• Transactions of the Korean Society of Mechanical Engineers B
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• v.22 no.11
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• pp.1530-1537
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• 1998

Mixture formation is one of the significant factors to improve combustion performance of an spark ignition engine. This is affected by spray and atomization characteristics of injector. In the case of EGI system, air-fuel mixing period is so short that a lot of fuel-film and liquid-fuel flow into cylinder. Since this fuel-film is not burnt perfectly in cylinder, it is exhausted in the form of HC emission. In this paper, three measurement techniques were utilized to measure spray characteristics and the amount of fuel-film in the cylinder. At first, PMAS was used to measure the spray characteristics such as size distributions, SMD, and spray angle. Secondly the amount and distribution of fuel-film which flow into through intake valve could be measured quantitatively using the fuel-film measuring device. And lastly, by optical fiber type spark plug used to detect the diffusion flame, the amount of unburned HC was measured. As the result of these experiments, the information of optimal spray characteristics and injection condition to minimize fuel-film could be built up.

• Transactions of the Korean Society of Automotive Engineers
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• v.12 no.4
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• pp.1-11
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• 2004

Combustion and fuel distribution characteristics of heavy duty engine with the liquid phase LPG injection(LPLI) were studied in a single cylinder engine, Swirl ratio were varied between 1.2, 2.3, and 3.4 following Ricardo swirl number(Rs) definition, Rs=2.3 showed the best results with lower cycle-by-cycle variation and shorter burning duration in the lean region while strong swirl(Rs=3.4) made these worse for combustion enhancement. Excessive swirl resulted in reverse effects due to high heat transfer and initial flame kernel quenching. Fuel injection timings were categorized with open valve injection(OVI) and closed valve injection(CVI). Open valve injection showed shorter combustion duration and extended lean limit. The formation of rich mixture in the spark plug vicinity was achieved by open valve injection. With higher swirl strength(Rs=3.4) and open valve injection, the cloud of fuel followed the flow direction and the radial air/fuel mixing was limited by strong swirl flow. It was expected that axial stratification was maintained with open-valve injection if the radial component of the swirling motion was stronger than the axial components. The axial fuel stratification and concentration were sensitive to fuel injection timing in case of Rs=3.4 while those were relatively independent of the injection timing in case of Rs=2.3.

• Proceedings of the Korean Vacuum Society Conference
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• 2011.02a
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• pp.363-363
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• 2011

열분해 반응기 내에서 실리콘 필름을 성장시키는 것은 반도체/디스플레이, 태양전지, 신소재 등 다양한 분야에서 중요한 공정이다. 더욱이 반도체 소자 선폭이 줄어들면서 나노입자의 오염 제어가 더불어 중요해지고 있다. 생산 공정 기술의 집적화에 따라 패턴 사이 거리가 작아지고, 이에 불과 수 십 나노미터크기의 오염입자에 의해서 패턴불량이 발생하고 생산수율을 감소시킨다. 일반적으로 반도체 공정 중 발생한 오염입자는 반응기 내의 가스가 물리/화학적 공정에 의해 핵생성(nucleation)이 일어나 핵(nuclei)이 생성되고, 이 때 표면반응 및 응집(coagulation)에 의해 성장하게 된다. 이에 본 연구에서는 열분해 반응기 내에서 사일렌(SiH4) 가스를 열분해하여 발생되는 실리콘 오염입자의 핵생성과 성장 모델을 정립하고, 생성된 오염입자의 거동과 전달 현상을 이론적으로 고찰하였다. 열분해 반응기와 같은 기상공정(Gas to particle conversion)에서 오염입자가 생성될 때, 그 성질과 크기 등에 물리/화학적 영향을 주는 요소는 전구체/이송기체의 농도 및 유량, 작동 압력, 작동 온도와 반응기 고유 특성 등이 있다. 수치해석의 정당성과 빠른 계산을 위해 단순화시킨 0D 모델인 Batch 반응기와 1D모델인 plug flow 반응기 등에서 SiH4 가스의 열분해 과정시 생성되는 Si cluster를 상용코드인 CHEMKIN 4.1.1을 이용하여 계산하였으며, 2D모델인 Shear flow 반응기로 확장시켜 Si 오염입자가 생성특성을 연구하였다.

• Journal of the Korean Vacuum Society
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• v.2 no.2
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• pp.139-144
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• 1993

The dynamic calibration system which can calibrate the ultrahigh vacuum pressure down to $10^{-10}$torr has been fabricated. The production and control of minute flow of $10^{-6}~10^{-9}$torr L/s range is done by a porous plug connected to the high vacuum standards system. The base pressure of the UHV standards system down to $10^{-11}$torr range was obtained by refrigerator type cryopump, whose pumping speed is known to be constant. By using the UHV standards system, 2 extractor gauges and 1 nude ion gauge were calibrated and their linearities and scatterings were studied.

• Environmental Engineering Research
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• v.10 no.4
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• pp.191-198
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• 2005

A novel technology for the removal of nitrogen from wastewater, an autotrophic denitrification process with sulfur particles, has been developed. A respirometer was employed to monitor the nitrogen gas produced in the reactor, while 4',6-diamidino-2-phenylindole staining was employed to investigate the biomass distribution in terms of cell number according to the reactor height. From the respirometric monitoring, the denitrification reaction was defined as a first order reaction. The reactor was divided into 7 sections and biomass was analyzed in each section where cell number was ranged from $4.8\;{\times}\;10^6\;to\;8.7\;{\times}\;10^7$ cells/g dry weight of sulfur. Cells placed mostly in the lower layer ( < 10 cm of height). A function for biomass distribution was obtained with non-linear regression. Then a mathematical model has been developed by combining a plug-flow model with the biomass distribution function. The model could make a vertical profile of the up-flow packed-bed reactor resulting in a reasonable comparison with measured nitrate concentration with 5% of error range.

• 한국연소학회:학술대회논문집
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• 2014.11a
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• pp.119-121
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• 2014

In general, high temperature combustion technique has been adopted as an efficient one. However, hydrocarbon-based fuel can be decomposed under high temperature, and it can affect the stabilization mechanism of edge flame. In this research, basic experimental study was conducted to identify the effect of fuel pyrolysis on the lift-off flame stabilization by changing the temperature of the plug flow reactor. Schmidt number of the gas fuel can be changed with temperature variation due to the fuel pyrolysis. Eventually, this study will help to establish and clarify the stabilization mechanism of lift-off edge flame.

• Journal of Institute of Convergence Technology
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• v.1 no.2
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• pp.37-42
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• 2011

The purpose of this research is to improve nitrogen removal efficiency in winter season through rise of water temperature of extraneous water by using solar energy which is estimated to have great potential among new regeneration energy and while operating Plug-Flow Reactor to improve nitrogen removal efficiency by selecting A/O process among sewage waste water treatment processes as the necessity of solving the problem of nitrogen removal efficiency according to reduced water temperature in winter season and strengthening of water quality criteria regarding discharged sewage waste water suggested in the research background. Summarizing the research result, supply of solar energy source improves the function outstandingly when removing nitrogen, (nitrogen removal rate before operating solar energy 55.4% ${\rightarrow}$ nitrogen removal rate after operating solar energy 84.1%).

• Proceedings of the Korean Vacuum Society Conference
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• 2015.08a
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• pp.84.2-84.2
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• 2015

Growing market of electric vehicles such as hybrid, plug-in hybrid, and bare electric vehicles in the world is accelerating the significance of Li-ion batteries as a renewable green energy. According to such market flow, the developing components such as cathode, anode, electrolyte, and separator, composing the Li-ion batteries, is significantly important tasks for the commercialization. In particular, development of the cathode material having high capacity and stable thermal stability is essential for long-distance electric vehicle in the near future. Herein we introduce various applications of Li-ion batteries such as portable electronics, electric vehicles, and energy storage system, and also its research trend, in particular on the cathode materials.

• Proceedings of the KSME Conference
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• 2001.06d
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• pp.989-994
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• 2001

Numerical simulations of high temperature catalytic combustion have been performed for the application to a gas turbine combustor. Dependences of inlet temperature and pressure on the distributions of temperature and species concentrations were investigated using plug flow model with detailed homogeneous and heterogeneous chemistries of methane-air mixtures. Honeycomb typecombustor deposited with Pt catalyst of 100mm in length and 26mm in diameter is used. The results show that rapid increase of temperature profile occurs earlier with the increase of inlet temperature and the decrease of inlet pressure. The condition which catalytic combustion is stabilized exists at certain range of inlet temperature and pressure. The state of catalytic combustion is also confirmed by the distributions of species concentration.

• Transactions of the Korean Society of Automotive Engineers
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• v.4 no.6
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• pp.11-17
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• 1996

Many researches on natural gas engines, with lean mixtures are being conducted for the purpose of preservation of global environment. Lean combustion is one of the most promising method for increasing engine efficiency and reducing the emission from SI engines. Due to the possibility of partial burn and misfire, however, under lean burn operation, stable flame kernel formation and fast burn rate, by use of swirl or tumble flow, are needed to guarantee a successful subsequent combustion. Experimental data were obtained on a 4-stroke, natural gas fueled SI engine to investigate the effect of compression ratio, swirl and spark plug electrode rotation on efficiency and emission under lean burn condition. Experimental results have displayed that higher compression ratio, presence of swirl vane and favorable direction of electrode gap brougth about the improvements in engine efficiency and its operational stability.