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Flow Analyses around the Battery Pack for a NEV (전기자동차용 배터리 팩 주위의 유동장 해석)

  • Kim, H.S.;Han, B.Y.;Park, H.K.
    • 한국전산유체공학회:학술대회논문집
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    • 2011.05a
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    • pp.135-140
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    • 2011
  • The battery pack, a main component of NEV(Neighborhood Electric Vehicle), needs cooling system when it is charging or discharging to prevent the degradation of the battery charging efficiency. The purpose of this study is to analyse the effects of cooling methods, changing positions of inlet and outlet and changing area ratios of inlet and outlet. It has been observed that in the point of uniform cooling suction from the exit side is more efficient than blowing from the inlet. And there is a suitable inlet/outlet area ratio in maximizing the mass flow rate. The numerical analyse using a commercial code STAR-CCM+ version 4.02 were used for the study.

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FLOW ANALYSES AROUND THE BATTERY PACK FOR A NEV (전기자동차용 배터리 팩 주위의 유동장 해석)

  • Kim, H.S.;Han, B.Y.;Park, H.K.
    • Journal of computational fluids engineering
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    • v.16 no.3
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    • pp.82-87
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    • 2011
  • The battery pack, a main component of NEV(Neighborhood Electric Vehicle), needs cooling system when it is charging or discharging to prevent the degradation of the battery charging efficiency. The purpose of this study is to analyse the effects of cooling methods, changing positions of inlet and outlet and changing area ratios of inlet and outlet. It has been observed that in the point of uniform cooling, suction from the exit side is more efficient than blowing from the inlet. And there is a suitable inlet/outlet area ratio in maximizing the mass flow rate. A commercial code, STAR-CCM+(ver. 4.02), was used for the numerical study.

Evaluation about Dielectric Property of Heat Transfer Fluids for Fuel Cell Vehicle using Cylindrical Multi-Terminal Capacitive-Conductive Sensor (원통형 다전극식 정전용량-전기전도도 센서를 이용한 연료전지 차량용 냉각수의 유전특성 평가)

  • Kim, Jae-Hoon;Kim, Ju-Han;Kim, Yoon-Hyung;Choi, Kang-Wal;Han, Sang-Ok;Yong, Gee-Joong
    • The Transactions of The Korean Institute of Electrical Engineers
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    • v.59 no.6
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    • pp.1087-1094
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    • 2010
  • We have developed a cylindrical multi-terminal capacitive-conductive sensor that could be attached to the internal surface of cooling system pipe to evaluate capacitance and conductivity of heat transfer fluid. It was used as measuring system to diagnose insulating condition, by which was kept a insulating resistance of inner stack and at the same time was cooled electrochemical heat of reaction of FCEV(fuel cell electric vehicle) stack that used a compressed hydrogen gas reacting with oxygen in accordance with variation on thermal degradation of nonconductive heat transfer fluid. Also to assess diagnosis characteristics of heat transfer fluid, i.e. coolant, we have performed accelerated aging test using developed sensor attached to cooling system. Consequently, it was measured dielectric and electric resistance of coolant to estimate and analyse for dielectric properties by degradation condition.

Experimental Study on the Characteristics of Heat Exchanger of 1 kW PEMFC System for UAV (무인항공기용 고분자전해질형 연료전지 시스템의 열교환기 성능 특성 연구)

  • Kang, Sang-Gyu;Kim, Byung-Jun;Kim, Han-Seok
    • Transactions of the Korean hydrogen and new energy society
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    • v.22 no.6
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    • pp.819-826
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    • 2011
  • The proton exchange membrane fuel cell (PEMFC) is regarded as the most promising alternative power sources for unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) due to its high energy density and silent operation. Since there are many load changes during UAV flight, thermal management is one of the important factor for the performance of PEMFC. In order to reduce the UAV weight for the stable operation of UAV, thermal management system (TMS) studied in this work does not use the fan but use the air flowing into UAV by UAV flight. In order to develop the passive type heat exchanger (HEX) for 1kW PEMFC, four types of HEXs are fabricated and their cooling performances are compared. The parametric study on the cooling performance of HEXs has performed with the variation of operating parameters such as mass flow rates and inlet temperature of air and coolant. Type 4 has the best performance in every case. This study can be helpful to achieve the optimal design of HEX for PEMFC powered UAV.

An experimental study on the cooling performance of carbon dioxide heat pump system for fuel cell vehicles (연료전지 자동차용 이산화탄소 열펌프 시스템에서의 냉방 성능에 관한 실험적 연구)

  • Kim Sungchul;Park Minsoo;Kim Min Soo;Hwang Inchul;Noh Youngwoo;Park Moonsoo
    • 한국신재생에너지학회:학술대회논문집
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    • 2005.06a
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    • pp.378-383
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    • 2005
  • This experimental study presents the results of the cooling performance test of a $CO_2$ heat pump system for fuel cell vehicles. The experimental facility provides the cool ing and heating environment for cabin and heat releasing component. The test loop is designed to target the cooling capacity of 5kW and its coefficient of performance (COP) of 2.2. The cooling performance of the heat pump system is strongly dependent on the refrigerant charge and the degree of superheat. We carried out basic experiments to obtain optimum refrigerant charge and the degree of superheat level at the internal heat exchanger outlet. The heat pump system for fuel cell vehicles is different from that of engine-driven vehicles, where the former has an electricity-driven compressor and the latter has the belt-driven (engine-driven) compressor. In the fuel cell vehicle, the compressor speed is an independent operating parameter and it is controlled to meet the cooling/heating loads. Experiments were carried out at cooling mode with respect to the compressor speed and the incoming outdoor air speed. The results obtained in this study can provide the fundamental cool ing performance data using the $CO_2$ heat pump system for fuel cell vehicles.

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A Study on Improvement of Cooling Performance through Vent Structure Optimization of Carbon Ceramic Composite Disc (카본 세라믹 복합재 디스크의 벤트 구조 최적화를 통한 냉각성능 향상에 관한 연구)

  • Shim, J.H.;Shin, U.H.;Lee, J.H.;Jeon, G.B.;Kim, B.C.;Kwack, J.H.;Lim, D.W.;Hyun, E.J.;Jeon, T.H.;Lee, J.M.
    • Journal of Auto-vehicle Safety Association
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    • v.11 no.1
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    • pp.23-29
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    • 2019
  • Recently, use of composite materials has been increasing for body structures and chassis parts in the car industry because of weight reduction effect and excellent mechanical thermal characteristics. However, application of composite materials in brake system is very difficult because it is hard to obtain enough brake performance due to low heat storage capacity of the composite materials. In this paper, we will present new carbon ceramic composite disc with high flow characteristic. To obtain this characteristic, new vent structures were designed by using ARIZ method and substance-field model analysis. The flow effect of these vent structures on the brake performance was verified by pugh matrix and cooling test. The test results show improvement of cooling performance up to $30^{\circ}C$. Finally, These results will improve brake the reliability of the brake performance for the high performance vehicles and electric vehicles.

A Study on Characteristic Analysis of Auxiliary Power Supply for Railway Vehicle (철도차량 보조전원장치 특성 분석에 관한 연구)

  • Han, Young-Jae;Han, Seong-Ho;Lee, Tae-Young;Lee, Su-Gil;Lee, Young-Ho
    • The Transactions of the Korean Institute of Electrical Engineers P
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    • v.66 no.4
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    • pp.177-181
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    • 2017
  • Auxiliary power supply for railway vehicle is a equipment that focuses on the service of passengers in a vehicle. It supplies power to controllers used in heating and cooling devices, fluorescent lamps, batteries and many other electrical equipments. Most of the auxiliary power supply for railway vehicle are mainly used for the round trips and circulation routes within the metropolitan area and have a capacity of 170~200 kVA. In this study, we developed the auxiliary power supply capacity to 240kVA for 200km/h class. As such, the auxiliary power supply is an important device for securing the reliability and safety of the railway vehicle and improving the passenger convenience, so the performance verification of the performance must be ensured. In this paper, 240kVA auxiliary power supply is developed. Also, performance of the auxiliary power supply manufactured through the analysis of various characteristics related to the auxiliary power supply was confirmed while operating the actual line.

Preliminary Thermal Sizing of Fuel Supply and Cooling System for High-speed Vehicles (고속 비행체 연료공급 및 냉각계통 예비 열설계)

  • Choi, Seyoung;Park, Sooyong;Choi, Hyunkyung;Kim, Joontae;Jeong, Haeseung;Park, Jeongbae
    • Journal of the Korean Society of Propulsion Engineers
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    • v.18 no.1
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    • pp.97-104
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    • 2014
  • In this study, preliminary thermal sizing was performed with the aim of developing a fuel supply and cooling system design to solve the heating problems in high-speed vehicles. First, an analysis model was used to satisfy an optional mission profile. The heat loads were computed under boundary conditions. The results were verified using the precedent design case. Then, fuel consumption rates were estimated for the analysis trajectory. Accordingly, the cooling capacity in the system was calculated using the heat sink capacity of the endothermic fuel. Lastly, the fulfillment of the design requirements was confirmed in comparison to the cooling needs.

Optimal Design of Brake System considering Vehicle Vibration and Durability of Rotor (차량진동 및 Rotor 내구특성을 고려한 Brake System 의 최적설계)

  • Kim, B.S.;Kim, H.Y.;Kim, K.W.;Son, Y.K.;Lee, D.G.;Park, K.H.
    • Proceedings of the KSME Conference
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    • 2001.06a
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    • pp.764-769
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    • 2001
  • Brake-induced vibrations of a vehicle such as brake judder are determined by the excitation of brake torque variations and by their transfer to the driver's contact points via suspension, body and steering system. The formation of brake torque variation is mainly determined by static and dynamic disk thickness variations. The vibration transfer from the excitation by brake torque variation to the perception by the driver depends on the kinematic and dynamic behaviour of the components in the transfer path. Optimization of the judder performance can be achieved either by minimizing the excitation or by reduction of the judder sensitivity of the vehicle. In this paper, the optimization process of a front rotor is suggested to reduce brake judder considering the cooling performance of the rotor, the judder sensitivity of the vehicle and durability of the rotor.

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Improvement of Insulation Performance of Vehicle Rubber Hoses (자동차용 고무호스의 진동 절연성능 향상에 관한 연구)

  • Jung, Heon-Seob;Min, Byung-Kwon;Lee, Seong-Hoon;Woo, Hee-Soo;Park, Hyun-Ho
    • Transactions of the Korean Society for Noise and Vibration Engineering
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    • v.22 no.9
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    • pp.837-844
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    • 2012
  • We considered an approach in terms of materials for improvement of insulation performance of vehicle rubber hoses. Ethylene propylene rubber(EPDM) for heater hoses in cooling system and acrylic rubber(AR) for intercooler hose in intake system were chosen for mixing for the vibration and noise performance. We modified EPDM and AR through changing compound of base polymer, reinforcement fillers and additives. Dynamic mechanical analysis(DMA) was used to measure viscoelastic properties such as shear modulus and loss factor($tan{\delta}$). Vehicle acceleration test was also conducted to observe indoor changes in insulation performance of hoses.