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An Experimental Study on Thermal Stratification of Pressurized Plenum Underfloor Air Distribution System during Cooling (가압식 바닥급기 시스템의 여름철 성층화 경향에 관한 실험적 연구)

  • Kim, Dong-Hee;Yu, Ki-Hyung;Cho, Dong-Woo;Seo, Jung-Seok;Han, Sung-Phil
    • Proceedings of the SAREK Conference
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    • 2007.11a
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    • pp.340-345
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    • 2007
  • The underfloor air distribution system has been attracting to architects and building owners as one of valuable system for the renovated and newly office building. In this paper, we discussed the thermal stratification profile of pressurized plenum underfloor air distribution(UFAD) according to indoor setting temperature, diffuser number, diffuser type. For this, the space of office building(H corp.) is selected for measuring the air volume of underfloor diffuser and vertical temperature profile. As a result, the thermal stratification profile is influenced by the number and type of the underfloor diffuser and thermal storage character of the underfloor. Whereas indoor setting temperature have a lower significant impact on thermal stratification.

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Numerical Analysis on Recirculation Generated by Obstacles around a Cooling Tower (냉각탑 주위의 장애물에 의한 재순환 현상에 관한 수치해석)

  • Lee Jung-Hee;Choi Young-Ki
    • Korean Journal of Air-Conditioning and Refrigeration Engineering
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    • v.18 no.7
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    • pp.578-586
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    • 2006
  • The present study has been conducted to examine the effect of obstacles around a cooling tower and an air-guide to prevent recirculation. In order to analyze the interaction between external flow and cooling tower exit flow, the external region as well as the cooling, tower are included in computational domain. Two dimensional analysis is performed using the finite volume method with non-orthogonal and unstructured grid system. The standard ${\kappa}-{\varepsilon}$ turbulence model is used. To investigate the recirculation phenomena, flow and temperature fields are calculated with three approaches such as, the distance between cooling tower and obstacle, the allocated geometrical type, and the effect of height of obstacle. In addition, the air-guide is considered in the current computation. The mean recirculation rate increases with the height of obstacle. The effect of air-guide to reduce the mean recirculation rate is obviously observed.

An Experimental Measurement on Transient Thermal Response in a PI-Controlled VAV System

  • Kim, Seo-Young;Moon, Jeong-Woo;Kim, Won-Nyun
    • International Journal of Air-Conditioning and Refrigeration
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    • v.11 no.1
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    • pp.10-16
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    • 2003
  • The present study performs an experimental measurement on transient thermal response of an air-conditioned space by a variable air volume (VAV) system with a PI(pro-portional-integral) control logic. A thermal chamber with a PI controlled VAV unit is constructed to verify the previously suggested stratified multi-zone model. The effects of thermal parameters and control parameters such as supply air temperature and PI control factor are investigated by implementing the thermal chamber test. The experimental results obtained show that transient behavior of the air-conditioned space-temperature is in good accordance with the simulation results of the stratified thermal model.

Numerical Study on the Extrapolation Method for Predicting the Full-scale Resistance of a Ship with an Air Lubrication System

  • Kim, Dong-Young;Ha, Ji-Yeon;Paik, Kwang-Jun
    • Journal of Ocean Engineering and Technology
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    • v.34 no.6
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    • pp.387-393
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    • 2020
  • Frictional resistance comprises more than 60% of the total resistance for most merchant ships. Active and passive devices have been used to reduce frictional resistance, but the most effective and practical device is an air lubrication system. Such systems have been applied in several ships, and their effects have been verified in sea trials. On the other hand, there are some differences between the results predicted in model tests and those measured in sea trials. In this study, numerical analyses were carried out for a model and a full-scale ship. A new extrapolation method was proposed to improve the estimation of the full-scale resistance of a ship with an air lubrication system. The volume of fluid (VOF) method was considered for the numerical models of the air layer. The numerical method was validated by comparing the experimental data on the air layer pattern and the total resistance.

Analysis of Air Quality and the Management Plan for Exposure to Hazardous Substances in the Garage of a Fire Station (소방청사 차고지 공기질 분석 및 유해물질 노출 관리 방안)

  • Park, Je-Seop;Han, Dong-Hun
    • Journal of Korean Society of Occupational and Environmental Hygiene
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    • v.30 no.4
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    • pp.394-404
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    • 2020
  • Objectives: The aims of this study are to derive the characteristics of diesel exhaust gas emissions generated during vehicle checking in the garage of fire stations and of the related improvement plans for proper air quality management. Methods: The researcher measured changes in the air quality inside garages according to the operating conditions of the exhaust facility and before and after vehicle checking at three fire stations. Results: During the checking of fire engines, a large volume of hazardous substances exceeding management standards were generated, and improvement of the discharge facilities was required for proper air quality management. Conclusions: It is necessary to study the hazard evaluation of firefighters' exposure to exhaust gas, to operate exhaust gas ventilation facilities, and to prepare technical standards for proper indoor air quality management.

Performance Improvement Method of an Axial Fan Using Simulation (시뮬레이션을 이용한 축류팬 성능 개선 방법)

  • Lim, Hyo Mok;Yun, Dong Gyu;Yim, Choong Hyuk
    • Journal of the Korean Society of Manufacturing Technology Engineers
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    • v.26 no.1
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    • pp.137-143
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    • 2017
  • An axial fan has competitive advantages that can make air flow more straight and longer and produce larger air volume than the other kinds of fans. In those reasons, axial fans are widely used for ventilator, 4D cinema, duct, and so on. But, as it was designed and manufactured without any mathematical analysis or computer simulations, it is difficult to develop the performance of axial fans. Actually the axial fan is designed and manufactured in industry by imitation or traditional method. Flow velocity and volume of axial fan are changed by pitch angle, frame, the number of blade, camber angle, and chord length. In this paper, the performance of axial fan was analyzed and by computer program known as CFD. Finally, we have designed a new axial fan whose velocity and volume is improved. The performance of new axial fan is also compared with the of conventional fans experimentally.

A Study on Tribological Characteristics of Powder Sintered Fe-base Alloy (SMF9060) (Fe계 합금 분말 소결품(SMF9060)의 마모 특성 연구)

  • Kim, Sang Youn;Kim, Dae Wook;Park, Yeong Min;Shin, Dong Chul;Kim, Tae Gyu
    • Journal of the Korean Society for Heat Treatment
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    • v.27 no.2
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    • pp.65-71
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    • 2014
  • SMF9060 material is a Fe-based powder sintered alloy that is used for several automobile components such as Synchronize Hub, oil pump and transmission. These components are required excellent wear resistance and durability. In this study, we have performed a dry wear test at the ambient air and Ar gas conditions in the room temperature, and a lubricant wear test at the room temperature and engine oil temperature of $100^{\circ}C$. The amount of wear volume and coefficient friction are measured by a Profilometer and a Ball on disk type wear tester. The wear volume in Ar gas condition was a little higher than that in the ambient air condition. However the wear volume in the lubricant wear condition was much lower than in the dry wear condition. XRD analysis of the debris in Ar gas condition showed that the oxide film was not formed.

Influence of Extruded Hemp-Rice Flour Addition on the Physical Properties of Wheat Bread

  • Wang, Yuan-Yuan;Norajit, Krittika;Ryu, Gi-Hyung
    • Preventive Nutrition and Food Science
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    • v.16 no.1
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    • pp.62-66
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    • 2011
  • Functional foods play an important role in daily diet, human health and the food industry. Hemp was reported to have many advantages for nutritional and medicinal usage. In this study, extruded hemp-rice (EHR) flour, containing 30% hemp, was mixed with the wheat flour to create bread loaves at the concentrations of 5, 10 and 15%. Bread made from 100% wheat flour (with no added EHR flour) was used as a control. The physical parameters, including expansion ratio, specific volume and crust/crumb color were evaluated separately. In addition, changes in hardness of the bread during storage at ambient temperature for 3 days were also studied. The results showed that 10%-EHR bread exhibited the highest hardness value, while 15%-EHR bread presented the lowest. The bread containing EHR flour had lower specific volume and bigger air cells compared to the control. Moreover, the crust and crumb color of EHR-containing bread was significantly darker than those of the control. In this study, the 15%-EHR bread showed higher specific volume, lower hardness and bigger air cell structures.

Stratified Degree Characteristics on Fuel Mixture According to Ambient Temperature and Pressure in a Constant Volume Combustion Chamber (정적연소기내에서의 분위기 온도 및 압력에 따른 혼합기 분포에 관한 성층화 정도 특성)

  • Lee Kihyung;Lee Changsik;Lee Changhee
    • Transactions of the Korean Society of Mechanical Engineers B
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    • v.29 no.2 s.233
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    • pp.180-188
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    • 2005
  • It is well known that a lean burn engine caused by stratified mixture formation has many kinds of advantages to combustion characteristics, such as higher thermal efficiency and lower CO, NOx levels than conventional homogeneous mixture combustion. Although this combustion can achieve low fuel consumption technology, it produces much unburned hydrocarbon and soot because of heterogeneous equivalence ratio in the combustion chamber. Therefore, the stratified mixture formation technology is very important to obtain the stable lean combustion. In this paper, fundamental studies for stratified combustion were carried out using a constant volume combustion chamber. The local effect of mixture formation according to control air-fuel distribution in the chamber was examined experimentally. In addition, the effect of turbulence on stratified charge combustion process was observed by schlieren photography. From this study, we found that the flame propagation speed increase with swirl flow and the swirl promotes the formation of fuel and air mixture.

Development of Constitutive Model for the Prediction of Behaviour of an Unsaturated Clayey Soil (불포화 점성토의 거동예측을 위한 구성식 개발)

  • 송창섭;장병욱
    • Magazine of the Korean Society of Agricultural Engineers
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    • v.38 no.3
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    • pp.101-110
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    • 1996
  • The aim of the work described in this paper is to develope a constitutive model for the prediction of an unsaturated clayey soil and to confirm the application of the model. To this end a series of suction controlled isotropic and triaxial compression tests are conducted on clayey soils. Matric suction is controlled by the axis translation technique using high air entry ceramic disk. Total volume change, air and water volume changes are measured by the device made for the experiment. The specimens are compacted by dynamic compaction using a half of Proctor compaction energy with the water contents of 5% drier than the optimum moisture contents. From test results, volume changes and deviator stresses are analyzed at each state and their relationships are formulated. And the application of the model to clayey soils is confirmed by the comparison between test and predicted results. During drying-wetting and loading-unloading processes for isotropic states, the agreement between predicted and test results are satisfactory. And predicted deviator stresses are well agreed with the test results in shearing process, but volumetric strain is not well agreed with the test results in high suctions.

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