• Journal of Advanced Marine Engineering and Technology
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• 제18권3호
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• pp.43-51
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• 1994

The design technique of turbo pumps has been developed due to an increasing demand from related industrial fields. But infant stage of turbomachinery in the domestic industry needs more fundamental design method. Among various types of pumps, centrifugal pump was chosen because of its wide industrial application. It is difficult to decide the correct specification of centrifugal impeller, because of its complex flow analysis at the inlet, passage and outlet. This study is limited on the impeller blade design and its related performance analysis.

• Journal of the Korean Wood Science and Technology
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• 제31권1호
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• pp.61-70
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• 2003

원심법을 이용하여 침엽수 생재 심재부의 조재와 만재에 대한 수분이동경로의 크기를 평가하였다. 또한, 원심처리 후의 포수율 분포와 수분포텐셜의 관계로부터 액체투과성을 측정하였다. 삼나무의 경우, 조재는 0.70 ㎛, 만재는 0.50 ㎛의 반경에서 뚜렷한 피크가 관찰되었다. 솔송나무는 조재와 만재 모두 0.50 ㎛의 반경에서 피크를 나타냈다. 일본전나무와 일본잎갈나무는 조재 0.70 ㎛, 만재 0.30 ㎛의 반경범위에서 피크 값이 관찰되었다. 반면에, 미송과 시트카스푸르수는 뚜렷한 피크 값을 보이지 않았다. 액체투과성은 미송을 제외한 모든 수종에서 조재가 만재보다 좋게 평가되었다.

• 대한기계학회논문집B
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• 제30권6호
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• pp.578-586
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• 2006

Numerical simulations are carried out to investigate the thermal effects of the gravitational potential on the centrifugal instability of a Taylor-Couette flow, and to further study the detailed flow fields and flow bifurcations to spiral vortices. The effects of centrifugal potential on the centrifugal instability are also investigated in the current study. Spiral vortices have various types of mode depending on Grashof number and Reynolds number. The correlation of Richardson number with the spiral angle of the spiral vortices shows that the structure of the spiral vortices strongly depends on the Richardson number. The heat transfer rate of the inner cylinder increases with increasing Grashof number. It is also confirmed that the torque required to rotate the inner cylinder increases as Grashof number increases.

• 유체기계공업학회:학술대회논문집
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• 유체기계공업학회 2005년도 연구개발 발표회 논문집
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• pp.533-541
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• 2005

Compared to axial compressors, an analytical model capable of analyzing the flow in centrifugal compressor lacks because of the difficulty in governing equations for radial duct. Therefore, this paper presents a new model to predict flow field in a centrifugal compressor with a sinusoidal asymmetric tip clearance. To predict the 2 dimensional flow in the inlet and exit of the centrifugal compressor, the two flow fields are connected with compressor characteristic based on Moore-Greitzer model. Contrary to axial compressors, the nonuniformity of impeller exit pressure in centrifugal compressor decreases as flow coefficient decreases. In addition, that is sensitive to the slope of pressure rise by eccentricity. The maximum velocity exists right before the maximum tip clearance.

• 한국에너지공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국에너지공학회 1999년도 춘계 학술발표회 논문집
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• pp.151-157
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• 1999

원심 펌프내 3차원 유동 특성을 고찰하기 위하여 혼류형 원심펌프의 내부유동특성을 수치적 고찰하였다. 회전차 내의 유동현상에 대한 상세한 해석과 이해는 원심펌프의 주요 요소들에 대한 성능 예측에 있어 매우 중요하다. 회전차 내부의 유동은 3차원 점성효과가 지배적이기 때문에 펌프 성능에 중대한 영향을 준다. 회전차내의 3차원 점성유동은 주 영역인 등엔트로피 유동과 원심력과 Coriolis힘에 의한 경계층의 변화, 벽면의 전단응력, 2차 유동(secondary flow)등의 영향에 의한 비가역 영역으로 구분한다. 저 운동량 영역을 만드는 회진차 내부의 점성 유동은 정체영역(blockage)과 실속(stall)이라는 비가역 영역을 만들게 되는데, 결과적으로 펌프의 성능과 효율저하를 유발시킨다. 특히 Coriolis힘과 원심력은 비가역 영역을 증대시키는 가장 큰 힘이라는 사실을 알았다.

• 한국지열·수열에너지학회논문집
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• 제9권3호
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• pp.19-25
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• 2013

A new type axial flow fan with centrifugal sub-blades has been designed and fabricated in the present study. We investigated velocity and pressure distributions in downstream flow fields of the fan experimentally to detect the detailed flow characteristics of new axial flow fan and an existing axial flow fan. Two-dimensional velocity components were probed by applying a particle image velocimetry system and pressure distributions were measured by Pitot tube and micro-manometer. Our results show that the velocity and pressure distributions at the flow fields of the new fan are quite different from the existing fan, and that the centrifugal sub-blades in the new fan can improve the performance characteristics in view of kinetic energy.

• International Journal of Fluid Machinery and Systems
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• 제4권3호
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• pp.317-323
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• 2011

Mini centrifugal pumps having a diameter smaller than 100mm are employed in many fields; automobile radiator pump, ventricular assist pump, cooling pump for electric devices and so on. Further, the needs for mini centrifugal pumps would become larger with the increase of the application of it for electrical machines. It is desirable that the mini centrifugal pump design be as simple as possible as precise manufacturing is required. But the design method for the mini centrifugal pump is not established because the internal flow condition for these small-sized fluid machines is not clarified and conventional theory is not suitable for small-sized pumps. Therefore, we started research on the mini centrifugal pump for the purpose of development of high performance mini centrifugal pumps with simple structure. Three types of rotors with different outlet angles are prepared for an experiment. The performance tests are conducted with these rotors in order to investigate the effect of the outlet angle on performance and internal flow condition of mini centrifugal pumps. In addition to that, the blade thickness is changed because blockage effect in the mini centrifugal pump becomes relatively larger than that of conventional pumps. On the other hand, a three dimensional steady numerical flow analysis is conducted with the commercial code (ANSYS-Fluent) to investigate the internal flow condition. It is clarified from the experimental results that head of the mini centrifugal pump increases according to the increase of the blade outlet angle and the decrease of the blade thickness. In the present paper, the performance of the mini centrifugal pump is shown and the internal flow condition is clarified with the results of the experiment and the numerical flow analysis. Furthermore, the effects of the blade outlet angle and the blade thickness on the performance are investigated and the internal flow of each type of rotor is clarified by the numerical analysis results.

• 한국전산유체공학회지
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• 제3권1호
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• pp.30-36
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• 1998

The three dimensional Navier-Stokes equations in rotational coordinate are solved using a multigrid algorithm for the calculations of turbulent flows in centrifugal compressor impellers. Some numerical studies are made in applying the multigrid algorithm for the turbulent flow calculations with the standard κ-ε equations. The present method is used to calculate the flow fields of Mizuki's B-type and Niigata Ms. 350 centrifugal compressor impellers. Fast convergent steady-state solutions are carefully examined, comparing the static pressure distributions along the impeller flow passage and also in the diffuser with experimental data. Performance of a centrifugal compressor system is also numerically validated by comparing the performances of the impeller and the diffuser individually.

• 유체기계공업학회:학술대회논문집
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• 유체기계공업학회 2000년도 유체기계 연구개발 발표회 논문집
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• pp.219-225
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• 2000

Primary function of a centrifugal compressor volute is to serve the flow from the impeller and diffuser to pipe system. But losses in volutes at off-design lead to poor stage efficiency and reduction of operating range. This is largely caused by the interaction between the impeller and volute flow fields. The magnitude of distortion is increased as the operating point is away from the design point and, as a result, the interaction between the impeller and volute is stronger. The objective of present study is to find the characteristics of tile flow in the diffuser and volute of the centrifugal compressor with rectangular cross-sectional volute. The measurements are carried out in two cases with the existence and nonexistence of the volute casing. The detailed pressure is presented by comparing the experimental results obtained at two cases with each others.

• Journal of Mechanical Science and Technology
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• 제15권12호
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• pp.1728-1738
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• 2001

Measurements have been made in an automotive HVAC b1ower for two different centrifugal fans. This work is directed at improving the performance of a conventional forward-curved centrifugal fan for a given small blower casing. Mean velocities and pressure have been measured using a miniature five-hole probe and a pressure scanning unit connected to an online data acquisition system. First, we obtained the fan performance versus flow rates showing a significant attenuation of unstable nature achieved with the new fan rotor in the surging operation range. Second, aerodynamic characterizations were carried out by investigating the velocity and pressure fields in the casing flow passage for different fan operating conditions. The measurements stowed that performance coefficients are strongly influenced by flow characteristics at the throat region. The main flow features ware common in both fans, but improved performance is achieved with tole new fan rotor, particularly in lower flow rate legions. Based on the measured results, design improvements were carried out in an acceptable operation range, which gave considerable insight into what features of flow behavior ware most important.