• 기계와재료
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• v.24 no.2
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• pp.62-71
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• 2012

세계적으로 NOx 저감 및 규제치의 강화로 인해 디젤기관에서 발생되는 NOx 제거에 대한 연구가 활발히 진행 중이며, 암모니아 환원제와 배출가스의 NOx를 혼합하여 촉매 존재하에서 NOx를 제거하는 시스템이 개발되고 있다. 대부분 암모니아를 보관성이 용의한 요소(Urea) 수용액으로 대체하여 배기관 내에 직접 요소수를 분사하며 요소 수용액이 고온의 배기가스에 의해 증발되어 암모니아를 환원시키며, 촉매를 통하여 탈질을 하는 Urea-SCR 시스템을 채택하고 있다. 따라서 촉매전단에서 요소수가 완전히 증발되고, 또한 촉매 입구에서 요소수의 증발로 인해 환원된 암모니아의 분포도 균일해야 함으로 Urea-SCR 시스템이 배기가스 유동 및 온도에 최적화된 분무특성을 가지는 분사제어 시스템을 제시하고자 한다.

• 기계와재료
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• v.24 no.2
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• pp.48-61
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• 2012

NOx 저감방법으로 여러 가지 방법들이 존재하며 연구되고 있다. 그중 Urea-SCR은 적용가능한 온도범위가 넓고 우수한 저감효율을 보여 자동차엔진의 NOx 저감장치로 많은 연구가 진행되어 왔다. Urea-SCR은 고체 Urea의 열 해리반응으로 생성되는 암모니아가스와 NOx 와의 화학반응으로 제거하는 것이 목적이다. NOx저감효율에 직접적인 영향을 주는 변수에는 분사노즐의 분무특성, 배기관내 분사위치, 요소수의 유량제어 등 여러 가지가 존재한다. 따라서 본문에서는 여러 가지 분사노즐, 유량제어방법, 배기가스 물성치 및 관내 유동특성 등에 대해 소개하고 Urea-SCR시스템 적용가능성을 언급하고자 한다.

• Transactions of the Korean Society of Mechanical Engineers B
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• v.33 no.12
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• pp.952-960
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• 2009

Selective Catalytic Reduction (SCR) system is a high-effective NOx reduction technology in diesel engines. As the emission standard of diesel engines is more stringent, vehicle manufactures makes efforts on emission technologies. This paper discusses the performance of Urea-SCR system according to the engine operating conditions in a passenger diesel engine. Engine test results in this paper show that it is important to consider the catalyst temperature and space velocity to obtain high NOx conversion efficiency. In condition of high catalyst temperature, over 90% NOx conversion efficiency is indicated. However, when catalyst temperature is low, NOx conversion efficiency was decreased. Also, it was shown that space velocity mainly effects on the DeNOx performance under 220 degree celsius of SCR catalyst temperature. As the urea injection pressure was decreased, NOx conversion efficiency was declined. It is concerned about urea droplet atomization. This work shown in this paper can lead to improved overall NOx conversion efficiency.

• Transactions of the Korean Society of Automotive Engineers
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• v.18 no.6
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• pp.76-83
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• 2010

Recently, as the current and future emission regulations go stringent, the research of NOx reduction has become a subject of increasing interest and attention in diesel engine. Selective Catalytic Reduction (SCR) is one of the effective technology to reduce NOx emission from diesel engine. Especially, Urea-SCR that uses urea as a reductant is becoming increasingly popular as a cost effective way of reducing NOx emissions from heavy duty vehicles. In this research, we designed urea injector and DCU (Dosing Control Unit) specially developed for controlling the Urea-SCR process onboard vehicles. As passenger and commercial diesel engine experiment, we grasped characteristics of NOx emission and SCR catalyst temperature level in advance. As a result, highest NOx emission level was shown in condition of low engine speed and high load. On the other hand, SCR catalyst temperature was highest at high engine speed and load. On the basis of these result, we conducted the NOx reduction test at steady engine operating conditions using the urea injector and DCU. It was shown that 74% NOx conversion efficiency on the average and 97% NOx conversion efficiency was obtained at high SCR catalyst temperature.

• Transactions of the Korean Society of Mechanical Engineers A
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• v.39 no.11
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• pp.1123-1129
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• 2015

A pair of two-way valves typically is used in automotive washing machines, where the water flow direction is frequently reversed and highly pressurized clean water is sprayed to remove the oil and dirt remaining on machined engine and transmission blocks. Although this valve system has been widely used because of its competitive price, its application is sometimes restricted by surging effects, such as pressure ripples occurring in rapid changes in water flow caused by inaccurate valve control. As an alternative, one three-way reversing valve can replace the valve system because it provides rapid and accurate changes to the water flow direction without any precise control device. However, a cavitation effect occurs because of the complicated bottom plug shape of the valve. In this study, the cavitation index and percent of cavitation (POC) were introduced to numerically evaluate fluid flows via computational fluid dynamics (CFD) analysis. To reduce the cavitation effect generated by the bottom plug, the optimal shape design was carried out through a parametric study, in which a simple computer-aided engineering (CAE) model was applied to avoid time-consuming CFD analysis and difficulties in achieving convergence. The optimal shape design process using full factorial design of experiments (DOEs) and an artificial neural network meta-model yielded the optimal waist and tail length of the bottom plug with a POC value of less than 30%, which meets the requirement of no cavitation occurrence. The optimal waist length, tail length and POC value were found to 6.42 mm, 6.96 mm and 27%, respectively.