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Multi-scale coherent structures and their role in the energy cascade in homogeneous isotropic turbulence

  • Goto, Susumu
    • 한국전산유체공학회:학술대회논문집
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    • 2008.03a
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    • pp.355-358
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    • 2008
  • In order to investigate the physical mechanism of the energy cascade in homogeneous isotropic turbulence, we introduce Galilean-invariant energy and its transfer rate in the real space as a function of position, time and scale. By using a database of direct numerical simulations (DNS) of homogeneous isotropic turbulence, it is shown that (i) fully developed turbulence consists of multi-scale coherent vortices of tubular shapes, (ii) the energy at each scale is mainly confined in vortex tubes with the radii of the same order of the length scale, and (iii) the energy transfer takes place around pairs (especially, anti-parallel pairs) of such vortex tubes. Based on these observations, it is suggested that the energy cascade can be caused, in the real space, by the process of the stretching and creation of smaller (i.e. thinner) vortex tubes by the straining field around pairs of larger (i.e. fatter) vortex tubes. Indeed, it is quite easy to find such events (in our DNS fields) which strongly support this scenario of the energy cascade.

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Multi-scale coherent structures and their role in the energy cascade in homogeneous isotropic turbulence

  • Goto, Susumu
    • 한국전산유체공학회:학술대회논문집
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    • 2008.10a
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    • pp.355-358
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    • 2008
  • In order to investigate the physical mechanism of the energy cascade in homogeneous isotropic turbulence, we introduce Galilean-invariant energy and its transfer rate in the real space as a function of position, time and scale. By using a database of direct numerical simulations (DNS) of homogeneous isotropic turbulence, it is shown that (i) fully developed turbulence consists of multi-scale coherent vortices of tubular shapes, (ii) the energy at each scale is mainly confined in vortex tubes with the radii of the same order of the length scale, and (iii) the energy transfer takes place around pairs (especially, anti-parallel pairs) of such vortex tubes. Based on these observations, it is suggested that the energy cascade can be caused, in the real space, by the process of the stretching and creation of smaller (i.e. thinner) vortex tubes by the straining field around pairs of larger (i.e. fatter) vortex tubes. Indeed, it is quite easy to find such events (in our DNS fields) which strongly support this scenario of the energy cascade.

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Efficient Maximum Power Tracking of Energy Harvesting Using a ${\mu}$Controller for Power Savings

  • Heo, Se-Wan;Yang, Yil-Suk;Lee, Jae-Woo;Lee, Sang-Kyun;Kim, Jong-Dae
    • ETRI Journal
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    • v.33 no.6
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    • pp.973-976
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    • 2011
  • This letter describes an efficient technique for maximum power point tracking (MPPT) of an energy harvesting device. It is based on controlling the device voltage at the point of maximum power. Using a microcontroller with a power saving technique, the MPPT algorithm maintains the maximum power with low power consumption. An experiment shows that the algorithm maximizes the energy transfer power using an energy management IC fabricated in a 0.18-${\mu}m$ process. Compared to direct energy transfer to a battery, the proposed technique is more efficient for low-energy harvesting under variable conditions.

A Study of Heat Transfer during Freezing Process of Water in a Vertical Cylinder. (수직 원통형 축열조내 물의 응고 과정시 열전달에 관한 실험적 연구(작동 유체의 유동방향에 따른 열저장 성능 비교))

  • Heo, Gyeong;Kim, Young-Ki;Kim, Young-Jung;Kim, Jun-Geun;Lim, Jang-Sun
    • Proceedings of the Korea Society for Energy Engineering kosee Conference
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    • 1995.05a
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    • pp.223-229
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    • 1995
  • Heat transfer phenomena during freezing process of the water in a vertical cylinder were experimentally studied. Purified water was inserted into the vertical cylinder Experiment was performed with two conditions ; the inlet temperature of the working fluid was maintained to be -1$0^{\circ}C$ and the direction of the working fluid was to be upward or downward. Both the mean temperature of the liquid and temperature difference of cylinder tube wall in the upward were lower than those in the downward. In addition, shape of ice layer in the upward was more uniform than that in the downward. Finally, time-varying total heat energy stored in the water in the upward was higher than that in the downward.

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Mechanism of Quenching by Dimethylanilines in Liquid Scintillation Counting (Liquid Scintillation Counting 에서의 Dimethylaniline 에 依한 消光機構)

  • Lee, Ik-Choon
    • Journal of the Korean Chemical Society
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    • v.8 no.2
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    • pp.43-46
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    • 1964
  • Quenching constants, q, determined for N,N-dimethylanilines by liquid scintillation counting indicate that the quenching involves an energy transfer process to these compounds causing strong n-${\pi}$ interaction within the quencher molecule, which is then followed by an non-radiative degradation of the excitation energy to ground state.

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Analysis of Energy and Material Balance in Smelting Process of Waste Sand (폐주물사의 용융공정에서의 물질 및 에너지 수지의 해석)

  • Chung, Won-Sub;Min, Dong-Jun;Yoon, Su-Jong
    • Journal of Korea Foundry Society
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    • v.15 no.5
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    • pp.477-482
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    • 1995
  • A computer simulation model of various smelting process for melting waste sand was developed by using energy and material balance concept. This model can predict the coal, flux and oxygen consumption and the volume and temperature of off-gas. The major critical variables for smelting process can be explained by using the analysis of energy and material balance. The major conclusions were as follows; 1. The most important variables for smelting process were high post-combustion ratio, high heat transfer efficiency and refractory protection technology. 2. For saving energy in this smelting process, selection of raw materials i.e coal, flux are very important, espacially using of low volatile coal is very profitable. 3. The treatment cost of waste sand is high and environmental restriction is severe, in this reason we must be concerned in the treatment of waste sand by smelting process.

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Development of a Mass Transfer Model and Its Application to the Behavior of the Cs, Sr, Ba, and Oxygen ions in an Electrolytic Reduction Process for SF

  • Park ByungHeung;Kang Dae-Seung;Seo Chung-Seok;Park Seong-Won
    • Journal of Nuclear Fuel Cycle and Waste Technology(JNFCWT)
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    • v.3 no.2
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    • pp.85-93
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    • 2005
  • Isotopes of alkali and alkaline earth metals (AM and AEM) are the main contributors to the heat load and the radiotoxicity of spent fuel (SF) . These components are separated from the SF and dissolved in a molten LiCl in an electrolytic reduction process. A mass transfer model is developed to describe the diffusion behavior of Cs, Sr, and Ba in the SF into the molten salt. The model is an analytical solution of Fick's second law of diffusion for a cylinder which is the shape of a cathode in the electrolytic reduction process. And the model is also applied to depict the concentration profile of the oxygen ion which is produced by the electrolysis of Li$_{2}$O. The regressed diffusion coefficients of the model correlating the experimentally measured data are evaluated to be greater in the order of Ba, Cs, and Sr for the metal ions and the diffusion of the oxygen ion is slower than the metal ions which implies that different mechanisms govern the diffusion of the metal ions and the oxygen ions in a molten LiCl.

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Characterization of Absorption Process of Taurine Across Rat Small Intestine

  • Kim, Kyung-Soon
    • Archives of Pharmacal Research
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    • v.6 no.2
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    • pp.109-114
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    • 1983
  • A mechanism of taurine transfer across the rat small intestine was elucidated by using the in situ recirculation perfusion or loop method. Taurine uptake was saturable, Km= 39.9 mM, and energy dependent, and required sodium. The close structural analogues, aminomethane sulfonic acid, .gamma.-amino-butyric acid, hypotaurine, and .betha.-alanine, reduced significantly taurine uptake when present in 10-fold excess. The .alpha.-amino acid, glycine, did not inhibit uptake. Hence, all of these findings lead to a conclusion that a carrier-mediated transport system for taurine exists in the small intestine.

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