• Journal of the KSME
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• v.32 no.11
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• pp.955-967
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• 1992

발전 설비는 다양한 부품으로 구성되어 있으며, 많은 부분이 회전력에 의해 운전된다. 대표적인 터빈, 발전기, 펌프, 송풍기 등이 있다. 모든 회전체에는 그것을 지지하면서 마찰을 줄여 회전을 원할하게 하기 위하여 베어링을 사용한다. 베어링은 회전체의 마찰에 의한 동력 손실을 줄일 뿐 아니라 회전체의 동특성에도 영향을 준다. 또한 회전체 운전중 문제점의 원인 중 많은 경우가 베어링에 기인하므로 회전체 제작시 베어링이 적절히 선정되고 설계되어야 한다. 발전 설비에 설치되는 베어링 중 가장 큰 부분을 차지하는 것이 터빈-발전기용 베어링이다. 터빈-발전기용 베어링은 마찰에 의한 동력 손실이 발전소 용량의 약 0.5%를 차지하며, 터빈-발전기 축계의 동 특성을 고려한 설계에서 중요한 요소로도 작용한다. 여기서는 발전소의 터빈-발전기용 베어링에 대해서 언급하고자 한다.

• Journal of the Korea Academia-Industrial cooperation Society
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• v.19 no.7
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• pp.9-15
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• 2018

The turbochargers, which are used widely in diesel and gasoline engines, are an effective device to reduce fuel consumption and emissions. On the other hand, turbo-lag is one of the main problems of a turbocharger. Bearing friction losses is a major cause of turbo lag and is particularly intense in the lower speed range of the engine. Current turbochargers are mostly equipped with floating bearings: two journal bearings and one thrust bearing. This study focused on the bearing friction at the lower speed range and the experimental equipment was established with a drive-motor, load-cell, magnetic coupling, and oil control system. Finally, the friction losses of turbochargers were measured considering the influence of the rotating speed from 30,000rpm to 90,000rpm, oil temperature from $50^{\circ}C$ to $100^{\circ}C$, and oil supply pressure of 3bar and 4bar. The friction power losses were increased exponentially to 1.6 when the turbocharger speed was increased. Friction torques decreased with increasing oil temperature and increased with increasing oil pressure. Therefore, the oil temperature and pressure must be maintained at appropriate levels.

• Journal of the Korea Academia-Industrial cooperation Society
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• v.18 no.1
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• pp.585-591
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• 2017

Turbocharging is widely used in diesel and gasoline engines as an effective way to reduce fuel consumption. But turbochargers have turbo-lag due to mechanical friction losses. Bearing friction losses are a major cause of mechanical friction losses and are particularly intensified in the lower speed range of the engine. Current turbochargers mostly use oil bearings (two journal bearings and one thrust bearing). In this study, we focus on the bearing friction in the lower speed range. Experimental equipment was made using a drive motor, load cell, magnetic coupling, and oil control system. We measured the friction losses of the turbocharger while considering the influence of the rotation speed, oil temperature, and pressure. The friction power losses increased exponentially when the turbocharger speed increased.

• Journal of the Korean Society of Manufacturing Process Engineers
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• v.20 no.3
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• pp.40-46
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• 2021

An automatic transmission of automobiles enables comfortable driving experience with lower transmission shifting jerks. However, the assembly structure is more complicated and requires additional components with lower efficiency than the manual transmission system. Extensive research has been conducted to improve the overall transmission efficiency by optimizing each component of the automatic transmission assembly. This study focuses on enhancing the friction torque of double angular contact ball bearings used in automatic transmission. The friction torque of the bearing varies with the operating conditions such as the operational load and rotating speed. Since reducing the friction torque of the bearing tends to deteriorate the durability of the bearing, it is necessary to design the bearing having a minimum required friction torque by determining the durability life of an automatic transmission assembly, In this study, the theoretical life and friction torque of conventional and newly-developed bearings are calculated. The difference in the friction torque between the new and existing bearings are also evaluated.

• Journal of Drive and Control
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• v.11 no.2
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• pp.30-35
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• 2014

The pumps of electro-hydrostatic actuators operate most frequently in boundary lubrication speed range, as they compensate for the position control errors as a control element. When conventional swash plate type piston pumps are applied to electro-hydrostatic actuators, the frictional power losses as well as the wear rate of sliding components, such as piston shoes can increase drastically under the boundary friction condition. In this paper, the power losses of the piston shoes were investigated which were engendered by a frictional solid-to-solid contact and leakage flow rate of their hydrostatic bearing. In order to reduce them, DLC-coating was applied to the swash plate and the ball joint of pistons along with its effects were demonstrated. In addition, it was also shown that the wear rate of the piston shoes could be markedly reduced using the DLC-coated swash plate.