Suppression system, IRSS)를 설치하여 감소시키고 있다. IRSS는 폐기가스에 난류 유동을 형성하는 이덕터, 폐기가스와 주변 공기가 혼합되는 믹싱 튜브, 외기와의 압력차를 이용하여 공기 필름을 형성하는 디퓨져 세 부분으로 구성된다. 본 연구는 적외선 신호저감 장치를 국내 독자기술로 개발하기 위한 기초 연구로 국외 선진 기술사에서 개발하여 국내 함정에 설치된 IRSS의 모형시험 조건을 분석하고 이를 기반으로 열 유동해석 연구를 수행하였다. 열 유동해석에서는 상용 수치해석 프로그램을 사용하였으며, 다양한 난류 이론 모델을 고려하여 결과를 비교 분석하였다. 해석의 주요 결과로는 이덕터 입구와 디퓨져 출구에서의 폐기가스 온도 및 속도, 그리고 디퓨져의 금속표면 온도를 구하였으며 모형시험의 계측 결과와 잘 부합함을 확인하였다.

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