• Transactions of the Korean Society of Mechanical Engineers B
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• v.21 no.4
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• pp.562-569
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• 1997

The axial position of an impeller is misaligned in the process of manufacturing and assembling. For a single suction centrifugal pump with balancing holes, the effect of axial displacement of impeller on the performance, leakage loss and axial thrust acting on the impeller is experimentally investigated. The axial displacement decreases the pump efficiency, increases the leakage through the clearance between wearing ring and impeller, and affects the characteristics of axial thrust.

• Proceedings of the KSME Conference
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• 2000.04b
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• pp.574-579
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• 2000

In this study. an off-design performance prediction program for centrifugal pumps is developed. To estimate the losses in an impeller flow passage, two-zone model and two-element in series(TEIS) model are used. At impeller exit. the mixing process occurs with an increase in entropy. In two-zone model. there are both primary zone and secondary zone for an isentropic core flow and an average of all non-isentropic streamtubes respectively. The level of the core flow diffusion in an impeller was calculated by using TEIS model. While internal losses in an impeller an automatically estimated by using the above models, some empirical correlations far estimating external losses. far example, disk friction loss, recirculation loss and leakage loss are used. In order to analyze the vaneless diffuser flow. the momentum equations for the radial and tangential directions are used and solved together with continuity and energy equations.

• Proceedings of the KSME Conference
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• 2000.04b
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• pp.568-573
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• 2000

In this study, experimental and numerical analyses are carried out to investigate the performance of centrifugal pump with various air admitting conditions. Experiments on pump performance under air-water two-phase flow n accomplished using a centrifugal pump with semi-open type impeller having three, five and seven blades, respectively. Also, the numerical analysis of turbulent air-water two-phase flow using finite volume method has been carried out to obtain the pressure, velocities and void fraction on the basis of a so-called bubbly flow model with the constant size and shape of cavity. The results obtained through this study show the reasonable agreements within the range of bubbly flow regime. There are promising developments concerning application of the present study for the flow in a centrifugal pump with two-phase flow conditions and efforts must be followed to improve the turbulence model and two-phase flow model for turbomachinery.

• The KSFM Journal of Fluid Machinery
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• v.5 no.2 s.15
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• pp.22-28
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• 2002

Steady state flow calculations are conducted for the newly-designed turbo-pump inducers to validate the performance of Tascflow code. Hydrodynamic performance is evaluated, and structures of the passage flow and leading edge recirculation are also investigated. The calculated results show good coincidence with the experimental data of the static pressure performance and velocity profiles near the leading edge. Upstream recirculation, tip leakage and vortex flow at the blade tip and near leading edge are main sources of pressure losses. Amount of pressure losses from the upstream to the leading edge corresponds to that of pressure losses through the whole blade. The total viscous losses are considerably large due to the strong secondary flow.

• Journal of the Korean Solar Energy Society
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• v.27 no.4
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• pp.87-95
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• 2007

Thermodynamic analysis of water-to-water heat pump system based on the first and second law of thermodynamics is carried out in this study. This analysis shows the distribution of irreversibilities throughout the system components and informs us of a potential improvements with the temperature condition changes. Source water temperature($T_A$), utilization water temperature($T_D$) and temperature differences (${\Delta}T_{AB}$, ${\Delta}T_{CD}$) are important factors to affect system performances such as component irreversibilities, exergetic efficiency and COPH. Advantages and disadvantages with these factors are discussed. Second law optimization phenomena with $T_A$ and ${\Delta}T_{AB}$ are also indicated.

• Transactions of the Korean Society of Mechanical Engineers B
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• v.35 no.9
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• pp.875-882
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• 2011

In the present study, the imbalance in the axial-thrust and variation in the volumetric efficiency that occurred during the trimming of impeller diameter were investigated. The present study was focused on low-specific-speed multistage centrifugal pumps with a balancing piston as the balancing mechanism. The effects of impeller trimming on the axial-thrust balance in multistage pumps with horizontal and vertical axes were compared. The results showed that impeller trimming resulted in an additional axial-thrust acting in direction of pump inlet. The axial-thrust imbalance due to impeller trimming was more severe in the vertical-axis pumps than in the horizontal-axis pumps. The rate of increase in the diameter of the balancing piston, which was proportional to the rate of impeller trimming, was evaluated to maintain the axial-thrust balance. Furthermore, a simultaneous increase in the piston length and piston diameter was more effective for reducing the axial-thrust imbalance along with the volumetric efficiency drop.

• Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Surface Engineering Conference
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• 2012.11a
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• pp.81-83
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• 2012

친수성 코팅 물질인 폴리도파민을 초소수성표면에 패터닝함으로써 이차원 마이크로 플루이딕 장치 (폴리도파민 마이크로플루이딕 장치)를 만듦. 폴리도파민 마이크로플루이딕 장치는 마이크로 펌프가 없이 오직 중력만을 이용해서 액적의 이동을 가능케하는 기술임. 또한 이 장치는 매우 빠르게 액적을 손실없이 혼합시키는 기술임. 본 기술을 이용하여 금입자 반응 및 단백질 구조 분석을 수행함.

• Journal of the Korean Solar Energy Society
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• v.26 no.3
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• pp.71-78
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• 2006

Thermodynamic irreversibility analysis of an air-to-water heat pump system is analyzed in this study. This analysis shows the distribution of irreversibilities(true losses in thermodynamic sense) through the system components and informs us of a potential improvements with the irreversibility factor decreases. The results show that the largest irreversibilities occur in the motor-compressor unit. The remaining irreversibilities are distributed relatively uniformly through the other parts including utilization system. The increase of performance can be attained through either the improvement of adiabatic efficiency of motor-compressor unit(${\eta}_{mc}$) or the reduction of temperature difference(${\Delta}T$). With the decrease of utilization temperature($T_u$) COPH also increases but the exergetic efficiency decreases. The increase of COPH of about 0.05 can be accomplished with 1K decrease of ${\Delta}T$ or $T_u$.

• 기계와재료
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• v.10 no.4 s.38
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• pp.97-110
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• 1998

플라이휠 에너지 저장시스템은 입력되는 잉여전기에너지를 플라이휠의 관성을 이용, 회전 운동에너지로 변환하여 저장하고 필요시 전기에너지로 순시에 출력하는 장치로 배터리와 같은 화학적 에너지 저장장치에 대비되는 기계적 에너지 저장방식 (Electro-mechanical Battery)이다. 플라이휠 시스템은 많은 에너지를 단시간에 저장하고 이를 순발적으로 활용할 수 있는 고효율, 장수명, 무공해의 청정 에너지저장/재생장치로 선진국에서는 무공해 교통수단(전기자동차 등)의 차세대 보조 동력원을 비롯한 각종 민수용, 국방용으로 응용연구가 활발히 진행되고 있다(전력저장용, 인공위성의 태양광 에너지 저장 및 자세제어용, 무소음 적진침투용 차세대 전차의 보조동력원 등). 고효율의 에너지 저장 및 재생을 위해 플라이휠 에너지 저장시스템은 크게 .고속화, 고에너지저장을 위한 복합재 플리이휠 로터.공기 마찰손실 저감용 자가 진공펌프(Self Vacuuming system).지지부 접촉마찰로 인한 에너지 손실 저감용 자기베어링/제어부.플라이휠 구동 및 발전을 위한 Motor/generator.고효율 에너지 입출력 제어부 등의 첨단기술부품으로 구성되어 있는 바, 본 논문에서는 이러한 플라이휠 에너지 저장기술의 국내외 개발현황을 소개하고 현재까지 파악된 기술적 문제점 및 향후 기술개발 전망에 대해 논하고자 한다.

• Journal of Advanced Marine Engineering and Technology
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• v.38 no.3
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• pp.285-291
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• 2014

This paper is related to the improvement of efficiency for high performance centrifugal pumps by reducing leakage loss, which is achieved by applying the grooved seal as a non-contact seal to the pumps. Various combinations of grooved seal types, including the spiral and the parallel groove in the rotor and/or in the stator, were tested by the experiment. And the corresponding hydraulic performance and the magnitude of axial thrust were measured and calculated for ten cases. From the results, the type with the spiral groove(spiral angle : $0.98^{\circ}$) in both the rotor and the stator was found to be most effective. In this case, the head and the efficiency were improved from the original design by 2.1% and 2.3% respectively at design capacity($340m^3/h$), and the axial thrust was decreased by 10%.