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Design of a Solar Thermal Storage System Employing Heat Pipes and Molten Salts (히트파이프와 용융염을 사용하는 태양열 축열조의 설계)

  • Lee, Jung-Ryun;Boo, Joon-Hong
    • 한국태양에너지학회:학술대회논문집
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    • 2011.04a
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    • pp.86-91
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    • 2011
  • Thermal design was conducted for a solar thermal storage system in a medium-temperature range between $200^{\circ}C$ and $400^{\circ}C$. The system was composed of heat pipes as heat carrier and molten salts as phase-change storage material. Each heat pipe penetrated through the storage system and had two heat-exchanging sections at both ends to interact with high-and low-temperature steams, while it exchanged heat with molten salts in the middle section. During a heat-storage mode, the heat pipes transferred heat from the hot steam at one side to the molten salts and it transferred heat from the molten salt to the cold steam at the other side during the heat-dissipating mode. A tube-bank type heat exchanger theory was applied to this design task to meet the required inlet and outlet temperatures of the steams depending on the operation modes. Several design variables were considered including the lengths of evaporator and condenser of a heat pipe, traverse and longitudinal pitches of the pipe, and the number of rows of the heat pipes for two different molten salt baths. An optimum design results were presented with discussion.

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Thermal Design of Hot Components in the Gas Turbine and Ram Jet (가스터빈 및 램제트의 고온 부품 열설계 기술)

  • Cho, Hyung-Hee
    • Proceedings of the Korean Society of Propulsion Engineers Conference
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    • 2008.11a
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    • pp.437-438
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    • 2008
  • To improve efficiency and allowable life of gas turbine and ram jet, the proper cooling techniques are needed. It is required not only the basic research of variable cooling techniques but also analysis of real operating conditions when we design the cooling system. From the present experimental and analytical results, we can predict the thermal stress and allowable life. This design process is for a thermal design technique that is the most foundational design technique to improve the efficiency of gas turbines and ram jets

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Tailoring fabric geometry of plain-woven composites for simultaneously enhancing stiffness and thermal properties

  • Zhou, Xiao-Yi;Wang, Neng-Wei;Xiong, Wen;Ruan, Xin;Zhang, Shao-Jin
    • Steel and Composite Structures
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    • v.42 no.4
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    • pp.489-499
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    • 2022
  • This paper proposes a numerical optimization method to design the mesoscale architecture of textile composite for simultaneously enhancing mechanical and thermal properties, which compete with each other making it difficult to design intuitively. The base cell of the periodic warp and fill yarn system is served as the design space, and optimal fibre yarn geometries are found by solving the optimization problem through the proposed method. With the help of homogenization method, analytical formulae for the effective material properties as functions of the geometry parameters of plain-woven textile composites were derived, and they are used to form the inverse homogenization method to establish the design problem. These modules are then put together to form a multiobjective optimization problem, which is formulated in such a way that the optimal design depends on the weight factors predetermined by the user based on the stiffness and thermal terms in the objective function. Numerical examples illustrate that the developed method can achieve reasonable designs in terms of fibre yarn paths and geometries.

The Correlation of Satellite Thermal Mathematical Model using Results of Thermal Vacuum Test on Structure-Thermal Model (저궤도 인공위성 열-구조 모델 열진공시험 결과를 활용한 열모델 보정)

  • Lee, Jang-Joon;Kim, Hui-Kyung;Hyun, Bum-Seok
    • Journal of the Korean Society for Aeronautical & Space Sciences
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    • v.37 no.9
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    • pp.916-922
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    • 2009
  • Because thermal design of satellite carrying out mission in space is performed by thermal analysis result using thermal mathematical model, accuracy of thermal mathematical model is important and it can be improved by model correlation. Correlation steps of satellite thermal math model are composed of modeling of satellite configuration placed in thermal vacuum chamber, verification of correspondence between thermal math model and real satellite configuration, and adjustment of modeling parameters from major part to minor part etc. In this study, correlation success criteria was established and correlation for satellite thermal math model was performed using result of thermal vacuum test of satellite structure-thermal model to meet the success criteria. The overall results satisfied the criteria and this correlated thermal model was applied for detailed thermal design of satellite.

Design and Optimization of Vibration-resistant and Heat-insulating Support Structure of Fuel Cylinder for LNG Vehicles (차량용 LNG 연료 용기의 내진동 단열지지구조 설계 및 최적화)

  • Kwon, Hyun-Wook;Hwang, In-Cheol
    • Journal of the Korean Institute of Gas
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    • v.18 no.5
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    • pp.6-11
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    • 2014
  • To optimize the design of fuel cylinder for LNG vehicles, we introduced the design parameters of the inner and the outer tank of the vessel support structure by analyzing the structural characteristics of conventional design. We selected the inner and outer diameter of the hollow support bars and a dimension of the inner structure of the vessel among the design parameters for design optimization. In this study the temperature distribution and thermal stress of the support structure were evaluated by using the utility program as MSC/MARC. The evaluation criteria are first mode natural frequency, total transferred energy through support structure and thermal stress. The developed design satisfied the design criteria and it was made of prototype. The prototype was verified through three-dimensional vibration testing and thermal performance test.

Thermo-mechanical Design for On-orbit Verification of MEMS based Solid Propellant Thruster Array through STEP Cube Lab Mission

  • Oh, Hyun-Ung;Ha, Heon-Woo;Kim, Taegyu;Lee, Jong-Kwang
    • International Journal of Aeronautical and Space Sciences
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    • v.17 no.4
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    • pp.526-534
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    • 2016
  • A MEMS solid propellant thruster array shall be operated within an allowable range of operating temperatures to avoid ignition failure by incomplete combustion due to a time delay in ignition. The structural safety of the MEMS thruster array under severe on-orbit thermal conditions can also be guaranteed by a suitable thermal control. In this study, we propose a thermal control strategy to perform on-orbit verification of a MEMS thruster module, which is expected to be the primary payload of the STEP Cube Lab mission. The strategy involves, the use of micro-igniters as heaters and temperature sensors for active thermal control because an additional heater cannot be implemented in the current design. In addition, we made efforts to reduce the launch loads transmitted to the MEMS thruster module at the system level structural design. The effectiveness of the proposed thermo-mechanical design strategy has been demonstrated by numerical analysis.

Estimating the cooling effect of see breeze along canals and outdoor thermal comfort on urban heat load in summer (해풍(海風)을 이용한 하계(夏季) 도시열환경(都市熱環境)의 풍도(風道)계획과 인체의 쾌적성에 관한 연구)

  • Jeong, Chang-Won;Yoon, In;Choi, Young-Sik
    • Journal of the Korean Society of Industry Convergence
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    • v.2 no.1
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    • pp.19-25
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    • 1999
  • A new urban design method from the viewpoint of climate is considered to be desired for urban life. The authors verified on an environmental planning based on new urban design concept which introduced the effect of sea breeze blowing along canals. The field observation of urban thermal environment were carried out to examine the cooling effects of a river through city. The observations were conducted to find the effect of a sea breeze and climate in summer along canals. Effective distance from the sea and cooling effect of the sea breeze on urban temperature was analyzed. The thermal index using outdoor environment was modified with New Effective Temperature ET*. On the basis of the observation. Human thermal comfort is relieved and affected by sea breeze blowing along canals. The canals were utilized as the trail on which sea breeze blows towards the center of city. From these results, The wind trail is one of the effective passive design method from the viewpoint of urban climate.

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Numerical Analysis on the Design of a Thermal Mass Air Flow Sensor with Various Heating Modes (가열모드에 따른 열식 질량유량센서의 설계 해석)

  • Jeon, Hong-Kyu;Lee, Joon-Sik;Park, Byung-Kyu
    • Transactions of the Korean Society of Mechanical Engineers B
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    • v.31 no.10
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    • pp.876-883
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    • 2007
  • Numerical simulations are conducted for the design of a micro thermal mass air flow sensor (MAFS), which consists of a microfabricated heater and thermopiles on the silicon-nitride ($Si_3N_4$) thin membrane structure. It is important to find the proper locations of these thermal elements in the design of MAFS with improved sensitivity. Three heating modes of the micro-heater are considered: constant temperature, constant power and heating pulses. The analyses are focused on the membrane temperature profile near the sensing section. Considered are the practical flow velocities, ranging from 3 m/s to 35 m/s, and the corresponding Reynolds numbers from 1000 to 10000. The results show that one of optimum sensing locations is about $100{\mu}m$ away from the microheater. It is concluded that the heating mode and configurations of thermal elements are the main factors for the MAFS with higher sensitivity.

A Study of Temperature Transform Algorithm of Distinguished Grids between Thermal and Structural Mesh for Satellite Design (인공위성 설계를 위한 열-구조 이종 격자 간 온도변환 알고리즘 연구)

  • Kim, Min Ki
    • Journal of the Korean Society for Aeronautical & Space Sciences
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    • v.43 no.9
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    • pp.805-813
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    • 2015
  • This paper introduces the development of temperature mapping code between thermal mesh and structural mesh in KARI Satellite Design Software. Generally, temperature distribution of a satellite varies with the time by the space environment of the orbit, so thermal expansion of the structure should be analysed in design of the satellite. For the sake of the coupled thermal structural analysis, an interpolation algorithm between two finite element heterogeneous grids has been proposed by which temperature transfer is successively conducted.

Cross-section Morphology and Surface Roughness of an Article Manufactured by Material Extrusion-type 3D Printing according to the Thermal Conductivity of the Material

  • Woo, In Young;Kim, Do Yeon;Kang, Hong Pil;Lyu, Min-Young
    • Elastomers and Composites
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    • v.55 no.1
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    • pp.46-50
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    • 2020
  • Material extrusion (ME)-type 3D printing is the most popular among the 3D printing processes. In this study, the cross-section morphologies of ME-type 3D printing manufactured specimens were observed with respect to the thermal properties of the material. The cross-section morphology of a specimen is related to the deposition strength, and the outside profile of the cross-section is related to the surface roughness. The filaments used in this study, with different thermal conductivities, were the acrylonitrile-butadiene-styrene (ABS), the high impact polystyrene (HIPS), the glycol-modified polyethylene terephthalate (PETG), and the polylactic acid (PLA). The cross-sections and the surfaces of the 3D manufactured specimens were examined. In ME-type 3D printing, the filaments are extruded through a nozzle and they form a layer. These layers rapidly solidify and as a result, they become a product. The thermal conductivity of the material influences the cooling and solidification of the layers, and subsequently the cross-section morphology and the surface roughness.