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Experimental study for optimizing the thermal regulating system with phase change material on the photovoltaic panel (태양광패널 온도제어를 위한 PCM시스템 최적화에 관한 실험적 연구)

  • Lee, Hyo-Jin;Chun, Jong-Han
    • 한국태양에너지학회:학술대회논문집
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    • 2009.11a
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    • pp.273-278
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    • 2009
  • The experimental study is performed to investigate the optimum design of the system dissipating properly heat from the in-situ solar panel installed on site. For this purpose, six 12-Watts panels, which are set at the different conditions of the solar panels contained phase change material, changing the array of the aluminum fin and honeycomb at the back of the panel, are tested. PCM, which has $44^{\circ}C$ melting point, is chosen in this study. In order to enhance the thermal heat from the absorbed heat in PCM, finned aluminum plate is placed. Furthermore, Aluminum honeycomb is imbedded in the back container to find if it would improve the thermal conductivity of PCM. As a result, the solar panel, which is combined with honeycomb and outward fins with PCM instead of placing the fine inward, is showing the best performance in terms of controling panel temperature and efficiency.

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Effects of Novel Fin Shape of High Temperature Heat Exchanger on 1 kW Class Stirling Engine (1kW급 스털링엔진 고온 열교환기의 Fin 형상 개선 효과 분석)

  • Ahn, Joon;Kim, Seok Yeon
    • Transactions of the Korean Society of Mechanical Engineers B
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    • v.41 no.8
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    • pp.545-552
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    • 2017
  • In this research, numerical analysis was carried out on novel and existing fins, adjusted in terms of factors such as length, spacing, and angle, of a high-temperature heat exchanger for a 1 kW class Stirling engine, designed as a prime mover for a domestic cogeneration system. The performance improvement as a result of shape optimization was confirmed with numerical analysis by including the air preheater, which was not considered during optimization. However, a negative heat flux was observed in the cylinder head portion. This phenomenon was clarified by analyzing the exhaust gas and wall surface temperature of the combustion chamber. Furthermore, assuming an ideal cycle, the effects of heat transfer enhancement on the thermodynamic cycle and system performance were predicted.

An Estimation of RCS through Configuring Element Analysis (형상요소분석을 통한 레이더단면적의 추정)

  • Kwon, T.J.;Shin, Bo-Hyun
    • Journal of the Korea Institute of Military Science and Technology
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    • v.15 no.4
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    • pp.417-423
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    • 2012
  • Radar Cross Section(RCS) is a measure of how detectable an object is with a radar. A larger RCS indicates that an object is more easily detected. Informally, the RCS of an object is the cross-sectional area of a perfectly reflecting sphere that would produce the same amount of reflection strength as the object in question would. In order to estimate RCS of aircraft weapons the external surface is modeled as a collection of simple shape elements. And the overall RCS is estimated as a vector sum of configuring elements' cross-sections which are well known given by analytic formulae. A RCS estimation code is developed for a typical shape of Air-To-Surface bombs and missiles. Size of weapons and location of fins are implemented in the code in addition to the presence of canards. The ability to predict radar return from flying vehicles becomes a critical technology issue in the development of stealth configurations. This simplified method of RCS estimation is known to be fast and accurate enough in an optical region of high frequency incident radio wave.

Analysis of Airship Gust Response Using Low Mach Number Preconditioning (저마하수 예조건화 기법을 이용한 비행선의 돌풍 응답 해석)

  • Kim, Joo-Sung;Nam, Hwa-Jin;Kwon, Oh-Joon;Yeom, Chan-Hong
    • Journal of the Korean Society for Aeronautical & Space Sciences
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    • v.32 no.5
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    • pp.30-40
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    • 2004
  • In the present study, a numerical method has been developed for the calculation of the gust response of an airship using unstructured meshes. A preconditioning method is incorporated for accurate and efficient computations of the Euler equations at the low Mach number range. A simple sharp-edged gust is used as a gust model. The accuracy of the present method is demonstrated through comparisons with an exact line theory. The numerical results show that the variation of lift is relatively larger than that of moment. It is also shown that the static stability of the airship is enhanced with the use of control fins.

Spermatogenesis and Sperm Ultrastructure of the Marsh Clam (Corbicula japonica) (Bivalvia: Veneridae) (기수재첩 (Corbicula japonica)의 정자형성과정과 정자 미세구조)

  • LEE Jeong Yong;KIM Wan Ki;LEE Chae Sung;CHANG Young Jin
    • Korean Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences
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    • v.37 no.4
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    • pp.281-286
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    • 2004
  • Spermatogenesis and sperm ultrastructure of the marsh clam (Corbicula japonica) were investigated by electron microscopic observations. Testis of the marsh clam consists of numerous spermatogenic follicle containing germ cells in the different developmental stages. Spermatogonia are located nearest the outer wall of the follicle, while spermtocytes and spermatids are positioned nearer to the lumen. Spematogonia are oval-shaped and about $5{\mu}m$ In diameter. Spermatogonia develop into spermatocyte, spermatid and spermatozoon. In the spermatid to about $2{\mu}m$ in diameter, cytoplasm decreases and mitochondria move to the base of the nucleus and fuse into several spheres, the centrioles become orthogonally oriented, a flagellum appears, and an acrosomal vesicle forms. The mature sperm has primitive type, consisting of a head, a midpiece and a tail. The sperm was arrow-shaped, and its head is about $8{\mu}m$ long and comprised of a long nucleus and an acrosome. The four mitochondria encircled the centrosome in midpiece. The flagellum had the classical 9+2 axoneme structure, and axonemal lateral fins in the tail were observed.

Optimization of Al 6063 Heat Sink using CFD Simulation and Comparative Analysis of Thermal Dissipation Properties with Thermal Conductive Polycarbonate (CFD전산모사를 이용한 Al 6063 Heat Sink 최적화 설계와 열전도성 Polycarbonate와의 방열성능 비교 분석)

  • Her, In-Sung;Lee, Se-Il;Lee, A-Ram;Yu, Young Moon
    • Journal of the Korean Institute of Illuminating and Electrical Installation Engineers
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    • v.28 no.7
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    • pp.19-25
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    • 2014
  • In the LED lighting applications, because LED packages are the origin of heat generation, there are thermal design problem on heat sinks. In the thermal design, it is important to consider the total volume and the total weight of heat sink simultaneously. In this study, an Al 6063 heat sink was optimized using Computational Fluid Dynamics(CFD) simulation tool for the cooling of 30W LED module, and then the cooling performance and the total weight of heat sinks with Al 6063 and Thermal Conductive Polycarbonate(TCP) were compared under the same conditions. As the result of simulation, an Al 6063 heat sink was optimized with 22 ea. of fins and 1.6 mm of fin thickness. LED Junction Temperature of the TCP Heat Sink was $5.6^{\circ}C$ higher, but total weight of it was 47 % less than the Al 6063.

Loss Analysis and Air-Cooled Design for a Cascaded Electrical Source Transmitter

  • Xue, Kai-Chang;Wang, Shuang;Lin, Jun;Li, Gang;Zhou, Feng-Dao
    • Journal of Power Electronics
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    • v.15 no.2
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    • pp.530-543
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    • 2015
  • Air-cooling method is adopted on the basis of the requirements for the thermal stability and convenient field use of an electrical source transmitter. The power losses of the transmitter are determined after calculating the losses of the alternating current (AC)-direct current (DC) power supply, the constant-current circuit, and the output circuit. According to the analysis of the characteristics of a heat sink with striped fins and a fan, the engineering calculation expression of the Nusselt number and the design process for air-cooled dissipation are proposed. Experimental results verify that the error between calculated and measured values of the transmitter losses is 12.2%, which meets the error design requirements of less than 25%. Steady-state average temperature rise of the heat sink of the AC-DC power supply is $22^{\circ}C$, which meets the design requirements of a temperature rise between $20^{\circ}C$ and $40^{\circ}C$. The transmitter has favorable thermal stability with 40 kW output power.

A Study on the Development of Anti-Seasickness Bed (승선감 개선을 위한 Anti-Seasickness Bed 개발에 관한 연구)

  • Kim, Y.B.;Lee, K.S.;Suh, J.H.;Choi, W.Y.;Chae, G.H.
    • Journal of Power System Engineering
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    • v.10 no.1
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    • pp.96-101
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    • 2006
  • In ship operation the consequence of roll and pitchingmotion can seriously degrade the performance of mechanical and personnel effectiveness. So many studies for the roll stabilization and trimming control system design have been performed and good results have been achieved where the stabilizing fins, tanks, rudders and flaps are used. However the ultimate objective of such approach should be focused on improving the boarding sensitivity. But there may exist many unsolved problems, for examples, ship control performance degradation and increasing of system complexity. So, the achieved control performance could not give us enough comfortable boarding sensitivity where the residual rolling and pitching motion are main drawbacks. To get rid of these disadvantages, the main hull control systems design approach has been considered using semiactive absorber. In this system, dampers, spring, dynamic dampers and control system with sensors are incorporated. In our system considered in this study, just two motors and control system with sensors are used for the bed. And the control system can be installed on each bed. So, we can control every bed on the specified control objective respectively. Above all, the good advantages of this system are the facts followed from simple idea and usefulness. Of course the structural modifications are needed. Considering disturbances, we design control system and verify the usefulness of developed system from the experimental study.

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Modeling of Fin-Tube Heat Exchanger (핀-관 열교환기의 모델링)

  • 박희용;이관수;박동규
    • Transactions of the Korean Society of Mechanical Engineers
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    • v.13 no.5
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    • pp.952-961
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    • 1989
  • The purpose of this study is to investigate the behavior of operational and design factors on the performance characteristics of a horizontal fin-tube heat exchanger under phase change conditions for refrigerant. The flow and heat transfer in the heat exchanger are simulated numerically taking into account the variations of heat transfer coefficients, thermodynamic and flow properties of refrigerant, and the axial heat conduction in the tube wall. As the results of this study, it was found that the annular flow model was more reasonable physically than the homogeneous one for the two phase flow of refrigerant and axial heat conduction of tube wall did not have a great influence on the analysis. The effects of refrigerant pressure, mass flow rate of air, diameter of tube and the number of fins per unit length of tube were also discussed.

Thermal Performance of a Spirally Coiled Finned Tube Heat Exchanger Under Wet-Surface Conditions

  • Wongwises Somchai;Naphon Paisarn
    • Journal of Mechanical Science and Technology
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    • v.20 no.2
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    • pp.212-226
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    • 2006
  • This paper is a continuation of the authors' previous work on spiral coil heat exchangers. In the present study, the heat transfer characteristics and the performance of a spirally coiled finned tube heat exchanger under wet-surface conditions are theoretically and experimentally investigated. The test section is a spiral-coil heat exchanger which consists of a steel shell and a spirally coiled tube unit. The spiral-coil unit consists of six layers of concentric spirally coiled finned tubes. Each tube is fabricated by bending a 9.6 mm diameter straight copper tube into a spiral-coil of four turns. The innermost and outermost diameters of each spiral-coil are 145.0 and 350.4 mm, respectively. Aluminium crimped spiral fins with thickness of 0.6 mm and outer diameter of 28.4 mm are placed around the tube. The edge of fin at the inner diameter is corrugated. Air and water are used as working fluids in shell side and tube side, respectively. The experiments are done under dehumidifying conditions. A mathematical model based on the conservation of mass and energy is developed to simulate the flow and heat transfer characteristics of working fluids flowing through the heat exchanger. The results obtained from the present model show reasonable agreement with the experimental data.