• 상하수도학회지
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• 제27권3호
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• pp.383-394
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• 2013

A sedimentation basin is used to remove suspended sediments which can cause abrasive and erosive wear on hydraulic turbines of hydropower plants. This sediment erosion not only decreases efficiency of the turbine but also increases maintenance costs. In this study, the three-dimensional numerical simulations were carried out on the overseas hydropower project. The simulations of flow and suspended sediment concentration were obtained using FLOW-3D computational fluid dynamics code. The simulations provide removal efficiency of a sedimentation basin based on particle sizes. The influence of baffles on the flow field and the removal efficiency of suspended sediments in the sedimentation basin has been investigated. This paper also provides the numerical simulations for sediment-induced density currents that may occur in the sedimentation basin. The simulation results indicate that the formation of density currents decreases the removal efficiency. When a baffle is installed in the sedimentation basin, the baffle provides intensive settling zones resulting in increasing the sediments settling. Thus the enhanced removal efficiency can be achieved by installing the baffle inside the sedimentation basin.

• 한국환경과학회지
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• 제6권4호
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• pp.313-322
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• 1997

한국수영만에서 잔차류장의 운동 위치에너지의 계절변화를 연구하기 위하여 우리는 에너지의 수지를 계산하고 조석에너지와 비교했다. 위치에너지는 겨울과 봄철에 크며, 밀도성층이 형성된 여름과 초가을에 작게 나타났다. 잔차류의 운동에너지는 계절적인 변화를 보이고 있으며, 단위면 적당 잔차류의 평균 운동에너지는 6.4$\times$$10^{-4}ergs s^{-1}cm^{-}2$이다. 수영 만에서 잔차류장의 계절변동은 조석잔차류의 운동에너지가 밀도류나 취송류의 운동에너지보다 큰 11월을 제외하고는 밀도류가 지배하고 있다. 잔차류의 주성분인 조석잔차류, 취송류 및 밀도류의 운동에너지의 평균백분율은 잔차류의 운동에너지에 대하여 각각 29.1%, 3.4%, 67.5% 이다. 단위면적당 잔차류의 운동에너지, 위치에너지 및 조석에너지의 비는 각각 1.0 : 6.7$\times$$10^3$ : 8.2$\times$$10^4$ 이다.

• Nuclear Engineering and Technology
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• 제40권6호
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• pp.477-488
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• 2008

The objective of the paper is to analyze the thermally induced density wave oscillations in water cooled boiling water reactors. A transient thermal hydraulic model is developed with a characteristics-based implicit finite-difference scheme to solve the nonlinear mass, momentum and energy conservation equations in a time-domain. A two-phase flow was simulated with a one-dimensional homogeneous equilibrium model. The model treats the boundary conditions naturally and takes into account the compressibility effect of the two-phase flow. The axial variation of the heat flux profile can also be handled with the model. Unlike the method of characteristics analysis, the present numerical model is computationally inexpensive in terms of time and works in a Eulerian coordinate system without the loss of accuracy. The model was validated against available benchmarks. The model was extended for the purpose of studying the flow-induced density wave oscillations in forced circulation and natural circulation boiling water reactors. Various parametric studies were undertaken to evaluate the model's performance under different operating conditions. Marginal stability boundaries were drawn for type-I and type-II instabilities in a dimensionless parameter space. The significance of adiabatic riser sections in different boiling reactors was analyzed in detail. The effect of the axial heat flux profile was also investigated for different boiling reactors.

• 대한기계학회:학술대회논문집
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• 대한기계학회 2004년도 춘계학술대회
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• pp.1201-1206
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• 2004

This paper deals with the numerical analysis of natural convection flow induced by the density inversion effect of water inside horizontal pipe. The numerical method is based on SIMPLE/PWIM in general coordinate for its wide applicabilities. The numerical tool was validated through the comparison with the previous results concerning the density inversion effect of water It is shown that the developed numerical tool could predict the flow pattern and the heat transfer phenomena qualitatively And it is also found that the density inversion effect of water has significant effects on the flow pattern.

• 대한기계학회논문집B
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• 제33권10호
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• pp.783-788
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• 2009

In this paper, we have performed a parametric study on the characteristics of multiphase laminar flow with density difference in various microchannels. The interface between multiphase fluids is rotated by the gravitational forces induced by density difference. The numerical simulations were carried out via commercial CFD package to study the characteristics of multiphase laminar flow. The results of the numerical simulations in this study were verified by comparing with the previously reported experimental results in the literature. We have also proposed a new dimensionless relationship between dimensionless rotation angle of interface and dimensionless parameters are proposed for square microchannels with various aspect ratios. The dimensionless relationship could be widely applied to the reliable design of various microfluidic devices dealing with multiphase laminar flow.

• 상하수도학회지
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• 제23권6호
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• pp.825-832
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• 2009

A series of laboratory experiments has been performed to investigate the flow characteristics of 2-dimensional density currents induced by selective withdrawal, which is commonly suggested as a measure for removal of high turbid water from reservoirs. Saltwater has been used to simulate the density stratification over depth and PIV(Particel Image Velocimetry) for observing the velocity structure. Experimental conditions have been established according to Richardson number, which is the dimensionless number that expresses the ratio of potential to kinetic energy. From the experiments, the patterns of longitudinal decay of centerline axial velocity induced by the withdrawal have been distinguished from other experimental cases. The rate of longitudinal decay increase as the Richardson number increases. The variations of volumetric and momentum flux along the longitudinal axis have also shown to be dependent on Richardson number.

• Nuclear Engineering and Technology
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• 제55권5호
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• pp.1742-1756
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• 2023

The hydrogen behavior in a nuclear containment vessel is a significant issue when discussing the potential of hydrogen combustion during a severe accident. After the Fukushima-Daiichi accident in Japan, we have investigated in-depth the hydrogen transport mechanisms by utilizing experimental and numerical approaches. Computational fluid dynamics is a powerful tool for better understanding the transport behavior of gas mixtures, including hydrogen. This paper describes a Large-eddy simulation of gas mixing driven by a high-buoyancy flow. We focused on the interaction behavior of heat and mass transfers driven by the horizontal high-buoyant flow during density stratification. For validation, the experimental data of the Containment InteGral effects Measurement Apparatus (CIGMA) facility were used. With a high-power heater for the gas-injection line in the CIGMA facility, a high-temperature flow of approximately 390 ℃ was injected into the test vessel. By using the CIGMA facility, we can extend the experimental data to the high-temperature region. The phenomenological discussion in this paper helps understand the heat and mass transfer induced by the high-buoyancy flow in the containment vessel during a severe accident.

• 해양환경안전학회지
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• 제18권4호
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• pp.295-307
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• 2012

한국 남해에서 조류와 취송류, 밀도류 그리고 잔차류의 특성을 이해하기 위하여 3차원유동모델(POM; Princeton Ocean Model)을 이용하였다. 조석 잔차류의 분포를 보면, 대조기에는 동쪽 방향으로의 흐름이, 소조기에는 서쪽으로의 흐름이 우세하였다. 잔차류는 연안에서 지형의 효과로 인하여 불규칙하게 나타났다. 연안역에서의 밀도류는 비교적 약하고 계절적인 차이는 작다. 외해에서는 특별한 유동현상을 주목해야 한다. 즉, 외양역에서의 흐름은 쓰시마 해류와 유사한 결과를 보이고 있다. 연안역에서의 취송류는 외해역에서 보다 매우 강하게 나타났다. 또한 표층의 해류가 저층의 해류보다 강하게 나타났다. 이상의 결과를 통하여 남해안에서의 물질 이동 확산을 예측하기 위한 기초자료로 활용 가능 할 것으로 판단된다.

• Korea-Australia Rheology Journal
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• 제19권4호
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• pp.191-199
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• 2007

Precision injection molding process is of great importance since precision optical products such as CD, DVD and various lens are manufactured by those process. In such products, birefringence affects the optical performance while residual stress that determines the geometric precision level. Therefore, it is needed to study residual stress and birefringence that affect deformation and optical quality, respectively in precision optical product. In the present study, we tried to predict residual stress, final shrinkage and birefringence in injection molded parts in a systematic way, and compared numerical results with the corresponding experimental data. Residual stress and birefringence can be divided into two parts, namely flow induced and thermally induced portions. Flow induced birefringence is dominant during the flow, whereas thermally induced stress is much higher than flow induced one when amorphous polymer undergoes rapid cooling across the glass transition region. A numerical system that is able to predict birefringence, residual stress and final shrinkage in injection molding process has been developed using hybrid finite element-difference method for a general three dimensional thin part geometry. The present modeling attempts to integrate the analysis of the entire process consistently by assuming polymeric materials as nonlinear viscoelastic fluids above a no-flow temperature and as linear viscoelastic solids below the no-flow temperature, while calculating residual stress, shrinkage and birefringence accordingly. Thus, for flow induced ones, the Leonov model and stress-optical law are adopted, while the linear viscoelastic model, photoviscoelastic model and free volume theory taking into account the density relaxation phenomena are employed to predict thermally induced ones. Special cares are taken of the modeling of the lateral boundary condition which can consider product geometry, histories of pressure and residual stress. Deformations at and after ejection have been considered using thin shell viscoelastic finite element method. There were good correspondences between numerical results and experimental data if final shrinkage, residual stress and birefringence were compared.

• 대한기계학회논문집A
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• 제26권11호
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• pp.2342-2354
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• 2002

The present study has numerically predicted both the flow -induced and thermally-induced residual stresses and birefringence in injection o. injection/compression molded center -gated disks. Analysis system for entire molding process was developed based on an ap propriate physical modeling including a nonlinear viscoelastic fluid model, stress-optical law, a linear viscoelastic solid model, free volume theory for density relaxation phenomena and a photoviscoelasticity and so on. Part I presents physical modeling a nd typical numerical analysis results of residual stresses and birefringence in the injection molded center-gated disk. Thermal residual stress was found to be extensional near the center, compressive near the surface and tend to become toward tensional at the surface. A double-hump profile was obtained across the thickness in birefringence distribution: nonzero birefringence is found to be thermally induced, the outer peak is due to the shear flow and subsequent stress relaxation during the filling stage a nd the inner peak is due to the additional shear flow and stress relaxation during the packing stage. Predicted birefringence including both the flow -induced and thermally-induced one becomes quite similar to the experimental one.