• Transactions of the Korean Society of Mechanical Engineers B
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• v.37 no.4
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• pp.387-394
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• 2013

Hydrogen-compressed natural gas (HCNG) blend has attracted attention as a fuel that can reduce $CO_2$ emissions because it has low carbon content and burns efficiently. An increase in the compression ratio of HCNG engines was considered as one of the methods to improve their efficiency and reduce $CO_2$ emissions. However, a high combustion rate and flame temperature cause abnormal combustion such as pre-ignition or knocks, which in turn can cause damage to the engine components and decrease the engine power. In this study, the performance and knock characteristics with a change in the compression ratio of an HCNG engine were analyzed. The combustion characteristics of HCNG fuel were evaluated as a function of the excess air ratio using a conventional CNG engine. The effects of the compression ratio on the engine performance were evaluated through the same experimental procedures.

• Journal of the Korea Organic Resources Recycling Association
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• v.27 no.4
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• pp.83-90
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• 2019

In this study, the characteristics of the SRF (Solid Refuse Fuel) prepared by blending each of the additives (citrus peel, waste wood, coal) in the heavy oil fly ash, evaluating the heavy oil fly ash recyclability. Recycling SRFs were fabricated by pellet extruding method after blending the heavy oil fly ash and additives based on 30% moisture content. As a result, the formability of the SRFs was excellent under condition of blending heavy oil fly ash with coal or citrus peel and the highest calorific value was 4,274 kcal/kg at heavy oil fly ash mixed with coal. Therefore, the formability and calorific value were improved when the heavy oil fly ash was mixed with coal(20 wt%) at 30% moisture content. From these results, the applicability of SRFs with additives was confirmed by using the heavy oil fly ash from J thermal power plant.

• Korea Petroleum Association Journal
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• no.5 s.254
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• pp.30-35
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• 2006

정유사들이 오는 7월부터 2년 동안 바이오디젤을 자발적으로 구매해 경유에 혼합 공급한다. 바이오디젤이란 콩이나 유채, 팜 등에서 추출한 식물성 유지나 폐식용유 등을 원료로 생산한 경우 대체연료로 정부가 지난 2002년부터 시범보급사업이 진행중이다. 그간의 시범보급사업에서 정부는 바이오디젤을 경유에 2:8로 혼합한 BD20 형태를 유지했지만 올해부터는 사정이 달라졌다. 주유소에서 판매가 허용되던 BD20 형태를 유지했지만 올해부터는 사정이 달라졌다. 주유소에서 판매가 허용되던 BD20은 7월 이후 자가 정비시설 등을 갖춘 연료 자가소비처로 유통을 한정하고 그 대신 모든 경유에 5% 이하의 바이오디젤을 혼합, 공급하는 'BD5' 방식을 선택했다. 하지만 'BD5'가 의무적인 것은 아니다. 현재 경유의 법정 품질기준에는 바이오디젤을 지칭하는 '지방산메틸에스테르 함량이 5% 이하까지 혼합할 수 있도록 하는 'BD5'기준이 설정되어 있지만 최저 혼합비율을 설정하지 않아 정유사 마음먹기에 따라서 전혀 혼합하지 않아도 된다. 혼합 가능한 상한선만 정해 있을 뿐 하한선은 없기 때문이다. 이와 관련해 정부는 2008년 월 이후부터 법으로 최저 혼합비율을 명시해 정유사들이 의무적으로 바이오디젤을 섞어 판매할 수 있도록 하겠다는 복안이다. 이에 앞서 정유사들은 지난 3월 산업자원부와 협약을 맺고 올해 7월부터 2008년 6월까지 2년동안 바이오디젤을 자발적으로 구매해 경유에 혼합 공급하겠다고 선언했다. 구매 물량은 연간 9만톤 수준으로 정부가 의도중인 2008년 7월 이후의 본 보급에 앞선 사실상의 마지막 실험 무대가 될 수 있다는 측면에서 중요한 의미를 갖게 된다. 바이오디젤이 대중적으로 보급되기 위해서 필수적으로 갖춰야 하는 원료의 안정적인 수급이나 품질의 안정성, 가격경쟁력 등이 향후 2년간의 과정에서 충분히 검증돼야만 본 보급에 착수할 수 있기 때문이다. 이처럼 중요한 시점에서 바이오디젤시장이 안고 있는 문제점을 점검해 보고자 한다.

• Journal of the Korean Society of Propulsion Engineers
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• v.8 no.1
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• pp.61-69
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• 2004

This paper describes numerical efforts to characterize the flame-holding and air-fuel mixing process of model SCRamjet engine combustor, where a hydrogen jet injected into a supersonic cross flow and in a cavity Combustion phenomena in a model SCRamjet engine, which has been experimentally studied at University of Queensland and Australian National University using a free-piston shock tunnel, was observed around separation region of upstream of the normal injector and inside of cavity. The results show that the separation region and cavity generates several recirculation zones, which increase the fuel-air mixing. Self ignition occurs in the separation-freestream and cavity-freestream interface.

• Aerospace Engineering and Technology
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• v.6 no.1
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• pp.213-221
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• 2007

This paper showed how to analysis the object-based classification for wildfire fuel type map using Hyperion hyperspectral remote sensing data acquired in April, 2002 and compared the results of the object-based classification with the results of the pixel-based classification. Our methodological approach for wildfire fuel type map firstly processed correcting abnormal pixels and atypical bands and also calibrating atmospheric noise for enhanced image quality. Fuel type map is characterized by the results of the spectral mixture analysis(SMA). Object-based approach was based on segment-based endmember selection, while pixel-based method used standard SMA. To validate and compare, we used true-color high resolution orthoimagery.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society of Propulsion Engineers Conference
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• 2007.04a
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• pp.143-147
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• 2007

Kerosene and diesel are compounded fuels with various types of hydrocarbon elements and difficult to model the chemical kinetics. This study focuses on the prediction of the non-equilibrium reaction of fuel-rich combustion with detailed kinetics developed by Dagaut using PSR(perfectly stirred reactor) assumption. In Dagaut's surrogate model for kerosene and diesel, chemical kinetics consists of 2352 reaction steps with 298 chemical species. Also, Frenklach's soot model was implemented along with detailed kinetics to calculate the gas properties of fuel rich combustion efflux.

• Nuclear Engineering and Technology
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• v.17 no.3
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• pp.185-192
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• 1985

The fissile content of PWR spent fuel is higher than that of natural uranium which is normal fuel for CANDU type reactor. Investigated are the concepts of PWR spent fuel utilization in CANDU type reactor to diversify uranium resource and partially to solve storage problems of PWR spent fuel being gradually accumulated. Nuclear characteristics of uranium-plutonium mixed oxide fuel loaded in CANDU type reactor are analysed using the WIMS/D computer code. In this study, analyses are solely carried out upon the current CANDU type reactor design without changingany reactivity control devices.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society of Propulsion Engineers Conference
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• 1999.04a
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• pp.11-11
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• 1999

액체 램제트 연소기는 흡입공기와 분무, 혼합 그리고 이에 따른 연소 등 일련의 과정에 따라 다수의 복잡한 현상들이 상호 밀접하게 관련되어 있다. 본 연구에서는 액체 램제트 연소기내의 유동특성을 파악하기 위해서 2차원 및 3차원 연소기 형상에 대해서 수치적 실험을 수행하였으며, 격자구성은 연소기에 공기를 공급하고 연료를 분무하는 공기 유입관 영역과 연소실 영역, 그리고 출구 대기 영역으로 나누어 독자적으로 격자를 생성시켰다. 2차원과 3차원 유동해석을 비교하였고 분무모델의 적용에 따른 연소특성 및 분사위치에 따른 연소특성을 비교하였다. 유동해석 결과 2차원과 3차원의 유동특성은 달랐으며, 분무모델을 적용해야 정확한 연소 유동 현상을 예측할 수 있음을 알 수 있었다. 그리고 유입관의 안쪽에 연료의 분사위치를 준 경우가 연소의 안정화에 필요한 재순환영역으로의 연료의 혼합이 잘 되어 유입관 바깥쪽에 연료를 분사시키는 것보다 좋은 분사위치임을 알 수 있었다.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society of Propulsion Engineers Conference
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• v.y2005m4
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• pp.274-280
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• 2005

Experimental investigations were carried out in an atmospheric pressure, optically accessible and laboratory-scale dump combustor. The objective of this study is to obtain the phase-resolved gas temperatures at different phases of the oscillating pressure cycle during unstable combustion. To see the effect of incomplete fuel-air mixing on phase-resolved temperature characteristics, CARS temperature measurements were performed. Results including phase-resolved averaged temperature, normalized standard deviation and temperature probability distribution functions (PDFs) were provided in this paper. It could be found that the profile of mean temperature showed the in-phase relationship with pressure cycle. Temperature PDFs give an insight on the flame behavior as well as NOx emission characteristics. These results would be expected to play an important role in better understanding of driving mechanisms and thermo-acoustic interactions.

• Journal of Aerospace System Engineering
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• v.12 no.4
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• pp.81-89
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• 2018

In the present study, a numerical investigation was conducted to analyze the effect of the distance between the adjacent injectors on the characteristics of flow structure, fuel penetration, and air/fuel mixing. Numerical results were validated with experimental data using a single injection. Subsequently, the same injector geometry and properties were applied on a non-reacting flow simulation with multiple injectors. Total pressure loss, penetration height, and mixing efficiency were compared with the distance between the injectors. The results showed that each injected gas merged into a single stream, resulting in the 2D-like flow fields under the condition of short distance and lower mixing efficiency along with higher total pressure loss. When the distance between the injectors increased, total pressure loss reduced and mixing efficiency increased due to the weakening of interactions between the injected gases.