• 한국유체기계학회 논문집
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• 제17권3호
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• pp.52-58
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• 2014

The development of efficient systems for water quality improvement for water sources such as lakes, dams and reservoirs has become a necessity to provide not only a cleaner and safer water to the urban society, but also to provide a cleaner and safer environment for the aquatic organisms living in lakes, dams and reservoirs. This study concentrates on the outlet design and internal flow analysis of an axial flow pump used in a floating type water treatment system completely powered by renewable energy source. The treatment system is designed to raise water from depths of about 3~5m up to the water surface where it is naturally mixed with air as it is released back to the reservoir. The outlet of a typical axial flow pump is modified to suit the floating type water mixer. The performance of the axial flow pump is studied by investigating the internal flow of the system. Results show that the change in outlet shape does not alter the performance of the original pump at the maximum efficiency point as long as the cross sectional area of inlet is the same as the outlet. The axial pump for floating type water treatment system has good cavitation performance in the whole flow passage.

• 한국유체기계학회 논문집
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• 제12권6호
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• pp.7-12
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• 2009

This paper presents a numerical study on the design of side-suction inlet geometry which is used for multi stage centrifugal pumps or inline centrifugal pumps. In order to achieve an optimum inlet geometry and to explain the interactions between the different geometric configurations, the three dimensional computational fluid dynamics and the design of experiment methods have been applied. Geometric design variables describing the cross sectional area distribution through the inlet were selected. The objective functions are defined as the non-uniformity of the velocity distribution at the passage exit which is just in front of the impeller eyes. From the 2k factorial design results, the most important design variable was found and the performance of the side suction inlet was improved compared to the base line shape.

• International Journal of Fluid Machinery and Systems
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• 제3권1호
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• pp.50-57
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• 2010

The attachment of inducer in front of main impeller is a powerful method to improve cavitation performance. Cavitation surge oscillation, however, often occurs at partial flow rate and extremely low suction pressure. As the cavitation surge oscillation with low frequency of about 10 Hz occurs in a close relation between the inlet backflow cavitation and the growth of blade cavity into the throat section of blade passage, one method of installing an axi-asymmetrical plate upstream of inducer has been proposed to suppress the oscillation. The inlet flow distortion due to the axi-asymmetrical plate makes different elongations of cavities on all blades, which prevent the flow from becoming simultaneously unstable at all throat sections. In the present study, changes of the suppression effects with the axial distance between the inducer inlet and the plate and the changes with the blockage ratios of plate area to the cross-sectional area of inducer inlet are investigated for helical inducers with tip blade angles of $8^{\circ}$ and $14^{\circ}$. Then a conceivable application will be proposed to suppress the cavitation surge oscillation by installing axi-asymmetrical inlet plate.

• 한국전산유체공학회지
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• 제19권4호
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• pp.86-93
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• 2014

Increased demand of power-transformer's capacity inevitably results in an excessive temperature rise of transformer components, which in turn requires improved radiator design. In this paper, numerical simulation of the cooling performance of an ONAN-type (Oil Natural Air Natural) radiator surrounded by air was performed by using CFX. The natural convection of the air was treated with the full-model. The present parametric study considers variation of important variables that are expected to affect the cooling performance. We changed the pattern and cross-sectional area of flow passages, the fin interval, the flow rate of oil and shape of flow passages. Results show that the area of flow passage, the fin interval, the flow rate of oil and shape of flow passages considerably affect the cooling performance whereas the pattern of flow passages is not so much influential. We also found that for the case of the fin interval smaller than the basic design, the temperature drop decreases while a larger interval gives almost unchanged temperature drop, indicating that the basic design is optimal. Further, as the flow rate of oil increases, the temperature drop slowly decreases as expected. On the other hand, when the shape of flow passages are changed, temperature drop is increased, indicating that the cooling performance is enhanced thereupon.

• 한국유체기계학회 논문집
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• 제4권1호
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• pp.7-13
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• 2001

In developing a multistage compressor, the stage matching is one of the critical design issues. The mismatching can be often observed even if each stage has been proven good and then used as part of a compression system. A good matching among the stages can be achieved by changing various design parameters (i.e., passage cross sectional areas, blades angles, stagger angles, curvature, solidity, etc.). Therefore, designers need to find out what parameters must be changed and how much. In this study, a method to search the design parameters for optimum stage matching has been used based on an 1-D mathematical model of a compressor, which uses the data obtained from the preliminary test to identify the design parameters. This methodology is applied with a two-stage axial compressor, which was originally designed for a helicopter gas turbine engine. After identifying design parameters using preliminary test data, an optimization process has been employed to achieve the best matching between the stages (i.e., maximum efficiency of the compressor at its operation modes within a given range of the rotor speed under given restrictions for required stall margins and mass flow). 3-D flow calculations have been performed to confirm the usefulness of the corrections based on the 1-D mathematical model. Calculational results agree well with the experimental data in view of the performance characteristics. Some promising results were produced through the methodology proposed in this paper in conjunction with flow calculations.

• Journal of Advanced Marine Engineering and Technology
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• 제40권1호
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• pp.69-74
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• 2016

낙동강 하구를 둘러싸고 있는 울타리 섬들 중 하나인 진우도 남측 해역에서의 해저지형 변동을 2006년 6월부터 2015년 4월까지 총 16회의 수심측정 자료를 이용하여 연구하였다. 이 해역의 동쪽은 진우도와 신자도 사이로 서낙동강과 낙동강 하구둑에서 유입되는 담수의 이동 통로로 해수와 담수의 유입 및 유출 수로가 위치해 있으며, 서쪽은 눌차도와 진우도 사이로 부산신항의 연결잔교를 통하여 해수가 이동하는 수로가 존재한다. 동쪽 수로 연장에서의 변화가 이 해역의 해저지형 변화를 주도한다. 지형 변동은 퇴적 또는 침식만이 일방적으로 진행되는 것이 아니라 퇴적 또는 침식이 진행되다가 어느 일정한 단계가 지나면 급격한 변형을 통하여 회귀하는 형태를 보이고 있다. 특히 연구 지역의 총 퇴적량은 2006년 6월부터 2013년 3월까지 증가하다가 2013년 10월 자료부터 급격히 감소하여 2015년 4월까지 큰 변동없이 유지되고 있는 것을 보여주고 있다는 결론을 얻었다. 이것은 2013년 10월 초에 한반도에 영향을 준 제 24호 태풍 '다나스' (Danas)에 의해 진우도 남측해역의 토사가 외해로 쓸려나간 현상으로 판단된다. 진우도 동쪽에 위치한 수로의 변동은 동서, 남북 방향의 측선을 이용하여 분석하였는데, 수로의 최대수심 위치가 2006년 6월에 비해 2015년 4월까지 서쪽으로 약 100 ~ 130 m, 북쪽으로 약 200 m 이동한 것으로 확인되었다.