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Performance Analysis and Optimum Design Method of Positive Displacement Turbine for Small Hydropower (소수력발전용 용적형수차의 성능해석과 최적설계법에 관한 연구)

  • Choi, Young-Do
    • Journal of Advanced Marine Engineering and Technology
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    • v.31 no.5
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    • pp.514-521
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    • 2007
  • There has been considerable interest recently in the topic of renewable energy. This is primarily due to concerns about environmental impacts. Moreover, fluctuating and rising oil prices, increases in demand, supply uncertainties and other factors have led to increased calls for alternative energy sources. Small hydropower, especially using water supply system, attracts high attentions because of relatively lower cost and smaller space requirements to construct the plant. Moreover. newly developed positive displacement turbine has high acceptability for the system. Therefore, the purpose of this study is focused on the examination of the performance characteristics and proposition of a optimum design method of the turbine for the improvement of the performance. The results show that newly proposed optimum design method for the turbine has high accuracy of performance prediction and good applicability for the performance improvement of the turbine.

A Study on Tribological Characteristics of Sintered Fe-base Low Alloy Powder for Automobile Parts (자동차 부품용 Fe계 저합금 분말 소결품의 마찰마모 특성 연구)

  • Kim, Tae-Hyun;Kim, Sang-Youn;Kim, Tae-Gyu
    • Journal of the Korean Society of Manufacturing Process Engineers
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    • v.11 no.6
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    • pp.139-144
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    • 2012
  • In the automobile industry, the various efforts to lower their industrial cost and enhance fuel efficiency have been made through process improvement or weight saving of automobile parts. Gear is one of significant parts of transmission, which is made by cast iron or alloy steel. It is expensive due to complex processing, inferior materials and large machining allowance. In this study, alternative gear cars oil which is based on fluid applications materials is produced by reducing surface induction hardening and carburizing hardened in production. And then, wear characteristic and mechanical properties such as hardness of the sintered alloy which is used as a substitute for small machining allowance is investigated.

The Field Test of Heat Pump Cooling & Heating System using the water-purifying device (수도시설을 이용한 지열냉난방시스템의 실증연구)

  • Hwang, Ki-Sup;Jung, Woo-Sung;Ahn, Young-Sub
    • Proceedings of the SAREK Conference
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    • 2007.11a
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    • pp.629-634
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    • 2007
  • The Alternative energy has lately attracted considerable attention due to the high oil price and environment problem. In this study, field test of facility for using the geothermal energy source from water-purifying device was constructed and monitoring devices are installed to estimate the efficiency of this system. Initial installation cost can be saved efficiently by connecting a heat pump system into the existing pumping well in site of water-purifying in Cheongju. One set of monitoring results during summer was presented and analyzed.

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Optimization of Heat Exchanger Network in the Steam Assisted Gravity Drainage Process Integration

  • Rho, Seon-Gyun;Yuhang, Zhang;Hwang, InJu;Kang, Choon-Hyoung
    • International Journal of Advanced Culture Technology
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    • v.8 no.2
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    • pp.260-269
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    • 2020
  • The Steam Assisted Gravity Drainage (SAGD) process is an enhanced method to extract oil from bitumen which involves surface and central process facilities. This paper describes the Central Process Facilities (CPF) of SAGD and proposes several retrofit plans to the Heat Exchanger Network (HEN). In this approach, the process integration scheme is applied to estimate the energy saving in HENs, and various cases are modeled in favor of a commercial simulator. Throughout this work, a minimum approach temperature of 10℃ is assumed. The results reveal that, due to the HEN optimization using process integration, the heating and cooling duties can be reduced to 29.68MW and 1.886MW, respectively. Compared with the Husky case, all cases considered in this study indicate a potential reduction of at least 6% in total cost, including investment and operation costs.

Effective test of lacquer in marine diesel engines

  • Hong, Sung-Ho;Ju, Seung-Hwan
    • International Journal of Naval Architecture and Ocean Engineering
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    • v.9 no.2
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    • pp.199-208
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    • 2017
  • We perform an experiment on lacquer formation with simple test device. The anti-lacquer is one of important issues to increase durability, and to improve performance in the engines because the lacquer formation cause sticking of fuel injection pump, scuffing of cylinder liners, and increase of lubricant oil consumption in the marine diesel engines. We suggest this simple test in order to save enormous experimental cost in marine diesel engines, and in order to have ease in performing the various tests. The influences of the Base Number (BN) of lubricant oils and the sulfur content of fuel oils in the formation of lacquer are investigated. In order to investigate physical and chemical properties of lacquer, we perform a variety of tests such as, visual inspection, EDS. In addition, we investigate adhesion of lacquer by pull-off test quantitatively, and perform dissolution test with dilute sulfuric acid.

Introduction of Suction Pile Technology (Suction Pile 공법 개요 및 그 적용)

  • 조영기;방상철;박중배;곽대진
    • Proceedings of the Korean Geotechical Society Conference
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    • 2001.11a
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    • pp.110-121
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    • 2001
  • The interest in suction piles by the oil industry was risen in the middle of 1980's. Recently, suction piles have been applied increasingly in offshore engineering due to its low cost, simplicity, efficiency, and reliability. Suction piles have normally been used as anchors of floating structures and foundations of marine structures in deep-water locations. Suction piles have several technical advantages over conventional piles and anchors; fast and easy installation at any depth of water, extremely large resistance due to its huge size, and easy retrieval by applying a positive suction pressure inside the pile, etc. Daewoo E&C Co., Ltd. has conducted a series of field suction pile installation and loading tests inside the Okpo harbor located in Geojedo and the Onsan harbor in Ulsan, Korea, during the summer of 2001, which may provide additional validation of the analytical solutions previously developed by the US Naval Facilities Engineering Service Center. This is a brief description of the general mechanisms of suction pile installation and loading capacity based on the study conducted by the US Navy and Daewoo E&C Co., Ltd.

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A Study on the Construction of the Flexible Long-Term Generation Mix under Uncertainties of Power System (전력계통(電力系統)의 불확실성(不確實性)을 포함한 유연(柔軟)한 장기전원구성(長期電源構成)의 수립에 관한 연구(硏究))

  • Song, Kil-Yeong;NamGung, Jae-Young;Choi, Jae-Seok
    • Proceedings of the KIEE Conference
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    • 1993.07a
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    • pp.159-162
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    • 1993
  • A new approach using fuzzy dynamic programming is proposed for the flexible long-term generation mix under uncertain circumstances. A characteristic feature of the presented approach is that not only fuzziness in fuel and construction cost. load growth and reliability but also many constraints of generation mix can easily be taken into account by using fuzzy dynamic programming. The method can accommodate arbitrary shape of membership function as well as the operation of pump-generator. And so more realistic solution can be obtained. The effectiveness of the proposed approach is demonstrated by the best generation mix problem of KEPCO-system which contains nuclear, coal, LNG, oil and pump-generator hydro plant in multi-years.

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The Development of Screw Type Supercharger on CNG-Fueled Engine for Heavy Duty Vehicle (대형 CNG 엔진용 스크류형 과급기 개발에 관한 연구)

  • Kang, W.;Park, D.K.;Kim, H.C.;Oh, P.K.
    • Transactions of the Korean Society of Automotive Engineers
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    • v.6 no.6
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    • pp.195-201
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    • 1998
  • This study aims at the optimal design of rotors and the development of screw type Supercharger of CNG-fueled engine for commercial vehicle. Based on the new rotor profile, an advanced oil free type Supercharger has been developed, which can achieve higher adiabatic efficiency and lower manufacturing cost. The performance test of screw type Supercharger has achieved high volumetric efficiency and the durability on the bench of performance test has also been established in the compact body.

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Performance Based Design of Passive Fire Protection Using Consequence Analysis (사고 영향 분석을 이용한 성능위주의 내화설계)

  • Han, Dong-Hoon;Lee, Jong-Ho
    • Journal of the Korean Society of Safety
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    • v.19 no.1
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    • pp.102-107
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    • 2004
  • Performance based design is a recent evolutionary step in the process of designing fire protection systems. In essence, it is a logical design process resulting in a solution that achieves a specified performance. Sometimes the prescriptive solutions presented in various codes and standards are too expensive or inflexible. Often the solutions do not and enables optimization of a solution for cost and function. In this study, performance based design was carried out to determine the extent of passive fire protection for oil terminal facilities. The results of performance based design were compared with those of prescriptive code based design. Performance based design is not always more economic than prescriptive code based design but provides more reliable and effective design that is fit for the purpose.

Experimental Study on Exhaust Scrubber Type EGR System for High Speed Diesel Engine (고속 디젤기관의 배기배출물에 미치는 스크러버형 배기가스 재순환계의 실험적 연구)

  • Park, Tae-In;Kim, Tae-Gwon;Hong, Sun-Cheol
    • 연구논문집
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    • s.24
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    • pp.5-11
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    • 1994
  • EGR is an efficient method for reduction of NOx from diesel exhaust emission since it is simple to install with low cost and effective in its performance however it has demerits such as incresing wear on the moving parts of engines. stainning intake system and deteriorate lubricating oil. In order to reduce the soot contents in the recirculating gas to intake system of the engine, a proper filtering device was desined and manufactered for experiment system. It is aimed to grasp the characteristics of pollutant emissions including SFC on EGR system equipped with soot removal device.

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