• Transactions of the Korean Society of Mechanical Engineers B
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• v.37 no.5
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• pp.503-511
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• 2013

The humidifying supply gas is important in terms of the performance efficiency and membrane life improvement of a PEM fuel cell. A planar membrane humidifier is classified as a cross-flow and counter-flow type depending on the flow direction, and heat and mass transfer occur between the plate and the membrane. In this study, the changes in heat and mass transfer for various inlet temperatures and flow rates are compared according to the flow direction by using the sensible and latent ${\varepsilon}$-NTU method. The obtained results indicate that the counter flow shows higher heat and mass transfer performance than the cross flow at a low flow rate, and the difference in performance decreases as the flow rate increases. Furthermore, changes in the mass transfer performance decrease considerably with a nonlinear increase in the inlet temperature, and variations of the heat transfer performance are small.

• Proceedings of the Korea Society for Energy Engineering kosee Conference
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• 2000.11a
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• pp.97-100
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• 2000

유동층 열교환기 (Fluidized Bed Heat Exchanger; FBHE) 는 온도 균일성이라는 유동층의 특징을 이용하여 적당한 전열면적을 갖는 열교환관을 층 내 설치하여 일정한 양의 열을 전열시키는 것으로, 최근 순환유동층 연소로의 scale-up 을 통한 열용량 증대와 함께 고온의 재순환물질로부터 열을 회수, 연소로의 온도제어 및 열회수율의 극대화를 얻고자 재순환부에 연결하여 사용하고 있다. 또한, 가압순환유동층의 개발과 더불어 유효열전달 면적의 증대를 통한 상대적인 연소로 소형화를 위해 채택되고 있다. 특히, 유동층 열교환기는 전체 공정에서 20-60% 의 열을 회수할 수 있어, 열전달에 있어 매우 중요한 역할을 차지한다.(중략)

• Journal of the Korean Society for Precision Engineering
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• v.19 no.11
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• pp.24-30
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• 2002

본 글에서는 정밀 전자 소자등을 극저온으로 냉동시키는 데 필요불가결한 극저온 단열 기술에 대하여 간단히 알아보았다. 역사가 가장 오래되고 기본적인 진공 단열 기술로 시작하여, 공간에 고형의 물질을 삽입하는 다층 단열 기술과 분말 단열 기술에 대하여 토의하였다. 실제 응용시에는 요구되는 열적 성능과 경제적 제한 조건을 고려하여 가장 적합한 단열 방법을 선정하도록 하여야한다 또한 극저온 단열 용기의 실제 열해석 예로서 적외선 센서의 극저온 용기에 대한 정상 및 과도 열전달 해석에 대하여 간단히 기술하였다. 정상상태의 경우는 많은 경우 해석적인 해를 구할 수 있지만, 시간에 따라 온도가 변하는 과도 상태의 경우는 수치해석적인 방법이 요구된다. 열해석에서 일반적으로 쓰이는 유한차분법이 극저온 단열 용기의 열해석에도 유용하게 쓰일 수 있음을 보였다.

• Korean Journal of Air-Conditioning and Refrigeration Engineering
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• v.13 no.2
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• pp.73-79
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• 2001

Experiment were carried out to investigate the heat transfer characteristics of an aluminum foam block as a porous heat sink on a heat source by a vertical air jet impingement that can be applied for electronics cooling. The performance of the aluminum foam heat sink was evaluated by the convective heat transfer coefficient on the heat source. At a fixed porosity, pore density ($\beta$) of the foam and Reynolds number Re were varied in the range of $\beta$a=10, 20, 40 PPI(Pore Per Inch) and $850\leqRe\leq25000$. A nozzle diameter and the nozzle-to-plate spacing were also varied. It was found that the convective heat transfer was enhanced by the aluminum foam heat sink with lower pore density due to relatively intensified flow through the foam block. The aluminum foam block with much reduced weight shows slightly better performance with larger Nusselt number, compared with the convectional heat sink.

• Journal of the Korean Solar Energy Society
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• v.27 no.3
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• pp.63-69
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• 2007

The heat transfer characteristics of inorganic salt for high temperature heat storage material of solar power system were examined. The inorganic salts employed in this study was a mixture of $NaNO_3$ and $KNO_3$ and the operating temperature range was determined by measuring the melting temperature with DSC and by measuring the thermal decomposition temperature with TGA. The heat transfer characteristics was qualitatively obtained in terms of temperature profiles of salt in the tanks during the heat storage and heat release process as a function of steam flow rates, steam inlet temperature and the inlet position of steam. The effects of steam flow rates and inlet temperature of steam were experimentally determined and the effect of natural convection was observed due to significant density difference with temperature.

• Transactions of the Korean Society of Mechanical Engineers B
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• v.24 no.8
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• pp.1119-1127
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• 2000

Convective heat transfer in a channel filled with porous media has been analyzed in this paper. The two-equation model is applied for the heat transfer analysis with the velocity profile, considering both the inertia and viscous effects. Based on a theoretical solution, the effect of the velocity profile on the convective heat transfer is investigated in detail. The Nusselt number is obtained in terms of the relevant physical parameters, such as the Biot number for the internal heat exchange, the ratio of effective conductivities between the fluid and solid phases, and hydraulic boundary layer thickness. The results indicate that the influence of the velocity profile is characterized within two regimes according to the two parameters, the Biot number and the conductivity ratio between the phases. The decrease in the heat transfer due to the hydraulic boundary layer thickness is 15% at most within a practical range of the pertinent parameters.

• Resources Recycling
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• v.11 no.6
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• pp.47-54
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• 2002

Copper concentrate particles were fed from the top of vertical reaction tube of 2.8 cm ID and 65 cm long with an $O_2$-$N_2$ gas mixture. The reaction tube was heated to 1000 K to 1400 K. The copper concentrate particles were very rapidly oxidized and melted down during their descent in the reaction tube. The particle temperature were calculated by combining an unreacted core model, mass transfer between gas and particles, and heat transfer between gas, particles and tube wall. The particle temperature reached its maximum at the height of 20 to 30 cm from the top of the reaction tube, and it attained about 1700 K at higher oxy-gen partial pressure. The most particles were melted at the oxygen partial pressure above 0.2 atm.

• Proceedings of the KSME Conference
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• 2008.11b
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• pp.2822-2827
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• 2008

Among the main components of PEM fuel cell, the functions of GDL are to transport reactants from the channel to the catalyst and remove reaction products from the catalyst and transport heat from the catalyst to the channels in the flow filed plate. Permeability of GDL is known to make it possible to enhance the gas transport through GDL, devoting to get better performance. In this paper, three dimensional numerical simulation of the fuel cell by the permeability of GDL is presented by using a FLUENT modified to include the electrochemical behavior. Results show that as permeability is higher than $10^{-12}m^2$, gradients of temperature distribution, oxygen molar concentration and current density distribution in MEA were decreased. Although heat generation was increased as high permeability, MEA's temperature was lower than the low permeability of GDL. This seems because that convection was higher affects in mass and heat transfer process than diffusion as permeability of GDL is increases.

• Transactions of the Korean Society of Mechanical Engineers B
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• v.25 no.3
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• pp.422-432
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• 2001

An analytical characterization is presented on the transient heat transfer by an oscillating flow through a porous slab. Based on a two-equation model, analytic solutions are obtained for both the fluid and solid temperature variations. Two parameters are identified as the Stanton number for the internal heat exchange and the ratio of the thermal capacities between the solid and fluid phases. The heat transfer characteristics are shown to be classified into four regimes according to the two parameters and physical interpretation is presented on the particular heat transfer processes within each regime. In addition, the condition for the local thermal equilibrium between the phases is examined and the relevant criterion is suggested.

• Transactions of the Korean Society of Mechanical Engineers
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• v.16 no.6
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• pp.1205-1215
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• 1992

The solidification rate is of special importance in determining the casting structures and properties. The heat transfer characteristics at the interface between the mold and the casting is one of the major factors that control the solidification rate. The thermal resistance exists due to the air-gap formation at the mold/casting interface during the freezing process. In this study two-dimensional Stefan problem with air-gap resistance in the rectangular mold is considered and the heat transfer characteristics is numerically examined by using the enthalpy method. The effects of the major parameters, such as mold geometry, thermal conductivity, heat transfer coefficient, and initial temperature of casting, on the thermal characteristics are investigated.