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Experimental Study on Cryogenic Propellant Circulation using Gas-lift (Gas-lift를 이용한 극저온 추진제의 재순환 성능에 대한 실험)

  • Kwon, Oh-Sung;Lee, Joong-Youp;Chung, Yong-Gahp
    • 유체기계공업학회:학술대회논문집
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    • 2006.08a
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    • pp.551-554
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    • 2006
  • Inhibition of propellant temperature rising in liquid propulsion rocket using cryogenic fluid as a propellant is very important. Especially propellant temperature rising during stand-by after filling and pre-pressurization can bring into cavitation in turbo-pump. One of the method preventing propellant temperature rising in cryogenic feeding system is recirculating propellant through the loop composed of propellant tank, feed pipe, and recirculation pipe. The circulation of propellant is promoted through gas-lift effect by gas injection to lower position of recirculation pipe. In this experiment liquid oxygen and gas helium is used as propellant and injection gas. Under atmospheric and pressurized tank ullage condition, helium injection flow-rate is varied to observe the variation of recirculating flow-rate and propellant temperature in the feed pipe. There is appropriate helium injection flow-rate for gas-lift recirculation system.

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The heat transfer characteristics of supercritical $CO_2$ in a horizontal tube (수평관내 $CO_2$의 초임계 영역내 열전달에 관한 연구)

  • Oh Hoo-Kyu;Lee Dong-Geon;Son Chang-Hyo
    • Journal of Advanced Marine Engineering and Technology
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    • v.29 no.5
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    • pp.526-532
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    • 2005
  • The cooling heat transfer coefficient of $CO_2$(R-744) in a horizontal tube was investigated experimentally. The experiments were conducted without oil in a closed refrigerant loop which was driven by a magnetic gear pump. The main components of the refrigerant loop are a receiver, a variable-speed pump. a mass flow meter. a pre-heater and gas cooler(test section). The test section consists of a smooth, horizontal stainless steel tube of 7.75 mm inner diameter. The experiments were conducted at mass flux of 200 to $400\;kg/m^{2}s$ and the inlet cooling pressure of 7.5 MPa to 10.0 MPa. The variation of heat transfer coefficient tends to decrease as cooling pressure of $CO_2$ increases. The heat transfer coefficient with respect to mass flux increases as mass flux increases. The pressure drop of $CO_2$ in the gas cooler shows a relatively good agreement with that predicted by Blasius's correlation. The local heat transfer coefficient of $CO_2$ agrees well with the correlation by Bringer-Smith.

Development of Engine ECU_ILS System for Diesel Engine of Commercial Vehicle (상용차용 디젤엔진의 Engine ECU_ILS 시스템 개발)

  • Ko, Youngjin
    • Transactions of the Korean Society of Automotive Engineers
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    • v.22 no.5
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    • pp.35-43
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    • 2014
  • The automobile industry requires technological innovations to reduce fuel consumption with the public interest in environmental conservation in recent years. Thus, the hybrid system is applied not only to passenger cars but also commercial vehicles. The purpose of this paper is to develop engine ECU_ILS to develop commercial hybrid vehicles. In order to develop the engine and vehicle, the dynamometer and exhaust gas analyzer is needed. However, a lot of time and cost are required. In contrast, the model-based development environment that can be applied to a variety of test conditions can reduce development time. Therefore, a HILS system environment that can consider the behavior of actual vehicles for evaluation of the control logic, fuel consumption and exhaust gas is required. This engine ECU_ILS system was developed in this study, can analyze parameter such as the fuel injection rate, fuel injection time, fuel consumption and exhaust gas like the actual vehicle test using map data. Also, this system is expected to be able to analyze the characteristic of vehicle behavior and the development of peripheral device in relation to engine and vehicles. This HILS system can be used to develop control strategies of commercial hybrid vehicle systems in the future.

A Study of Weld Pool width Control in Gas Tungsten Arc Welding Using the Digital Image Processing (화상처리에 의한 Gas Tungsten Arc 용접에서의 용융지폭제어에 관한 연구)

  • Kim, Dong-Cheol;Rhee, Sehun;Um, Ki-Woan
    • Transactions of the Korean Society of Mechanical Engineers A
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    • v.20 no.9
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    • pp.2760-2769
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    • 1996
  • The feedback control systems of welding process using visual information can improve weld qualities. However, it is very difficult to get the visual information of weld pool since the light intensity of welding arc is much stronger than that of the weld pool. To explore the possibility of extending the capability of automatic welding machines, a study of a closed loop controlled welding system consisted of a GTA welding machine, a vision system, a stepping motor system and a digital computer was undertaken. Particularly, in this system, a CCD camera with a long wavelength pass filter was used to get a better weld pool image. Subsequently, an image analysis technique has been developed to measure the weld pool width. Using this weld pool width measurement, a colsed loop control system adjusted welding speed to maintain a constant weld pool width.

Change of Sludge-Recycle Ratio for the Bio-gas Production Improvement and Minimization with Two-Stage Anaerobic Digestion (2단 혐기성소화공정에서 반송변화를 통한 Bio-gas 생산량 증대 및 감량화)

  • Lee, Tae-Woo;Yang, Hae-Young;Do, Choong-Ho
    • Journal of the Korean Society of Industry Convergence
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    • v.15 no.3
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    • pp.83-86
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    • 2012
  • This study have cross checked the change of internal sludge-recycle in Full-scale Anaerobic-Digestion, and researched about not only the improvement of Bio-gas production from the digested sludge but also the efficient method of sludge minimization. Ultimate aim of the study is to reduce the amount of sludge by the improved efficiency of contact with the organic-matter and the microbes in Anaerobic-Digestion. The sludge-recycle fluidized sludge layer and raised the activity of the sludge, The sludge-recycle ratio of optimum was 500%, VS and COD removal ratio respectively appeared with 67.8% and 70.4%. Through these result of this study, it may be positive view to treat waste sludge by the sludge-recycle ratio in terms of minimization and circulation of resources.

Robust Air-to-fuel Ratio Control Algorithm of Passenger Car Diesel Engines Using Quantitative Feedback Theory (QFT 기법을 이용한 승용디젤엔진 공연비 제어 알고리즘 설계 연구)

  • Park, Inseok;Hong, Seungwoo;Shin, Jaewook;Sunwoo, Myoungho
    • Transactions of the Korean Society of Automotive Engineers
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    • v.21 no.3
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    • pp.88-97
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    • 2013
  • This paper presents a robust air-to-fuel ratio (AFR) control algorithm for managing exhaust gas recirculation (EGR) systems. In order to handle production tolerance, deterioration and parameter-varying characteristics of the EGR system, quantitative feedback theory (QFT) is applied for designing the robust AFR control algorithm. A plant model of EGR system is approximated by the first order transfer function plus time-delay (FOPTD) model. EGR valve position and AFR of exhaust gas are used as input/output variables of the plant model. Through engine experiments, parameter uncertainty of the plant model is identified in a fixed engine operating point. Requirement specifications of robust stability and reference tracking performance are defined and these are fulfilled by the following steps: during loop shaping process, a PID controller is designed by using a nominal loop transmission function represented on Nichols chart. Then, the frequency response of closed-loop transfer function is used for designing a prefilter. It is validated that the proposed QFT-based AFR control algorithm successfully satisfy the requirements through experiments of various engine operating points.

Analysis of the Initial Cost Payback Period on the Open-loop Geothermal System Using Two Wells (복수정을 이용한 개방형 지열 시스템의 초기투자비 회수기간 분석)

  • Cho, Jeong-Heum;Nam, Yujin
    • Korean Journal of Air-Conditioning and Refrigeration Engineering
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    • v.29 no.3
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    • pp.119-126
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    • 2017
  • Recently, ground source heat pump systems are being used in buildings for cooling and heating to reduce greenhouse gas and save energy. However, ground source heat pump systems mainly use the vertical closed-loop geothermal system design rather than the open-loop geothermal system design. This is due to a lack of knowledge and few research feasibility studies. In this research, a dynamic thermal analysis numerical simulation based on a standard house model was conducted for an open-loop geothermal system. Based on heating load analysis results, the life cycle costs of a standard house using an open two-well geothermal system were analyzed and compared with a vertical closed-loop geothermal system, and a diesel boiler. As a result, it was found that using an open two-well geothermal system shows economic return on investment after three years.

Evaluation of Ventilation Rate and External Air Mixing Ratio in Semi-closed Loop Ventilation System of Pig House Considering Pressure Loss (압력손실을 고려한 양돈시설의 반폐회로 환기시스템의 환기량 및 혼합비율 평가)

  • Park You-me;Kim Rack-woo;Kim Jun-gyu
    • Journal of The Korean Society of Agricultural Engineers
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    • v.65 no.1
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    • pp.61-72
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    • 2023
  • The increase in the rearing intensity of pigs has caused deterioration in the pig house's internal environment such as temperature, humidity, ammonia gas, and so on. Traditionally, the widely used method to control the internal environment was through the manipulation of the ventilation system. However, the conventional ventilation system had a limitation to control the internal environment, prevent livestock disease, save energy, and reduce odor emission. To overcome this problem, the air-recirculated ventilation system was suggested. This system has a semi-closed loop ventilation type. For designing this system, it was essential to evaluate the ventilation rates considering the pressure loss of ducts. Therefore, in this study, pressure loss calculation and experiment were conducted for the quantitative ventilation design of a semi-closed loop system. The results of the experiment showed that the inlet through which external air flows should always be opened. In addition, it was also found that for the optimum design of the semi-closed loop ventilation system, it was appropriate to install a damper or a backflow prevention device rather than a ventilation fan.

Macroscopic High-Temperature Structural Analysis Model for a Small-Scale PCHE Prototype (I) (소형 PCHE 에 대한 거시적 고온 구조 해석 모델링 (I))

  • Song, Kee-Nam;Lee, Heong-Yeon;Kim, Chan-Soo;Hong, Sung-Duk;Park, Hong-Yoon
    • Transactions of the Korean Society of Mechanical Engineers A
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    • v.35 no.11
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    • pp.1499-1506
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    • 2011
  • The IHX (intermediate heat exchanger) is a key component of nuclear hydrogen systems for the production of massive amounts hydrogen. The IHX transfers the $950^{\circ}C$ heat generated by the VHTR (very high temperature reactor) to a hydrogen production plant. The Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute established a small-scale gas loop to test the performance of key VHTR components and manufactured a small-scale PCHE (printed circuit heat exchanger) prototype, which is being considered as a candidate for the IHX, for testing in the small-scale gas loop. In this study, as a part of the high-temperature structural integrity evaluation of the small-scale PCHE prototype, we carried out high-temperature structural analysis modeling and macroscopic thermal and structural analysis for the small-scale PCHE prototype under the small-scale gas loop test conditions. This analysis serves as a precedent study to scheduled PCHE performance test in the small-scale gas loop. The results obtained in this study will be compared with the test results for the small-scale PCHE and then used to design the medium-scale PCHE prototype.

A Study on High Efficiency Geothermal Heat Pump System by Improving Flow of Heat Exchanger (열교환기의 흐름개선을 통한 고효율 지열 히트펌프 시스템에 관한 연구)

  • Ahn, Sung-Hwan;Choi, Jae-Sang;Kim, Sang-Bum;Ahn, Hyung-Hwan
    • Journal of the Korean Institute of Gas
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    • v.21 no.4
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    • pp.42-46
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    • 2017
  • As $CO_2$ emission with imprudent using fossil fuel, annual mean temperature of earth is increased in every year. Geothermal energy is inexhaustible energy resource to solve this problem. Heat pump performance and heat exchange efficiency of ground loop are important to distribute widely. Thus, this study are performed to increase heat pump performance and heat exchange efficiency of ground loop with dual expansion valves and spacer. As a results, COP of cooling & heating is obtained improvement up to 11.4% using dual expansion valves, and heat exchange efficiency is increased up to 17.5% using spacer. It will be reduced initial installation cost due to increasing heat pump performance and heat exchange efficiency of ground loop.