• Journal of the Korean Society of Propulsion Engineers
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• v.4 no.2
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• pp.54-60
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• 2000

Most droplet generators are based on the Rayleigh's theory of droplet breakup, and various kind of droplet generation devices have been designed in accordance with vibrating method of capillary liquid column. At present, VOAG(Vibrating Orifice Monodisperse Aerosol Generator) is used to generate primary aerosol standards. For the combustion experiments with isolated single droplet, it is found that dripping method or separating method of suspended drop at an end of filament are more effective. Single drops can be separated from continuous streams of droplets by controlling electric charge.

• Transactions of the Korean Society of Mechanical Engineers B
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• v.41 no.6
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• pp.389-395
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• 2017

This study was performed to provide the information of the soot formation behavior of octane single fuel droplet under the identical combustion conditions. To achieve this, this experimental study provide the results of the soot formation characteristics of octane droplet in accordance with different initial droplet diameter($d_0$), at the same time, experiment was conducted under the same combustion conditions which are 1.0atm of ambient pressure($P_{amb}$), 21% of oxygen concentration($O_2$) and 79% of nitrogen concentration($N_2$). Visualization of octane droplet combustion was performed by visualization system with high speed camera. The results of maximum soot volume fraction($f_{vmax}$) was almost the same under the equivalent ambient conditions regardless of initial droplet diameter. Furthermore, maximum soot volume fraction was showed the higher value in the measuring direction between $135^{\circ}$ and $315^{\circ}$ since the soot-tail is generated during two opposing igniters movement process.

• Transactions of the Korean Society of Mechanical Engineers
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• v.16 no.11
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• pp.2159-2168
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• 1992

Coal-water slurry is considered to have the potential for displacing petroleum used in the existing oil-fired industrial and utility boilers. The combustion of coal-water slurry(CWS) is a complex process and little is known about the detailed mechanism. In this paper the combustion behavior of a single suspended droplet of CWS in hot gas stream was investigated. The effect of coal particle size, water content in droplet, initial droplet size, ambient temperature and oxygen fraction in ambient gas were studied. The results are as follows; (1) Increasing the oxygen fraction in ambient gas considerably reduced the char combustion time. (2) The variation of water content and coal particle size in droplet showed little effect on the combustion behavior. (3) In the relatively high temperature ambient gas, the water evaporation time became shorter and the combustion process was stable.

• Journal of the korean Society of Automotive Engineers
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• v.11 no.2
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• pp.34-40
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• 1989

본 연구에서는 유화연료 액적의 연소시에 나타나는 일반적인 연소특성과 이에 미치는 압력의 영향에 대하여 실험적인 방법으로 연구를 수행하였다. 고압용기내에서 유화연료의 단일 액적을 연소시키면서 그 연소과정을 고속으로 촬영하여 분석하는 한편, 연소과정중의 액적 내부의 온도변화를 측정하였다. 고압 용기내의 압력은 대기압으로부터 10atm까지, 연료에 대한 물의 혼합비는 체적비로 0-20%까지 변화시키면서, 유화연료 액적의 연소특성에 미치는 물의 함량과 압력변화의 영향을 분석하였다.

• Journal of Energy Engineering
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• v.10 no.2
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• pp.153-160
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• 2001

본 연구에서는 고온 분위기 온도 및 대기압 하에서 액적의 급속가열과 연소가 가능한 고온 연소로 장치와 고속도 비디오 카메라를 이용하여 다조성 단일 액적 연소에 대해 고찰하였다. 그 결과 저비점 성분을 혼합한 경유의 액적은 기본적으로 입경의 2승 법칙에 의해서 감소되었으며, 그 과정에서 입경이 일시적으로 급속히 감소하는 현상이 보여짐과 더불어 연소기간도 단축되었다. 즉, 저비점 성분을 혼합한 경유의 액적은 미세폭발 현상에 의해 기존 디젤 연료에 비해 더 빨리 증발되고 연소가 되었다. 또한, 순수 파라핀계 및 함산소계 연료의 화염은 전체 연소기간동안 기존 경유의 화염에 비해 푸른색을 띠고 있어, 매연이 없는 연소를 입증해 주었다.

• Journal of the Korean Society of Propulsion Engineers
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• v.5 no.3
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• pp.71-78
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• 2001

This paper presents the results of an experimental investigation on the combustion of single droplets arrays of Ethyl alcohol and kerosene fuel droplets in atmospheric pressure. The initial droplet diameters, d$_{0}$, were nominally 1.3~1.8mm, and inter-droplet separation distance l(l/do=1.31~2.60). experimental results indicate that burning rate constants(K) of ethyl alcohol and kerosene droplets were independent of initial droplet size as 0.0083, 0.0095 $\textrm{cm}^2$/sec. For 1-D droplet array's kerosene fuel droplet, burning rate constants(K) decreases with decreasing normalized inter-droplet distance. Normalized inter-droplet distance has stronger effect on 2nd fuel droplet than 3rd fuel droplet. When normalized inter-droplet distance is larger than 2.60, the effect of droplet spacing on droplet life is very small.

• Transactions of the Korean Society of Mechanical Engineers B
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• v.26 no.10
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• pp.1355-1363
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• 2002

An experimental study was conducted to investigate the interaction phenomena of droplet array combustion in ambient environment. The droplet with 1 mm in diameter was supported from an optical fiber and ignited with a hot wire. Combustion lifetimes and burning rate constants were measured for fuel of nheptane according to parameters, which were junction and suspender spacings, and array configuration. Results show that the burning process considerably depends on the initial away configuration. The d$^2$-law is found to be correct when applied to both of the droplets in away and the single droplet. For separation distance of about 5mm, there exists a critical state. So the transition from a merged flame to separated flames occurs and burning velocity is much faster than before. Combustion lifetime of the lower droplet is shorter than that of the upper droplet in the two-dimensional arrays combustion. Burning rate constants of the droplets in arrays are smaller than that of the single droplet, while they become higher as separation distance increases. Combustion lifetimes of the droplets in arrays are longer than that of the single droplet and decrease as separation distance increase. It is concluded that the array configuration and the mergedness of the flame are the most important factors governing multi-droplet combustion.

• Korean Chemical Engineering Research
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• v.56 no.5
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• pp.761-766
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• 2018

Droplet-based microfluidic device has led to transformational new approaches in various applications including materials synthesis and high-throughput screening. However, efforts are required to enhance the production rate to industrial scale because of low production rate in a single droplet generator. In here, we present a method for enhancing production rate of monodisperse droplets via parallelization of flow-focusing generators. For this, we fabricated a three-dimensional monolithic elastomer device (3D MED) that has the 3D channel structures in a single layer, using a double-sided imprinting method. We demonstrated that the production rate of monodisperse droplet is increased by controlling the flow rate of continuous and dispersed phases in 3D MED with 8 droplet generators. Thus, we anticipate that this microfluidic system will be used in wide area including microparticle synthesis and screening system via encapsulation of various materials and cells in monodisperse droplets.

• Proceedings of the SAREK Conference
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• 2006.11a
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• pp.109-109
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• 2006

• Journal of the Korean Society of Propulsion Engineers
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• v.6 no.1
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• pp.47-54
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• 2002

This paper presents the results of an experimental investigation on the combustion of single droplets and 1-D droplet arrays of jet A-1 fuel droplets in atmospheric pressure. Experimental results indicate that burning rate constants$({\kappa}_c)$ of jet A-1 fuel droplets were independent of initial droplet size as $0.915{mm}^2$/sec. It was acquired a general relationship expressing the variation of $d^2$ with time for droplet burning For 1-D droplet arrays $(l/d_o$=1.208{\sim}2.922)$/TEX>, the burning rate constant ${\kappa}_c$ decreased with decreasing droplet spacing $l/d_o$ and, The effect on combustion rate constant ${\kappa}_c$ was stronger to second fuel droplet than third fuel droplet with uniform droplet distance