• Transactions of the Korean Society of Mechanical Engineers B
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• v.36 no.12
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• pp.1141-1150
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• 2012

This paper describes the shape optimization of impeller blades for an anti-heeling bidirectional axial flow pump used in ships. In general, a bidirectional axial pump has efficiency much lower than that of a classical unidirectional pump because of the symmetry of the blade type. In this study, by focusing on a pump impeller, the shape of the blades is redesigned to develop a bidirectional axial pump with higher efficiency. The commercial code employed in this simulation is CFX v.13. The CFD result of the pump torque, head, and hydraulic efficiency was compared. The orthogonal array (OA) and analysis of variance (ANOVA) techniques and surrogate-model-based optimization using orthogonal polynomials are employed to determine the main effects and their optimal design variables. According to the optimal design, we confirm an effective design variable for impeller blades and explain the optimal solution as well as the usefulness of satisfying the constraints of the pump torque and head.

• Transactions of the Korean Society of Mechanical Engineers B
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• v.40 no.8
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• pp.519-525
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• 2016

In a pump, from the performance point of view, it is very important to minimize the shock loss at the inlet of the rotor blades. In this study, the effects of shape and install angle of the inlet guide on the performance of an axial-flow pump are numerically simulated using commercial CFD code, Ansys CFX. Finally, to obtain the optimized shape of the vanes and the install angle of the vanes in the inlet guide under given operating conditions, optimization analysis is conducted using Analysis design exploration based on response surface optimization.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society of Marine Engineers Conference
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• 2011.06a
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• pp.212-212
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• 2011

이 논문은 선박의 자세 안정성 유지를 위한 anti-heeling system 용 양방향 펌프에 대하여 연구하였다. 기존 양방향펌프의 기술은 모터 외장용 수직방식의 양방향 펌프를 사용해왔다. 현재는 모터내장용 양방향 펌프가 개발되고 있다. 수직방식의 양방향 펌프와 모터 내장용 양방향 펌프를 유동해석을 통하여 성능을 비교하고 앞으로 개선되어야 할 문제점에 대하여 연구하였다.

• Proceedings of the Korean Nuclear Society Conference
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• 1998.05b
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• pp.885-890
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• 1998

SMART 냉각재순환펌프는 수직형 축류펌프로 분류되며 작동되는 환경의 특성상 캔드모터 펌프로 설계하였다. 냉각재순환점프의 전체 구조에 대한 개념설계를 수행하였으며 펌프의 주요부품인 회전측 집합체, 베어링 집합체, 전동기를 설계하였다. 베어링의 구조와 형상설계를 수행하였고 전동기는 농형유도 전동기로 설계하였으며 회전자의 슬롯에 대한 상세설계와 고정자의 슬롯에 대한 상세설계를 수행하였다. 앞으로 회전축의 동특성 해석, 임펠러의 캐비테이션 시험, 베어링의 내구성 시험, 펌프몸체의 응력해석을 수행할 예정이다.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society of Propulsion Engineers Conference
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• 2002.04a
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• pp.27-27
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• 2002

본 연구에서는 상용코드 FLUENT를 통한 수치모사 결과를 바탕으로 개발한 이중 원호익형의 성능상관식을 축류펌프의 설계에 적용하여 보았다. 일반적으로 익형의 설계는 크게 두 단계를 거치게 된다. 먼저 반경방향의 평형과 설계조건을 만족하는 임펠러와 디퓨저의 입구와 출구의 속도 삼각형을 얻고, 다음으로 적당한 익형을 선택하여 기하학적 형상을 결정하는 과정으로 이루어져 있다.

• Journal of the Korean Institute of Intelligent Systems
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• v.22 no.4
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• pp.500-506
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• 2012

A method to model left ventricular assist device (LVAD) and detect suction occurrence for safe LVAD operation is presented. An axial flow blood pump as a LVAD has been used to assist patient with heart problems. While an axial flow blood pump, a kind of a non-pulsatile pump, has relative advantages of small size and efficiency compared to pulsatile devices, it has a difficulty in determining a safe pump operating condition. It can show different pump operating statuses such as a normal status and a suction status whether suction occurs in left ventricle or not. A fuzzy subtractive clustering method is used to determine a model of the axial flow blood pump with this pump operating characteristic and the developed pump model can provide blood flow estimates before and after suction occurrence in left ventricle. Also, a fuzzy subtractive clustering method is utilized to develop a suction detection model which can identify whether suction occurs in left ventricle or not.

• Journal of Biomedical Engineering Research
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• v.19 no.1
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• pp.33-38
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• 1998

The intracardiac axial flow pump has been developed This device has several advantages: it fits well anatomically, its blood-contacting surface is small, and it is implanted as easily as an artificial heart valve replacement. The axial flow pump consists of an impeller and a motor, both of which are encased in a housing. Two types of impeller with 4 vanes and 6 vanes are used. Sealing of the motor shaft is achieved by means of a ferrofluidic seal. A flow of 5$\ell$/min was obtained at a differential pressure of 100mmHg with a motor speed of 7091rpm with the 4-vane impeller and 6402rpm with the 6-vane impeller. Sealing was kept against a pressure of 150mmHg at 7000rpm with the 4-vane impeller and 6402rpm with the 6-vane impeller. Sealing was kept against a pressure of 150mmHg at 7000rpm over 24 hours. The index of hemolysis was 0.056 with the 4-vane impeller and 0.214 with the 6-vane impeller. The intracardiac axial flow pump is a very promising circulatory support.

• Proceedings of the Korean Nuclear Society Conference
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• 2002.10a
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• pp.143-143
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• 2002

• Transactions of the Korean Society of Mechanical Engineers B
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• v.37 no.2
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• pp.149-154
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• 2013

This study was performed to develop a high efficiency submersible axial pump for concentration wastewater treatment. To do this, we simulated the effect of some parameters such as the axial twist angle of a blade(${\beta}$), the radial twist angle of a blade(${\alpha}$) and the length of a blade (l) on pump efficiency using commercial code, ANSYS CFX and BladeGen. The results showed that the axial twist angle of a blade(${\beta}$) was the most sensible parameter on the pump efficiency. And the pump efficiency had a maximum at ${\beta}=20^{\circ}$, ${\alpha}=110^{\circ}$ and l=240 mm.

• Journal of computational fluids engineering
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• v.6 no.1
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• pp.14-20
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• 2001

The CFD analysis of the three-dimensional turbulent flow in the impeller and diffuser of an axial flow pump was performed. Not only the design point but also the off-design points were computed. The results were compared with available experimental data in terms of head generated. At the design point, the analysis accurately predicted the experimental head value. In the range of the higher flow rates, the results were also in very good agreement with the experimental data, not only in absolute value but also in term of slope. Although experimental data to be compared were not available in the range of the lower flow rates, the results well described the S-shape performance curve of the axial pump characteristic.