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An Experimental Study on the Performance Characteristics of the Vortex Tube for Substitution of the Intercooler in a Common-rail Diesel Engine

커먼레일 디젤기관의 인터쿨러 대체용 볼텍스 튜브 장치의 성능특성에 관한 실험 연구

  • Im, Seok-Yeon (Graduate School of Mechanical Engineering, BK21 Mechartronics Group, Chungnam National University) ;
  • Choi, Doo-Seuk (Division of Mechanical & Automative Engineering, Kongju National University) ;
  • Ryu, Jeong-In (Department of Mechanical Engineering, BK21 Mechatronics Group, Chungnam National University)
  • 임석연 (충남대학교 대학원 기계공학과, BK21 메카트로닉스사업단) ;
  • 최두석 (공주대학교 기계자동차공학부) ;
  • 류정인 (충남대학교 기계공학부, BK21 메카트로닉스사업단)
  • Published : 2008.05.01
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Abstract

An object of this study is to confirm performance characteristics of the vortex tube apparatus for substitution of the intercooler in a common-rail diesel engine. The turbo pressure, the intake air flow rate and the ${\Delta}T_c$ decrease ratio of the intercooler were measured in a experimental engine. The vortex tube apparatus was made after confirmation of the geometric phenomena in fundamental experiments. To investigate energy separation characteristics of the vortex tube, the measured turbo pressure was applied to the vortex tube inlet and the ${\Delta}T_c$ decrease ratio was compared with one of the intercooler in the cold air mass flow ratio similar to the intake air flow rate of the experimental engine. From the results, we found that the energy separation ratio is increased according to of the inlet pressure and the ${\Delta}T_c$ decrease ratio of the vortex tube apparatus is higher than one of the intercooler at low engine speed and engine load of medium and low.

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