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Flow Characteristics of Non-Newtonian Fluids in the Stenosed Branch Tubes (협착이 발생된 분기관내 비뉴턴유체의 유동특성 연구)

  • Suh, S.H.;Yoo, S.S.;Roh, H.W.
    • Korean Journal of Air-Conditioning and Refrigeration Engineering
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    • v.8 no.3
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    • pp.307-316
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    • 1996
  • The objective of present study is to obtain information on the stenosis effects in the branch tubes for industrial piping system and atherogenesis processing in human arteries. Numerical solutions for flows of Newtonian and non-Newtonian fluids in the branch tubes are obtained by the finite volume method. Centerline velocity and pressure along the bifurcated tubes for water, blood and aqueous Separan AP-273 solution are computed and the numerical results of blood and the Separan solution are compared with those of water. Flow phenomena in the stenosed branch tubes are discussed extensively and predicted effectively. The effects of stenosis on the pressure loss coefficients are determined.

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Numerical Analysis of Fluid Flow and Heat Transfer in a Parallel-Plate Channel with Transverse Fins (수직휜이 부착된 평행평판 채널내의 유동 및 열전달에 관한 수치해석)

  • Hwang, K.Y.;Kim, H.J.;Moh, J.H.
    • Korean Journal of Air-Conditioning and Refrigeration Engineering
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    • v.7 no.4
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    • pp.642-653
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    • 1995
  • An analysis is made of the laminar fluid flow and heat transfer characteristics in a parallel-plate channel to whose walls are fitted with a series of equidistant staggered fins placed transversely to the flow direction. The governing equations are solved numerically by a finite-volume method for elliptic flows. Based on the obtained solutions of flow and temperature fields, the effects of Reynolds number and various geometric parameters on the heat transfer performance and pressure drop are evaluated. A comparson of the heat transfer characteristics between the channels with and without staggered fins is also made.

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Comparison of Potentials for Polymeric Liquids (고분자액체에 대한 포텐셜의 비교)

  • Jeong, Hae Yeong
    • Journal of the Korean Chemical Society
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    • v.46 no.6
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    • pp.545-549
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    • 2002
  • Many theories for polymeric liquids are based on the concepts of cell, hole, free volume or lattice etc. In the theories, van der Waals potential, Lennard-Jones 6-12 potential and their modified potentials are commonly used.In this work, Mie(p, 6) potential was applied to the Continuous Lattice Fluid Theory (which extends the discrete lattices of Lattice Fluid Theory to classically continuous lattices) and Dee-Walsch's Cell Theory (which modifies Flory's Equa-tion of State Theory). Both of them are known to be successful theories for polymeric liquids. Thus, PVT values chang-ing with p (the exponent in the repulsion potential) were calculated and compared with experimental values. And, calculated values of Lattice Fluid Theory, Flory's Equation of State Theory and Cho-Sanchez Theory using pertubation method were also compared. Through the calculated results, van der Waals potential, Lennard-Jones 6-12 potential and Mie(p, 6) potential for polymeric liquids were compared with each other.

Application of Pressure Correction Method to CFD Work for 8 Centrifugal Compressor Impellers (압력보정법을 이용한 8개의 원심압축기 임펠러 CFD의 적용 연구)

  • Oh, Jongsik;Ro, SooHyuk;Hyun, YongIk
    • 유체기계공업학회:학술대회논문집
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    • 2000.12a
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    • pp.226-235
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    • 2000
  • Two representative finite volume methods, i.e., the time marching method and the pressure correction method, were applied to 8 centrifugal compressor impeller flows, with low to very high level of pressure ratio, among which 7 impellers' experimental performance is given in the open literature. The present study is focused on the prediction differences from both methods, developed by the authors, in the pressure correction method's point of view. In all cases, the time marching method gives a satifactory solution, but the pressure correction method does not. Up to about $18\%$ less level of total-to-total pressure ratio is predicted by the pressure correction method as the level of the impeller pressure ratio increases up to about 10. The drop of total pressure ratio is caused by the underestimation of static pressure rise which seems to be attributed to inappropriate linearization and discretization of the pressure/density coupling terms in the pressure correction equation.

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Study on fluid flow characteristics of aquarium for optimum environment (최적 양식환경을 위한 수조식 양식장내의 유동특성에 관한 연구)

  • 정효민;정한식
    • Korean Journal of Air-Conditioning and Refrigeration Engineering
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    • v.10 no.1
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    • pp.108-117
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    • 1998
  • This study was performed to analyze the fluid flow characteristics and the temperature distribution of the aquarium for fish breeding. In this study, the finite volume method and turbulence k-$\varepsilon$ model with the SIMPLE computational algorithm are used to study the water flow in the aquarium. The calculation parameters are the circulating flow rate and the basin depth, and the experiments were carried out for the water flow visualization This numerical analysis gives reasonable velocity distributions in good agreement with the experimental data. As the results of the three dimmentional simulations, the sectional mean velocity increased as the sectional mean temperature increases for constant basin depth, and the mean velocity increased more rapidly for small basin depth than that of large basin depth, The mean velocity and temperature can be expressed as the function of the circulating flow rates and the basin depth.

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A Study on the Performance of a Centrifugal Pump with Two-Phase Flow (기-액 2상유동에 따른 원심펌프 성능변화에 대한 연구)

  • Lee, Jong C.;Kim, Youn J.;Kim, C.-S.
    • The KSFM Journal of Fluid Machinery
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    • v.3 no.3 s.8
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    • pp.12-18
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    • 2000
  • In this study, experimental and numerical analyses are carried out to investigate the performance of centrifugal pump with various air admitting conditions. Experiments on the pump performance under air-water two-phase flow are accomplished using a centrifugal pump with semi-open type impeller having three, five and seven blades, respectively. Also, the numerical analysis of turbulent air-water two-phase flow using the finite volume method has been carried out to obtain the pressure, velocities and void fraction on the basis of a so-called bubbly flow model with the constant size and shape of cavity. The results obtained through this study show the reasonable agreements within the range of bubbly flow regime. There are promising developments concerning application of the present study for the flow in a centrifugal pump with two-phase flow conditions and efforts must be followed to improve the turbulence model and two-phase flow model for turbomachinery.

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A Numerical Analysis on Thermal and Fluid in Solar Concentration Absorber with Tilt Angle and Opening Ratio of Absorber Entrance (태양열 집광 흡수기 입구의 개방비와 경사각도에 따른 열유체 유동에 관한 수치해석)

  • Lee, Snag-Chul;Lee, Yong-Hun;Choi, Seuk-Cheun;Shin, You-Sik;Jeong, Hyo-Min;Jeong, Han-Sik
    • Proceedings of the KSME Conference
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    • 2003.04a
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    • pp.1485-1490
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    • 2003
  • This paper is the analysis of thermal and fluid in solar concentration absorber with various tilt angle and opening ratio of absorber entrance. The purpose of this study is to develop optimum solar concentration absorber, and the parameters for the study are the opening ratio of absorber entrance and the tilt angle. The aspect ratio of absorber was fixed at 0.64, and opening ratio was changed from 0.1 to 1.0. The finite volume method with SIMPLE computational algorithm are used and analyzed the heat transfer in absorber inside walls.

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Evaluation of Flow Characteristics of Mud Treatment System for Onshore Drilling (육상시추용 Mud treatment system의 유동특성 평가)

  • Kim, Seung-Chan;Chun, Joong-Ho
    • Journal of the Korean Society of Industry Convergence
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    • v.24 no.6_2
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    • pp.763-772
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    • 2021
  • Drilling Mud Treatment Systems are widely used for Oil Gas drilling mud circulation, horizontal directional drilling mud recycling, geothermal drilling, mining, coal exploration drilling, water well drilling. Degasser is a device used in drilling to remove gasses from drilling fluid which could otherwise form bubbles. For small amounts of entrained gas in a drilling fluid, the degasser can play a major role of removing small bubbles that a liquid film has enveloped and entrapped. As with the desander, its purpose is to remove unwanted solids from the mud system. The smaller cones allow the desilter to efficiently remove smaller diameter drill solids. In this study, a simulation study is conducted on the degasser of the facility in the Mud Treatment System to conduct a performance review on the gas separation in the mud.

Prediction of Wear Depth Distribution by Slurry on a Pump Impeller

  • Sugiyama, Kenichi;Nagasaka, Hiroshi;Enomoto, Takeshi;Hattori, Shuji
    • International Journal of Fluid Machinery and Systems
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    • v.2 no.1
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    • pp.21-30
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    • 2009
  • Slurry wear with sand particles in rivers is a serious problem for pump operation. Therefore, a technique to predict wear volume loss is required for selecting wear resistant materials and determining specifications for the maintenance period. This paper reports a method for predicting the wear depth distribution on the blade of an impeller. Slurry wear tests of an aluminum pump impeller were conducted. Prediction results of wear depth distribution approximately correspond with the results of slurry wear tests. This technique is useful for industrial application.

A Study on Performance Characteristics of an Axial Compressor with the Casing Groove (케이싱 그루브가 존재하는 축류압축기의 성능특성 연구)

  • Choi, Kwang-Jin;Kim, Jin-Hyuk;Kim, Kwang-Yong
    • The KSFM Journal of Fluid Machinery
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    • v.13 no.2
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    • pp.24-29
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    • 2010
  • This paper presents a study on the performance of NASA Rotor 37 with the casing grooves based on three-dimensional numerical analysis. Reynolds-averaged Navier-Stokes equations are solved on a hexahedral grid with the shear stress transport model as a turbulence closure model. The governing equations are discretized by a finite volume method. The validation of the numerical results is performed through experimental data for the total pressure ratio and the adiabatic efficiency. The investigation for an axial compressor with a smooth casing and the casing grooves is carried out to compare the performance parameters, for example, surge margin and efficiency, etc. The surge margin is improved in the case of the casing grooves while remarkable improvement of the efficiency is not produced. The result shows that the casing groove is beneficial to expand the operating range of NASA Rotor 37.