• Journal of the Korean Society of Visualization
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• v.6 no.2
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• pp.33-38
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• 2008

The effect of the radial temperature gradient and the presence of slits in the wall of outer of two cylinders involved in creating a Taylor-Couette flow was investigated by measuring the velocity field inside the gap. The slits were azimuthally located along the inner wall of the outer cylinder and the number of slits used in this study was 18. The radius ratio and aspect ratio of the models were 0.825 and 48, respectively. The heating film wrapped around the inner cylinder was used for generating the constant heat flux and we ensured the constant temperature condition at the outer space of the outer cylinder. The velocity fields were measured by using the PIV(particle image velocimetry) method. The refractive index matching method was applied to remove image distortion. The results were compared with plain wall configuration of Taylor-Couette flow. From the results, the presence of slits in the wall of outer cylinder and temperature gradient increased the flow instability.

• Proceedings of the Korean Vacuum Society Conference
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• 2016.02a
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• pp.194.1-194.1
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• 2016

방사성 폐기물의 운반이나 장기 보관 시 방사성 물질의 침출을 차단하기 위한 유리화 기술을 실현하기 위해 이송식 아크 플라즈마에 대해 전산해석을 수행하였다. 본 연구에서는 운전전류나 아크길이와 같은 운전조건 변화에 따른 열플라즈마의 특성 변화 뿐만 아니라 150 kW급 고출력 이송식 아크 플라즈마의 최적 설계를 위하여 핵심 부품인 파일럿 노즐의 길이와 직경 변화에 따른 예상 용융영역을 전산해석 하여 방사성 폐기물의 유리화 기술을 상업적으로 이끌어내는데 기초 자료를 제공하고자 하였다. 노즐직경은 4, 5, 6 mm로 변화시켰으며, 길이는 2, 4, 6mm로 하였다. 이러한 다양한 설계조건에 대하여 운전변수로는 전류 200 A, 방전 기체인 알곤의 유량 15 L/min, 아크 길이 2 cm로 고정하였다. 전산해석 결과 노즐직경이 작을수록 아크압축 효과에 의해 중심부에서 최고 온도가 높은 열플라즈마 제트를 발생시킬 수 있으나, 반경방향으로 온도구배가 커서 고온 구간이 급격히 감소하는 경향이 예상되었다. 반면 노즐직경이 증가할수록 아크 압축효과는 줄어들지만 반경방향으로 온도가 완만히 감소하여 콘크리트가 대부분인 유리화 대상물질을 충분히 용융시킬 수 있는 $2,600^{\circ}C$ 이상의 고온 면적이 넓어지게 될 것으로 예상되었다. 또한, 노즐길이가 줄어들 경우 아크방전의 안정성은 다소 떨어 질 수 있으나 수 있으나 고온의 열플라즈마 제트가 반경방향으로 효과적으로 넓어 질 수 있음이 예측되었다. 따라서 고온 영역의 확장 관점에서 이송식 아크 플라즈마 토치를 제작할 경우 아크의 안정성을 유지하는 범위 내에서 파일럿 노즐의 직경을 크게 하고 길이는 짧게 하는 것이 효과적인 유리화를 위해 유리할 것으로 예상되었다.

• Journal of computational fluids engineering
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• v.14 no.3
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• pp.16-24
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• 2009

Numerical simulation has been carried out to investigate the influence of radial temperature gradient on the Circular-Couette flow. Varying the Grashof number, we study the detailed flow and temperature fields. The current numerical results show good agreement with the analytical and experimental results currently available. It turns out that spiral vortices are generated by increasing temperature gradient. We classify the flow patterns for various Grashof number based on the characteristics of flow fields and spiral vortices. The correlation between Richardson number with wave number shows that the spiral angle and size of spiral vortices increase with increasing Richardson number.

• Transactions of the Korean Society of Mechanical Engineers B
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• v.33 no.11
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• pp.900-908
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• 2009

Numerical simulation has been carried out to investigate the influence of radial temperature gradient on the Taylor Vortex flow. Varying the Grashof number, we study the detailed flow and temperature fields. The current numerical results show good agreement with the experimental results currently available. It turns out that wavy spiral vortices are generated by increasing temperature gradient. We classify flow patterns for various Grashof numbers based on the characteristics of flow fields and spiral vortices. The correlation between Grashof number with wave number shows that the spiral angle and size of Taylor vortices increase with increasing temperature gradient. Temperature gradient does not have a great influence on the heat transfer rate of the cylinder surfaces.

• Korean Journal of Crystallography
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• v.14 no.2
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• pp.84-92
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• 2003

The fast pulling is easy to modify the distribution of grown-in defects toward fine size, which can be readily removed by additional treatment. In this experiment, The fast pulled crystals with high pulling late over 1.0 mm/min were grown and their grown-in defect distributions were investigated. In our recent developments in the growth of Cz-Si, it could be found that the cooling rate in a specific temperature range and the uniformity of temperature gradient at solid/liquid interface are more important for the formation of grown-in defect than the pulling rate itself. We analyzed these cooling rates and temperature gradients for the various fast pulled crystals and compared them to the observed formation behavior of the grown-in defects. The effective factor (Ω) for the void defect formation was introduced and it could explain the radial distribution of void defects in the fast-pulled crystals effectively.

• Journal of the Korean Crystal Growth and Crystal Technology
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• v.4 no.1
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• pp.46-56
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• 1994

The characteristics of flows, temperatures, concentrations of the boron are numerically studied when uniform axial magnetic fields are applied in the Czechralski crucible. The to governing factors to the flow regimes are buoyancy, thermocapillarity, centrifugal forces, magnetic forces, diffusion coefficient and segregation coefficient of the boron. Since the concentration of the boron is so low that buoyancy effects are negligible, it cannot affect the flow and temperature fields. From the fact that the flow fields are rotationally symmetric, two velocity components in the meridional plane and the circumferential velocity are calculated together with the temperature in the steady state. Based on the known velocity and temperature distributions the unsteady concentration distributions of the boron are calculated. As the strength of the magnetic is increased, the flow velocities are decreased. Circumferential velocities are large near the crucible side-wall and in the region below the rotating crystal. Steep temperatures gradient near the edge of the rotating crystal causes the Marangoni convection. It has been found out that the convection characteristics affects the unsteady transport phenomena of the boron.

• Journal of Energy Engineering
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• v.11 no.4
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• pp.283-290
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• 2002

Numerical calculations have been carried out for the mixed convection flow in a concentric curved annulus with constant heat flux boundary condition at inner wall. The flow is assumed to be fully developed so as to maintain a constant streamwise pressure and temperature gradient. Computations have been performed for flows of radius ratio 0.2 and 0.5 with the Dean number lying in the range 0$K^{1/2}$ for the wide range of the Dean number considered here.

• Journal of the Korean Crystal Growth and Crystal Technology
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• v.10 no.3
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• pp.177-184
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• 2000

The effect of the buyancy and thermocapillarity for differnent aspect ratio of flow field on melt motion and mass transfer has been numerically investigated in magnetic Czochralski crystal growth of silicon. During the process of crystal growth, the melt depth of crucible reduces so the aspect ratio of flow field also reduces. Therefore the shape of magnetic field of the flow field changes and the flow pattern also changes significantly. Together with the melt flow which forms the Marangoni convection (or thermocapillary flow) that comes from the inside the flow field, a flow circulation is observed near the corner close both to the crucible wall and the free surface. Due to this circulation, buoyancy effect has been turned out to be local rather than global. As the aspect ratio decreases, the radial component of the magnetic field prevails compared with the axial component in the flow field. Under the influence of this magnetic field, the melt flow and the temperature distribution in a meridional plane tend to depend on the radial position. As the aspect ratio decreases, the temperature gradient near the edge of the crystal decreases yielding smaller thermocapillarity, and the oxygen concentration near the crystal and the oxygen incorporation rate also decrease.

• Journal of Energy Engineering
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• v.2 no.3
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• pp.258-267
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• 1993

A mathematical model has been developed to describe heat transfer phenomena in a PCM (phase change material) module for development of an energy recovery system. The PCM module, melting point of which is around 1673 K, consists of silicon(96.8%), aluminium(2.7%) and marginal amounts of impurities such as Ca, Fe and Ti. The module is covered by a capsule that consists of SiC(58%) and graphite(42%). Physical properties that are required for model predictions were cited from the references. The apparent capacity method and the postiterative method wert used in the mathematical model to describe the phase changing mechanism. Temperature and velocity of fluid are the major variables in the model calculation. For the gas temperature of 1773 K that simulates real operating conditions, the prediction shows that PCM is rapidly melted to axial direction. However, for the gas temperature of 3000 K that is higher than the real conditions, PCM is melted rapidly to the radial direction. The gas velocity has no influence on the melting phenomena of the PCM except when the gas velocity is relatively low. At the low gas velocity asymmetry of the temperature profiles in PCM is obtained.