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Basic Cavitation Analysis of a Micro Tubular Turbine by CFD (CFD에 의한 소형 튜블러 수차의 캐비테이션 기초해석)

  • Nam, Sang-Hyun;Kim, You-Taek;Choi, Young-Do;Lee, Young-Ho;Hwang, Young-Cheol
    • 한국신재생에너지학회:학술대회논문집
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    • 2007.11a
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    • pp.408-411
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    • 2007
  • The small hydropower uses hydraulic power to generate electricity, which one of the future energy resources of the power industry. The tubular turbine which uses in the city water pipe lines's differential pressure electricity is produced, this structure is simple, and therefore advantageous. The effects of cavitation that occurs in the turbine is researched, By using CFD we analysed the flow pattern inside the turbine. As a result, we found out to become the performance fall of turbine.

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Computational Analysis of Flow Characteristics of a PCV Valve (PCV(Positive Crankcase Ventilation) 밸브의 유동특성에 관한 수치해석)

  • Lee Jong Hoon;Choi Yoon Hwan;Lee Yeon Won
    • Transactions of the Korean Society of Automotive Engineers
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    • v.13 no.4
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    • pp.66-73
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    • 2005
  • A great deal of exhaust gas inside a combustion room goes out through exhaust pipe. But residual gas 'Blowby gas' enters the crankcase through a small gap between the piston and the cylinder wall. Here, if the blowby gas isn't vented, this causes many bad efffcts such as lubricant oil contamination, corrosion by that and crankcase explosion by rising pressure. So most automobiles are constituted with a PCV(Positive Crankcase Ventilation) system to prevent previous problems. PCV valve is the most important part in this ventilation system. When companies are manufacturing new cases, engineers are designing it depending on their experiments than theoretical knowledges. Much efforts and times are needed for new development. This study will show quantitative results to increase the possibilities for the optimal design.

Flow Safety Assessment by CFD Analysis in One-touch Insertion Type Pipe Joint for Refrigerant (CFD 해석을 이용한 냉매용 원터치 삽입식 파이프 조인트의 안전성 평가)

  • Kim Eun-Yonung;Park Dong-sam;Kim, Hong-Yong
    • Proceedings of the Korean Society of Disaster Information Conference
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    • 2022.10a
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    • pp.303-304
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    • 2022
  • 파이프는 기계, 전자, 전기, 플랜트 등 많은 산업 분야에서 응용기기로 널리 사용되고 있으며, 소방, 화학 등 안전 관련 분야에서도 널리 사용되고 있다. 제품의 다양화에 따라 배관 분야에서도 기술의 중요성이 높아지고 있다. 특히 기존 동관을 스테인리스강으로 변경하는 경우 구조해석이나 유동 해석을 통해 안전성과 유동특성을 평가할 필요가 있다. 자체 개발한 일체형 인서트형 커넥터인 6.35 소켓 모델의 유동 안전성은 CFD 해석을 이용하여 유동유발진동(FIV)평가 과정의 4단계를 통해 진행하였다. 배관계 벽면에 작용하는 압력변동의 진폭은 3,780Pa이하의 수준으로 형성되며, 이는 냉매 배관의 운전압력이나 설계응력과 비교했을 때 매우 작은 수준의 압력으로, 난류에 의한 진동이 배관의 구조안전성에 미치는 영향은 미미한 수준인 것으로 나타났다.

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A Study on Managing of Metal Loss by Flow-Accelerated Corrosion in the Secondary Piping of CANDU Nuclear Plants (CANDU형 원전 2차 배관의 침부식 감육 관리방법에 관한 연구)

  • 심상훈;송정수;윤기봉;황경모;진태은;이성호
    • Journal of Energy Engineering
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    • v.11 no.1
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    • pp.18-25
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    • 2002
  • One of the most serious concern in nuclear power plant piping maintenance is thickness reduction due to flow-accelerated corrosion (FAC). Since the FAC occurs under specific conditions of pH, dissolved oxygen, temperature, flow velocity, steam quality of the fluid and materials and geometry of the piping, a systematic approach is required for managing the FAC problem. In this study, construction of a secondary piping database, analyzing the FAC rate using the database and predicting the residual life was performed for a domestic CANDU nuclear power plant. Also FAC mechanism and factors affecting FAC were reviewed. By showing a case study on analysis for a pipe line between a separator and a flash tank, a procedure for managing FAC problem is suggested. The procedure proposed in this paper can be widely applied to the secondary piping of other domestic nuclear polder plants.

Preliminary numerical study on hydrogen distribution characteristics in the process that flow regime transits from jet to buoyancy plume in time and space

  • Wang, Di;Tong, Lili;Liu, Luguo;Cao, Xuewu;Zou, Zhiqiang;Wu, Lingjun;Jiang, Xiaowei
    • Nuclear Engineering and Technology
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    • v.51 no.6
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    • pp.1514-1524
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    • 2019
  • Hydrogen-steam gas mixture may be injected into containment with flow regime varying both spatially and transiently due to wall effect and pressure difference between primary loop and containment in severe accidents induced by loss of coolant accident. Preliminary CFD analysis is conducted to gain information about the helium flow regime transition process from jet to buoyancy plume for forthcoming experimental study. Physical models of impinging jet and wall condensation are validated using separated effect experimental data, firstly. Then helium transportation is analyzed with the effect of jet momentum, buoyancy and wall cooling discussed. Result shows that helium distribution is totally dominated by impinging jet in the beginning, high concentration appears near gas source and wall where jet momentum is strong. With the jet weakening, stable light gas layer without recirculating eddy is established by buoyancy. Transient reversed helium distribution appears due to natural convection resulted from wall cooling, which delays the stratification. It is necessary to concern about hydrogen accumulation in lower space under the containment external cooling strategy. From the perspective of experiment design, measurement point should be set at the height of connecting pipe and near the wall for stratification stability criterion and impinging jet modelling validation.

Numerical Analysis on Shock Waves Influence Generated by Supersonic Jet Flow According to Working Fluids (작동유체에 따른 초음속 제트유동에 의해 생성되는 충격파 영향에 관한 수치해석)

  • Jung, Jong-Kil;Yoon, Jun-Kyu;Lim, Jong-Han
    • Journal of the Korea Academia-Industrial cooperation Society
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    • v.17 no.7
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    • pp.510-517
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    • 2016
  • Supersonic jet technology using high pressures has been popularly utilized in diverse industrial and engineering areas related to working fluids. In this study, to consider the effects of a shock wave caused by supersonic jet flow from a high pressure pipe, the SST turbulent flow model provided in the ANSYS FLUENT v.16 was applied and the flow characteristics of the pressure ratio and Mach number were analyzed in accordance with the working fluids (air, oxygen, and hydrogen). Before carrying out CFD (Computational Fluid Dynamics) analysis, it was presumed that the inlet gas temperature was 300 K and pressure ratio was 5 : 1 as the boundary conditions. The density function was derived from the ideal gas law and the viscosity function was derived from Sutherland viscosity law. The pressure ratio along the ejection distance decreased more in the lower density working fluids. In the case of the higher density working fluids, however, the Mach number was lower. This shows that the density of the working fluids has a considerable effect on the shock wave. Therefore, the reliability of the analysis results were improved by experiments and CFD analysis showed that supersonic jet flow affects the shock wave by changing shape and diameter of the jet, pressure ratio, etc. according to working fluids.

A Study on the Cold Flow Characteristics of a Flue Gas Recirculation Burner with Both Outlets Opening (양쪽 출구가 트인 배기가스 재순환 버너의 냉간 유동 특성에 관한 연구)

  • Ha, Ji Soo
    • Journal of the Korean Institute of Gas
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    • v.22 no.3
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    • pp.7-12
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    • 2018
  • Thermal NOx is generated in a high temperature environment in a combustion facilities. Exhaust gas recirculation method is widely used among various methods for reducing nitrogen oxides in combustion devices. In the present study, the computational fluid dynamic analysis was accomplished to elucidate the cold flow characteristics in the flue gas recirculation burner with both outlets opening. Because the reciculation pipes is installed toward the tangential direction, the swirling flow is formulated in the burner and the phenomenon of the reverse flow creation is detected at the center area of circular burner. We are confirmed that this is the similar trend with the burner with one side outlet closed. From the present study, it was seen that the recirculated inflow from both recirculated burner outlets increased by about 5% compared to the burner with one side outlet opening. At the outlet located at the exhaust gas recirculation pipe inlet(gas exit 1), the inlet flow was formed in the entire region. At the opposite outlet(gas exit 2), the total flow was discharged, but the center part of the burner was observed to have a reverse flow. The flow rate at the gas exit 2 was 3 ~ 5 times larger than the flow rate at the gas exit 1.

A Study of Cold Flow Characteristics of a Flue Gas Recirculation Burner using Coanda Nozzles (코안다 노즐을 이용한 배기가스 재순환 버너의 냉간 유동 특성에 관한 연구)

  • Ha, Ji Soo;Park, Chan Hyuk;Shim, Sung Hun;Jung, Sang Hyun
    • Journal of Energy Engineering
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    • v.25 no.4
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    • pp.152-158
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    • 2016
  • Nitrogen oxide is generated by the chemical reaction of oxygen and nitrogen in higher temperature environment of combustion facilities. The NOx reduction equipment is generally used in the power plant or incineration plant and it causes enormous cost for the construction and maintenance. The flue gas recirculation method is commonly adopted for the reduction of NOx formation in the combustion facilities. In the present study, the computational fluid dynamic analysis was accomplished to elucidated the cold flow characteristics in the flue gas recirculation burner with coanda nozzles in the flue gas recirculation pipe. The inlet and outlet of flue gas recirculation pipes are directed toward the tangential direction of circular burner not toward the center of burner. The swirling flow is formed in the burner and it causes the reverse flow in the burner. The ratio of flue gas recirculation flow rate with the air flow rate was about 2.5 for the case with the coanda nozzle gap, 0.5mm and it was 1.5 for the case with the gap, 1.0mm. With the same coanda nozzle gap, the flue gas recirculation flow rate ratio had a little increase when the air flow rate changes from 1.1 to 2.2 times of ideal air flow rate.

Recent Progress in Air Conditioning and Refrigeration Research -A Review of Papers Published in the Korean Journal of Air-Conditioning and Refrigeration Engineering in 2000 and 2001- (공기조화, 냉동 분야의 최근 연구 동향 -2000년 및 2001년 학회지 논문에 대한 종합적 고찰 -)

  • 강신형;한화택;조금남;이승복;조형희;김민수
    • Korean Journal of Air-Conditioning and Refrigeration Engineering
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    • v.14 no.12
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    • pp.1102-1139
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    • 2002
  • A review on the papers published in the Korean Journal of Air-Conditioning and Refrigerating Engineering in 2000 and 2001 has been done. Focus has been put on current status of research in the aspect of heating, cooling, ventilation, sanitation and building environment. The conclusions are as follows. (1) Most of fundamental studies on fluid flow were related with heat transportation of facilities. Drop formation and rivulet flow on solid surfaces were interesting topics related with condensation augmentation. Research on micro environment considering flow, heat, humidity was also interesting for comfortable living environment. It can be extended considering biological aspects. Development of fans and blowers of high performance and low noise were continuing topics. Well developed CFD technologies were widely applied for developing facilities and their systems. (2) Most of papers related with heat transfer analysis and heat exchanger shows dealt with convection, evaporation, and channel flow for the design application of heat exchanger. The numerical heat transfer simulation studies have been peformed and reported to show heat transfer characteristics. Experimental as well as numerical studies on heat exchanger were reported, while not many papers are available for the system analysis including heat exchanger. (3) A review of the recent studies on heat pump system shows that performance analysis and control of heat pump have been peformed by various simulations and experiments. The research papers on multi-type heat pump system increased significantly. The studies on heat pipe have been examined experimently for change of working characteristics and strut lure. Research on the phase change has been carried out steadily and operation strategies of encapsulated ice storage tank are reported experimentally in several papers. (4) A review of recent studies on refrigeration/air conditioning system have focused on the system performance and efficiency for new alternative refrigerants. Evaporation and condensation heat transfer characteristics are investigated for tube shapes and new alternative refrigerants. Studies on components of refrigeration/air conditioning system are carried to examine efficiency for various compressors and performance of new expansion devices. In addition to thermophysical properties of refrigerant mixtures, studies on new refrigerants are also carried out, however research works on two-phase flow seemed to be insufficient. (5) A review of the recent studies on absorption cooling system indicates that heat and mass transfer phenomena have been investigated to improve absorber performance. Various experimental data have been presented and several simulation models have been proposed. A review of the recent studies on duct and ventilation shows that ventilation indices have been proposed to quantify the ventilation performance in buildings and tunnels. Main efforts have been focused on the applications of ventilation effectiveness in practice, either numerically using computational fluid dynamics or experimentally using tracer gas techniques. (6) Based on a review of recent studies on indoor thermal environment and building service systems, research issues have mainly focused on many innovative ideas such as underfloor air-conditioning system, personal environmental modules, radiant floor cooling and etc. Also, the new approaches for minimizing energy consumption as well as improving indoor environmental conditions through predictive control of HVAC systems, various activities of building energy management and cost-benefit analysis for economic evaluation were highlighted.

Analysis of Seawater Intake System using the RNG k-𝜖 Algorithm (RNG k-𝜖 알고리즘을 이용한 해수취수시스템 분석)

  • Kim, Ji-Ho;Kim, Tae-Won;Lee, Seung-Oh;Park, Young-Jin
    • Journal of the Korea Academia-Industrial cooperation Society
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    • v.14 no.12
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    • pp.6447-6454
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    • 2013
  • Seawater intake systems have significant problems due to seawater pollution, suspended solids, unstable intake and maintenance etc. An underground type seawater intake system was newly developed to overcome the existing weaknesses and was facilitated in Gyukpo port. In this study, to check the performance of the new system, the samples for water quality and the 3-D numerical modeling test were conducted. The five times test included the COD, total nitrogen, total phosphorus, pH, and suspended solid for the intake system. The analyses show that the COD, total nitrogen, total phosphorus, PH showedminor changes before and after. On the other hand, the change in suspended solids was significant and water was purified below 5 mg/l, first level fisheries water, after. The numerical model adopted the RNG $k-{\epsilon}$ algorithm and the CFX model based on the finite volume method. The porosity algorithm was used to reproduce filtered-sand, outer diameter, and thickness. The numerical results showed that the double pipe is advantageous in that it provides a uniform pressure between the inner and outer pipe for the flow to be stable. In addition, the use of multiple intake pipes did not interfere with the discharge reduction of 0.98 at the both intake pipes compared with the central intake pipe.