• Transactions of the Korean Society of Mechanical Engineers B
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• v.36 no.7
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• pp.745-752
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• 2012

Diesel engines are most suitable for biodiesel fuel because diesel fuel has a higher cetane number compared to gasoline and diesel engines have no spark ignition system; hence, engine conversion is easy and cost effective. For these reasons, in this study, the spray behavior characteristics of vegetable palm oil were analyzed by using a common-rail injection system of a commercial diesel engine, and the results were compared with those obtained for the diesel fuel. The injection pressures and blend ratios of palm oil and diesel fuel (BD3, BD5, BD20, BD30, BD50, and BD100) were the main parameters. The experiments were conducted for different injection pressures-500 bar, 1000 bar, 1500 bar, and 1600 bar-by setting the injection duration at $500{\mu}s$. We determined there is no significant difference in the macro characteristics of the spray behavior (spray penetration and spray angle) in response to any change in the blend ratio of palm oil and diesel fuel at a fixed injection pressure. In particular, all experiments showed a spray angle of approximately $15^{\circ}$.

• Transactions of the Korean Society of Automotive Engineers
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• v.23 no.2
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• pp.221-229
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• 2015

The PFI dual injection engine using one injector per an intake port was developed for solving the DISI engine cost problem. Excellent fuel atomization and targeting of the PFI dual injection engine made enhancement on the fuel efficiency and engine power. In order to develop a PFI dual injection engine, characteristics of the in-cylinder flow and fuel behavior with respect to fuel injection angle and cone angle of the PFI dual injection engine was investigated. Numerical calculation was conducted to analyze 3D unsteady in-cylinder flow and fuel behavior using STAR-CD. The engine operating condition was 2,000rpm at WOT. As a result, the amount of intake air, evaporated fuel and fuel film according to injection angle and cone angle were presented. The results were influenced by interaction between injected fuel and intake port wall.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society of Propulsion Engineers Conference
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• 2005.11a
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• pp.353-357
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• 2005

LOx post damage occurs from the development process of the full-scale gas generator which is necessary to 30 tonf class engine development was described. The cause and analysis for damage was described. The combustion test result of 4 injector, the full-scale gas generator and redesigned injector was described. Combustion instability, purge, the low momentum of LOx spray, small recess number, the low flow of LOx, and the high spray angle is main reason the possibility of knowing. The redesign for the injector in the direction of increase of recess number, increase of LOx and fuel spray angle, decrease of gap interval between the LOx post outer wall and fuel screen and increase of LOx post wall thick became accomplished.

• Proceedings of the Korea Society for Energy Engineering kosee Conference
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• 1994.05a
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• pp.15-21
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• 1994

단계적 연료방식을 가지는 가스터빈 연소기의 해석을 위한 방법을 제안하였으며, 이를 바탕으로 연료배분방식에 따른 연소기의 연소 및 NOx 발생특성을 규명하였다. 연소기 해석모델은 연소기 내부를 선회기구역, 1차연소구역, 재순환구역, 2차연소구역 및 희석구역으로 나누어 각각의 반응구역을 혼합반응기, 플러그 유동반응기의 모델로서 근사하였다. 반응기내의 연소 및 NOx 생성반응은 천연가스 반응모델과 Zel'dovich 의 NOx 모델을 이용하여 예측하였다. 본 해석방법을 이용하여, 각 반응구역에 유입되는 연료량이 연소기내 연소특성, NOx 발생 특성 및 온도분포에 미치는 영향을 검토하였다. 또한, NOx 저감을 위해 증기분사를 사용하는 경우에 분사위치가 NOx 발생에 미치는 영향을 분석하여, 가스터빈 연소기설계에 필요한 기초자료를 제공하였다.

• Journal of the Korea Academia-Industrial cooperation Society
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• v.19 no.5
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• pp.681-688
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• 2018

As environmental regulations have been strengthened and high fuel efficiency has been in demand in recent years, the number of ships using natural gas as a fuel is increasing. The demand for ships using LPG or methanol, which are emerging as eco-friendly vessel fuels, is also increasing. In this perspective, ME-LGI engines using LPG or methanol as a fuel have attracted considerable attention. Ships equipped with an ME-LGI engine are required to check the reliability of the fuel injection valve during shipping. This means that the development of a fuel injection valve tester is essential for the commercialization of ME-LGI engine. This study conducted the conceptual design of a fuel injection valve tester for ME-LGI engines using a system engineering process in the order of requirements analysis, functional analysis, and design synthesis. In the requirement analysis stage, the operating process of fuel injection valve was analyzed, and the necessity of checking the sealing oil leakage was then derived. In the functional analysis stage, the functions and flow of them were defined at each functional level. In the design synthesis stage, the equipment for each function was set and the process block diagram based on it was derived. In addition, preliminary risk analysis was performed as a part of system analysis and control, and safety measures were added to the conceptual design. This study is expected to be a good reference material for the concept design of other systems in the future because it shows the application process of a system engineering process to the conceptual design in detail.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society of Propulsion Engineers Conference
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• 2005.11a
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• pp.93-99
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• 2005

Performed were 2-phase numerical studies on two types of fuel atomizers, plain orifice and pressure swirl atomizer. In case of plain orifice, cavitation model was applied so that discharge coefficient, cavitation size, and magnitude of cavitation region characterized and compared with experimental results for several different pressure enforced to the orifice. In case of swirl atomizer, VOF model was applied to analyze air core size, spray angle, and wall pressure distributions with comparison of experimental results.

• Journal of the Korean Society of Propulsion Engineers
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• v.11 no.1
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• pp.57-63
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• 2007

The oxidizer-rich preburner is applied to the high efficiency closed cycle rocket propulsion system. This system is generally operated on oxidizer-fuel mixture ratio over than 50. The spray quality and mixing performance are very important for stable combustion of this preburner. This paper presents basic design concept and spray characteristic of the oxidizer-rich preburner injector and this result could be applied to the development of the oxidizer rich preburner system.

• Journal of Energy Engineering
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• v.7 no.1
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• pp.17-23
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• 1998

A simplified experiment was performed to figure out the atomization characteristics of highly viscous liquid of rice-bran oil by applying ultrasonic energy to improve the atomization of spray droplets. A spray system, an ultrasonic system, and three kinds of pintle-type nozzles(pin-edge angle: 5 , 10 , 15 ) were manufactured. To investigate the effects of ultrasonic energy on the atomization of a highly viscous liquid, a phase doppler particle analyzer was used for the measurement and calculation of spray droplets data. Nozzle opening pressures were chosen of 3 levels, i.e, 10, 13, 16 MPa. As a result, it could be concluded that the ultrasonic energy was effective to improve the spray atomization when applied to the fuel by means of 3 different nozzles because of the effects of the liquid fuel cavitation and relaxation between molecules caused by ultrasonic energy. The improvement rate of the spray atomization by the ultrasonic spray atomization by the ultrasonic spray compared with the conventional spray was about 10% increase in the case of pintle type nozzles. With the increase of pin-edge angles the distribution lines by nozzle opening pressures are declined for both conventional and ultrasonic sprays. This means that the increase of the pin-edge angle improves the atomization of sprays.

• Journal of ILASS-Korea
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• v.17 no.4
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• pp.178-184
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• 2012

The aim of this study was to compare the spray characteristics of a typical fuel (100% diesel, DME) and diesel-DME blended fuel in a constant volume combustion chamber (CVCC). The typical fuel (100% diesel, DME) and diesel-DME blended fuel spray characteristics were investigated at various ambient pressures (pressurized nitrogen) and fuel injection pressures using a common rail fuel injection system when the fuel mixture ratio was varied. The fuel injection quantity and spray characteristics were measured including spray shape, penetration length, and spray angle. Common types of injectors were used.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society of Propulsion Engineers Conference
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• 2004.10a
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• pp.288-291
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• 2004

The spray characteristics of coaxial swirl injector under ambient high pressure conditions were investigated in this paper. Three injectors were used to study the effect of recess length and fuel injector type(open or closed). In this research, experimental conditions(ambient gas density) were calculated by Buckingham Pi-theory and spray characteristics of the injectors were represented by mass flow rate according to the injection pressure, the spray angle, mass distribution, and mean diameter of droplet.