• Proceedings of the KSME Conference
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• 2005.11a
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• pp.207.2-207.2
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• 2005

• Transactions of the Korean Society of Mechanical Engineers A
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• v.29 no.3 s.234
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• pp.418-424
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• 2005

We present the design, fabrication and experimental results of 4-bit digital microinjectors, whose ejected droplet volumes are adjusted by the digital operation of a 4-bit microheater array. We design the reference microinjectors as well as its comparative test structures. In the fabrication process, we use a five-mask micromachining process and the total chip size of the fabricated microinjector is $7,640{\mu}m{\times}5,260{\mu}m.$ We measure the ejected droplet volumes and velocities, which are adjusted from $12.1{\pm}1.0~55.6{\pm}14.7pl\;and\;2.3{\pm}0.1~15.7{\pm}0.8m/s.$ respectively, depending on the 15 possible combinations of 4-bit microheater array. We also experimentally characterize the effect of geometric variation including the microheater size, inter-microheater gap, microchannel width and sequential operation of microheater array on the ejected droplet volume and velocity. Among these parameters, we find that the microheater size is the most dominant parameter affected to the ejected droplet volumes and velocities. Thus, the present microinjector has a potential for application to the high-resolution inkjet printers with multiple gray levels or high-precision fluid injectors with variable volume control.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society of Propulsion Engineers Conference
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• 1998.04a
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• pp.27-27
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• 1998

연구소기내에서 원활한 연소를 위하여 액체의 균일하고 완전한 미소분열 문제는 매우 중요한 연구분야라 할 수 있으며, 특히 항공기용 가스터빈 연소기에 사용되는 분사 시스템의 설계시에는 단순한 미소분열 문제뿐 아니라 시동성 향상, 화염의 안정화, 공해물질의 저감 등은 물론 압력 차가 작고 유량범위가 넓으며 공기를 이용한 미립화(Atomization)의 효율이 낮은 영역, 즉, 시동(Start-up) 및 플레임 아웃(Flame-out)근처의 영역에서도 효율적인 미립화가 이루어지도록 고려되어져야 한다.

• Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Surface Engineering Conference
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• 2012.05a
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• pp.187-188
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• 2012

본 연구에서는 자동차 연료분사 장치의 내마모성 및 내구성 개선을 목적으로 이온빔 증착법을 이용하여 DLC 코팅을 증착하고 특성을 평가하였다. 특히 $CH_4/C_2H_2$ 분압비에 따라 DLC 박막의 표면조도, 밀착력, 경도등에 미치는 영향을 조사하였으며 DLC 박막의 구조 변화를 관찰하였다. 제조된 박막의 표면조도는 AFM (Atomic Force Microscopy)을 이용하였으며 박막의 밀착력은 스크래치 시험기를 이용하였고 미소 경도는 나노 인덴테이션을 이용하였으며 구조분석은 Raman spectroscopy를 이용하였다. 표면조도 결과 $C_2H_2$ 주입량을 증가함에 따라 표면조도와 경도값은 급격하게 증가하였고 $C_2H_2$만 주입했을 경우 Ra값이 90 nm, 미소 경도값은 2291 Hv로 최대값을 나타내었다.

• Journal of the Korea Academia-Industrial cooperation Society
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• v.12 no.5
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• pp.2054-2060
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• 2011

The purpose of this paper is to investigate spray characteristics of GDI injector that is economic and environment-friendly. Injector characteristics such as penetration length, spray angle and mixture formation were measured using experimental visualization technique. Especially, it has been analyzed that the influences of ambient pressure and injection pressure on penetration length and spray angle. To visualize the spray, a constant volume combustion chamber and fuel supply system have been manufactured. A high-speed camera and LED light source have been applied to obtain spray images. The experimental and visualization result shows that the penetration length is increased as decreasing ambient pressure and/or increasing injection pressure. Also, ambient pressure and injection pressure have minor effect on the spray angle variation.

• Journal of the Korean Society of Propulsion Engineers
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• v.2 no.2
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• pp.24-29
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• 1998

An experimental study was carried out to investigate the characteristics of spray pattern such as discharge coefficient, spray angle, and mass distribution for two-fluid airblast swirl injector, within the range of fluid supply pressure 0~13kg/$\textrm{cm}^2$. In general atomization is promoted with increasing total gas mass flow and performance of the splay pattern was more stable when radial mass flow was greater than axial mass flow, radial swirler was better than Axial swirler for atomization. Equivalent spray angle did not change with water mass flow except for the condition of 3kg/$\textrm{cm}^2$ and showed the same for the gas mass flow. Mass distribution from the patternator shows that maximum value of the distribution were lowered but distributed larger area when gas flow rate increased. Center of mass position did not change with increasing water mass flow.