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PERFORMANCE AND DESIGN OF A SINGLE-PHASE LINEAR SYNCHRONOUS GENERATOR USING FINITE ELEMENT METHOD

  • Eid, Ahmad M.;Kim, Sung-Jun;Kang, Ju-Sung;Lee, Hyun-Woo;Nakaoka, Mutsuo
    • Proceedings of the Korean Institute of IIIuminating and Electrical Installation Engineers Conference
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    • 2005.11a
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    • pp.95-99
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    • 2005
  • This paper presents a general proposal to design and calculate the performance of a tubular permanent magnet linear generator treated here on the basis of the Finite Element Method. Optimizing the linear generator dimensions reduces the cogging force, which occurs due to the interaction between stator teeth and the permanent magnets. The generated AC voltage is analyzed and evaluated for both no load and load cases to take the armature reaction effects on the air gap flux density. A repetitive routine is followed to calculate the output AC voltage from the change of flux and the speed of the single-phase linear generator. The AC output voltage is calculated for different resistive loads, and hence, the linear generator load characteristic is obtained. The designed linear generator is capable to generate an output power of 5.3kW with AC output voltage of 222V with an efficiency of 96.8% at full load of 23.8A. The full load current is chosen based on the thermal properties of the coil wire insulations.

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A Study on Rotor Eddy Current Loss and Thermal Analysis of PM Synchronous Generator for Wind Turbine (풍력터빈 PM형 동기발전기의 와전류손실과 열 해석에 관한 연구)

  • Choi, Man Soo;Chang, Young Hag;Park, Tae Sik;Jeong, Moon Seon;Moon, Chae Joo
    • The Transactions of The Korean Institute of Electrical Engineers
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    • v.63 no.11
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    • pp.1575-1581
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    • 2014
  • In this paper, eddy current loss, iron loss and heat transfer of PMSG with 2,000kW capacities were analyzed for wind turbine. The PMSG with 3 split magnet was analyzed using ansoft maxwell commercial program and, generator was tested by Back to Back converter with no load condition at laboratory. Rotor surface temperature was measured by Pt100 sensors for investigating heat transfer from rotor to atmosphere. The simulation results shows 27.4kW eddy current loss in no load condition and 50.2kW eddy current loss in rated load condition with 3 split magnet, and also shows 4.3kW iron loss in no load condition and 7.3kW iron loss rated load condition. The heat transfer coefficient of convection between rotor surface and atmosphere was investigated by $9.6W/m^2{\cdot}K$. Therefore the heat transfer from rotor to atmosphere was about 17kW(54%) and from rotor to air-gap was about 14.6kW(46%) in no load condition. It is identified that the cooling system for stator have to include the 46% of iron loss, and heat dissipation structure of rotor surface have to be suggested and designed for efficiency improvement of generator.

A Study on the Efficiency of Fuel Cells for Marine Generators (선박 발전기용 연료전지 시스템의 효율에 관한 연구)

  • Lee, Jung-Hee;Kwak, Jae-Seob;Kim, Kwang-Heui
    • Journal of the Korean Society of Manufacturing Process Engineers
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    • v.17 no.5
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    • pp.52-57
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    • 2018
  • Most current ships have adopted on-board diesel generators to produce electricity, but the overall efficiency of equipment is down to about 50% due to thermal losses from operations such as exhaust gas, jacket water cooler, scavenge air cooler, etc. Recently, fuel cells have been highlighted as a promising technology to reduce the effect on the environment and have a higher efficiency. Therefore, this paper suggested a solid oxide fuel cell (SOFC)-gas turbine (GT) using waste heat from a SOFC and SOFC-GT-steam turbine (ST) with Rankine cycle. To compare both configurations, the fuel flow rate, current density, cell voltage, electrical power, and overall efficiency were evaluated at different operating loads. The overall efficiency of both SOFC hybrid systems was higher than the conventional system.

Optimal Design of a Heat Sink Using the Kriging Method (크리깅 방법에 의한 방열판 최적설계)

  • Ryu Je-Seon;Rew Keun-Ho;Park Kyoungwoo
    • Transactions of the Korean Society of Mechanical Engineers B
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    • v.29 no.10 s.241
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    • pp.1139-1147
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    • 2005
  • The shape optimal design of the plate-fin type heat sink with vortex generator is performed to minimize the pressure loss subjected to the desired maximum temperature numerically. Evaluation of the performance function, in general, is required much computational cost in fluid/thermal systems. Thus, global approximate optimization techniques have been introduced into the optimization of fluid/thermal systems. In this study, Kriging method Is used to obtain the optimal solutions associated with the computational fluid dynamics (CFD). The results show that when the temperature .rise is less than 40 K, the optimal design variables are $B_1=2.44\;mm,\;B_2=2.09\;mm$, and t=7.58 mm. Kriging method can dramatically reduce computational time by 1/6 times compared to SQP method so that the efficiency of Kriging method can be validated.

Development of Multi Effect Distillation for Solar Thermal Seawater Desalination System (태양열 해수담수화 시스템을 위한 다중효용 담수기 개발)

  • Joo, Hong-Jin;Hwang, In-Seon;Kwak, Hee-Youl
    • Journal of the Korean Solar Energy Society
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    • v.31 no.1
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    • pp.1-7
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    • 2011
  • This study was accomplished to evaluate the performance of Multi Effect Distillation(MED) for solar thermal desalination system. It was designed Multi effect distillation with $3m^3$/day capacity and Shell&Tube type heat exchanger. Also, The effective heat transfer of Shell&Tube heat exchanger was used Cu(90%)-Ni(10%) corrugated tube. The parameters relating to the performance of Multi Effect Distillation are known as hot water flow rate. The experimental conditions for each parameters were $18^{\circ}C$ for sea water inlet temperature, $6m^3$/hour sea water inlet volume flow rate, $75^{\circ}C$ for hot water inlet temperature, 2.4, 3.6, and $4.8\;m^3$/hour for hot water inlet volume flow rate, respectively. The results are as follows, Development for Multi effect distillation was required about 40kW heat and 35kW cooling source to produce $3m^3$/day of fresh water. Based on the results of this study, It makes possible to secure economics of desalination system with solar energy which is basically needed development of high efficiency fresh water generator.

Energy efficiency improvements in part load for a marine auxiliary diesel engine (선박발전기용 디젤엔진의 부분부하에서 에너지 효율 개선에 관한연구)

  • Jung, Kyun-Sik
    • Journal of Advanced Marine Engineering and Technology
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    • v.38 no.7
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    • pp.877-882
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    • 2014
  • The reduction of CO2 emission has been discussed in the Marine Environment Protection committee in the International Maritime Organization as the biggest causes of GHG for the purpose of indexing CO2 amounts released into the atmosphere from ships. Accordingly, various methods including the change in the hull design to improve energy efficiency, the coating development to reduce friction resistances, the additives development for improving thermal efficiency in an engine, the low-speed operation to reduce fuel consumptions, and etc. have been applied. The main engine of a ship is an electronic engine for improving the efficiency of the whole load area. However, marine generator engines still use mechanical drive engines in intake, exhaust, and fuel injection valve drive cams. In addition, most of marine generator engines in ships apply a part-load operation of less then 80% due to an overload protection system. Therefore, marine auxiliary diesel engine set at 100% load is necessary to readjust in order to efficient operation because of part-load operation. The objective of this study is to report the results of the part-load fuel consumption improvement by injection timing readjust to identifying the operational characteristics of a marine generator engine currently operated in a ship.

The Influence of Operating Conditions on Fuel Economy of the Hybrid Electric Vehicle (운전조건이 하이브리드 자동차의 연비에 미치는 영향 연구)

  • Lee Youngjae;Kim Gangchul;Pyo Youngdug
    • Transactions of the Korean Society of Automotive Engineers
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    • v.13 no.3
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    • pp.35-40
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    • 2005
  • In the present study, the influence of operating conditions on fuel economy for hybrid electric vehicle was analyzed. In order to accomplish this, vehicle speed, engine speed, battery current and voltage, SOC (state of charge),motor speed and torque, generator speed and torque, engine coolant temperature etc. were measured in real time. The tests were carried out under different driving cycles which are urban and highway cycles, KOREA CITY cycle and on-road driving, and also under various operating conditions such as different initial SOC, with or without regenerative braking etc.. Generally, conventional gasoline engines show a poor fuel economy at stop and go driving, because braking energy is wasted and the engine is operated in low thermal efficiency regions. However, in case of hybrid vehicles, higher fuel economy can be obtained because of utilizing the maximum thermal efficiency regions of engine, idling stop of engine, and regenerative braking etc..

An Investigation of Performance Characteristics of A Biogas-Fueled Motorcycle Engine (바이오 가스 이륜차 기관의 성능 특성 연구)

  • Huynh, Thanh Cong;Chiem, Tran Lam;Vu, Thi Kim Chau
    • Transactions of the Korean hydrogen and new energy society
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    • v.23 no.4
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    • pp.373-381
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    • 2012
  • To determine the performance characteristics of motorcycle engine using biogas for practical use, the intake system of a 110 cc motorcycle engine is properly modified to operate with biogas as a fuel. Biogas is a potentially renewable fuel for replacing gasoline in future, but it has high percentage of $CO_2$ that could lead to slow the burning rate of biogas-air mixture and cause instability in combustion. Thus, the performance characteristics of biogas-fueled motorcycle engines could be different from those of gasoline motorcycle engines. In this paper, the important parameters of performance characteristics (such as: power output, thermal efficiency, fuel consumption, exhaust emission,${\cdots}$) of biogas-fueled motorcycle engine are studied and estimated with change of engine speed and load. The obtained results when operating with biogas are used to compare with that of gasoline fuel under the same operating conditions. Engine speed in the experimental is changed from 1500 rpm (idle-mode) up to 3500 rpm by a step of 500 rpm. Engine load is changed from zero to maximum load with the help of an exciting voltage device from generator-type dynamometer. The experimental results show that the tested engine operated with richer biogas-air mixture than that of gasoline-air mixture under the same test conditions. Biogas-fueled engine gives a higher fuel consumption and lower thermal efficiency under the same power output. Brake thermal efficiency of biogas engine is found to be about 3% lower than gasoline-fueled motorcycle engine for whole range of speed. Exhaust emission of biogas-fueled motorcycle engine (such as: CO, HC) is found to be lower than the limitation level of the emission standards of Vietnam for motorcycle engines (CO <4.5% HC <1200 ppm).

A Study on Analysis of the Hydrogen-Oxygen Gas Generator (수산화가스 발생기의 모델링 및 특성해석)

  • Kang, B.H.;Lee, J.M.;Mok, H.S.;Choe, G.H.
    • Proceedings of the KIEE Conference
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    • 2001.04a
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    • pp.198-201
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    • 2001
  • The mixed gas of Hydrogen and Oxygen is gained from water electrolysis reaction. It has constant volume ratio 2 : 1 Hydrogen and Oxygen, and it is used as a source of thermal energy by combustion reaction. This gas has better characteristics in the field of economy, efficiency of energy, and environmental intimacy than acetylene gas and LPG used for gas welding machine. So several studies of this gas are actively in progress nowadays. The object of this study is the optimization of power condition in the side of electrical for the high efficiency of water electrolysis equipment. First, chemical analysis of electrolysis is conducted, and the relation of electrical energy and chemical energy is quantitatively investigated. For basic experiment, unit electrode of singular electrolysis electrode is manufactured and experimented, results are compared and analyzed with simulation, and the electrolysis is electrically equivalent.

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Comparison of the Thermal Performance of Recuperators with Corrugated Fins for a 500W Class Micro Gas Turbine Generator (500W 급 마이크로 가스터빈을 위한 파형 휜을 가지는 리큐퍼레이터의 열성능 비교)

  • Do, Kyu Hyung;Kim, Tae Hoon;Han, Yong-Shik;Choi, Byung-Il;Kim, Myung Bae
    • Journal of the Korea Institute of Military Science and Technology
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    • v.16 no.6
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    • pp.847-856
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    • 2013
  • In this study, thermal performance of recuperators with plain and offset strip fins is investigated to enhance the thermal efficiency of a micro gas turbine. Thermal cycle analysis is conducted to determine major design parameters of a single-pass counterflow recuperator. In order to evaluate the performance of the recuperator, the effectiveness and the pressure drop in the recuperators are chosen as the objective function and the design constraint, respectively. The optimized geometries for internal structure of the recuperators with plain and offset strip fins are obtained with varying the fin spacing and height. From the result, the recuperator with offset strip fins has better thermal performance when the fin spacing, s, is smaller than 1.45mm and the thermal performance of the recuperator with plain rectangular fins is higher than that with offset strip fins in the region of $s{\geq}1.45mm$. In addition, it is found that the entrance region effect and the longitudinal wall heat conduction effect should be taken into account for accurately predicting the thermal performance of the recuperators with both plain and offset strip fins.