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FLUENT Code Analyses for Design Optimization of an Average Bi-directional Flow Tube (평균 양방향 튜브의 설계 최적화를 위한 FLUENT 코드해석)

  • Kang, Kyong-Ho;Yun, Byong-Jo;Euh, Dong-Jin;Baek, Won-Pil
    • The KSFM Journal of Fluid Machinery
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    • v.8 no.4 s.31
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    • pp.14-19
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    • 2005
  • Average Bi-directional flow tube was suggested to measure single and two phase flow rate. Its working principle is similar with Pilot tube, however, it makes it possible to eliminate the cooling system which is normally needed to prevent from flashing in the pressure impulse line of Pilot tube when it is used in the depressurization condition. 3-dimensional steady state flow analyses using FLUENT 5.4 code were performed to validate the application of the average bi-directional flow tube in case of water and air flow. In this study, sensitivity studies have been performed to optimize the design features of the average bi-directional flow tube which can be applied for the various experimental conditions. For Re numbers above 1000, the k values are nearly constant regardless of the Re numbers and flow types and calculation results and experimental data coincides quite well. The current FLUENT calculation results suggest that linearity of the k values in various design features of the average BDFT is highly promising, which means that it is quite reasonable to select the typical design of the average BDFT for the convenience of the experimental conditions.

FLUENT Code Analyses for Design Optimization of an Average Bi-directional Flow Tube (평균 양방향 튜브의 설계 최적화를 위한 FLUENT코드해석)

  • Kang, Kyong-Ho;Yun, Byong-Jin;Euh, Dong-Jin;Baek, Won-Pil
    • 유체기계공업학회:학술대회논문집
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    • 2004.12a
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    • pp.180-186
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    • 2004
  • Average Bi-directional flow tube was suggested to measure single and two phase flow rate. Its working principle is similar with Pilot tube, however, it makes it possible to eliminate the cooling system which is normally needed to prevent from flashing in the pressure impulse line of Pilot tube when it is used in the depressurization condition. 3-dimensional steady state flow analyses using FLUENT 5.4 code were performed to validate the application of the averagebi-directional flow tube in case of water and air flow In this study, sensitivity studies have been performed to optimize the design features of the average hi-directional flow tube which can be applied for the various experimental conditions. For Re numbers above 1000, the k values are nearly constant regardless of the Re numbers and flow types and calculation results and experimental data coincides quite well. The current FLUENT calculation results suggest that linearity of the k values in various design features of the average BDFT is highly promising, which means that it is quite reasonable to select the typical design of the average BDFT for the convenience of the experimental conditions.

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Numerical Simulation Test of Scour around Offshore Jacket Structure using FLOW-3D (FLOW-3D를 이용한 해상 자켓구조물 주변의 세굴 수치모의 실험)

  • Ko, Dong Hui;Jeong, Shin Taek;Oh, Nam Sun
    • Journal of Korean Society of Coastal and Ocean Engineers
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    • v.27 no.6
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    • pp.373-381
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    • 2015
  • As offshore structures such as offshore wind and offshore platforms have been installed frequently in ocean, scour effects are considered important. To test the scour effect, numerical simulation of scour has been carried out. However, the test was usually conducted under the uni-directional flow without bi-directional current flow in western sea of Korea. Thus, in this paper, numerical simulations of scour around offshore jacket substructure of HeMOSU-1 installed in western sea of Korea are conducted using FLOW-3D. The conditions are uni-directional and bi-directional flow considering tidal current. And these results are compared to measured data. The analysis results for 10,000 sec show that under uni-directional conditions, maximum scour depth was about 1.32 m and under bidirectional conditions, about 1.44 m maximum scour depth occurred around the structure. Meanwhile, about 1.5~2.0 m scour depths occurred in field observation and the result of field test is similar to result under bi-directional conditions.

A 3.3kW Bi-directional EV Charger with V2G and V2H function (V2G-V2H 기능을 갖는 3.3kW급 전기자동차용 양방향 충전기)

  • Jung, Se-Hyung;Hong, Seok-Yong;Park, Jun-Sung;Choi, Se-Wan
    • The Transactions of the Korean Institute of Power Electronics
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    • v.20 no.1
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    • pp.31-37
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    • 2015
  • This paper proposes a 3.3-kW bi-directional EV charger with V2G and V2H functions. The bi-directional EV charger consists of a DC-DC converter and a DC-AC inverter. The proposed EV charger is suitable for wide battery voltage control due to the two-stage configuration of the DC-DC converter. By employing a fixed-frequency series loaded resonant converter as the isolated DC-DC converter, zero-current-switching can be achieved regardless of battery voltage variation, load variation, and power flow. A 3.3-kW prototype of the proposed EV charger has been built and verified with experiments, and indicates a maximum efficiency of 94.39% and rated efficiency of 94.23%.

Effect of Incidence Angle of Current on the Hydraulic Resistance Capacity of Clayey Soil (흐름의 입사각이 점성토 지반의 수리저항성능에 미치는 영향)

  • Kim, Young-Sang;Han, Byung-Duck;Kang, Gyeong-O
    • Journal of Korean Society of Coastal and Ocean Engineers
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    • v.24 no.1
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    • pp.26-35
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    • 2012
  • Until now, study on the hydraulic resistance characteristics of the ground at the river and the ocean current has been focused on the behavior under uni-directional flow without the direction change of flow. However, recent research result shows that scour rate which were measured under the bi-directional flow was much higher than those measured under uni-directional flow for both fine grained and coarse soil. Since the direction of inflow and return flow at the shore, where the structure will be constructed, is not always $180^{\circ}$, effect of the incidence angle on the hydraulic resistance capacity of the ground should be examined. Using the improved EFA which can consider the direction change of flow, hydraulic resistance capacities of the artificially composed clayey fine grained soil and clayey sandy soil under $0^{\circ}$, $90^{\circ}$, $135^{\circ}$, $180^{\circ}$ flow angle of incidence were assessed. Test result shows that hydraulic resistance capacity decreases and scour rate increase with the increase of the incidence angle between inflow and return flow. For the low consolidation pressure condition, hydraulic resistance capacity of the fine grained soil decreases rapidly. While the hydraulic resistance capacity of the coarse grained soil decreases more rapidly than fine grained soil under high consolidation pressure. Eventually since the larger the incidence angle between inflow and return flow, the larger the scour rate. Hydraulic resistance capacity under bi-directional flow($0^{\circ}{\longleftrightarrow}180^{\circ}$) should be examined for the design purpose.

Performance Evaluation of the 100kW bi-directional tidal current turbine by CFD (CFD에 의한 100kW급 양방향 조류발전터빈의 성능평가)

  • Kim, Jeong-Yoon;Kim, Ki-Pyoung;Kim, Chang-Goo;Lee, Young-Ho
    • 한국신재생에너지학회:학술대회논문집
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    • 2011.05a
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    • pp.163.1-163.1
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    • 2011
  • 세계는 지금 지구 온난화 및 화석연료의 고갈로 인해 대체 에너지 자원의 확보문제가 급속히 대두되고 있다. 이에 조류발전은 오염이 발생하지 않는 친환경 에너지원으로서, 날씨나 계절에 상관없이 항상 발전할 수 있는 신뢰성 있는 에너지이며, 높은 밀도를 가지는 작동유체가 수차에 미치는 영향 또한 크므로 지속적으로 예측이 가능한 장점을 가지고 있다. 이러한 조류에너지는 실 해역에 적용하기 위해서는 전격유효 전력이 생산 가능한 지리적 요인에 대한 고찰과 더불어 조류발전 터빈의 개념설계가 고려되어야 한다. 본 연구는 다양한 설치 공간을 형성할 수 있으며, 장, 단점이 보완될 수 있는 조류발전 터빈의 개념설계 연구 단계로서, 내부 유동 특성을 고려하여 입구를 설계하였으며, 일정한 속도로 유입되는 유량을 노즐의 장착을 통해 에너지 밀도를 높일 수 있게 된다. 이러한 개념형상 설계로 추가 작동이나, 장치의 사용 없이 양방향 발전이 가능해 진다.

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Bi-directional Two Terminal Switching Device based on SiGe for Spin Transfer Torque (STT) MRAM

  • Yang, Hyung-Jun;Kil, Gyu-Hyun;Lee, Sung-Hyun;Song, Yun-Heub
    • Proceedings of the Korean Vacuum Society Conference
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    • 2012.02a
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    • pp.385-385
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    • 2012
  • A two terminal N+/P/N+ junction device to replace the conventional selective transistor was studied as a bilateral switching device for spin transfer torque (STT) MRAM based on 3D device simulation. An N+/P/N+ junction structure with $30{\times}30nm$ area requires bi-directional current flow enough to write a data by a drain induced barrier lowering (DIBL) under a reverse bias at N+/P (or P/N+ junction), and high current on/off ratio of 106. The SiGe materials are widely used in hetero-junction bipolar transistors, bipolar compensation metal-oxide semiconductors (BiCMOS) since the band gap of SiGe materials can be controlled by changing the fraction and the strain epilayers, and the drift mobility is increased with the increasing Ge content. In this work, N+/P/N+ SiGe material based junction provides that drive current is increased from 40 to $130{\mu}A$ by increased Ge content from 10~80%. When Ge content is about 20%, the drive current density of SiGe device substantially increased to 2~3 times better than Si-based junction device in case of 28 nm P length, which is sufficient current to operation of STT-MRAM.

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Experimental Study on Hydraulic Resistance of Sea Ground Considering Tidal Current Flow (왕복류 흐름을 고려한 지반의 수리저항성능 실험)

  • Kim, Young-Sang;Gang, Gyeong-O
    • Journal of Korean Society of Coastal and Ocean Engineers
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    • v.23 no.1
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    • pp.118-125
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    • 2011
  • Conventional erosion function apparatus (EFA) which has been used to measure the hydraulic resistance of soil was improved to consider direction change of the current flow. Using improved apparatus, hydraulic resistance capacities of the artificially composed clayey soil and sandy soil were compared. Test result shows that scour rates which were measured under the bi-directional flow were much higher than those measured under unidirectional flow for both type soils. Scour rate of sandy soil was higher than that of clayey soil. Velocity averaged scour rate of specimen which was consolidated under the relatively large consolidation pressure is higher than that of specimen which is consolidated under small consolidation pressure, which means scour problem under bidirectional flow may be more serious for the deep seabed ground.

Study on the High Efficiency Bi-directional DC/DC Converter Topology Using Multi-Phase Interleaved Method (Multi-Phase 인터리브드 방식을 이용한 고효율 양방향 DC/DC 컨버터 토폴로지에 관한 연구)

  • Choi, Jung-Sik;Park, Byung-Chul;Chung, Dong-Hwa;Oh, Seung-Yeol
    • Journal of the Korean Institute of Illuminating and Electrical Installation Engineers
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    • v.29 no.2
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    • pp.82-90
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    • 2015
  • This paper proposes an efficient bi-directional DC/DC converter topology using multi-phase interleaved method for power storage system. The proposed converter topology is used for a power storage system using a vanadium redox flow battery(VRFB) and is configured to enable bidirectional power flow for charging and discharging of VRFB. Proposed DC/DC converter of the 4 leg method is reduced to 1/4 times the rating of the reactor and the power semiconductor device so can be reduce the system size. Also, proposed topology is obtained the effect of four times the switching frequency as compared to the conventional converter in each leg with a 90 degree phase shift 4 leg method. This can suppress the reduction of the life of the secondary battery because it is possible to reduce the current ripple in accordance with the charging and discharging of VRFB and may increase the efficiency of the entire system. In this paper, it proposed bidirectional high-efficiency DC/DC converter topology Using multi-phase interleaved method and proved the validity through simulations and experiments.

Three-Port Converters with a Flexible Power Flow for Integrating PV and Energy Storage into a DC Bus

  • Cheng, Tian;Lu, Dylan Dah-Chuan
    • Journal of Power Electronics
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    • v.17 no.6
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    • pp.1433-1444
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    • 2017
  • A family of non-isolated DC-DC three-port converters (TPCs) that allows for a more flexible power flow among a renewable energy source, an energy storage device and a current-reversible DC bus is introduced. Most of the reported non-isolated topologies in this area consider only a power consuming load. However, for applications such as hybrid-electric vehicle braking systems and DC microgrids, the load power generating capability should also be considered. The proposed three-port family consists of one unidirectional port and two bi-directional ports. Hence, they are well-suited for photovoltaic (PV)-battery-DC bus systems from the power flow viewpoint. Three-port converters are derived by combining different commonly known power converters in an integrated manner while considering the voltage polarity, voltage levels among the ports and the overall voltage conversion ratio. The derived converter topologies are able to allow for seven different modes of operation among the sources and load. A three-port converter which integrates a boost converter with a buck converter is used as a design example. Extensions of these topologies by combining the soft-switching technique with the proposed design example are also presented. Experiment results are given to verify the proposed three-port converter family and its analysis.