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An Analytical Investigation on the Build-up of the Temperature Field due to a Point Heat Source in Shallow Coastal Water with Oscillatory Alongshore-flow

  • Jung, Kyung-Tae;Kim, Chong-Hak;Jang, Chan-Joo;Lee, Ho-Jin;Kang, Sok-Kuh;Yjm, Ki-Dai
    • Ocean and Polar Research
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    • v.25 no.1
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    • pp.63-74
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    • 2003
  • The build-up of the heat field in shallow coastal water due to a point source has been investigated using an analytical solution of a time-integral form derived by extending the solutions by Holley(1969) and also presented in Harleman (1971). The uniform water depth is assumed with non-isotropic turbulent dispersion. The alongshore-flow is assumed to be uni-directional, spatially uniform and oscillatory. Due to the presence of the oscillatory alongshore-flow, the heat build-up occurs in an oscillatory manner, and the excess temperature thereby fluctuates in that course and even in the quasi-steady state. A series of calculations reveal that proper choices of the decay coefficient as well as dispersion coefficients are critical to the reliable prediction of the excess temperature field. The dispersion coefficients determine the absolute values of the excess temperature and characterize the shoreline profile, particularly within the tidal excursion distance, while the decay coefficient determines the absolute value of the excess temperature and the convergence rate to that of the quasi-steady state. Within the e-folding time scale $1/k_d$ (where $k_d$ is the heat decay coefficient), heat build-up occurs more than 90% of the quasi-steady state values in a region within a tidal excursion distance (L), while occurs increasingly less the farther we go to the downstream direction (about 80% at 1.25L, and 70% at 1.5L). Calculations with onshore and offshore discharges indicate that thermal spreading in the direction of the shoreline is reduced as the shoreline constraint which controls the lateral mixing is reduced. The importance of collecting long-term records of in situ meteorological conditions and clarifying the definition of the heat loss coefficient is addressed. Interactive use of analytical and numerical modeling is recommended as a desirable way to obtain a reliable estimate of the far-field excess temperature along with extensive field measurements.

Effective study of operating parameters on the membrane distillation processes using various materials for seawater desalination

  • Sandid, Abdelfatah Marni;Neharia, Driss;Nehari, Taieb
    • Membrane and Water Treatment
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    • v.13 no.5
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    • pp.235-243
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    • 2022
  • The paper presents the effect of operating temperatures and flow rates on the distillate flux that can be obtained from a hydrophobic membrane having the characteristics: pore size of 0.15 ㎛; thickness of 130 ㎛; and 85% porosity. That membrane in the present investigation could be the direct contact (DCMD) or the air-gap membrane distillation (AGMD). To model numerically the membrane distillation processes, the two-dimensional computational fluid dynamic (CFD) is used for the DCMD and AGMD cases here. In this work, DCMD and AGMD models have been validated with the experimental data using different flows (Parallel and Counter-current flows) in non-steady-state situations. A good agreement is obtained between the present results and those of the experimental data in the literature. The new approach in the present numerical modeling has allowed examining effects of the nature of materials (Polyvinylidene fluoride (PVDF) polymers, copolymers, and blends) used on thermal properties. Moreover, the effect of the area surface of the membrane (0.021 to 3.15 ㎡) is investigated to explore both the laminar and the turbulent flow regimes. The obtained results found that copolymer P(VDF-TrFE) (80/20) is more effective than the other materials of membrane distillation (MD). The mass flux and thermal efficiency reach 193.5 (g/㎡s), and 83.29 % using turbulent flow and an effective area of 3.1 ㎡, respectively. The increase of feed inlet temperatures and its flow rate, with the reduction of cold temperatures and its flow rate are very effective for increasing distillate water flow in MD applications.

An Experimental Investigation of the Interfacial Condensation Heat Transfer in Steam/water Countercurrent Stratified Flow in a Horizontal Pipe

  • Chu, In-Cheol;Yu, Seon-Oh;Chun, Moon-Hyun;Kim, Byong-Sup;Kim, Yang-Seok;Kim, In-Hwan;Lee, Sang-Won
    • Proceedings of the Korean Nuclear Society Conference
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    • 1998.05a
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    • pp.565-570
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    • 1998
  • An interfacial condensation heat transfer phenomenon in a steam/water countercurrent stratified flow in a nearly horizontal pipe has been experimentally investigated. The present study has been focused on the measurement of the temperature and velocity distributions within the water layer. In particular, the water layer thickness used in the present work is large enough so that the turbulent mixing is limited and the thermal stratification is established. As a result, the thermal resistance of the water layer to the condensation heat transfer is increased significantly. An empirical correlation of the interfacial condensation heat transfer has been developed. The present correlation agrees with the data within $\pm$15%

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Numerical investigation of swash-swash interaction driven by double dam-break using OpenFOAM (OpenFOAM을 활용한 포말대 이중 댐-붕괴 수치모형실험)

  • Ok, Juhee;Kim, Yeulwoo;Marie-Pierre C. Delislec
    • Journal of Korea Water Resources Association
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    • v.56 no.10
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    • pp.603-617
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    • 2023
  • This study aims to provide a better understanding of the turbulent flow characteristics in swash zone. A double dam-break method is employed to generate the swash zone flow. Comparing with the conventional single dam-break method, a delay between two gate opening can be controlled to reproduce various interactions between uprush and backwash. For numerical simulations, overInterDyMFoam based on OpenFOAM is adopted. Using overInterDyMFoam, interface between two immiscible fluids having different densities (i.e., air and water phases) can be tracked in a moving mesh with multiple layers. Two-dimensional Reynolds-Averaged Navier-Stokes equations are solved with a standard 𝜅-𝜖 turbulence model for momentum and continuity. Numerical model results are validated with laboratory experiment data for the time series of water depth and streamwise velocity. Turbulent kinetic energy distribution is further investigated to identify the turbulence evolution for each flow regime (i.e., uprush, backwash, and swash-swash interaction).

A Numerical Study on the Two-Dimensional Turbulent Natural Convection Using a Low-Reynolds Number k-$\varepsilon$ Model (저레이놀즈수 k-$\varepsilon$ 모델을 사용한 2차원 자연대류 난류현상에 대한 수치적 연구)

  • 강덕홍;김우승;이관수
    • Transactions of the Korean Society of Mechanical Engineers
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    • v.19 no.3
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    • pp.741-750
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    • 1995
  • The turbulent buoyancy-driven flow in 2-dimensional enclosed cavities heated from the vertical side is numerically calculated for both cases of a Rayleigh number of 5*10$^{10}$ for air and 2.5*10$^{10}$ for water. Three different turbulence models are considered : standard k-.epsilon. model of Ozoe and low-Reynolds-number model of Lam and Bremhorst, and another low-Reynolds-number model of Davidson. The results indicate that the use of low-Reynolds number models is recommended for the indoor airflow computation, and the results from Davidson model are reasonably close to the reported experimental data. A sensitivity study shows that the amounts of wall-heat transfer and the velocity profiles with the Lam and Bremhorst model largely depend on the choice of the wall function for .epsilon..

An Experimental Study on Circulating Flow Around a Submerged Horizontal Plate (잠재 평판 주변에서 발생하는 순환류에 대한 실험적 연구)

  • 이정렬;한상우
    • Journal of Korean Society of Coastal and Ocean Engineers
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    • v.13 no.2
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    • pp.109-121
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    • 2001
  • This paper describes results of an experimental study to examine the effect of a submerged horizontal breakwater to sea water exchange. Flow measurements were taken by using a PIV(Particie Image Velocimetry) system, and mean currents and wave ellipses extracted through the harmonic analysis are presented. As results, the rates of circulating flow were closely connected with the volume flux of incident waves and the counter-rotating vortex pair was observed at the onshore side of a plate. The dye study showed that incoming sea water and polluted water body mixed up significantly due to turbulent motions induced by a jet-like flow.

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Experimental Study on Heat Transfer and Pressure Drop Characteristics for Single-Phase Flow in Plate and Shell Heat Exchangers. (Plate and Shell 열교환기의 단상유동 열전달 및 압력강하 특성에 관한 실험적 연구)

  • 서무교;김영수
    • Korean Journal of Air-Conditioning and Refrigeration Engineering
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    • v.12 no.4
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    • pp.422-429
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    • 2000
  • Plate and shell heat exchanger(P&SHE) is widely applied as evaporators or condensers in the refrigeration and air conditioning systems for their high efficiency and compactness. In order to set up the database for the design of the P&SHE, heat transfer and pressure drop characteristics for single phase flow of water in a plate & shell heat exchanger are experimentally investigated in this study. Single phase heat transfer coefficients were measured for turbulent water flow in a plate and shell heat exchangers by Wilson plot method. The shell side heat transfer resistance was varied and the overall heat transfer coefficients were measured. The single-phase heat transfer coefficients in a plate side were obtained by Wilson plot method. Single-phase heat transfer correlations based on projected heat transfer area and friction factor correlations have been proposed for single phase flow in a plate and shell heat exchanger.

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Effects of Oxidizer Inject Angle on Combustion Characteristics in Hydro-Reactive Engine (Hydro-Reactive 엔진의 산화제 분사각도에 따른 연소특성에 대한 연구)

  • Won, Jong Han;Lee, Sung Nam;Baek, Seung Wook;Hwang, Chang Hwan;Kim, Kyung Moo
    • Journal of the Korean Society of Combustion
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    • v.19 no.2
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    • pp.1-7
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    • 2014
  • In this study, the variation of the flow field in Hydro-reactive engine combustor was numerically studied through 2-dimensional axisymmetric model with aluminum and heated water vapor. For calculating all velocity fields, compressible Navier-Stokes equation was used with Pre-conditioning. AUSM+up(p) method was used to exactly calculate mass flow in the control volume. As using SST model that is a turbulent model, the result had high accuracy for free stream and the flow near the wall. The effects of the temperature, variation of the flow field and distribution of chemical products on inject angle of heated water vapor were studied.

Measurement of temperature profile using the infrared thermal camera in turbulent stratified liquid flow for estimation of condensation heat transfer coefficients

  • Choi, Sung-Won;No, Hee-Cheon
    • Proceedings of the Korean Nuclear Society Conference
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    • 1999.05a
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    • pp.107-107
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    • 1999
  • Direct-contact condensation experiments of atmospheric steam and steam/air mixture on subcooled water flowing co-currently in a rectangular channel are carried out uszng an infrared thermal camera system to develop a temperature measurement method. The inframetrics Model 760 Infrared Thermal Imaging Radiometer is used for the measurement of the temperature field of the water film for various flow conditions. The local heat transfer coefficient is calculated using the bulk temperature gradient along the (low direction. It is also found that the temperature profiles can be used to understand the interfacial condensation heat transfer characteristics according to the flow conditions such as noncondensable gas effects, inclination effect, and flow rates.

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