• International Journal of Automotive Technology
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• 제7권3호
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• pp.277-282
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• 2006

With the aim of achieving half the regulated value of EURO-3 Emission Regulations, an ultra low emission motorcycle has been developed based on a motorcycle with an 1800 $cm^3$, horizontal opposed 6-cylinder engine. For the fuel supply system, an electronically controlled fuel injection system was applied. For the emission purification system, three-way catalysts, a feedback control system with a LAF(Linear Air-Fuel ratio) sensor, and a secondary air induction system were applied. To reduce CO and HC emissions during cold starting, an early catalyst activation method combining RACV(Rotary Air Control Valve) and retarded ignition timing was applied. After the catalyst activation, air-fuel ratio was controlled to maximize the purification ratio of the catalyst according to vehicle speed. For the air-fuel ratio control system, the LAF sensor was used. Furthermore, fine adjustment by the LAF feedback control reduced torque fluctuation due to the air-fuel ratio change. As a result, smooth ride feeling was maintained. Owing to these technologies, half the regulated value of EURO-3 has been achieved without any negative impact to the large-scaled motorcycles' drivability. This paper presents the developed ultra low emission technologies including the control method using an LAF sensor.

• International Journal of Fluid Machinery and Systems
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• 제5권3호
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• pp.134-142
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• 2012

The competition to deliver ultra-low emitting vehicles at a reasonable cost is driving the automotive industry to invest significant manpower and test laboratory resources in the design optimization of increasingly complex exhaust after-treatment systems. Optimization can no longer be based on traditional approaches, which are intensive in hardware use and laboratory testing. The CFD is in high demand for the analysis and design in order to reduce developing cost and time consuming in experiments. This paper describes the development of a comprehensive practical model based on experiments for simulating the performance of automotive three-way catalytic converters, which are employed to reduce engine exhaust emissions. An experiment is conducted to measure species concentrations before and after catalytic converter for different loads on engine. The model simulates the emission system behavior by using an exhaust system heat conservation and catalyst chemical kinetic sub-model. CFD simulation is used to study the performance of automotive catalytic converter. The substrate is modeled as a porous media in FLUENT and the standard k-e model is used for turbulence. The flow pattern is changed from axial to radial by changing the substrate model inside the catalytic converter and the flow distribution and the conversion efficiency of CO, HC and NOx are achieved first, and the predictions are in good agreement with the experimental measurements. It is found that the conversion from axial to radial flow makes the catalytic converter more efficient. These studies help to understand better the performance of the catalytic converter in order to optimize the converter design.

• 동력기계공학회지
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• 제22권6호
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• pp.51-57
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• 2018

In Korea, the Air Quality Conservation Act and the Petroleum and Petroleum Substitute Fuel Business Act stipulate certain quality standards for fuels distributed in Korea, thereby striving to reduce vehicle performance and emissions. Domestic petroleum products import and produce all the crude oil from each oil refiner so that the quality of the petroleum product is different according to the characteristics of the crude oil. As a result, vehicles have been improved by using the physical properties calculated through the physical property measurement that has tried to improve the accuracy of the measurement of the energy consumption efficiency of the automobile by using standard fuel from abroad. In this study, the same test procedure and method as the test method of domestic gasoline vehicle emission are applied using four samples of gasoline and the latest gasoline vehicle which are actually distributed, and the performance evaluation is performed. The purpose of this study is to contribute to improvement of vehicle technology and fuel quality by collecting necessary basic data and obtaining data on the effect of differences in gasoline property on vehicle emissions. The results of the test showed that the emission of gases (NMOG, CO) from gasoline vehicles was the most influenced by the sulfur content, unlike the previous studies that the vehicles emission had the greatest influence on the distillation characteristics and the specific gravity of aromatic compounds. The catalytic reaction such as the poisoning action of the three-way catalyst which is the abatement device was interfered and the emission was increased. The distillation characteristics and specific gravity of aromatic compounds were found to affect the emission of vehicles. According to the physical properties of the fuel, the emission difference was 28.0% in the urban mode and 17.6 % in the highway mode.

• 한국자동차공학회논문집
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• 제7권6호
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• pp.42-48
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• 1999

Engine misfire causes of the negative effect on exhaust emission such as HC, CO, and NOX . Moreover, it causes damage to the three-way-catalyst(TWC) system permanently. The crankshaft velocity fluctuation(CVF) method has been applied for the real cars as misfire detection system usually, which utilizes the crank angle sensor input to calculate the variation of the crankshaft rotational speed. But this approach has the limit due to the fact that three could be problem under certain engine condition like as deceleration or high speed condition . Therefore the development of new methods are requested today. This study introduced the new method of misfire detection using breakdown voltage(BDV) characteristics between spark plug electrouds.

• 한국자동차공학회논문집
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• 제10권4호
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• pp.7-14
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• 2002

In order to reduce exhaust omissions of spark ignition engine, it is important not only to improve catalyst conversion efficiency but also to directly reduce engine out exhaust emissions, during cold starting and warm up process. Therefore many researchers have been attracted to develop an early fuel evaporator(EFE) by Introducing a ceramic heater fur a solution of engine out exhaust emissions in SI engine. But, the performance of the EFE in MPI engine to reduce the exhaust emissions and to improve the cold startability has not been clarified yet. The purpose of this study is to evaluate the feasibility of a glow plug far EFE. Impinging spray using heated and unheated glow plug helps the vaporization of the fuel and heat up the three way catalyst sufficiently. The amount of CO, and UHC is reduced overall. The amount of NOx is higher at the initial stage, but become lower as time goes on than without glow plug.

• 구강회복응용과학지
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• 제33권2호
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• pp.71-79
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• 2017

목적: 본 연구는 베릴륨이 함유되지 않은 금속-도재용(Ni-Cr)합금 산화처리 시 도재로 안에 티타늄 파우더를 화학적 촉매로 이용하여 산화막을 억제하고, 금속 표면에 형성될 불순물을 제어하여 도재의 결합력을 증진시켜 줄 수 있는 가능성을 분석 하고자 하였다. 연구 재료 및 방법: 베릴륨이 함유되지 않은 금속-도재용(Ni-Cr)합금 산화처리 시 도재로 안에 티타늄을 화학적 촉매로 이용하였다. 티타늄 파우더를 화학적 촉매로 사용하지 않은 T1군을 대조군으로 하고, 10 g, 20 g 티타늄 파우더를 사용한 시편을 T2, T3군으로 분류하여 전단결합강도와 계면특성 관찰을 위하여 제작 하였다. 일원배치 분산분석(one-way ANOVA)은 그룹의 차이를 검사하기 위해서 시행하였고 사후 검정(Tukey Honestly Significant Difference test)은 그룹 간의 통계적 분석을 위하여 수행되었다. 결과: 티타늄 파우더를 화학적 촉매로 사용 한 T3군의 3점 굽힘 결합강도와 산화막 두께를 측정한 결과, $39.22{\pm}3.4MPa$와 $6.66{\mu}m$로 가장 높고, 얇게 나타났으며, T2군은 $34.65{\pm}1.39MPa$과 $13.22{\mu}m$, 티타늄 화학적 촉매로 사용하지 않은 대조군 T1군은 $32.37{\pm}1.91MPa$과 $22.22{\mu}m$ 순으로 나타났다. 결론: 시편들의 결합강도를 통계 분석한 결과, 티타늄 파우더를 화학적 촉매로 사용한 실험 T3, T2군의 결합력이 높게 나타났고, 산화막 두께 역시 대조군 T1군 보다 얇게 나타나 것으로 결합력 증진에 영향을 줄 수 있음이 관찰 되었다.

• 공업화학
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• 제18권4호
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• pp.303-313
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• 2007

화학 산업과 관련된 많은 사업장에서 다양한 종류의 촉매를 사용하고 있으며 이들 촉매의 활성이 감소하면 산업 폐기물로서 폐기하고 있다. 또한 자동차에서 발생하는 폐 촉매의 양도 꾸준히 증가하고 있다. 활성이 감소되어 폐기된 촉매는 촉매가 지니고 있는 물리화학적 특성, 관련 환경 규제 및 경제적 효과를 고려하여 재생, 재이용, 또는 폐기될 수 있다. 폐기된 촉매는 휘발성 유기화합물(VOCs) 제거에 효과적인 것으로 알려진 귀금속이나 금속산화물을 포함하고 있으므로 적절한 처리과정을 거치면 VOCs 제거에 이용할 수 있다. 따라서 본 총설에서는 폐 촉매의 발생 및 사용 현황을 요약 정리하였으며, 특히 재생된 폐 촉매상에서 VOCs 촉매산화반응을 조사하여 그 결과를 소개하였다.

• 한국자동차공학회논문집
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• 제16권3호
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• pp.94-101
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• 2008

Since regulations of exhaust emissions are continuously reinforced, studies to reduce harmful emissions during the cold start period of SI engines have been carried out very extensively worldwide. During the cold start period, raising the temperature of cold exhaust gas is a key strategy to minimize the light-off time of three way catalysts. In this study, a synthetic gas containing a large amount of hydrogen was injected into the exhaust manifold to raise the exhaust gas temperature and to reduce harmful emissions. The authors tried to evaluate changes in exhaust gas temperature and harmful emissions through controlling the engine operating parameters such as ignition timings and lambda values. Also the authors investigated both combustion stability and reduction of harmful emissions. Experimental results showed that combustion of the synthetic gas in the exhaust manifold is a very effective way for solving the problems of harmful emissions and light-off time. The results also showed that the strategy of retarded ignition timings and increased air/fuel ratios with ESGI is effective in raising exhaust gas temperature and reducing harmful emissions. Futhermore, the results showed that engine operating parameters ought to be controlled to lambda = 1.2 and ignition timing = $0{\sim}3^{\circ}$ conditions to reduce harmful emissions effectively under stable combustion conditions.

• Korean Chemical Engineering Research
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• 제46권2호
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• pp.301-309
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• 2008

본 연구에서는 레졸수지 합성에서 부가반응 실험변수인 F/P 몰비, 촉매 wt% 및 반응온도가 페놀치환체에 미치는 영향을 2단 실험계획법을 사용하여 실험하고 실험 결과를 삼원변량분석법(ANOVA, SPSS)을 사용하여 해석하였다. 페놀치환체는 반응시간 300분에서 F/P 몰비가 높을수록, 반응온도가 낮을수록, 촉매량이 적을수록 증가하는 경향을 보였고 ortho 지향성이 있음을 확인하였다. 레졸형 페놀수지의 합성에서 페놀계 치환체의 해리반응과 메틸렌글리콜 형태의 포름알데하이드의 분율을 고려하는 Zavitsas류의 속도론 모델을 단순화시킨 기초반응 모델을 제시하고 Zavitsas류의 속도론 모델과 비교하였다. 기초반응 모델은 평균적으로 2.79%의 오차를 보였으며 Zavitsas류 모델의 오차인 3.27%와 비슷한 값을 보이는 것을 확인하였다. 따라서 본 논문에서 제시한 기초반응 모델은 레졸합성의 부가반응 속도론 연구에 적용 가능하다고 판단된다.

• 대한기계학회논문집B
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• 제34권2호
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• pp.165-171
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• 2010

HCCI 엔진은 배출가스 중 PM과 NOx 가 저감되나, 일반적으로 상용디젤 엔진보다 HC, CO 가 증가하는 특성을 보인다. 특히 과도한 HC 에서 발생하는 SOF 로 인해 total PM 에 영향을 미친다. 이는 HCCI 엔진에서 DOC 를 통한 HC 저감이 중요하며 HC 의 정화성능이 우수한 OC 의 개발이 필요하다. 실험은 모델가스를 이용하여 2Pt/1Pd 의 충전량이 다른 3 종의 OC(600cpsi cordierite)를 가지고 수행하였다. OC 에서 HC, SV, $H_2O$, $O_2$의 조건을 달리하여 OC 성능특성을 $LOT_{50}$에서 평가하였다. 그 결과 CO 는 $170^{\circ}C$에서 3 종의 촉매 모두 90% 이상의 정화특성을 나타내었고 Pd 가 충전 된 OC 는 열화 된 후 Pt 만충전 된 OC 보다 우수한 내구특성을 나타내었다. Fresh 와 aged 된 OC 에서 SV 의 증가 및 $H_2O$의 반응참여는 $LOT_{50}$성능이 낮아지는 결과를 나타내었다.