• Journal of Power System Engineering
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• v.14 no.2
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• pp.5-11
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• 2010

분사연료의 혼합기형성과정 최적화를 통한 연소제어 기술은 디젤기관의 기관운전 및 배기특성을 향상시키기 위하여 매우 중요하다. 또한 분무의 혼합기형성 최적화를 위해서는 분사된 연료와 주위기체와의 혼합과정에 영향을 미치는 분무내부의 유동특성에 대한 연구는 필수 불가결하다. 따라서 본 연구에서는 고온 고압의 증발장에서 분무의 액상 거동에 주목하고, 그 거동특성을 통하여 증발디젤분무의 혼합기형성을 해석한다. 비정상 증발분무의 중심축에 레이저 시트광을 입사한 후, 액상분무 액적의 Mie 산란광에 의한 2차원 화상을 획득하여 증발분무 액상의 속도분포 및 와도(vorticity) 등을 구하였다. 분무의 속도분포 및 와도는 2차원 화상에 PIV법을 적용하여 계산하였다. 그림 1에 본 연구에서 구한 속도분포의 일례를 보인다. 본 연구의 결과로 상변화를 동반하는 비정상 증발장에서 구한 분무액상의 거동 특성은 상변화가 일어나지 않는 비증발장에 있어서의 분무거동특성과 유사함을 확인하였다.

• Journal of Power System Engineering
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• v.13 no.3
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• pp.20-26
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• 2009

디젤기관에서 배출되는 유해배출성분인 NOx(Nitrogen oxides)와 PM(Particulate matter)은 기관 실린더내의 혼합기 분포에 의해 그 생성이 지배된다. 이 때문에 그 유해배출물들을 저감하기 위해서는 연소의 전단계인 혼합기 분포 및 그 생성과정의 해석은 매우 중요하다. 디젤기관에서 노즐로부터 분사된 연료는 주위기체와 혼합기를 형성하는 과정에서 액체에서 기체로 상변화를 동반한다. 따라서 분무의 혼합기형성과정을 해석하기 위해서는 액상과 기상을 동시에 분리하여 계측하는 것이 필요하다. 그러므로 본 연구에서는 디젤분무를 대상으로 Melton 등이 제안한 엑시플렉스(Exciplex) 형광법을 이용하여, 분무의 액상과 기상을 동시에 2차원분리해서 가시화촬영을 행하였다. 그 엑시플렉스 형광법을 이용하여 획득한 이미지에 화상 응용해석을 실시하여 비정상증발디젤분무의 혼합기형성과정에 대한 정보를 얻고자 하였다. 엑시플렉스 형광법을 이용해서 증발분무의 거동측성을 해석한 결과 프랙틸해석을 이용한 분무 흐트러짐(Disturbance)의 평가에서 플랙틸차원은 분사압력의 변화에 관계없이 하나의 값, 약 1.1로 정리 할 수 있고, 그 결과 각 분사압력에 대한 분무 기상외곽곡선(외주)은 거의 동일한 정도의 요철형상을 갖는다.

• Journal of Power System Engineering
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• v.14 no.2
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• pp.16-21
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• 2010

분사된 연료의 미립화(atomization), 증발(evaporation), 그리고 혼합기형성과정(mixture formation process)이 디젤엔진의 착화 및 연소특성에 영향을 미치기 때문에, 디젤엔진 내에 분사된 연료의 구조해석으로부터 일련의 과정, 즉 고압분사, 분열(breakup), 미립화, 그리고 주위기체의 난류 도입(entrainment)에 관한 연구$^{1-3)}$는 꾸준히 행해져왔다. 본 연구는 증발디젤분무의 구조해석으로부터 디젤충돌분무의 혼합기형성과정을 조사한다. 주위기체의 밀도는 실험변수로서 선택하였고, $5.0kg/m^3$에서 $12.3kg/m^3$까지 변화시켰다. 그리고 소형고속디젤엔진에 있어서 연료분사초기의 상태의 고온 고압 설정이 가능한 정적용기를 사용했다. 주위 온도와 연료분사압력은 각각 700K 및 72MPa로 일정하게 유지했다. 충동증발분무의 액상과 기상의 이미지는 엑시플렉스형광법으로 동시 계측하였다. 실험결과로서 주위기체의 밀도가 높을수록 충돌분무의 선단도 달거리가 주위기체의 항력으로 인하여 감소하였다.

• Journal of Power System Engineering
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• v.9 no.4
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• pp.214-219
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• 2005

The effects of change in injection pressure on spray structure in high temperature and pressure field have been investigated. The analysis of liquid and vapor phases of injected fuel is important for emissions control of diesel engines. Therefore, this work examines the evaporating spray structure using a constant volume vessel. The injection pressure is selected as the experimental parameter, is changed from 72MPa to 112MPa by using a common rail injection system(ECD-U2). The images of liquid and vapor phase in the evaporating free diesel spray are simultaneously taken by exciplex fluorescence method. As a result, it can be confirmed that the distribution of vapor concentration is more uniform in the case of the high injection than in that of the low injection pressure.

• Journal of Power System Engineering
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• v.9 no.4
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• pp.209-213
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• 2005

The effects of density change of ambient gas on mixture formation process have been investigated in high temperature and pressure field. To analyze the mixture formation process of evaporating diesel spray is important for emissions reduction in actual engines. Ambient gas density was selected as experimental parameter. The ambient gas density was changed from $r_a=5.0kg/m^3\;to\;r_a=12.3kg/m^3$ with a high pressure injection system(ECD-U2). For visualization of the experiment phenomenon, a CVC(Constant Volume Chamber) was used in this study. The ambient temperature and injection pressure are kept as 700K and 72MPa, respectively. The images of liquid and vapor phase in the evaporating free spray were simultaneously taken by exciplex fluorescence method. As experimental results, with increasing ambient gas density, the tip penetration of the evaporating free spray decreases due to the increase in the drag force from ambient gas.

• Transactions of the Korean Society of Mechanical Engineers B
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• v.33 no.3
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• pp.201-206
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• 2009

The focus of this work is placed on the analysis of the mixture formation process under the evaporative diesel-free spray conditions. In order to examine homogeneity of mixture within the vapor phase region of the injected spray, image analysis was carried out based on the entropy of statistical thermodynamics. As an experimental parameter, the injection pressure and ambient gas density were selected, and effects of the injection pressure and density variation of ambient gas on the mixture formation process in the evaporative diesel spray were investigated. In the case of application of the thermodynamic entropy analysis to evaporative diesel spray, the value of the dimensionless entropy always increases with increase in time from injection start. Consequently, the dimensionless entropy in the case of the higher injection pressure is higher than that of lower injection pressure during initial injection period.

• Transactions of the Korean Society of Mechanical Engineers B
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• v.34 no.11
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• pp.1005-1013
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• 2010

This study was conducted to assess the spray control of flash boiling with mixed fuel in consideration of HCCI (Homogeneous Charge Compression Ignition) engine condition. Mixed fuel existing in two phase regions can control the process of mixture formation under low temperature and density by using the spray resulting from flash boiling which is able to induce rapid evaporation of fuel spray as well as the evaporation of high boiling point component. Because HCCI engine injects the fuel early under ambient conditions, it can facilitate the chemical control of ignition combustion and physical control such as breakup and atomization of liquid fuel by flash boiling of mixed fuel which consists of highly ignitable light oil and highly volatile gasoline. This study was conducted by performing video processing after selected composition and molar fraction of the mixed fuel as major parameters and photographed Schlieren image and Mie scattered light corresponding to the flash boiling phenomenon of the fuel spray that was injected inside a constant volume vessel. It was found that flash boiling causes significant changes in the spray structure under relatively low temperature and density. Thus, we analyzed that the flash boiling spray can be used for HCCI combustion by controlling the mixture formation at the early fuel injection timing.

• Transactions of the Korean Society of Mechanical Engineers B
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• v.33 no.6
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• pp.454-460
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• 2009

To analyze the mixture formation process of evaporating diesel spray is important for emissions reduction in actual engines. Then the effects of change in density of ambient gas on spray structure in high temperature and pressure field have been investigated in this study. The ambient gas density was changed from ${\rho}_a=5.0kg/m^3$ to ${\rho}_a=12.3kg/m^3$ with CVC(Constant Volume Chamber). Also, simulation study by modified KIVA-II code was conducted and compared with experimental results. The ambient temperature and injection pressure are kept as 700K and 72MPa, respectively. The images of liquid and vapor phase in the evaporating free spray were simultaneously taken by exciplex fluorescence method. As experimental results, with increasing ambient gas density, the tip penetration of the evaporating free spray decreases due to the increase in the drag force from ambient gas. The spatial structure of a diesel spray can be verified as 2-regions consisted of liquid with momentum decrease and vapor with large-scale vortex. The calculated results obtained by modified KIVA-II code show good agreements with experimental results.

• Transactions of the Korean Society of Mechanical Engineers B
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• v.32 no.7
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• pp.529-535
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• 2008

The characteristics of combustion process in an internal combustion engine are affected by the mixing process between injected fuel and ambient gas. Therefore, it is necessary to understand the mixture formation process of diesel spray. In this study, the spray structure was visualized by the exciplex fluorescence method, which can provide the simultaneous 2-D images of vapor and liquid phase in inner spray. For accurate investigation, the liquid-phase images were recorded with a 35mm still camera and CCD camera. Consequentially, it could be confirmed that the high-concentration vapor phase is formed in the region of spray tip and the edge of the liquid phase where droplets exist in the evaporating diesel spray, and the formed vapor is spread by diffusion. Also, the distribution of vapor is determined by the motion of droplets that exist in the edge of the liquid phase and the spray-tip region.

• Transactions of the Korean Society of Mechanical Engineers B
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• v.33 no.12
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• pp.992-999
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• 2009

The focus of this study is placed on the behavior characteristics of gasoline spray under condition field of room temperature and pressure. To analyze the behavior and flow characteristics of injected fuel spray is important in speculation of mixture formation process. Also the exhausted emissions from actual engines can be controlled by the analyzed results. The ${\varphi}$(degree of freedom) and K(energy ratio of particle motion) are selected as the simulation parameter. The factors affect characteristics of spray structure, and the factors are included in the sub-program of the KIVA-II code. In this study, the simulation study by modified KIVA-II code was conducted and the calculated results obtained by the modified KIVA-II code show good agreements with experimental results. As a result, applying the improved TAB model with ${\varphi}$=8 and K=2 to simulation analysis of the KIVA-II code is sufficiently useful for analyzing the macro characteristics in spray structure, such as the spray tip penetration of injected fuel spray.