• Proceedings of the Korean Vacuum Society Conference
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• 2013.08a
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• pp.322-322
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• 2013

$CO_2$를 $CH_4$와 열 및 전기화학적인 반응을 통해 고농도의 CO 및 $H_2$로 구성된 합성가스로 효율적으로 전환시키기 위해, 반응가스 주입용 간극형 노즐을 가진 비이송식 직류 열플라즈마 토치 시스템을 설계, 제작하고 다양한 조건에서 이 두 가스의 개질 실험을 수행하였다. 설계 제작된 간극형 노즐과 리액터 내 고온 반응 영역을 활용한 $CO_2$ 및 $CH_4$ 반응가스의 효율적인 처리를 통하여, 최고 70% 이상의 $CO_2$ 및 $CH_4$의 전환율과 최고 80% 이상의 CO 및 $H_2$선택도를 달성할 수 있음을 확인하였다. 또한, 상기 조건의 경우, 플라즈마 입력 전력 10.6 kW 대비 49 lpm 의 반응가스 처리량을 통하여 얻은 것으로 최고 2.5 mmol/kJ 이상의 Specific Energy Requirement (SER) 조건도 만족할 수 있음을 보였다. 특히, 제안된 막대 음극-반응 가스 주입구를 가진 양극 노즐 플라즈마 토치의 경우, $CH_4$ 반응가스를 음극에 직접 닿지 않도록 간극을 통해 주입하게 함으로써, 반응 가스 분해에 의한 음극 등 전극 부식을 최소화하면서도 고에너지 전자가 풍부한 아크 컬럼에 의해 $CO_2$ 및 $CH_4$의 전환 반응을 효율적으로 일으킬 수 있어 효율적인 $CO_2$ 및 $CH_4$ 개질을 위한 열플라즈마 토치 시스템의 개발이 기대된다.

• Proceedings of the KIEE Conference
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• 2000.07b
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• pp.816-818
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• 2000

본 논문에서는 $SF_6$ 차단기 내의 대전류 아크에 대한 수치적인 해석을 모의하는 도구를 제시한다. 대전류의 차단을 위해서 해석을 통해 열적 파괴를 예측하는 것이 필수적이다. 본 논문에서 사용한 방법은 FVFLIC(finite volume fluid in cells)이며 지배방정식은 압축성 오일러 방정식으로 아크와 유동의 상호 작용을 해석한다. 아크는 기본적으로 에너지 보존식에서 열소스항으로 나타나며 주울열과 복사항으로 표현된다. 주울열은 플라즈마 영역내의 전계해석을 통해 계산되며 복사항은 방출과 흡수항의 합으로 나타내어지고 이것은 국소적인 온도와 압력의 함수이다. 본 논문에서는 수정된 방출과 흡수 모델로 복사 열전달을 계산하였다.

• Journal of the Korean Society for Aeronautical & Space Sciences
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• v.41 no.9
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• pp.700-707
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• 2013

Experimental analyses on a supersonic plasma wind tunnel of CBNU (Chonbuk National University) were carried out. In these experiments, a segmented arc heater was employed as a plasma source and operated at the gas flow rates of 16.3 g/s and the total currents of 300 A. The input power reached ~350 kW with the torch efficiency of 51.4 %, which is defined as the ratio of total exit enthalpy to the input power. The pressure of plasma gas in the arc heater was measured up to 4 bar while it was down to ~45 mbar in a vacuum chamber through a Laval nozzle. During this conversion process, the generated supersonic plasma was expected to have a total enthalpy of ~11 MJ/kg from the measured input power and torch efficiency. In addition to the measurement of total enthalpy, a cone type probe was inserted into the supersonic plasma flow in order to estimate the angle between shock layer and surface of the probe. From these measurements, the temperature and the Mach number of the supersonic plasma were predicted as ~2,950 K and ~3.7, respectively.

• Proceedings of the KSME Conference
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• 2007.05b
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• pp.2506-2511
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• 2007

The coupled simulation is performed to find out the interaction of arc plasmas with surrounding materials in a thermal puffer plasma chamber. In order to be more realistic, PTFE nozzle ablation and Cu electrode evaporation, which are caused by high temperature of arc plasmas, are considered together. Pressure rise and temperature inside the chamber generated during the whole arcing history are investigated with the applied currents. It is very important to define how thermal flow and mass transfer are processing between the arc plasma and surrounding materials for further understanding complex physics inside the chamber. It is concluded that the result might be very useful to understand the mechanism happened inside and to design thermal puffer plasma chambers, but further experimental studies are required to verify the results for the more practical applications.

• Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Building Construction Conference
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• 2020.11a
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• pp.52-53
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• 2020

The thermal spray coating process is being used to protect the metals and alloys from wear, abrasion, fatigue, tribology, and corrosion failure. Therefore, in the present study, Al and Zn was deposited by plasma arc thermal spray process onto the steel substrate and their performance was assessed. The bond adhesion result shows that Al coating has higher value attributed to compact, dense, and less porous compared to Zn coating which contain defects/pores and uneven morphology assessed by scanning electron microscopy (SEM). Electrochemical results show that the Al coating exhibited higher impedance value compared to Zn in artificial ocean water solution at prolonged exposure periods. However, both coatings show the increment in polarization resistance with exposure periods which reveal that porosity of coatings is filled by the corrosion products.

• Korean Chemical Engineering Research
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• v.46 no.4
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• pp.701-706
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• 2008

Nano-sized nickel powders were prepared by evaporating the bulk nickel metarial using transferred arc thermal plasma. Nitrogen gases are easily dissociated to atomic nitrogen in thermal plasma and they are quickly dissolved in molten nickel. Super-saturated atomic nitrogen in molten nickel is recombined to nitrogen gas because of the relatively low temperature of nickel surface. Generally, the recombine reaction of atomic nitrogen is exothermic, so bulk nickel is quickly evaporated to nickel vapor due to the thermal energy of recombine reaction. The particle size of nickel powder was controlled by $N_2$ used as the diluting gas. It was observed that as the diluting gas flow rate was increase, the particle size was decreased and the particle size distribution was narrowed. The average particle size at 250 l/min of the diluting gas was 202 nm analyzed by means of the particle size analyzer (PSA).

• Proceedings of the Korean Vacuum Society Conference
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• 2013.02a
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• pp.565-565
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• 2013

Free burning arcs where the work piece acts as an anode are frequently used for a number of applications. Our investigation is exclusively concerned with a simplified unified model of arcs and anode under steady state conditions at atmospheric pressure. The model is used to make predictions of arc and anode temperatures and arc voltage for a 200 A arc in argon. The computed temperatures along the axis between the cathode tip and the anode surface compare well the measured data. This knowledge of free burning arcfeatures can play a role in developing the atmospheric plasma systems, however, further investigation should include the modelling of Cu evaporation from anode and non-LTE situation near electrodes for more realistic calculations.

• Proceedings of the Korean Vacuum Society Conference
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• 2014.02a
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• pp.255.2-255.2
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• 2014

Electrode erosion is indispensable for atmospheric plasma systems, as well as for switching devices, due to the high heat flux transferred from arc plasmas to contacts, but experimental and theoretical works have not identified the characteristic phenomena because of the complex physical processes. Our investigation is concerned with argon free-burning arcs with anode erosion at atmospheric pressure by computational fluid dynamics (CFD) analysis. We are also interested in the energy flux and temperature transferring to the anode with a simplified unified model of arcs and their electrodes. In order to determine two thermodynamic quantities such as temperature and pressure and flow characteristics we have modified Navier-Stokes equations to take into account radiation transport, electrical power input and the electromagnetic driving forces with the relevant Maxwell equations. From the simplified self-consistent solution the energy flux to the anode can be derived.

• Journal of the Korean Society of Propulsion Engineers
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• v.23 no.3
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• pp.1-8
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• 2019

In this study, Arc plasma was employed for the thermal decomposition of nitrous oxide($N_2O$). Conventional ignition systems such as torch, spark, and catalyst systems, have disadvantages in that they are not reliable and do not provide rapid responses. Therefore, this study suggests the plasma application of plasma to overcome the problems of conventional ignition methods. A gas temperature and combustion experiment was carried out to investigate the feasibility to a novel igniter. The gas temperature was measured around $960^{\circ}C$ at 1 g/s, 0.7 A at the nearest wall. In addition, a combustion test was successfully conducted in 3.1 sec after the plasma discharge was initiated with a main flow rate of 10 g/s. The energy consumption for ignition was 1,780 J(574 W).

• Clean Technology
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• v.19 no.2
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• pp.113-120
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• 2013

The treatment of chemically stable perflourocompounds (PFCs) requires a large amount of energy. An energy efficient arc plasma system has been developed to overcome such disadvantage. $CF_4$, $SF_6$ and $NF_3$ were injected into the plasma torch directly, and net plasma power was estimated from the measurement of thermal efficiency of the system. Effects of net plasma power, waste gas flow rate and additive gases on the destruction and removal efficiency (DRE) of PFCs were examined. The calculation of thermodynamic equilibrium composition was also conducted to compare with experimental results. The average thermal efficiency was ranged from 60 to 66% with increasing waste gas flow rate, while DRE of PFCs was decreased with increasing gas flow rate. On the other hand, DRE of each PFCs was increased with the increasing input power. Maximum DREs of $CF_4$, $SF_6$ and $NF_3$ were 4%, 15% and 90%, respectively, without reaction gas at the fixed input power and waste gas flow rate of 3 kW and 70 L/min. A rapid increase of DRE was found using hydrogen or oxygen additional gases. Hydrogen was more effective than oxygen to decompose PFCs and to control by-products. The major by-product in the arc plasma process with hydrogen was hydrofluoric acid that is easy to be removed by a wet scrubber. DREs of $CF_4$, $SF_6$ and $NF_3$ were 25%, 39% and 99%, respectively, using hydrogen additional gas at the waste gas flow rate of 100 L/min and the input power of 3 kW.