• Proceedings of the KSME Conference
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• 2004.04a
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• pp.1316-1321
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• 2004

An experimental study is performed on atomization characteristics and stable operating condition for injection of high viscous waste vegetable oil using effervescent atomizer with two aerator tubes. Consideration is given to the effects of ALR and liquid viscosity on the velocity and mean diameter of the injected droplet. It is found that (i) as ALR increases, the axial velocity of the droplet is increased, while half-velocity width and SMD are decreased regardless of the change in liquid viscosities, (ii) the rate of fine drop distribution occupied in the total spray field is increased with an increasing in ALR, and (iii) the effect of viscosity on atomization characteristics is minor.

• Journal of ILASS-Korea
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• v.24 no.1
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• pp.27-34
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• 2019

An experimental study on the spray characteristics of aerated-liquid jets discharged from effervescent injectors to a subsonic crossflow was conducted to investigate effects of a gas to liquid mass ratio (GLR) and a ratio of the orifice length to the diameter (L/d). The present effervescent injectors consist of a plain orifice injector and an aerator. To analyze breakup length and spray trajectory, instantaneous spray images were taken by a high speed camera. As the GLR increased, the spray penetration became higher under the same liquid mass flow rate and the breakup length became shorter due to the bubble expansion or the annular liquid film breakup. To predict the spray trajectory of two-phase flow jets into the crossflow, the homogeneous and the separated flow models were compared.

• Journal of ILASS-Korea
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• v.27 no.3
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• pp.144-154
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• 2022

Gas injection is a technique applied to improve throttling in liquid rocket engines and atomization in effervescent injectors. When a gas is injected into a liquid, it creates a two-phase flow inside the injector. The changes (bubbly flow, slug flow, annular flow, etc.) in the two-phase flow affect the injector's spray characteristics. In this study, cold-flow tests were performed by using three injectors with different orifice diameters and four aerators with different gas injection hole diameters. The experiments were done by changing the thrust ratio (liquid mass flow rate ratio) and gas-liquid mass flow rate ratio. Two-phase flow transition, breakup length, and discharge coefficient according to the injector/aerator design and flow conditions were investigated in detail.

• 한국전산유체공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 1995.10a
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• pp.160-168
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• 1995

This paper describes computational efforts on the various energy and environmental problems using Patankar's SIMPLE method. The specific problems included in this study are : pollutant and flammable material dispersions in open and confined areas, aerator-induced flow in a lake for DO(dissolved oxygen) concentration, primary clarifier for water and waste water treatment, hood ventilation in workplace, cyclone and LNG combustors and Dow chlorination reactor. A control-volume based finite-difference method is employed together with the power-law scheme. The pressure-velocity coupling is resolved by the use of the revised version of SIMPLE, says SIMPLER and SIMPLEC. The Reynolds stresses are closed using the standard or the RNG $k-{\varepsilon}$ models. Turbulent reaction is modeled using two fast chemistry methods such as eddy breakup and conserved scalar models. Further, a nonequilibrium model is developed for the application of the chlorination process in the Dow reactor. Other important empirical models and physical insights appeared in this study are presented and discussed in a brief note. The computational method developed in this study is considered, in general, as a viable tool for the design and determination of the optimal condition of various engineering system of interest.

• KSCE Journal of Civil and Environmental Engineering Research
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• v.2 no.1
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• pp.33-44
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• 1982

In Order to study for the aeration characteristics which is one of the most important unit processes for the activated sludge process, a pitched blade type aeration model of octagonal shape with a draft tube in it was made as a pilot plant. Oxygen transfer rates, power consumptions and fluid velocities and behaviers were measured and evaluated with the various turbine shapes. And with these results, the dimensionless model analysis using the Buckingham ${\pi}$ theorem was discussed for a proper turbine shape determination.

• Journal of ILASS-Korea
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• v.22 no.3
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• pp.146-152
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• 2017

An experimental study was carried out to investigate the spray characteristics of non-circular effervescent twin-fluid nozzles. For this purpose, two types of non-circular nozzles (E1, E2) and circular nozzle (C) were used. Three types of aerorators with hole diameters of 1.2, 1.7 and 2.1 mm were used. Each aerorator has a total of 12 holes. It is defined by area ratio which is ratio of exit orifice area and aerator hole area. Experiments were carried out by controlling the amount of air flowing after fixing the flow rate of the liquid, and the nozzle internal pressure and SMD were measured, and the jet image was taken from the nozzles. The discharge coefficients of the three kinds of nozzles were compared with the used in plain orifice's equation and the Jedelsky's equation, and the Jedelsky's equation was found to be about 3 times larger. In addition, empirical formula based on ALR, which is the largest variable in Jedelsky's equation, was derived. The droplet sizes(SMD) were found to be smaller in the non-circular shape than in the circular shape, which is concluded to be caused by the difference of the discharge coefficients.

• Journal of ILASS-Korea
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• v.24 no.4
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• pp.185-193
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• 2019

The effervescent atomizer is one of twin-fluid atomizers that aeration gas enters into bulk liquid and two-phase flow is formed in the mixing section. The effervescent atomizer requires low injection pressure and small amount of aeration gas, as compared to other twin-fluid atomizers. In this study, cold flow test was conducted to investigate the spray characteristics of aerated impinging jets. The present effervescent impinging atomizers were composed of the aerator device and like-on-like doublet impinging atomizer which had different impinging angles. To analyze the spray characteristics such as breakup length and droplet size distribution, the image processing technique was adopted by using instantaneous images at each flow condition. Non-dimensional parameters, induced by the homogeneous flow model, were used to predict the breakup length. The breakup length was decreased with the mixture Reynolds number and impinging angle increasing. The result of droplets showed that the size distribution was axisymmetric about the center of the injector and their diameter tended to decrease with increasing GLR.

• Journal of the Korean Society for Marine Environment & Energy
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• v.5 no.3
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• pp.16-22
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• 2002

The effect and the overall optimal operation of artificial aeration devices for mixing of thermally stratified water reservoir are under study, and its brief introduction is made. The study site is Yeoncho Lake in Geojae island, which is well known for its eutrophication problems in the summer. A few samplings have been made before and after the operation of two types of artificial aerators, and the effect is believed to be positive. Also, design methodology for such artificial aerators is reviewed and a few are applied to the case of Yeoncho Lake. Schladow's[1993] proposal is believed most proper based on the information we have gathered by now. In addition, a simple numerical experiment is also peformed to see the overall effect of the device on the flow and temperature profile.

• Proceedings of the Korea Water Resources Association Conference
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• 2012.05a
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• pp.538-538
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• 2012

최근 기후변화에 따른 이상홍수의 발생으로 인하여 댐의 수문학적 안정성 확보가 필요하다. 이에 따라 댐의 비상여수로를 건설하여 이상홍수에 대비한 대책을 마련하고 있다. 여수로의 운영상 고유속의 흐름이 방류되는데 이때 공동현상이 발생하며, 공동현상으로 인해 발생된 공동이 파괴되면서 구조물에 큰 피해를 주고 있다. 이러한 피해예방을 위해 현재까지 개발된 가장 경제적이고 효과적인 대책은 공기혼입장치이며, 국내에는 최근에 적용되고 있으나, 세부적인 설계기준과 설계기법, 절차등이 부족한 현실이다. 본 연구에서는 여수로 구조물을 대상으로 발생하는 공동현상에 대해서 이론적, 실험적인 분석을 실시하고자 한다. 공동현상에 대한 이론적인 배경과 최근의 연구동향을 분석하고, 국내 기존댐에 적용한 공기혼입장치 설치에 대해서 사례연구를 실시하여 적정성을 검토하였다. 또한 여수로의 대표단면인 개착식 여수로의 구형단면에 대해서는 주암조절지댐을 선정하고 터널식 여수로의 원형단면에 대해서는 임하댐 비상여수로를 대상구조물로 선정하여 각각 1차원 수치해석을 실시한 결과를 토대로 공기혼입장치의 위치 및 최적규모를 산정하고자 한다. 1차원 수치해석을 통해 분석된 공동현상 및 공기혼입장치에 대해서 3차원 수치해석을 실시하여 압력변화 및 공기혼입량등 공기혼입장치의 설치전과 설치후에 대한 효과를 검증하고 마지막으로 수리모형실험을 실시하여 1차원, 3차원 수치해석 결과에 대한 검증과 구조물의 안정성 증대를 확인하고, 추후 기타 여수로 구조물의 설계시 참고할 수 있는 기초자료가 될 수 있도록 하고자 한다.

• Journal of ILASS-Korea
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• v.29 no.3
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• pp.140-146
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• 2024

This study investigates the application of effervescent nozzles to liquid rockets using a laboratory-scale twin fluids spray test system. Typically, rocket engines using a single liquid propellant control thrust by adjusting the mass flow rate, which is influenced by the spray differential pressure between the fluid pressure at the injector front and atmospheric pressure. As the differential pressure decreases, uneven atomization and combustion instability can occur. To address this issue, this research explores an effervescent nozzle that mixes gaseous and liquid propellants to maintain injection pressure. Experiments were conducted on eight different nozzle types with varying orifice and aerator sizes. The experimental results demonstrated internal pressure variations and differences in spray characteristics based on nozzle design, which were analyzed and discussed. if these injection characteristics are applied in the future, it is expected that they could also be utilized in eco-friendly alternative fuels such as Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF).