• Korean Journal of Agricultural Science
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• v.37 no.3
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• pp.501-508
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• 2010

A swirl chamber type diesel engine attachable to 18 kW agricultural tractors was improved to reduce exhaust emissions. Compression ratio and throat area ratio of the combustion chamber were varied to determine optimum combustion conditions. Tests were composed of full load and 8-mode emission tests. Compression ratio was fixed as 21, but the swirl chamber volume was increased by 3.8%. Output power, torque, specific fuel consumption, exhaust gas temperature, and smoke level were not considerably different for compression ratios of 21.5 (reference condition) and 21 (test condition), while NOx, HC, CO and PM levels for the compression ratio of 21 were decreased by 11%, 46%, 28%, 11%, respectively, from those for the compression ratio of 21.5. The tests were also conducted with a compression ratio of 22 and 4.3% increased chamber volume. Output power, torque, exhaust gas temperature and smoke level were greater, while specific fuel consumption was less for the compression ratio of 22 than those for the compression ratio of 21.5. Increase of compression ratio decreased HC and CO levels by 24%, 39%, but increased NOx and PM levels by 24%, 39%. Based on these results, a compression ratio of 21 was selected as an optimum value. Then, full load tests with the selected compression ratio of 21 were carried out for different throat ratios of 1.0%, 1.1%, 1.2%. Output power and torque were greatest and smoke was lowest when throat area ratio was 1.1%, which satisfied the target values of specific fuel consumption (less than 272 g/$kW{\cdot}h$) and exhaust gas temperature (less than $550^{\circ}C$). Therefore, a throat area ratio of 1.1% was selected as an optimum value.

• The Journal of Engineering Research
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• v.3 no.1
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• pp.215-222
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• 1998

The effect of La and Si addition of the thermal stabilization of $\gamma-alumina$ powers have been studied. Reagent grade $La(NO_3)_3{\cdot}6H_2O$ and $Si(OC_2H_5)_4$ were used as starting materials. These additives were introduced by wet impregnation method. Both La and Si additives suppressed the sintering of alumina and were found to be good thermal stabilizers of $\gamma-alumina$. Especially, Si drastically suppressed the phase transition of alumina at high temperatures. The major mechanisms for the thermal stabilization of alumina were seemed to be new phase formation and retardation of surface diffusion by addition of La or Si into alumina matrix.

• Proceedings of the Korean Vacuum Society Conference
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• 2014.02a
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• pp.468-468
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• 2014

우리나라는 미국, EU, 러시아, 중국, 인도 등 다국간 협력 사업인 국제핵융합실험로(ITER) 사업에 참여하고 있으며, 블랑켓 일차벽 및 시험용 블랑켓 모듈(Test Blanket Module, TBM) 제작기술 개발에 필요한 고열부하 검증시험을 국내에서 자체적으로 실시하기 위한 고열부하시험 시설을 구축하였다. 한국원자력연구원에 설치된 고열부하시험 시설의 주요 사양은 다음과 같다. 열원으로는 전자빔을 사용하며, 빔출력은 최대 300 kW이고, 최대 출력밀도는 $10GW/m^2$이다. 전자빔의 최대 가속전압은 60 kV이고, 최대 조사 면적은 설계상 $70cm{\times}50cm$이다. 고열부하 장비는 핵융합환경과 유사한 고열부하를 시험대상물에 인가하여 접합 및 냉각 성능을 평가하는 장비이며, ITER 블랑켓 및 TBM 일차벽의 경우 약 $0.5MW/m^2$, 가속실험 혹은 사고 시 순간 시나리오 해석을 위해서 $5MW/m^2$까지 고려되기도 한다. ITER 블랑켓 일차벽 제작기술 개발 및 검증(2004~2011)에서는 외국장비(러시아 TSEFEY, 일본 JEBIS, 독일 JUDITH)를 활용하였으나, 고비용 문제와 장비 이용 시간의 제한에 따라 사용이 어려워, 국내에서는 KoHLT-1, 2 장비를 자체 구축하여 활용하여 왔다. 현재는 높은 열부하 인가조건, 약 $5MW/m^2$을 달성하기 위해서 전자빔을 이용한 고열부하시험 장치를 마련하였으며, ITER 블랑켓 일차벽 Semi-Prototype 검증시험, TBM, KSTAR 디버터 실험 등 핵융합로 일차벽 개발에 활용하고 있다. 전자빔, 전원 및 진공 chamber 등 전체 고열부하 시험장치를 구축하여 ITER 장치를 포함해서 토카막 디버터 등 핵융합 플라즈마 대면부품 (Plasma Facing Components, PFC) 재료 개발과 국방, 항공우주 분야의 열유속 게이지 측정법 향상 연구, 로켓 추진 엔진 연소실의 열유속 모니터링 연구, 항공기 프로펠러 연구 등에 활용할 수 있을 것으로 기대된다.

• Resources Recycling
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• v.11 no.4
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• pp.3-10
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• 2002

The characteristics of dry and wet milled powder prepared by 1 cycle OREOX (oxidation and reduction of oxide fuels) treatment were investigated using the simulated spent fuel pellet. Sintered pellets simulating spent nuclear fuel burned in reactor were fabricated from $UO_2$ powder using as a starting material in fabrication of nuclear fuel. The 1 cycle OREOX-treated powder was prepared by only one path of oxidation md reduction of the simulated pellet. Powder having average particle size of less than 1 $\mu\textrm{m}$ could be easily obtained by dry milling, but not be achieved by wet milling. And, specific surface area of dry milled pow-der was higher than that of wet milled powder. Dry milled powder formed loose agglomerate, while wet milled powder showed the shape of irregular and angular particles. Dry milled powder provided higher green density, resulting in higher sintered density of higher than 95% TD and average grain size of larger than 8 $\mu\textrm{m}$ satisfying the standard specification of sintered pellets.

• Transactions of the Korean Society of Mechanical Engineers A
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• v.37 no.11
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• pp.1355-1360
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• 2013

A cracked solid propellant would have failure or fracture of rocket because of excessive combustion according to increase of burning area, therefore it is important to evaluate the fracture toughness of solid propellant. A procedure is used to investigate the material under a range of test temperatures between -60 and $60^{\circ}C$, three kind of specimen thickness, 4, 12.5 and 24.5 mm to determine the effect of two parameters on the fracture toughness. A center cracked tension (CCT) specimen is used in these tests, which were conducted using INSTRON 5567 testing machine and environmental chamber to evaluate the fracture toughness. The experimental results show that the fracture toughness tends to decreases with an increase in the temperature, and the effect of thickness indicates that the fracture toughness is highest at 12.5 mm under various temperatures except $-60^{\circ}C$. It is found that the fracture toughness of solid propellant is changed due to glass transition behavior around $-60^{\circ}C$.

• Journal of Energy Engineering
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• v.18 no.4
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• pp.239-246
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• 2009

A fundamental investigation has been conducted on the combustion of single particle of a sub-bituminous coal char burning at different temperatures and residence times. The lab-scale test setup consisted of a drop tube furnace where gas temperatures varied from $900^{\circ}C$ to $1400^{\circ}C$. A calibrated two color pyrometer, mounted on the top of the furnace, provided temperature profiles of luminous particle during a char oxidation. An amount of char mass reacted during the reaction is measured with thermogravimetry analyzer by using an ash tracer method. As a result, mass and area reactivity as well as reaction rate coefficients are determined for the char burning at atmospheric pressure condition.

• Journal of the Korean Society of Propulsion Engineers
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• v.18 no.3
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• pp.40-47
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• 2014

The grain burn-back analysis has been performed for the internal ballistics analysis code to be used for the optimal design of the space launch vehicles. The grain burn-back has been used to calculate the burning surface that is essential to the internal ballistics. The calculation of internal ballistics code used in the optimal design is repeated until satisfying the required performance through the change of the design parameter. Therefore, the burn-back method applied to the internal ballistics analysis should be easy to change the design parameter and calculation time should be short. In this study, a burn-back analysis code has been developed using the analysis method. Also, geometric parameters of the grain have been selected and organized. The developed code has been verified by comparison of results of a numerical method.

• Journal of Korean Society of Forest Science
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• v.94 no.6
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• pp.481-487
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• 2005

In this study, a GIS model to simulate the behavior of surface forest fires was developed on the basis of forest fire growth prediction algorithm. This model consists of three modules for data-handling, simulation and report writing. The data-handling module was designed to interpret such forest fire environment factors as terrain, fuel and weather and provide sets of data required in analyzing fire behavior. The simulation module simulates the fire and determines spread velocity, fire intensity and burnt area over time associated with terrain slope, wind, effective humidity and such fuel condition factors as fuel depth, fuel loading and moisture content for fire extinction. The module is equipped with the functions to infer the fuel condition factors from the information extracted from digital vegetation map sand the fuel moisture from the weather conditions including effective humidity, maximum temperature, precipitation and hourly irradiation. The report writer has the function to provide results of a series of analyses for fire prediction. A performance test of the model with the 2002 Chungyang forest fire showed the predictive accuracy of 61% in spread rate.

• Journal of the Korean Institute of Gas
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• v.17 no.5
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• pp.22-27
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• 2013

HCNG engine is performed as a future engine because of high combustion efficiency and eco-friendly property, and is predicted to a brdge of hydrogen vehicles. As EURO-6 regulagion is due to be applied in 2014, consolidated regulations of methane gas that is exhausted from CNG and HCNG vehicles will come into effect. In this studies, methane oxidation catalyst is introduced to remove methane gas from HCNG emissions. Methane oxidation efficiency on catalyst was studied when it is driven long time. And characterization like metal dispersion, surface area was performed to investigate the correlation of catalyst efficiency and characteristics.

• Journal of the Korean Society of Propulsion Engineers
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• v.23 no.5
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• pp.101-106
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• 2019

Carbon deposition on the turbine nozzle throat of a LOx/kerosene gas generator cycle(open cycle) engine causes performance reduction of the engine. Estimation methods for a turbine nozzle throat area are proposed. The discharge coefficient of the turbine nozzle was estimated with the turbine gas properties such as gas constant, specific heat ratio, and temperatures. The pressure ratio and temperature ratio of the turbine nozzle throat, was utilized to estimate the discharge coefficient also. Estimated discharge coefficient of turbine nozzle throat of KSLV-II 1st stage engine shows the carbon deposition effects on the turbine nozzle throat of a LOx/kerosene open cycle engine.