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Measurement of suction air amount at reciprocating engine under stationary and transient operation

  • Kubota, Yuzuru;Hayashi, Shigenobu;Kajitani, Shuichi;Sawa, Norihiro
    • 제어로봇시스템학회:학술대회논문집
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    • 1990.10b
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    • pp.1037-1042
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    • 1990
  • The air-fuel ratio of an internal combustion engine must be controlled with accuracy for the improvements of exhaust emission and fuel consumption. Therefore, it is necessary to measure the exact instantaneous amounts of fuel and suction air, so we carried out the experiments for measuring the air flow velocity in a suction pipe of an internal combustion engine using three types of instantaneous air flowmeter. The results obtained can be summarized as follows: (1) The laminar-flow type flowmeter is able to measure both the average and the instantaneous flow rate, but it is necessary to rectify the pulsating air flow in the suction pipe. (2) The a spark-discharge type flow velocity meter is able to measure the instantaneous air velocity, but it is necessary to choose the suitable electrode form and the spark character. (3) The tandem-type hot-wire flow velocity meter indicates the instantaneous flow velocity and its flow direction.

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Reducing the Test Time for Chemical/Mechanical Durability of Polymer Electrolyte Membrane Fuel Cells (고분자연료전지의 화학적/기계적 내구성 평가 시간 단축)

  • Sohyeong Oh;Donggeun Yoo;Kim Myeonghwan;Park Jiyong;Choi Yeongjin;Kwonpil Park
    • Korean Chemical Engineering Research
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    • v.61 no.4
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    • pp.517-522
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    • 2023
  • A chemical/mechanical durability test of polymer membrane evaluation method is used in which air and hydrogen are supplied to the proton exchange membrane fuel cell (PEMFC) and wet/dry is repeated in the open circuit voltage (OCV) state. In this protocol, when wet/dry is repeated, voltage increase/decrease is repeated, resulting in electrode degradation. When the membrane durability is excellent, the number of voltage changes increases and the evaluation is terminated due to electrode degradation, which may cause a problem that the original purpose of membrane durability evaluation cannot be performed. In this study, the same protocol as the department of energy (DOE) was used, but oxygen was used instead of air as the cathode gas, and the wet/dry time and flow rate were also increased to increase the chemical/mechanical degradation rate of the membrane, thereby shortening the durability evaluation time of the membrane to improve these problems. The durability test of the Nafion 211 membrane electrode assembly (MEA) was completed after 2,300 cycles by increasing the acceleration by 2.6 times using oxygen instead of air. This protocol also accelerated degradation of the membrane and accelerated degradation of the electrode catalyst, which also had the advantage of simultaneously evaluating the durability of the membrane and the electrode.

electrical Damage of Metallized Film Capacitors (필름 Capacitor의 전기적Damage에 관한 연구)

  • ;Chathan M. Cooke
    • The Transactions of the Korean Institute of Electrical Engineers
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    • v.40 no.6
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    • pp.574-581
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    • 1991
  • Damage in film capacitors has been investigated, using FTIR and ESCA, aiming to elucidate the nature of electrode removal and the possibility of base films to be damaged. Also, tests were conducted to investigate the effect of a long-term thermal aging at elevated temperatures. Unsuccessful clearing or grape-clustering processes can induce a long-term degradation which involves the chemical and morphological changes. Major changes are the oxidation and the decrease in surface crystallinity possibly arising from the corona discharge. An immediate deterioration of BOPP film may occur when the air entrapped between the film layers induces an extensive autocatalytic oxidative degradation. This type of immediate damage may result in a premature failure at an early stage of qualification test. As far as the nature of electrode removal is concerned, a permanent removal of electrode materials was observed in the main erosion area.

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Electrode Properties for Water Electrolysis of Hydrophilic Carbon Paper with Thermal Anneal (열처리된 친수성 카본 페이퍼 전극의 전기 물 분해 특성)

  • Yoo, Il-Han;Seo, Hyungtak
    • Korean Journal of Materials Research
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    • v.26 no.5
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    • pp.241-245
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    • 2016
  • Hydrogen is considered a potential future energy source. Among other applications of hydrogen, hydrogen-rich water is emerging as a new health care product in industrial areas. Water electrolysis is typically used to generate a hydrogen rich water system. We annealed 10AA carbon paper in air to use it as an electrode of a hydrogen rich water generator. Driven by annealing, structural changes of the carbon paper were identified by secondary electron microscope analysis. Depending on the various annealing temperatures, changes of the hydrophilic characteristics were demonstrated. The crystal structures of pristine and heat-treated carbon paper were characterized by X-ray diffraction. Improvement of the efficiency of the electrochemical oxygen evolution reaction was measured via linear voltammetry. The optimized annealing temperature of 10AA carbon paper showed the possibility of using this material as an effective hydrogen rich water generator.

A study on the A.C. arc movement in a transverse A.C. magnetic field at atmospheric pressure (황축교류자계에 의한 대기중에서의 교류 아아크의 이동에 관한 연구)

  • 전춘생;엄기환
    • 전기의세계
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    • v.24 no.6
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    • pp.77-84
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    • 1975
  • This paper treats A.C. arc movement in a transverse A.C. magnetic field at atmospheric pressure with the purpose of selecting electrode materials and obtaining detailed data for design of A.C. air circuit breaker, plasma accelerator and plasma jet. Arc velocities in transverse magnetic field are measured by varying arc current, arc voltage, gap length, magnetic flux density and the erosion of electrode surface, which influence arc velocities. The main results are; 1)Arc velocities in transverse magnetic field have different values according to electrodes of various materials and decrease in a descending order of cold cathode, medium cathode and hot cathode. 2)Arc velocities in transverse magnetic field increases with arc current, arc voltage, gap length and magnetic flux densith and on the other hand decrease with the increase of electrode surface erosion. 3)D.C.arc velocity in D.C. magnetic field is higher than A.C. arc velocity in A.C. magnetic field of the same value.

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A Strady-State One-Dimensional Analysis of an Oxygen Electrode in Stationary and Flowing Liquid (정체 및 유동액체에서 산소전극의 안정상태 일차원적 해석)

  • 김태진
    • KSBB Journal
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    • v.4 no.2
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    • pp.150-156
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    • 1989
  • The chaacterisitics of a commercial membrance-coverd electrode in air-saturated saline solution were investigated in terms of a steadystate one-dimensional model. The electrode system miiersed in an aqueous medium consists of three layers: an external concentration boundary layer, a membrance, and an inner electrolyte layer. The membrance can be permeabld to the water and impermeable to the ionic species. In stationary midium, the water migrates from the external medium to the inner electrolyte layer until a thermodynamic equilibrium is reached. In a following midium, however, there is a reverse direction of water movement due to the hyrodynamic pressure differential until both thickness of the electrolyte layer and the membrance are equal.

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Characterization of Ionic-Polymer Metal Composite Actuators Varying Electroless Plating Method of Platinum (백금 무전해 도금 방법의 변화에 따른 이온성 고분자 및 금속 복합체 액추에이터의 특성 분석)

  • 차승은;김병목;조성환;이승기;박정호;김병규
    • The Transactions of the Korean Institute of Electrical Engineers C
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    • v.51 no.12
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    • pp.601-607
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    • 2002
  • IPMC(Ionic Polymer Metal Composite)actuators were optimized for producing improved forces by changing multiple parameters including repetition of number of plating, surface electroding and additive(PVP)-treatment on reduction. The platinum electrode is deposited on the surface of the material where platinum particle stay in a dense form that appears to introduce a significant level of surface electrode resistance. Actuation tests were performed for such IPMC actuators under a low voltage. The test results show that the lower surface-electrode resistance generates higher actuation capability in the IPMC actuators. In order to investigate relaxation behavior of bending and repeatability in dry condition, the IPMC was coated by$rubber(KRATON^{TM})$to minimize the effect of water evaporation from IPMC. This actuator can be used in air with surface coating to avoid membrane drying.

An Experimental Study on the Performance Characteristics of Electrocyclone (전기사이클론 성능특성에 관한 실험적 연구)

  • Hong, Jin-Il;Han, Jung-Kyun;Oh, Jang-Keun;Kim, Youn-Jea
    • Proceedings of the SAREK Conference
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    • 2005.11a
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    • pp.552-557
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    • 2005
  • In order to get the high collection efficiency of the electrocyclone. the effect of inlet and electrode shapes must be well grasped. In this study, performance characteristics of electrocyclone with different inlet and electrode shapes were experimentally investigated and compared as a function of particle size. Experimental results indicated that the helical inlet and tooth electrode have effect on significantly increasing collection efficiency.

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Electrical insulation characteristics with simulated electrode system of HTS (HTS pancake 코일을 모의한 전극계에서의 전기절연 특성)

  • Joung, Jong-Man;Baek, Seung-Myeong;Kim, Sang-Hyun
    • Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Electrical and Electronic Material Engineers Conference
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    • 2002.08a
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    • pp.58-63
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    • 2002
  • For the experiment the four types of spacer were distinguished by arrangement. The flashover characteristic on each types of spacer was investigated and the flashover phenomena were observed to understand breakdown mechanism in liquid nitrogen($LN_{2}$). The spacer should be placed interior coil as an insulator, a cooling channel and s supporter of structures. The simulated electrode used in the experiment was made from five turns of HTS tape. Experimental results revealed that multi-layer and barrier effects did work well in Air but did not in $LN_{2}$. These result suggested that the flashover in LN2 caused by the bubbles due to partial discharge at micro gap, g. The flashover characteristics decreased to 70% when g is 0.2 mm. The degradation was improved by even treatment on surface of coil electrode.

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Breakdown Characteristics of a Vertical Sphere-Plane Air Gap in the Presence of Combustion Flame (수직배치 구대평판 공기 갭에서 연소화염 존재시의 절연파괴 특성)

  • Kim, In-Sik
    • Journal of the Korean Institute of Illuminating and Electrical Installation Engineers
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    • v.25 no.5
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    • pp.79-84
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    • 2011
  • In this study, breakdown characteristics of a vertical sphere-plane air gap in the presence of combustion flame were examined under the application of a.c. and d.c. high-voltages in order to investigate the effect of flame on the dielectric strength of air. Propane gas is used as the fuel of the flame, and the temperature distribution of air around the flame is measured. The polarity effects for the d.c. voltages and breakdown voltages of air when applied both of a.c. and d.c. voltages were examined in the case of the variation of the gap length and the horizontal distance between the flame and the high-voltage sphere electrode. The influence of relative air density, electrification and shape changes of the flame as factors that affect the breakdown voltages were discussed.