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Flow, Heat and Mass Transfer Analysis for Vertical Grooved Tube Evaporator (흠진 수직 증발관에서 유동 및 열/물질 전달 해석)

  • Park Il-Seouk;Choi Do Hyung
    • 한국전산유체공학회:학술대회논문집
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    • 1998.11a
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    • pp.108-113
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    • 1998
  • A numerical investigation for the flow, heat and mass transfer characteristics of the grooved evaporating tube with the films flowing down on both the inside and outside tube walls has been carried out. The condensation occurs along the outside wall while the evaporation takes place at the free surface of the inside film. The 3-D transport equations for momentum and energy are solved by using the FVM(Finite Volume Method). The free surface shape is tracked by the moving grid technique satisfying the SCL(Space Conservation Rule). Due to the secondary motion of the fluid, the film thins at the crest, while thickens at the valley. The velocity and temperature fields as well as the amounts of the condensed and evaporated mass have been successfully predicted for various operating conditions and groove shapes.

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Heat transfer characteristics by an oscillating flow in a tube with a regenerator (재생기가 포함된 원관내 왕복유동에 의한 열전달 특성)

  • Lee, Geon-Tae;Gang, Byeong-Ha;Lee, Jae-Heon
    • Transactions of the Korean Society of Mechanical Engineers B
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    • v.22 no.4
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    • pp.428-439
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    • 1998
  • Fluid flow and heat transfer have been numerically investigated for an oscillating flow in a tube with a regenerator. The regenerator is placed between hot and cold spaces which are heated and cooled at uniform temperature. An oscillating flow is generated by the piston motion at both ends of a tube. The time dependent, two-dimensional Navier-Stokes equations and energy equation are solved by using the finite-volume and moving grid method. The regenerator is adopted as Brinkmann-Forchheimer extended Darcy model. Numerical results are obtained for the flow and temperature fields, and described the effects of the oscillating frequency and amplitude ratio by the piston motion as well as the aspect ratio. The numerical results obtained indicate that the heat transfer between the tube wall and oscillating flow is increased as the oscillating frequency, amplitude ratio and the aspect ratio are increased.

NUMERICAL SIMULATIONS OF FULLY NONLINEAR WAVE MOTIONS IN A DIGITAL WAVE TANK (디지털 파랑 수조 내에서의 비선형 파랑 운동의 수치시뮬레이션)

  • Park, J.C.;Kim, K.S.
    • Journal of computational fluids engineering
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    • v.11 no.4 s.35
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    • pp.90-100
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    • 2006
  • A digital wave tank (DWT) simulation technique has been developed by authors to investigate the interactions of fully nonlinear waves with 3D marine structures. A finite-difference/volume method and a modified marker-and-cell (MAC) algorithm have been used, which are based on the Navier-Stokes (NS) and continuity equations. The fully nonlinear kinematic free-surface condition is implemented by the marker-density function (MDF) technique or the Level-Set (LS) technique developed for one or two fluid layers. In this paper, some applications for various engineering problems with free-surface are introduced and discussed. It includes numerical simulation of marine environments by simulation equipments, fully nonlinear wave motions around offshore structures, nonlinear ship waves, ship motions in waves and marine flow simulation with free-surface. From the presented simulations, it seems that the developed DWT simulation technique can handle various engineering problems with free-surface and reliably predict hydrodynamic features due to the fully-nonlinear wave motions interacting with such marine structures.

Analysis of the Turbulent Heat/Fluid Flow in a Ribbed Channel for Various Rib Shapes (채널 내 주기적으로 배열된 요철 형상이 난류 유동장/온도장에 미치는 영향 연구)

  • Choi D. H.;Ryu D. N.;Han Y. S.
    • 한국전산유체공학회:학술대회논문집
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    • 2002.05a
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    • pp.128-133
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    • 2002
  • The heat transfer characteristics of a turbulent flow in a ribbed two-dimensional channel have been investigated numerically. The fully elliptic governing equations, coupled with a four-equation turbulence model, $\kappa-\omega-\bar{t^2}-\epsilon_t$, are solved by a finite volume method of SIMPLE type. Calculations have been carried out for three rib cross-sections : square, triangular, and semicircular, with various rib pitches and Reynolds numbers. The procedure appears to be satisfactory as the results for the square rib compare favorably with available experimental data and earlier calculation. The optimal rib pitch that yields the maximum heat transfer has been identified. It is also found that the square rib is most effective in enhancing the heat transfer. The semicircular rib, on the other hand, incurs the least amount of pressure drop but the improvement in heat transfer is substantially lower.

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Performance Analysis for Sludge Suction Collector in Clarifier (침전지의 흡입식 슬러지 수집기에 대한 성능해석)

  • Jin, Hee-Nam;Byun, Jong-Youn;Suh, Sang-Ho;Roh, Hyung-Woon
    • 유체기계공업학회:학술대회논문집
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    • 2003.12a
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    • pp.415-420
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    • 2003
  • Sedimentation phenomenon of suspended solids occurs by the gravitational force. Pollution particles are separated from slowly flowing wastewater in clarifier. Recently, the sludge suction collector is preferred rather than the scraper type sludge collector due to enhancement of the clarifier efficiency. The sludge suction collector is usually operated by the user's experiences without any scientific and/or technical consideration. To evaluate the performance of sludge suction collector, the three dimensional computer simulation was conducted by the finite volume method. To analyze the performance, the velocity vectors and the suction flow rates of the orifices were investigated. The result showed that each suction flow rate through out the collector was equivalent in the sludge suction collector and the efficiency of suction collector was good to remove high concentrated sludge in clarifier.

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HYDROMAGNETIC FLOW IN A CAVITY WITH RADIATIVELY ACTIVE WALLS (복사벽면으로 구성된 캐비티 내 전자열유체 유동)

  • Han, Cho-Young;Chae, Jong-Won;Kim, Jung-Hoon;Jun, Hyoung-Yoll
    • Journal of computational fluids engineering
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    • v.15 no.3
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    • pp.87-94
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    • 2010
  • Hydromagnetic flow in a cavity under a uniform magnetic field is studied numerically. The cavity is comprised of four radiatively active surfaces. Due to large temperature difference inside a cavity, the radiative interaction between walls is taken into account. The coupled momentum and energy equations are solved by SIMPLER algorithm while the radiant heat exchanges are obtained by the finite volume method for radiation. A Wide range of Grashof numbers is examined as a controlling parameter. Resultant flow and heat transfer characteristics are investigated as well.

Flow Visualization of a Commercial Passenger Airplane Realized by Reverse Engineering (역공학으로 구현한 상용 여객기에서 유동 가시화)

  • Kim, Yang-Kyun;Kim, Sung-Cho;Kim, Jeong-Soo;Choi, Jong-Wook;Jin, Hak-Su
    • 한국가시화정보학회:학술대회논문집
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    • 2006.12a
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    • pp.149-152
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    • 2006
  • This paper describes the flow visualization around the model of a commercial passenger airplane, Boeing 747-400, which cruises in the transonic speed. The geometry was realized through the reverse engineering based on the photogrammetry. The three-dimensional inviscid steady compressible governing equations are solved in the unstructured grid system under the cruise condition and in a finite volume method. The convective term is processed by the Crank-Nicholson scheme and first order upwind scheme is applied. The lift and drag forces in the wing with engines increase by 1.49% End 3.9%, respectively compared with the wing without engines.

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Numerical Optimization of A Multi-Blades Centrifugal Fan For High-Efficiency Design (원심다익송풍기의 고효율 설계를 위한 수치최적설계)

  • Seo, Seoung-Jin;Kim, Kwang-Yong
    • 유체기계공업학회:학술대회논문집
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    • 2003.12a
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    • pp.385-390
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    • 2003
  • Shape of a multi-blades centrifugal fan is optimized by response surface method based on three-dimensional Navier-Stokes analysis. For numerical analysis, Reynolds-averaged Wavier-Stokes equations with standard $k-{\varepsilon}$ turbulence model are transformed into non-orthogonal curvilinear coordinate system, and are discretized with finite volume approximations. Due to the large number of blades in this centrifugal fan, the flow inside of the fan is regarded as steady flow by introducing the impeller force models for economic calculations. Optimizations with and without constraints are carried out. Design variables, location of cur off, radius of cut off, expansion angle of scroll and width of impeller were selected to optimize the shapes of scroll and blades. Data points for response evaluations were selected by D-optimal design, and linear programming method was used for the optimization on the response surface. As a main result of the optimization, the efficiency was successfully improved. The correlation of efficiency with relative size of inactive zone at the exit of impeller is discussed as well as with average momentum fluxes in the scroll.

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Numerical Study of Density-stratified Flow Past Two 3D Hills - Aligned in Tandem - (두 개의 3차원 지형물 주위의 성층 유동 해석 - 주 유동방향으로 정렬된 경우 -)

  • Choi, Choon-Bum;Yang, Kyung-Soo
    • Transactions of the Korean Society of Mechanical Engineers B
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    • v.30 no.12 s.255
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    • pp.1218-1227
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    • 2006
  • In this paper a parametric study using an immersed boundary method has been carried out to investigate the effects of stable density stratification on the wakes past two identical three-dimensional hills aligned in tandem. The Reynolds number based on the uniform inlet velocity and twice the hill height was fixed at Re=300 while the Froude number based on the inlet velocity and the hill height was retained at Fr=0.2. Neutral flow without density stratification was also computed for comparison. Under a strong stratification, vertical motion of fluid particles over the three-dimensional hills is suppressed and the wake structures behind the hills become planar. Depending on the distance between the two hills, the flow pattern of each wake is significantly affected by the stratification. There is a critical hill distance at which flow characteristics drastically change. Qualitative and quantitative features of the wake interaction are reported.

IMPROVEMENT OF A SEMI-IMPLICIT TWO-PHASE FLOW SOLVER ON UNSTRUCTURED MESHES (비정렬 격자계에서의 물-기체 2상 유동해석코드 수치 기법 개선)

  • Lee, H.D.;Jeong, J.J.;Cho, H.K.;Kwon, O.J.
    • 한국전산유체공학회:학술대회논문집
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    • 2010.05a
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    • pp.380-388
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    • 2010
  • A thermal-hydraulic code, named CUPID, has been developed for the analysis of transient two-phase flows in nuclear reactor components. A two-fluid three-field model was used for steam-water two-phase flows. To obtain numerical solutions, the finite volume method was applied over unstructured cell-centered meshes. In steam-water two-phase flows, a phase change, i.e., evaporation of condensation, results in a great change in the flow field because of substantial density difference between liquid and vapor phases. Thus, two-phase flows are very sensitive to the local pressure that determines the phase change. This in turn puts emphasis on the accurate evaluation of local pressure gradient. This paper presents a new numerical scheme to evaluate the pressure gradient at cell centers on unstructured meshes. The results of the new scheme for a simple test function a gravity-driven cavity, and a wall boiling two-phase flow are compared with those of the previous schemes in the cupid code.

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