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The development of computational fluid dynamics tools for thermal expansion type interrupter with the arc rotary (아크회전과 열팽창 방식을 적용한 소호부에 대한 아크유동 해석)

  • Choulkov, Victor;Lee, B.W.;Seo, J.M.
    • Proceedings of the KIEE Conference
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    • 2000.07b
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    • pp.813-815
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    • 2000
  • This paper is concerned with the development of PC based computer simulation and design tools for auto-expansion SF6 circuit breaker with the arc rotary. The simulation model takes into account radiation transport, turbulence enhanced momentum. energy transport. The conversation gas dynamic equation together with Maxwells equations are solved. For the arc simulation the straightforward procedure has been used. The temperature, gas density and velocity space distributions within the circuit breaker are simulated in details. The presented results show that the computer simulation of gas flow in SF6 interrupter is a subject of much interest for design and optimization of contacts. The presented results show that the shape and sizes of contacts are chosen by this tool from judiciously compromise between electrical breakdown strength and interruption ability that are functions of gas flow parameters.

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Study on Simulation of Fuel Injection Pump for Marine Medium Diesel Engine (선박 중형디젤엔진용 연료분사펌프 해석 연구)

  • Yang, Young-Joon
    • Journal of the Korean Society of Manufacturing Process Engineers
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    • v.11 no.6
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    • pp.123-129
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    • 2012
  • This study was carried out to improve the design of fuel injection pump for marine medium diesel engine. For this purpose, all parts of fuel injection pump were modeled and simulated using CATIA V5R19, FLUENT & MSC Nastran. Flow analysis for plunger cylinder and structural analysis for plunger, roller and spring, which were considered as essential parts of fuel injection pump, were performed to find the optimal design of fuel injection pump. As the results, flow of fluid in plunger cylinder was showed good results in case of 7.7~8.0m/s of plunger velocity. Furthermore, it was confirmed that plunger, roller and spring could be operated safely under 1,800bar pressure.

An Experimental Study of the Airside Performance of Slit Fin-and-Tube Heat Exchangers under Dry and Wet Conditions

  • Chang, Keun-Sun;Long, Phan-Than
    • International Journal of Air-Conditioning and Refrigeration
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    • v.17 no.1
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    • pp.7-14
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    • 2009
  • Water condensate accumulated on the surface of a fin-and-tube heat exchanger significantly affects its thermal and hydraulic performances. The purpose of this study is to investigate the effects of condensate retention on the air-side heat transfer performance and flow friction for various flow and geometric conditions. Total of twelve samples of slit and plate fin-and-tube heat exchangers are tested under dry and wet conditions. The thermal fluid measurements are made using a psychrometric calorimeter. Frontal air velocity varies in the range from 0.7 m/s to 1.5 m/s. Using the experimental data, presented are heat transfer coefficients in terms of Colburn j-factors and friction factors, and these data are compared with the existing correlations.

Fluid Flow and Heat Transfer Inside a Solar Chimney Power Plant

  • Gholamalizadeh, Ehsan;Chung, Jae Dong
    • Plant Journal
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    • v.14 no.1
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    • pp.42-46
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    • 2018
  • The flow and heat transfer characteristics inside a solar chimney power plant system are analyzed in this article. 3-D model with the $k-{\varepsilon}$ turbulence closure was developed. In this model, to solve the radiative transfer equation the discrete ordinates radiation model was implemented, using a two-band radiation model. To simulate radiation effects from the sun's rays, the solar ray tracing algorithm was coupled to the calculation via a source term in the energy equation. Simulations were carried out for a system with the geometry parameters of the Manzanares power plant. Based on the numerical results, the velocity and temperature distributions were illustrated and the results were validated by comparing with experimental data of the Manzanares prototype power plant. Moreover, temperature profile of the ground surface of the system was illustrated.

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Study of the Effects of Wakes on Cascade Flow (후류가 익렬유동에 미치는 영향에 대한 실험적 연구)

  • Kim, Hyung-Joo;Joo, Won-Gu;Cho, Kang-Rae
    • 유체기계공업학회:학술대회논문집
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    • 1999.12a
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    • pp.309-314
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    • 1999
  • This paper is concerned with the viscous interaction between rotor and stator The viscous interaction is caused by wakes from upstream blades. The cascade was composed with five blades and cylinders were placed to make wakes and their location was about 50 percent of blade chord upstream. The location of cylinders were varied in the cascade axis with 0, 20, 40, 60 and 80 percent of pitch length. The velocity distribution in the cascade passage were measured using single slanted hot-wire and the ones in the boundary layer using boundary probe. As a result, wakes decay more rapidly at suction surface and more slowly at pressure surface. And the measurement of momentum thickness of cascade shows that the momentum thickness is larger near the blade surface. From measurement of blade boundary layer, turbulent intensity is also larger near the blade surface because wakes collide the boundary layer And wakes make boundary layer thickness smaller and delay flow separation.

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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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Wave Motions in Stratified Fluids by a Translating Plate

  • Joo Sang-Woo;Park Min-Soo
    • Journal of Mechanical Science and Technology
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    • v.20 no.6
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    • pp.882-895
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    • 2006
  • Surface and interfacial waves in two superposed horizontal inviscid fluids of finite depths are studied. The flow is induced by translating a vertical rigid plate with a prescribed velocity. Analytical solutions that accurately predict the motion of the free surface and the interface are obtained by using a small-Froude-number approximation. Three different velocities of the plate are considered, while flows induced by any arbitrary motion of the plate can be easily analyzed by a linear superposition of the solutions obtained. It is shown that pinching of the upper layer can occur for a sufficiently thin upper layer, which leads to its rupture into small segments. Other interesting phenomena, such as primary and secondary wiggles generated on the interface near the wavemaker, are discussed.

Three Dimensional Aerodynamic Characteristics of a Small Bee in Hovering Flight (정지비행하는 작은 벌의 3차원 공력특성)

  • Ro, Ki-Deok
    • 한국가시화정보학회:학술대회논문집
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    • 2006.12a
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    • pp.102-108
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    • 2006
  • The three-dimensional flows in the Weis-Fogh mechanism are studied by flow visualization and numerical simulation by the discrete vortex method. In this mechanism, two wings open, touching their trailing edges (fling), and rotate in opposite directions in the horizontal plane. The structure of the vortex systems shed from the wings is very complicated and their effects on the forces on the wings have not yet been clarified. The discrete vortex method, especially the vortex stick method, is employed to investigate the vortex structure in the wake of the two wings. The wings are represented by lattice vortices, and the shed vortices are expressed by discrete three-dimensional vortex sticks. The vortex distributions and the velocity field are calculated. The pressure is estimated by the Bernoulli equation, and the lift on the wing are also obtained.

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A Numerical Study on the Laminar Flow Field and Heat Transfer Coefficient Distribution for Supercritical Water in a Tube

  • Lee Sang-Ho
    • International Journal of Air-Conditioning and Refrigeration
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    • v.13 no.4
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    • pp.206-216
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    • 2005
  • Numerical analysis has been carried out to investigate laminar convective heat transfer at zero gravity in a tube for supercritical water near the thermodynamic critical point. Fluid flow and heat transfer are strongly coupled due to large variation of thermodynamic and transport properties such as density, specific heat, viscosity, and thermal conductivity near the critical point. Heat transfer characteristics in the developing region of the tube show transition behavior between liquid-like and gas-like phases with a peak in heat transfer coefficient distribution near the pseudo critical point. The peak of the heat transfer coefficient depends on pressure and wall heat flux rather than inlet temperature and Reynolds number. Results of the modeling provide convective heat transfer characteristics including velocity vectors, temperature, and the properties as well as the heat transfer coefficient. The effect of proximity on the critical point is considered and a heat transfer correlation is suggested for the peak of Nusselt number in the tube.

Evaluation of the cavitation effect on liquid fuel atomization by numerical simulation

  • Choi, Sang In;Feng, Jia Ping;Seo, Ho Suk;Jo, Young Min;Lee, Hyun Chang
    • Korean Journal of Chemical Engineering
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    • v.35 no.11
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    • pp.2164-2171
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    • 2018
  • Heavy duty diesel vehicles deteriorate urban air quality by discharging a large volume of air pollutants such as soot and nitrogen oxides. In this study, a newly introduced auxiliary device a fuel activation device (FAD) to improve the combustion efficiency of internal engines by utilizing the cavitation effect was closely investigated by the fluid flow mechanism via a numerical analysis method. As a result, the FAD contributed to fuel atomization from the injection nozzle at lower inlet pressure by reducing the pressure energy. The improved cavitation effect facilitated fuel atomization, and ultimately reduced pollutant emission due to the decrease in fuel consumption. The axial velocity along the flow channel was increased 8.7 times with the aid of FAD, which improved the primary break-up of bubbles. The FAD cavitation effect produced 1.09-times larger turbulent bubbles under the same pressure and fuel injection amount than without FAD.