• Journal of the Korean Society of Propulsion Engineers
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• v.25 no.2
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• pp.34-41
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• 2021

A commercial HVOF torch (originally designed for coating applications) has been modified as a high temperature flow source for material testing. In this study, a water cooled commercial Gardon gauge was used to measure heat fluxes at four locations away from the nozzle exit. The cooling water temperature data were used to calculate calorimetric heat fluxes at the same locations. The heat fluxes from both methods were compared and the calorimetric heat fluxes were found to be many times higher than the Gardon gauge heat fluxes. A hypothesis is applied to the calorimetric method to understand the discrepancy seen between the methods. The Gardon gauge heat fluxes are seen to be in the range of the hypothesized calorimetric calculations. This can be considered as a considerable validation for the hypothesis, but further refinement needed using appropriate numerical models.

• Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Electrical and Electronic Material Engineers Conference
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• 2001.05a
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• pp.15-17
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• 2001

A new possibility of our atmospheric cold plasma torch has been examined on the surface treatment of an air-exposed vulcanized rubber compound. The plasma treatment effect was evaluated by the bondability with another rubber compound using a polyurethane adhesive.

• 한국신재생에너지학회:학술대회논문집
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• 2009.06a
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• pp.802-805
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• 2009

생활폐기물을 플라즈마 가스화하고 얻어지는 합성가스로부터 수소를 생산하는 파일럿플랜트 건설 계획을 소개한다. 이 파일럿플랜트는 현재 가동 중인 청송군의 10톤/일급 플라즈마 가스화 시설을 고농도 합성가스를 생산하는 시설로 변경하고 수소전환반응기와 수소 PSA 장치를 부착하여 99.999% 순도의 수소 $200Nm^3/h$을 생산하여 연료전지 발전하는 것으로 계획되어 있다. 이 파일럿플랜트는 $20Nm^3/h$ 급의 폐기물 플라즈마 가스화 - 고순도 수소 생산 기술개발 완료에 이은 상용화 실증 시설이다.

• Proceedings of the Korean Vacuum Society Conference
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• 2014.02a
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• pp.231.1-231.1
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• 2014

열 플라즈마(thermal plasma) 는 저온 플라즈마(cold plasma)와 달리 이온과 전자와 중성입자들이 충분한 에너지 교환으로 인해 열평형 상태를 가진다. 열 플라즈마를 생성 시킬 때 전극 사이에서 아크방전을 시켜 제트 형태로 플라즈마를 발생시키는 것을 플라즈마 토치(plasma torch)라고 한다. 이러한 플라즈마 토치는 화학 원소 분해, 강판 절단, 유해 기체 분해 등으로 널리 사용되고 있다. 본 연구에서는 플라즈마 토치를 수치적으로 해석하여 플라즈마의 특성을 알아보았다. 수치해석적 접근방법으로 열 플라즈마는 LTE (local thermodynamic equilibrium)을 가정하였으며 one-fluid 이론을 적용하였다. 이때 사용된 코드는 DCPTUN으로서 $C^{+}^{+}$로 작성된 열플라즈마 유동의 특성해석 코드인 동시에 SIMPLE 알고리즘을 이용한 유체 코드이다. 시뮬레이션은 2차원 축대칭이며 정렬격자계 및 비정렬격자계 모두에서 사용이 가능하도록 되어있다. 또한 맥스웰 방정식을 통해 electromagnetic field를 풀도록 하여 RF 시뮬레이션이 가능하도록 하였다. 이와 같은 열 플라즈마 시뮬레이션을 통해서 플라즈마 토치의 특성을 알아보았다.

• Corrosion Science and Technology
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• v.4 no.1
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• pp.23-28
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• 2005

Several plasma-sprayed ceramic coatings with two- and three-layers were characterized and tested for the application of cooling tube coatings of oxygen convert gas recovery system (OG cooling system) in the steel making plant. Thermal cycling tests using a torch heating with compressed air cooling were carried out and characterized before and after the tests. The effects of metallic bond coat as well as ceramic top coat were also studied. Possible failure mechanisms with low carbon steel substrate were assessed in term of microstructure, porosity, bond strength, thermal expansion coefficient, and the phase transformation. Finally, the results of field tests at the OG cooling system are presented and discussed their microstructural degradation. Test results have shown that three-layered coatings perform better than two-layered coatings.

• Journal of Welding and Joining
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• v.18 no.5
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• pp.98-104
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• 2000

Aluminum alloys are being employed in automobile parts as strive to reduce overall vehicle weight to meet demands for improved fuel economy and reduction in vehicle emissions. Al-based composites reinforced with ceramic ($Al_2O_3,\;SiC,\;TiC\;and\;B_4C$) applications in a variety of components in automotive engines, such as liners, where the tribological properties of the material are important. In this study, Al-base composites reinforced with TiC particle powders has been developed for producing plasma spray coatings. The composite plasma spray powders were prepared Al-13Si-3Mg(wt%) alloy with TiC(40, 60 and 80wt%) particles ($0.2~5{\mu}textrm{m}$) by drum type ball milling. The composite powders ($36~76{\mu}textrm{m}$) were sprayed with plasma torch. Plasma sprayed coatings were heat-treated at $500^{\circ}C$ for 3 hours. The wear resistances of the plasma sprayed coatings were found to decrease with increasing TiC content and improved with heat treatment. AlSiMg-40% TiC heat-treated coatings were showed the best wear resistance in this study.

• Proceedings of the Korean Vacuum Society Conference
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• 2012.08a
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• pp.268-268
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• 2012

Atmospheric pressure microwave induced plasmas are used to excite and ionize chemical species for elemental analysis, for plasma reforming, and for plasma surface treatment. Microwave plasma differs significantly from other plasmas and has several interesting properties. For example, the electron density is higher in microwave plasma than in radio-frequency (RF) or direct current (DC) plasma. Several types of radical species with high density are generated under high electron density, so the reactivity of microwave plasma is expected to be very high [1]. Therefore, useful applications of atmospheric pressure microwave plasmas are expected. The surface characteristics of SUS304 stainless steel are investigated before and after surface modification by microwave plasma under atmospheric pressure conditions. The plasma device was operated by power sources with microwave frequency. We used a device based on a coaxial transmission line resonator (CTLR). The atmospheric pressure plasma jet (APPJ) in the case of microwave frequency (880 MHz) used Ar as plasma gas [2]. Typical microwave Pw was 3-10 W. To determine the optimal processing conditions, the surface treatment experiments were performed using various values of Pw (3-10 W), treatment time (5-120 s), and ratios of mixture gas (hydrogen peroxide). Torch-to-sample distance was fixed at the plasma edge point. Plasma treatment of a stainless steel plate significantly affected the wettability, contact angle (CA), and free energy (mJ/$m^2$) of the SUS304 surface. CA and ${\gamma}$ were analyzed. The optimal surface modification parameters to modify were a power of 10 W, a treatment time of 45 s, and a hydrogen peroxide content of 0.6 wt% [3]. Under these processing conditions, a CA of just $9.8^{\circ}$ was obtained. As CA decreased, wettability increased; i.e. the surface changed from hydrophobic to hydrophilic. From these results, 10 W power and 45 s treatment time are the best values to minimize CA and maximize ${\gamma}$.

• Proceedings of the KIEE Conference
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• 1992.07b
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• pp.949-951
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• 1992

A low pressure DC plasma jet has been used to obtain diamond films from a mixture of $CH_4$ and $H_2$ with high deposition rate (>1$\mu\textrm{m}$/min). The effects of the deposition conditions such as torch geometry, substrate temperature, gas mixing ratio, chamber pressure, axial magnetic field on the diamond film properties such as morphology, purity, uniformity of the film and deposition rate, etc. have been examined with the aid of Scanning Electron Microscopy, X-Ray Diffraction, and Raman Spectroscopy. Both the growth rate and particle size increased rapidly for low methane concentrations but saturated and the morphology changed from octahedral to cubic structure when the concentration exceeded 1.0 %. Higher growth rates (>1.5${\mu}m$/min) can be obtained by applying an axial magnetic field to the DC plasma jet. Diamond obtained from the magnetized plasma jet also shows a sharp peak at 1332.5$cm^{-1}$ in the Raman Spectra and this result implies that higher growth rate with a good quality diamond films can he obtained by applying an external magnetic field to the plasma jet.

• Journal of the Korean Ceramic Society
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• v.47 no.6
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• pp.618-622
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• 2010

Cost-effective purification methods of silicon were carried out in order to replace the conventional Siemens method for solar grade silicon. Firstly, acid leaching which is a hydrometallurgical process was preceded with grinded silicon powders of metallurgical grade (~99% purity) to remove metallic impurities. Then, plasma treatments were performed with the leached silicon powders of 99.94% purity by argon plasma at 30 kW power under atmospheric pressure. Plasma treatment was specifically efficient for removing Zr, Y, and P but not for Al and B. Another purification step by EB treatment was also studied for the 99.92% silicon lump which resulted in the fast removal of boron and aluminum. That means the two methods are effective alternative tools for removing the doping elements like boron and phosphor.

• Special Issue of the Society of Naval Architects of Korea
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• 2006.09a
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• pp.122-127
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• 2006

In case of lap joint fillet welds of thin plate, the example which is applicable to Plasma Welding increases substituting for the exiting TIG Welding but the quality of Plasma arc welding has a special feature influenced sensitively by the condition of welding caused by controlling the various parts of welding torch. This research is purposed to improve lap joint fillet welds of thin plate in high quality and attain the high productivity and it is examined that how the change of electrode tip angle and Setback has an effect on the quality of welding and it is investigated how the change of Setback and Standoff has an effect on Melting efficiency using Response Surface Analysis.