• Korean Journal of Air-Conditioning and Refrigeration Engineering
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• v.25 no.5
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• pp.279-288
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• 2013

Heat transfer and pressure drop characteristics of fin-and-tube heat exchangers having sine wave fins and oval tubes were investigated. Oval tubes having an aspect ratio of 0.6 were made, by deforming 12.7 mm round tubes. Twelve samples, having different fin pitch and tube row, were tested. The effect of fin pitch on the j and f factors was negligible. The effect of the tube row on the j factor, however, was different from that of common fin-and-tube heat exchangers having plain fins and round tubes. The highest j factor was obtained for a two-row configuration, while the lowest one was obtained for a one-row configuration. A possible reason was attributed to the flow mixing characteristics of the sine wave channel of the present geometry. Comparison with a plain fin-and-tube heat exchanger having 15.88 mm O. D. round tube reveals that the present oval fin-and-tube heat exchanger shows generally superior thermal performance, except for the one-row configuration.

• IEIE Transactions on Smart Processing and Computing
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• v.5 no.1
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• pp.10-16
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• 2016

In this paper, a design for a fully digital voltage sensor using a 32-nm fin-type field-effect transistor (FinFET) is presented. A new characteristic of the double gate p-type FinFET (p-FinFET) is examined and proven appropriate for sensing voltage variations. On the basis of this characteristic, a novel technique for designing low-power voltage-to-time converters is presented. Then, we develop a digital voltage sensor with a voltage range of 0.7 to 1.1V at a 50-mV resolution. The performance of the proposed sensor is evaluated under a range of voltages and process variations using Simulation Program with Integrated Circuit Emphasis (SPICE) simulations, and the sensor is proven capable of operating under ultra-low power consumption, high linearity, and fairly high-frequency conditions (i.e., 100 MHz).

• Solar Energy
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• v.9 no.1
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• pp.43-52
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• 1989

Heat transfer rate and heat flux from the condenser with internally triangular fins rotating heat pipe has been numerically studied by finite element method. The results of numerical and P.J. Martos' experimental showed good agreement and it was able to predict to the performance of a rotating heat pipe. By increasing fin half angle or fin height, heat transfer rate from condenser was increased slightly but heat flux was decreased. By increasing condenser radius or r.p.m. of rotating heat pipe, heat transfer rate and heat flux was increased rapidly. Heat transfer rate was rapidly increased with increasing fin numbers in case of few fm numbers but slowly increased at many fin numbers. So the optimum fin numbers were a half of maximum fin numbers which was able to install in the condenser of a rotating heat pipe.

• Proceedings of the KSME Conference
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• 2003.11a
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• pp.31-36
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• 2003

Recently, the power consumption and heat generation in an electronic equipment increase as the components are miniaturized and the computing speed becomes faster. Effective cooling method is required to ensure the guaranteed performance and reliable operation of the electronic devices. The aim of the present study is to investigate the cooling characteristics of a pin-fin heat exchanger as a candidate for cooling system of the electronic devices. Various configuration of the pin-fin array is selected in order to find out the effect of spacing and diameter of the pin-fin on the heat transfer characteristics. The results are compared with the experimental data or correlations of several researchers for the channel flow with pin-fin arrays.

• Korean Journal of Air-Conditioning and Refrigeration Engineering
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• v.15 no.8
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• pp.667-673
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• 2003

Recent trends in the electronic equipment indicate that the power consumption and heat generation in a chip increase as the components are miniaturized and the computing speed becomes faster. Suitable heat dissipation is required to ensure the guaranteed performance and reliable operation of the electronic devices. The aim of the present study is to investigate the forced-convective thermal-hydraulic characteristics of a pin-fin heat exchanger as a candidate for cooling system of the electronic devices. The influence of the structure of the pin-fin assembly on heat transfer is investigated by porous medium model. The results are compared with the experimental data or correlations of several researchers for the heat transfer coefficients for the channel flow with pin-fin arrays. Finally, the effects of design parameters such as the pin-fin diameter and the spacing are examined.

• The Magazine of the Society of Air-Conditioning and Refrigerating Engineers of Korea
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• v.11 no.3
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• pp.18-30
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• 1982

The heat transfer process with boiling on a fin cannot be treated in a conventional manner of assuming a constant heat transfer coefficient. This report proposes a simplified method for determining fin performance. The heat transfer coefficients in boiling region is approximated by n ty power function of superheat. The results yield the temperature gradient as a function of superheat, fin width, and thermal conductivity of the fin. Computed results for water boiling on fin compare favorably with those obtained from a small-increment numerical solution.

• Journal of Ocean Engineering and Technology
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• v.36 no.2
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• pp.91-100
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• 2022

In general, the effect of roll motion is not considered in the study on maneuverability in calm water. However, for high-speed twin-screw ships such as the DTMB 5415, the coupling effects of roll and other motions should be considered. Therefore, in this study, the estimation of maneuverability using a 4-degree-of-freedom (DOF; surge, sway, roll, yaw) maneuvering mathematical group (MMG) model was conducted for the DTMB 5415, to improve the estimation accuracy of its maneuverability. Furthermore, a study on the change in turning performance according to the fin angle was conducted. To accurately calculate the lift and drag forces generated by the fins, it is necessary to consider the three-dimensional shape of the wing, submerged depth, and effect of interference with the hull. First, a maneuvering simulation model was developed based on the 4-DOF MMG mathematical model, and the lift force and moment generated by the side fins were considered as external force terms. By employing the CFD model, the lift and drag forces generated from the side fins during ship operation were calculated, and the results were adopted as the external force terms of the 4-DOF MMG mathematical model. A 35° turning simulation was conducted by altering the ship's speed and the angle of the side fins. Accordingly, it was confirmed that the MMG simulation model constructed with the lift force of the fins calculated through CFD can sufficiently estimate maneuverability. It was confirmed that the heel angle changes according to the fin angle during steady turning, and the turning performance changes accordingly. In addition, it was verified that the turning performance could be improved by increasing the heel angle in the outward turning direction using the side fin, and that the sway speed of the ship during turning can affect the turning performance. Hence, it is considered necessary to study the effect of the sway speed on the turning performance of a ship during turning.

• Proceedings of the KSME Conference
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• 2005.11a
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• pp.13.1-13.1
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• 2005

• Journal of the Institute of Electronics and Information Engineers
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• v.53 no.11
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• pp.25-31
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• 2016

Parasitic capacitance and resistance of FinFET transistors are the important components that determine the frequency performance of the circuit. Therefore, the researchers in our group developed more accurate parasitic capacitance and resistance for FinFETs than BSIM-CMG. To verify the RF performance, proposed model was applied to design an LNA that has $S_{21}$ more than 10dB and center frequency more than 60GHz using HSPICE. To verify the accuracy of the proposed model, mixed-mode capability of 3D TCAD simulator Sentaurus was used. $S_{21}$ of LNA was chosen as a reference to estimate the error. $S_{21}$ of proposed model showed 87.5% accuracy compared to that of Sentaurus in 10GHz~100GHz frequency range. The $S_{21}$ accuracy of BSIM-CMG model was 56.5%, so by using the proposed model, the accuracy of the circuit simulator improved by 31%. This results validates the accuracy of the proposed model in RF domain and show that the accuracies of the parasitic capacitance and resistance are critical in accurately predicting the LNA performance.

• Korean Journal of Air-Conditioning and Refrigeration Engineering
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• v.12 no.5
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• pp.494-501
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• 2000

Effectiveness of a 3-pass plate finned-tube heat exchanger is calculated using heat exchangelet method by changing the shape of fin and the arrangement of tubes. The alternative refrigerant R134a is taken in this study. Conduction between neighboring tubes along the fin is taken into account in addition to convection between the fin and the surrounding air. Governing equations are obtained by using energy balance in a small control volume containing a tube and fins. They are numerically solved following the tube. Effect of tube-to-tube conduction is investigated in single-phase and two-phase flows with various fin shapes and arrangements of tubes. Improvement of effectiveness by fin perforation is studied too. The results shows that perforating fins, increasing the number of tubes, and increasing the distance between neighboring tubes at the same fin area enhance the effectiveness.