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Recirculating Aquaculture System Design and Water Treatment Analysis based on CFD Simulation

  • Juhyoung Sung;Sungyoon Cho;Wongi Jeon;Yangseob Kim;Kiwon Kwon;Deuk-young Jeong
    • KSII Transactions on Internet and Information Systems (TIIS)
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    • v.17 no.11
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    • pp.3083-3098
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    • 2023
  • As demands for efficient and echo-friendly production of marine products increase, smart aquaculture based on information and communication technology (ICT) has become a promising trend. The smart aquaculture is expected to control fundamental farm environment variables including water temperature and dissolved oxygen (DO) levels with less human intervention. A recirculating aquaculture system (RAS) is required for the smart aquaculture which utilizes a purification tank to reuse water drained from the water tank while blocking the external environment. Elaborate water treatment should be considered to properly operate RAS. However, analyzing the water treatment performance is a challenging issue because fish farm circumstance continuously changes and recursively affects water fluidity. To handle this issue, we introduce computational fluid dynamics (CFD) aided water treatment analysis including water fluidity and the solid particles removal efficiency. We adopt RAS parameters widely used in the real aquaculture field to better reflect the real situation. The simulation results provide several indicators for users to check performance metrics when planning to select appropriate RAS without actually using it which costs a lot to operate.

Electrical Properties of Ag-coated Conductive Yarns Depending on Physical and Chemical Conditions (물리화학적 조건에 따른 은코팅 전도사의 전기적 특성)

  • Ryu, Jong-Woo;Jee, Young-Joo;Kim, Hong-Jae;Kwon, Seo-Yoon;Yoon, Nam-Sik
    • Textile Coloration and Finishing
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    • v.23 no.1
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    • pp.43-50
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    • 2011
  • Electrically conductive yarn coated with silver particles are widely used to make smart wear but recent studies on smart fabrics are focused on measuring method of electrical characteristics and improving technologies of its electric properties. Also durability of conductive yarn with environmental change was also important work to make smart fabric. We compared resistance changes of silver coated conductive yarns under various physical and chemical conditions such as repeated strain, heat exposure and pH for basic informations on smart wear manufacturing process. And we deduct that repeated strain among the physical conditions was most effective factors on yarn resistance change and the low resistance change was observed with increasing the number of filaments in identical yarn fineness.

Smart geophysical characterization of particulate materials in a laboratory

  • Kwon, Tae-Hyuk;Cho, Gye-Chun
    • Smart Structures and Systems
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    • v.1 no.2
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    • pp.217-233
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    • 2005
  • Elastic and electromagnetic waves can be used to gather important information about particulate materials. To facilitate smart geophysical characterization of particulate materials, their fundamental properties are discussed and experimental procedures are presented for both elastic and electromagnetic waves. The first application is related to the characterization of particulate materials using shear waves, concentrating on changes in effective stress during consolidation, multi-phase phenomena with relation to capillarity, and microscale characteristics of particles. The second application involves electromagnetic waves, focusing on stratigraphy detection in layered soils, estimation of void ratio and its spatial distribution, and conduction in unsaturated soils. Experimental results suggest that shear waves allow studying particle contact phenomena and the evolution of interparticle forces, while electromagnetic waves give insight into the characteristics of the fluid phase and its spatial distribution.

Electrical Interconnection with a Smart ACA Composed of Fluxing Polymer and Solder Powder

  • Eom, Yong-Sung;Jang, Keon-Soo;Moon, Jong-Tae;Nam, Jae-Do
    • ETRI Journal
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    • v.32 no.3
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    • pp.414-421
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    • 2010
  • The interconnection mechanisms of a smart anisotropic conductive adhesive (ACA) during processing have been characterized. For an understanding of chemorheological mechanisms between the fluxing polymer and solder powder, a thermal analysis as well as solder wetting and coalescence experiments were conducted. The compatibility between the viscosity of the fluxing polymer and melting temperature of solder was characterized to optimize the processing cycle. A fluxing agent was also used to remove the oxide layer performed on the surface of the solder. Based on these chemorheological phenomena of the fluxing polymer and solder, an optimum polymer system and its processing cycle were designed for high performance and reliability in an electrical interconnection system. In the present research, a bonding mechanism of the smart ACA with a polymer spacer ball to control the gap between both substrates is newly proposed and investigated. The solder powder was used as a conductive material instead of polymer-based spherical conductive particles in a conventional anisotropic conductive film.

A Study on Electro-deposited Multi-layered Diamond Tool for Grinding Sapphire Wafers (사파이어 절삭용 다층 전착 다이아몬드 공구에 대한 연구)

  • Lim, Goun;Song, William;Hong, Joo Wha
    • Journal of the Korean Society for Heat Treatment
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    • v.30 no.5
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    • pp.222-226
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    • 2017
  • Recently sapphire wafer has expected as smart phone cover material, however, brittle nature of sapphire needed edge grinding processes to prevent early initiation of cracks. Electro-deposited multi-layered groove tools with $35{\mu}m$ diamond particles were studied for sapphire wafer grinding. Solid particle flow behaviors in agitated electrolyte was studied using PIV(Particle Image Velocimetry), and uniform particle distribution in Ni bond were obtained when agitating impeller was located lower part of electrolyte. Hardness values of $400{\pm}50Hv$ were maintained for retention of diamond particles in electro-deposited bond layer. Sapphire wafer edge grinding test was carried out and multi-layered $160{\mu}m$ thick diamond tool showed much greater grinding capabilities up to 2000 sapphire wafers than single-layered $50{\mu}m$ thick diamond electro-deposited tools of 420 wafers. The reason why 3 times thicker multi-layered tools than single-layered tools showed 5 times longer tool lives in grinding processes was attributed to self-dressed new diamond particles in multi-layered tools, and multi-layered diamond tools could be promising for sapphire grinding.

An experimental study of vibration control of wind-excited high-rise buildings using particle tuned mass dampers

  • Lu, Zheng;Wang, Dianchao;Masri, Sami F.;Lu, Xilin
    • Smart Structures and Systems
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    • v.18 no.1
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    • pp.93-115
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    • 2016
  • A particle tuned mass damper (PTMD) system is the combination of a traditional tuned mass damper (TMD) and a particle damper (PD). This paper presents the results of an experimental and analytical study of the damping performance of a PTMD attached to the top of a benchmark model under wind load excitation. The length ratio of the test model is 1:200. The vibration reduction laws of the system were explored by changing some system parameters (including the particle material, total auxiliary mass ratio, the mass ratio between container and particles, the suspending length, and wind velocity). An appropriate analytical solution based on the concept of an equivalent single-unit impact damper is presented. Comparison between the experimental and analytical results shows that, with the proper use of the equivalent method, reasonably accurate estimates of the dynamic response of a primary system under wind load excitation can be obtained. The experimental and simulation results show the robustness of the new damper and indicate that the damping performance can be improved by controlling the particle density, increasing the amount of particles, and aggravating the impact of particles etc.

Impact in bioconvection MHD Casson nanofluid flow across Darcy-Forchheimer Medium due to nonlinear stretching surface

  • Sharif, Humaira;Hussain, Muzamal;Khadimallah, Mohamed A.;Naeem, Muhammad Nawaz;Ayed, Hamdi;Tounsi, Abdelouahed
    • Smart Structures and Systems
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    • v.28 no.6
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    • pp.791-798
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    • 2021
  • Current investigation aims to analyze the characteristics of magnetohydrodynamic boundary layer flow of bioconvection Casson fluid in the presence of nano-size particles over a permeable and non-linear stretchable surface. Fluid passes through the Darcy-Forchheimer permeable medium. Effect of different parameter such as Darcy-Forchheimer, porosity parameter, magnetic parameter and Brownian factor are investigated. Increasing Brownian factor leads to the rapid random movement of nanosize particles in fluid flows which shows an expansion in thermal boundary layer and enhances the nanofluid temperature more rapidly. For large values of Darcy-Forchheimer, magnetic parameter and porosity factor the velocity profile decreases. Higher values of velocity slip parameter cause decreasing trend in momentum layer with velocity profile.

A Study on the Effect of the Material and Applied Magnetic Field Strength on the Friction Characteristics of Magnetorheological Fluids (재질과 자기장 세기가 자기유변유체의 마찰 특성에 미치는 영향)

  • Zhang, Peng;Lee, Kwang-Hee;Lee, Chul-Hee
    • Tribology and Lubricants
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    • v.29 no.1
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    • pp.39-45
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    • 2013
  • Magnetorheological (MR) fluid belongs to the group of smart materials. In MR fluid, iron particles in base oil form chains in the direction of the applied magnetic field, thus resulting in a variation in the stiffness and damping characteristics of the fluid. Research is being carried out on controlling the stiffness and damping characteristics as well as the tribological characteristics of the MR fluid. In this study, the friction characteristics of MR fluid have been evaluated using three types of materials and magnetic fields of different strengths. The coefficients of friction of the three types of MR fluid are measured, and the relationship between the coefficient of friction and the strength of the applied magnetic field is obtained.

A Study on Rolling Friction Characteristics of Magneto-Rheological Elastomer under Magnetic Fields (자기장 영향에 따른 자기유변탄성체의 구름 마찰 특성 연구)

  • Lian, Chenglong;Lee, Kwang-Hee;Kim, Cheol-Hyun;Lee, Chul-Hee
    • Tribology and Lubricants
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    • v.30 no.4
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    • pp.234-239
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    • 2014
  • Magneto-rheological elastomer (MR elastomer) is a smart material, because it has mechanical properties that change under a magnetic field. An MR elastomer changes its stiffness characteristics when the inner particles (iron particles) align along the direction of a magnetic field. There has been much research to make use of this characteristic to control vibration issues in various mechanical systems, such as for mounting systems in the automotive field, home appliances, etc. Furthermore, the friction and wear properties of MR elastomer have been studied, as these relate to the durability of the material needed to meet engineering requirements. Rolling friction (or rolling resistance) is one of these friction properties, but has not yet been studied in the context of MR elastomers. In this study, an MR elastomer is fabricated in the shape of a hollow cylinder to evaluate the rolling friction characteristic under a magnetic field. The test apparatus is setup and a strain gauge is used to calculate the rolling resistance under test conditions. Permanent magnets are used to supply the magnetic field during tests. The load and rolling speed conditions are also considered for the tests. The test results show that rolling friction characteristic has a different trend under different magnetic field, load, and rolling speed conditions. It is assumed that the stiffness change of an MR elastomer under a magnetic field has an effect on the rolling friction characteristic of the MR elastomer. For the future work, the rolling friction characteristics of MR elastomers will be controlled by adjusting the strength of the magnetic field using electromagnets.