• Journal of the Korea Academia-Industrial cooperation Society
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• v.15 no.7
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• pp.4072-4080
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• 2014

The Peltier Module has been used to dissipate the heat from electronic devices and electronic components. In this module, a heat sink is used to release the operating heat into the air outside. This study addressed the heat transfer characteristics for a heat sink with an inner tunnel. Under forced and natural convection conditions, the heat transfer characteristics were different. Therefore, the cooling and heating performances were studied for the heat sink, which has an inner tunnel. The heat transfer conditions were also evaluated by performing an experimental test, which investigated the heat transfer characteristics related to the variance in time and temperature distribution. Experiments on the heat transfer characteristics of the heat sink were conducted based on the forced and natural convection and temperature distribution changes. In the cooling experiment, the A- and B-shaped cooling pin heat sinks decreased the temperature of the forced convection than the temperature of natural convection. In the forced and natural convection, the A- and B-shaped decreased to a minimum of $-15^{\circ}C$. Under the forced and natural convection conditions, A- and B-shaped cooling pin heat sinks decreased the temperature when the voltage was increased. In the heating experiment, the A- and B-shaped cooling pin heat sinks increased the temperature of the forced convection than the temperature of natural convection. In forced convection, when the voltage was $15^{\circ}C$, the temperature of the A-shaped cooling pin heat sink increased to $150^{\circ}C$, and the temperature of the B-shaped cooling pin heat sink increased to $145^{\circ}C$. Under forced and natural convection conditions, the A- and B-shaped cooling pin heat sinks showed an increase in temperature with increasing voltage.

• Journal of Energy Engineering
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• v.28 no.4
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• pp.103-110
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• 2019

The domestic innovative power reactor named iPOWER will employ the passive molten corium cooling system(PMCCS) to cool down and stabilize the core melt in the severe accident. The final design concept of the PMCCS is yet to be determined, but the in-vessel retention through external reactor vessel cooling has been also considered as a viable strategy to cope with the severe accident. In this study, the two-phase natural circulation flow established between the reactor vessel and the insulation was simulated using a thermal-hydraulic system code, MARS-KS. The flow path of cooling water was modeled with one-dimensional nodes, and the boundary condition of the heat load from the molten core was defined to estimate the naturally-driven flow rate. The evolution of major thermal-hydraulic parameters were also evaluated, including the temperature and the level of cooling water, the void fraction around the lower head of the reactor vessel, and the heat transfer mode on its external surface.

• Proceedings of the Korean Nuclear Society Conference
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• 1997.10a
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• pp.683-688
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• 1997

원전의 중대사고 발생시 형성될수 있는 노심용융물의 고화피막층을 동반하는 용융물의 자연대류 열절달 특성에 대한 실험결과를 정밀 분석하고, 이에 대한 해석적 연구를 수행하였다. 본 연구대상 실험은 종횡비가 작은 경우와 큰 경우에 대하여 용융물을 자연대류와 강제대류로서 냉각하는 조건에서 경계조건에 따른 용융물의 피막층 두께를 측정하였고, 피막층 주변의 열전달량을 측정ㆍ분석한 것이다. 실험결과를 정밀 분석한 결과, 용융물의 고화 피막층 형성이 용융물의 자연대류 열전달양에 많은 영향을 미쳤으며, 종횡비가 큰 경우는 냉각 조건도 자연대류 열전달 양에 다소 영향을 미치는 것으로 나타났다. 또한 고화층 두께 증가에 따른 종횡비 감소는 자연대류 열전달양 감소율을 작게하는 것으로 나타났다. 피막층 형성이 있는 용융물의 자연대류 열전달 해석 결과, 실험에서의 열손실 때문에 용융물의 고화 피막층 두께가 실험결과보다 다소 작게 나타났으며, 자연대류 열전달 흐름이 피막층 형성에 미치는 것으로 나타났다.

• Nuclear Engineering and Technology
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• v.21 no.4
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• pp.308-320
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• 1989

The objective of this work is to investigate the effects of diminished primary coolant inventory and the presence of noncondensible gas during single- and two-phase natural circulation in a PWR loop model. The test model was composed of two loops with a U-tube heat exchanger in each loop. Through a series of tests, it has been confirmed that the two-phase natural circulation flow rates were greatly dependent on primary coolant inventory as previous investigators observed. The primary coolant inventory limit to maintain two-phase natural circulation was found to be the amount of the coolant necessary to keep the waterline of the coolant nozzle hole center in this model. The presence of noncondensible gas impede the single-phase natural circulation, but it did not affect the two-phase natural circulation significantly.

• Journal of the Korean Institute of Gas
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• v.16 no.2
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• pp.9-13
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• 2012

The present study has been carried out to diagnose the temperature safety of a boiler desuperheater which decreases abnormally higher temperature of superheated steam in a reheater of a power plant. The liquid water in the desuperheater stays in a closed space. It becomes heated by the high temperature superheated steam and boiling could occur. Boiling might increase internal pressure and it could destroy the desuperheater if the internal pressure exceeds the allowable pressure of the desuperheater. The present study modeled reasonably the desuperheater and four cases of heat transfer analysis are executed with the consideration of insulator and natural convective fluid flow of the inside cooling water. For the case excluded the natural convective fluid flow, the temperature exceeds the allowable temperature and pressure. On the other hand, for the real case included natural convective fluid flow and insulator, the active heat transfer from higher temperature region to lower temperature region occurs and it makes the temperature in the cooling water below the allowable temperature and pressure. From this fact, it could be thought that the desuperheater in the reheater is safe from destroy or back flow.

• Proceedings of the KIEE Conference
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• 2008.07a
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• pp.322-324
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• 2008

현재 배전용변전소 대용량변압기 냉각방식은 주로 유입자냉식, 유입풍냉식, 송유풍냉식 및 수냉각 방식이 채용되고 있다. 유입풍냉식의 경우는 대기 공기의 자연대류 또는 냉각팬에 의한 강제대류에 의해 방열기 내부로 유입된 절연유의 온도를 낮추는 방식이고 송유풍냉식은 변압기 내부 절연유를 강제순환 시키면서 냉각팬을 가동하는 방식이다. 도심지 복합건물내 주변압기 냉각은 수냉식을 채용하여 절연유를 강제로 순환시키면서 열교환기 2차측에 냉각수를 순환시켜 열교환기 내로 유입된 절연유의 온도를 낮추는 방식이다. 그러나 도심지 변전소의 냉각방식 채택에 있어 냉각성능, 소음, 설비의 건전성등 여러 가지 문제점이 드러나 새롭고 획기적인 냉각방식이 요구되고 있다.

• Transactions of the Korean Society of Mechanical Engineers B
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• v.35 no.6
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• pp.551-560
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• 2011

In this paper, a cooling system that includes a heat spreader and a natural convective heat sink is proposed for the cooling of a concentrating photovoltaic (CPV) module. The heat spreader and the natural convective heat sink are designed on the basis of previous analytical investigations. In order to evaluate the proposed cooling system, we conducted experimental investigations varying the heat rate and the inclined angle of the cooling system. From the experimental results, it is found that the proposed cooling system satisfies the design constraints for good operation of the CPV module. Finally, a correlation is suggested for estimating the effects of the heat rate and the inclined angle on the thermal performance of the natural convective heat sink is suggested.

• Proceedings of the KIEE Conference
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• 2011.07a
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• pp.1459-1460
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• 2011

자성유체에 60Hz의 교류자기장을 인가할 때 발생되는 냉각효과를 해석하기 위해 유한요소법을 결합하였다. 열원으로는 전류가 코일에 흐를 때 생성되는 줄열과 닐운동과 브라운운동으로 야기되는 전력손실에 의한 발열이 있다. 교류자기장은 주파수가 낮기 때문에 줄열이 주요한 열원이 된다. 그러므로 코일에서 자성유체로 일어나는 열전달과 자연대류현상은 코일의 표면에서 일어난다. 자연대류현상을 해석하기 위해서는 자성유체의 부력밀도를 고려해야 한다. 부가적으로 자계의 세기와 온도에 관한 함수인 자화와 자기체적력밀도로 인해 자기대류현상과 같은 강제대류가 일어난다. 이러한 두 가지 대류현상으로 인해 교류자기장을 인가한 자성유체에서 냉각효과가 일어난다. 자기체적력밀도는 유한요소법으로 보간된 가상공극개념을 이용하여 켈빈전자기력밀도를 이끌어 낸 후 이를 수치적으로 이용하여 구하였다. 랑제방함수는 켈빈전자기력밀도와 전력손실을 계산하는데 필요한 비선형 자화율을 고려하기 위해 사용하였다.

• Proceedings of the Korean Nuclear Society Conference
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• 1996.05b
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• pp.374-378
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• 1996

피동 원자로용기 냉각계통은 원자로 용기를 둘러싸고 있는 격납공기 외부가 공기에 자연순환에 의해 냉각하는 방식으로 공기 흐름 구동력은 원자로용기의 외부 유로의 공기와 주변 대기와의 밀도 차이에 의하여 피동적으로 형성됨에 따라 높은 작동 신뢰성이 보장된 개념으로서 본 연구에서는 공기입구 위치에 따른 영향 및 격납용기와 유로 벽면간의 복사 효과 까지를 고려 할 수 있도록 해석 모형을 개선 시키고 개선된 모형을 이용하여 계통을 구성하는 설계인자들이 계통의 성능 및 크기에 미치는 영향등을 분석하였다. 이러한 분석을 통하여 공기의 입구 위치가 계통의 열제거용량에 미치는 영향, 상향공기 유로에서의 복사 열전달 고려 유무가 해석 결과에 미치는 영향 그리고 설계인자와 계통 성능간의 상관성을 밝혔다.

• Journal of the Korean Society of Manufacturing Process Engineers
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• v.16 no.2
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• pp.142-148
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• 2017

The objective of this study is to investigate the cooling characteristics of a heat sink for an LED headlight used in passenger cars. To this end, this study conducts the experimental and numerical analysis of the heat sink heated at constant heat fluxes without air flow applied. In the experiments, heat was transferred at a constant heat flux through the bottom of a heat sink. The measured temperature on pre-selected locations of the heat sink was in good agreement with the numerically predicted one. The experimental and numerical results indicate that the convective heat transfer coefficient for the natural convection mode was decreased by increasing the heat flux applied to the bottom of heat sink, lowering the cooling capabilities.