• 국제학술발표논문집
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• The 5th International Conference on Construction Engineering and Project Management
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• pp.279-286
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• 2013

This paper introduces a new method for identification of building energy performance problems. The presented method is based on automated analysis and visualization of deviations between actual and expected energy performance of the building using EPAR (Energy Performance Augmented Reality) models. For generating EPAR models, during building inspections, energy auditors collect a large number of digital and thermal imagery using a consumer-level single thermal camera that has a built-in digital lens. Based on a pipeline of image-based 3D reconstruction algorithms built on GPU and multi-core CPU architecture, 3D geometrical and thermal point cloud models of the building under inspection are automatically generated and integrated. Then, the resulting actual 3D spatio-thermal model and the expected energy performance model simulated using computational fluid dynamics (CFD) analysis are superimposed within an augmented reality environment. Based on the resulting EPAR models which jointly visualize the actual and expected energy performance of the building under inspection, two new algorithms are introduced for quick and reliable identification of potential performance problems: 1) 3D thermal mesh modeling using k-d trees and nearest neighbor searching to automate calculation of temperature deviations; and 2) automated visualization of performance deviations using a metaphor based on traffic light colors. The proposed EPAR v2.0 modeling method is validated on several interior locations of a residential building and an instructional facility. Our empirical observations show that the automated energy performance analysis using EPAR models enables performance deviations to be rapidly and accurately identified. The visualization of performance deviations in 3D enables auditors to easily identify potential building performance problems. Rather than manually analyzing thermal imagery, auditors can focus on other important tasks such as evaluating possible remedial alternatives.

• Tribology and Lubricants
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• 제32권1호
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• pp.1-8
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• 2016

This paper focuses on the thermal deformation induced preload change in the tilting pad journal bearing, using a three-dimensional (3D) thermo-hydro-dynamic (THD) approach. Preload is considered as a critical factor in designing the tilting pad journal bearing. The initial preload measured under nil external load and nil thermal gradient is influenced by two factors, namely, the thermal deformation and elastic deformation. Thermal deformation is due to a temperature distribution in the bearing pads, whereas the elastic deformation is due to fluid forces acting on the pads. This study focuses on the changes induced in preload and film clearance due to thermal deformation. The generalized Reynolds equation is used to evaluate the force of the fluid and the 3D energy equation is used to calculate the temperature of the lubricant. The abovementioned equations are combined by establishing a relationship between viscosity and temperature. The heat transfer within the bearing pads, the lubricant, and the spinning journal is calculated using the heat flux boundary condition. The 3D Finite Element Method (FEM) is used in modeling the (1) heat conduction in the spinning journal and bearing pads, (2) thermal gradient induced thermal distortion of the spinning journal and pads, and (3) viscous shearing, and heat conduction and convection in a thin film. This evaluation method has an increased fidelity, and it can prove to be a cost-effective tool that can be used by designers to predict the dynamic behavior of a bearing.

• Nuclear Engineering and Technology
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• 제43권1호
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• pp.45-62
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• 2011

The Korean nuclear industry is developing a thermal-hydraulic analysis code for safety analysis of pressurized water reactors (PWRs). The new code is called the Safety and Performance Analysis Code for Nuclear Power Plants (SPACE). The SPACE code adopts advanced physical modeling of two-phase flows, mainly two-fluid three-field models which comprise gas, continuous liquid, and droplet fields and has the capability to simulate 3D effects by the use of structured and/or nonstructured meshes. The programming language for the SPACE code is C++ for object-oriented code architecture. The SPACE code will replace outdated vendor supplied codes and will be used for the safety analysis of operating PWRs and the design of advanced reactors. This paper describes the overall features of the SPACE code and shows the code assessment results for several conceptual and separate effect test problems.

• 한국추진공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국추진공학회 2004년도 제22회 춘계학술대회논문집
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• pp.831-838
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• 2004

A fluid-solid conjugate solver has been newly developed and applied to an actual engine disk system. Most of the currently available conjugate solvers lack the special thermal modeling for turbomachinery disk system applications. In the present new code, these special models are implemented to expand the applicability of the conjugate method and to reduce the required computational resources. Most of the conjugate analysis work so far are limited to the axisymmetric framework. However, the actual disk system includes several non-axisymmetric components which inevitably affect the local heat transfer phenomena. Also the previous work devoted to this area usually concentrate their efforts on the steady-state thermal field, although the one in the transient condition is more critical to the engine components. This paper presents full 3D conjugate analysis of a single stage high pressure turbine rotor-stator disk system to assess the three-dimensional effects (Fig. 1). The analysis is carried out not only in the steady-state but also in the engine accelerating transient condition. The predicted temperatures shows good agreement with measured data.

• Nuclear Engineering and Technology
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• 제48권4호
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• pp.847-858
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• 2016

An overview is given on the work of the Laboratory of Nuclear Energy Systems at ETH, Zurich (ETHZ) and of the Laboratory of Thermal Hydraulics at Paul Scherrer Institute (PSI), Switzerland on tight-lattice bundles. Two-phase flow in subchannels of a tight triangular lattice was studied experimentally and by computational fluid dynamics simulations. Two adiabatic facilities were used: (1) a vertical channel modeling a pair of neighboring sub-channels; and (2) an arrangement of four subchannels with one subchannel in the center. The first geometry was equipped with two electrical film sensors placed on opposing rod surfaces forming the subchannel gap. They recorded 2D liquid film thickness distributions on a domain of $16{\times}64$ measuring points each, with a time resolution of 10 kHz. In the bubbly and slug flow regime, information on the bubble size, shape, and velocity and the residual liquid film thickness underneath the bubbles were obtained. The second channel was investigated using cold neutron tomography, which allowed the measurement of average liquid film profiles showing the effect of spacer grids with vanes. The results were reproduced by large eddy simulation + volume of fluid. In the outlook, a novel nonadiabatic subchannel experiment is introduced that can be driven to steady-state dryout. A refrigerant is heated by a heavy water circuit, which allows the application of cold neutron tomography.

• 한국추진공학회지
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• 제6권1호
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• pp.1-11
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• 2002

Thermal stripping을 수반한 난류유동장에 대한 해석방법론 정립에 필요한 신뢰성 있는 난류모델을 선정하기 위하여 온도변화가 있는 비정상 난류유동장에 $\kappa$-$\varepsilon$ 모델, 수정 $\kappa$-$\varepsilon$ 모델, 그리고 full Reynolds stress(FRS) 모델을 적용하였다. 검증대상으로는 thermal stripping 현상이 자주 관찰되는 원자로 혹은 추진기구부 등에서 보이는 수직평판과 수평평판에 대한 제트유동이 있는 유동장을 선정하였으며 이 때의 유체로는 물 혹은 액체나트륨을 사용하였다. 분석결과 비정상 난류유동장은 FRS를 사용하여 3-D로 해석할 때 가장 나은 결과를 얻을 수 있었다. 그러나 경계면 부근을 비롯한 유동장내에서의 열전달 특성 분석의 정확성을 제고하기 위해서는 이를 위한 수정모델의 도입이 요구된다. 아울러 제트유동의 운동량이 thermal stripping 현상에 미치는 영향을 평가하기 위하여 제트유동의 유속을 변화시켜 이에 따른 영향을 점검한 결과 운동량의 증가는 유동장의 혼합능력을 증가시키고 온도변화 진폭을 상승시키는 것으로 나타났다.

• 자원환경지질
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• 제42권6호
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• pp.609-618
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• 2009

지층 내에 발달한 고투수성 단층은 유체, 에너지, 그리고 용질이 이동하는데 있어서 중요한 역할을 하는 지질구조이다. 따라서 고투수성 단층 주변부에서는 지열수(혹은 온천), 지열 이상대, 그리고 금속 광상 등이 형성될 가능성이 크다. 단층의 구조에 따른 지하수 유동과 이에 따른 지층 내의 열적 상태를 확인하기 위해서 단층 구조가 다른 세 가지의 경우에 대해서 이차원 열-수리적 거동 모델링을 수행하였다. 모델링 결과로부터 세 가지 모든 단층 구조의 경우에서 단층의 투수율이 커지면 단층대에서의 지하수 용출 온도가 초기 온도 보다 높아지는 경향을 확인 할 수 있다. Peclet number 와 단층대에서의 용출온도의 상관관계 분석으로부터 상관계수($R^2$)가 0.98로 상당히 높은 것을 확인하였다. Peclet number가 1이상 일 때 단층대에서는 약 $32^{\circ}C$ 이상의 온도가 용출되며 이러한 경우에 단층대에서의 열흐름은 매질을 통한 전도 보다는 지하수에 의한 대류의 영향이 큰 것으로 판단된다.