• Journal of the Korean Society of Visualization
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• v.16 no.2
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• pp.53-58
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• 2018

This paper presents an electromagnetically driven microrobot for the enhancement of mixing performance in high viscous liquid media such as blood and bone marrow. First, an electromagnetic system was fabricated, and the magnetic flux density generated from the system was compared with the theoretical value. Second, the reciprocating motion of the microrobot was demonstrated in microchannel using electromagnetic system. As a proof of concept, the mixing performance by the electromagnetically driven microrobot in high viscous liquid was investigated using safranin solution. As a result, it was completely mixed within 140 s with the reciprocating motion of the microrobot while it took 1680 s for natural diffusion. In addition, the mixing efficiency was quantitatively evaluated through a mixing index obtained by an image analysis. The proposed method provides not only wireless actuation of a microrobot with a simple design but also high mixing performance in variety of high viscous liquid media.

• Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Electrical and Electronic Material Engineers Conference
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• 2009.11a
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• pp.85-85
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• 2009

본 연구에서는 압전 세라믹과 고분자를 혼합한 복합체를 제작하고 이러한 재료로부터 발생될 수 있는 미소 전력량을 조사하였다. 압전 세라믹으로는 0.2(PbMg1/3Nb2/3O3)-0.8(PbZr0.475Ti0.525O3)와 고분자는 PVPF-TrFE (6:4)를 사용하였다. 고분자와 압전 세라믹 분율을 1%, 5%, 10%, 30%, 50%로 변화하였으며, 구조는 0-3 복합재료 및 1-3 재료를 제작하였다. 제작한 결과 0.3 복합재료에서는 분율이 10%에서 가장 큰 전력량이 발생되었고, 1-3 복합재료에서는 분율이 30%에서 최대 값을 나타내었다. 이러한 결과들을 간단한 식을 이용하여 분석을 하였다.

• The Transactions of the Korean Institute of Power Electronics
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• v.8 no.6
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• pp.512-518
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• 2003

Position controls are very important in semiconductor manufacturing devices, machine tools Precision measuring instruments, etc. To measure the distance of movement of moving objects in minute units and the accuracy of measurement for the moving distance in these devices affect the performance of the whole devices. Therefore, in those Precision instruments, a sensing device that can measure the distance of movement with high-precision resolution is required. In this paper, a novel encoder of digital and analog hybrid type is proposed. It is shown that from this experiment a high-resolution angle measurement device can be designed by a low cost incremental encoder.

• 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.

• Transactions of the Korean Society of Mechanical Engineers B
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• v.36 no.9
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• pp.945-951
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• 2012

A water emulsion fuel can be used to reduce soot and NOx emissions simultaneously because it has a lower combustion temperature and better fuel atomization owing to the evaporative latent heat and microexplosion of water. Moreover, it can be used without making special modifications to conventional diesel engines. Therefore, this fuel has attracted considerable research attention. In addition, lower-grade fuels are being considered for use in conventional engines because of an increase in oil prices. In this study, we investigated the combustion and exhaust characteristics of MDO (marine diesel oil), which has a lower grade than common diesel oil, and ME (MDO water emulsion) under various test conditions in an automotive diesel engine.