• Proceedings of the Korean Society of Propulsion Engineers Conference
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• 2012.05a
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• pp.110-116
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• 2012

To analyze flow characteristics and performance of the side jet thruster with 4 shutters and rectangular nozzles, a 3-D simulation has been implemented. Numerical calculations for three rotation anlgles of the shutter, have been conducted. Internal recirculation in a chamber and asymmetric flow structure in a nozzle were observed. In addition, the more shutter rotated, the more asymmetries of flow increased, and this phenomena resulted in thrust bias. The degrees of thrust bias and thrust performance with the rotation angles of the shutter were predicted and comparisons with theoretical thrust were made.

• Transactions of the KSME C: Technology and Education
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• v.3 no.4
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• pp.257-264
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• 2015

To maintain sustainability of nuclear energy as an important energy source, both safety problem and Spent Nuclear Fuels(SNFs) problem should be solved. In case of Gen-IV reactors such as fast reactor, SNFs can be used as fuels by using fast neutrons. It can be a suitable treatment method of high-level waste in near future. Liquid metals such as Sodium or Lead-Bismuth Eutectic (LBE) can be possibly used as a coolant to use fast neutrons. In this paper, it was described that natural circulation parameter studies, design analyses, material selections and a completion of facilities. To develop a natural circulation facility, thermal hydraulic analyses were performed. Installation technique of liquid metal natural circulation were secured.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society of Propulsion Engineers Conference
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• 2017.05a
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• pp.622-627
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• 2017

In this study, the numerical analysis of propellant supply manifold of a sub-scale model combustor with the same combustion and acoustic resonance conditions as the real combustor was carried out. The analysis of the results is based on the shape of the manifold and the number and type of inflow channels. The manifold form of the main propellant was rounded so that the recirculation area was small and easy to manufacture. The liquid oxygen mainfold included a distributor to uniformly supply the flow, and since the kerosene manifold was directly in contact with the flame side, the inflow channel was formed at a radial $360^{\circ}$ so as to minimize the recirculation region. The liquid nitrogen manifold was configured as a radial inflow channel to reduce the velocity difference near the injector.

• Journal of the Korea Academia-Industrial cooperation Society
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• v.7 no.5
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• pp.784-787
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• 2006

Even if EGR is known as a technology which dramatically reduces NOx emission, its application is a quite complicate since it affects fuel economy and increase of PM emission. Therefore, it is a very important issue to investigate an optimal EGR rate considering all engine parameters. This research was numerically conducted to predict combustion and emission characteristics with respect to various EGR rates.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society of Propulsion Engineers Conference
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• 2006.11a
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• pp.303-308
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• 2006

This paper describes numerical efforts to investigate combustion characteristics of HyShot scramjet engine. The corresponding altitude, angle of attack, and equivalence ratio are 28 km, $0^{\circ}$, and 0.426 respectively. $H_2$ and OH mass fraction show that the upstream recirculation zone of injector has flame-holding effects and main combustion begins at 15 cm downstream from cowl. Two-dimensional simulation reasonably predicts combustor inner pressure and also reveals periodic combustion characteristics of HyShot scramjet engine.

• Transactions of the Korean hydrogen and new energy society
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• v.31 no.5
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• pp.411-418
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• 2020

A reformer is a device for producing hydrogen used in fuel cells. Among them, methanol steam reformer uses methanol as fuel, which is present as a liquid at room temperature. It has the advantage of low operating temperature, high energy density, and high hydrogen production. The purpose of this study is to improve the internal flow of the pressure vessel when a bundle of methanol steam reformer in the pressure vessel goes out to a single outlet. An analysis of equilibrium reaction to methanol steam reforming reaction was conducted using Aspen HYSYS^® (Aspen Technology Inc., Bedford, USA), and based on the results, computational analysis was conducted using ANSYS Fluent^® (ANSYS, Inc., Canonsburg, USA). For comparison of the results, the height of the pressure vessel, outlet diameter, and fillet was set as variables, and the optimum geometry was selected by comparing the effects of gravity and the amount of negative pressure.

• Journal of computational fluids engineering
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• v.11 no.4 s.35
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• pp.67-74
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• 2006

The characteristics of turbulent flow and mixing in a small can type combustor are investigated by means of Large Eddy Simulation (LES). Attention is paid for a combustor having a baffle plate with oxidant injection and fuel injection holes and study is made for three cases of different baffle plate configurations. From the result, it is confirmed that mixing is promoted by interaction between the jets during their developing process and large vortical flows generated in the vicinity of the combustor wall or fuel jet front. This particular flow feature is effective to accelerate the slow mixing between fuel and oxidant suffering from low Reynolds number condition in such a small combustor. In particular, the vortical flow region ahead of fuel jet plays an important role for rapid mixing. Discussion is made for the time and space averaged turbulent flow and scalar quantities which show peculiar characteristics corresponding to different vortical flow structures for each baffle plate shapes.

• Proceedings of the KSME Conference
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• 2002.08a
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• pp.245-248
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• 2002

Vortex lock-on or resonance in the flow behind a circular cylinder is visualized by a time-resolved PIV when a single frequency oscillation is superimposed on the mean incident velocity. Measurements are made of the $K{\'{a}}rm{\'{a}}n$ vortices in the wake-transition regime at the Reynolds number 360. Basically, natural shedding state is observed to compare with lock-on state. Wake motion by the change of the shedding frequency of lock-on state is investigated. When lock-on occurs, the vortex shedding frequency is found to be half the oscillation frequency as expected from previous experiments. The physical flow phenomena of natural shedding and lock-on states are analyzed with physical parameters of recirculation and vortex formation region. Consequently, it is found that the change of wake bubble plays an important role in the flow at the lock-on state. Vortex formation region is also actively changed like recirculation region as the lock-on occurs. Therefore, it is deduced that the recirculation region is closely related with the vortex formation region.

• Proceedings of the KSME Conference
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• 2002.08a
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• pp.463-466
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• 2002

In order to examine the possibility of using a cavity as a passive device for reduction of skin friction and heat transfer, an intensive parametric study over a broad range of the cavity depth and length at different Reynolds numbers is performed for both laminar and turbulent boundary layers in the present study. Direct and large eddy simulation techniques are used for turbulent boundary layers at low and moderate Reynolds numbers, respectively. for both laminar and turbulent boundary layers over a cavity, a flow oscillation occurs due to the shear layer instability when the cavity depth and length are sufficiently large and it plays an important role in the determination of drag and heat-transfer increase or decrease. For a cavity sufficiently small to suppress the flow oscillation, both the total drag and heat transfer are reduced. Therefore, the applicability of a cavity as a passive device for reduction of drag and heat transfer is fully confirmed in the present study. Scaling based on the wall shear rate of the incoming boundary layer is also proposed and it is found to be valid in steady flow over a cavity.

• Proceedings of the Korea Institute of Fire Science and Engineering Conference
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• 2010.04a
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• pp.37-42
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• 2010

실제 규모 ISO 9705 표준 화재실에서 과환기(over-ventilated) 및 환기부족(under-ventilated) 화재에 대한 열 및 화학적 특성에 관한 실험이 수행되었다. 또한 FDS(Fire Dynamic Simulator)를 이용하여 수치적 예측성능에 대한 평가와 환기부족화재에서 건물 내부의 다차원 화재현상에 대한 해석이 이루어졌다. 과환기 및 환기부족화재의 특성은 연소효율, 총괄 당량비 뿐만 아니라 고온 상층부의 온도분포, 연소 생성물의 농도에 의해 명확하게 구분되었다. 실험결과와의 비교를 통해 과환기 및 환기부족화재에서 FDS는 공간내부의 온도, 열유속 및 다양한 화학종의 분포를 정량적으로 잘 예측함을 확인하였다. 과환기화재와 비교할 때, 환기부족화재에서 내부유동은 반대방향의 다차원 재순환 유동구조를 갖고 있음을 발견하였다. 동시에 공간내부의 $O_2$ 및 CO의 분포 역시 다차원 구조를 갖기 때문에 기존화재연구에서 측정되는 고온 상층부의 열 및 화학적 특성은 환기부족화재를 이해하는데 많은 한계가 있음을 확인하였다.