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NUMERICAL STUDY OF TURBINE BLADE COOLING TECHNIQUES (터빈 블레이드 냉각시스템에 관한 수치해석적 연구)

  • Kim, K.Y.;Lee, K.D.;Moon, M.A.;Heo, M.W.;Kim, H.M.;Kim, J.H.;Husain, A.
    • 한국전산유체공학회:학술대회논문집
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    • 2010.05a
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    • pp.530-533
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    • 2010
  • This paper presents numerical analysis and design optimization of various turbine blade cooling techniques with three-dimensional Reynolds-averaged Navier-Stokes(RANS) analysis. The fluid flow and heat transfer have been performed using ANSYS-CFX 11.0. A fan-shaped hole for film-cooling has been carried out to improve film-cooling effectiveness with the radial basis neural network method. The injection angle of hole, lateral expansion angle of hole and ratio of length-to-diameter of the hole are chosen as design variables and spatially averaged film-cooling effectiveness is considered as an objective function which is to be maximized. The impingement jet cooling has been performed to investigate heat transfer characteristic with geometry variables. Distance between jet nozzle exit and impingement plate, inclination of nozzle and aspect ratio of nozzle hole are considered as geometry variables. The area averaged Nusselt number is evaluated each geometry variables. A rotating rectangular channel with staggered array pin-fins has been investigated to increase heat transfer performance ad to decrease friction loss using KRG modeling. Two non-dimensional variables, the ratio of the eight diameter of the pin-fins and ratio of the spacing between the pin-fins to diameter of the pin-fins selected as design variables. A rotating rectangular channel with staggered dimples on opposite walls are formulated numerically to enhance heat transfer performance. The ratio of the dimple depth and dimple diameter are selected as geometry variables.

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An Experimental Study on the Noise Reduction of Cooling Fans for Four-ton Forklift Machines (4톤급 지게차 냉각홴 소음 저감에 관한 실험적 연구)

  • Choi, Daesik;Kim, Seokwoo;Yeom, Taeyoung;Lee, Seungbae
    • Journal of Drive and Control
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    • v.18 no.1
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    • pp.1-8
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    • 2021
  • This paper presents research on methods for the reduction of forklifts' noise level for the increased comfort and safety of its operator. A cooling fan with a high air volume flow rate installed in the forklift acts as an important design parameter which efficiently cools the heat exchanger system, helping to transfer internal heat from the engine room to the outdoors with both transmitted and diffracted opening noises. The cooling fan contributes significantly to both the forklift's emitted sound power and the operator room's noise level, thereby necessitating research on the forklift's reduction of acoustic power level and transmission. A noise analysis for various fan models with a biomimetic design based on eagle-wing geometry was conducted. In addition to the acoustic power generation, the aerodynamic performance of the cooling blade is also strongly influenced by the design of airfoil distribution, thereby requiring optimization. The cooling fans were fabricated and installed in the forklift in order to check the efficacy of the forklift engine's cooling, and the final version of the fan was measured for its ability to lower acoustic power level and cool the engine room. This study explains the aerodynamic and acoustic features of the designed fans with the use of BEM analysis and forklift test results.

Development of Multiphase Pump for Offshore Plant (해양플랜트용 다상유동 펌프 개발)

  • Kim, Joonhyung;Choi, Youngseok;Yoon, Joonyong
    • Transactions of the Korean Society of Mechanical Engineers B
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    • v.38 no.2
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    • pp.183-190
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    • 2014
  • A multiphase pump was developed in this study. The optimum multiphase pump design was arrived at, and the interactions among the different geometric configurations were explained by applying numerical analysis and the DOE (design of experiments) method. First, we designed the base model to meet the specifications. Then, we defined the design parameters related to the meridional plane and the blade angle. Each design parameter was used for generating experiment sets, and numerical analyses were performed on these sets. Finally, the optimized design was selected based on the results of the DOE analysis. The numerical optimization resulted in the optimum model having higher efficiency than the base model. In addition, performance degradation due to changes in the GVF (gas volume fraction) is discussed.

Study on the Optimal Selection of Rotor Track and Balance Parameters using Non-linear Response Models and Genetic Algorithm (로터 트랙 발란스(RTB) 파라미터 최적화를 위한 비선형 모델링 및 GA 기법 적용 연구)

  • Lee, Seong Han;Kim, Chang Joo;Jung, Sung Nam;Yu, Young Hyun;Kim, Oe Cheul
    • Journal of the Korean Society for Aeronautical & Space Sciences
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    • v.44 no.11
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    • pp.989-996
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    • 2016
  • This paper intends to develop the rotor track and balance (RTB) algorithm using the nonlinear RTB models and a real-coded hybrid genetic algorithm. The RTB response data computed using the trim solutions with variation of the adjustment parameters have been used to build nonlinear RTB models based on the quadratic interpolation functions. Nonlinear programming problems to minimize the track deviations and the airframe vibration responses have been formulated to find optimum settings of balance weights, trim-tab deflections, and pitch-link lengths of each blade. The results are efficiently resolved using the real-coded genetic algorithm hybridized with the particle swarm optimization techniques for convergence acceleration. The nonlinear RTB models and the optimized RTB parameters have been compared with those computed using the linear models to validate the proposed techniques. The results showed that the nonlinear models lead to more accurate models and reduced RTB responses than the linear counterpart.

Parametric Study of Gas Turbine Engine Disc using Axisymmetry and Sector Analysis Model (축대칭 및 섹터 해석 모델을 활용한 가스터빈 엔진 디스크의 형상 변수 고찰)

  • Huh, Jae Sung
    • Transactions of the Korean Society of Mechanical Engineers A
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    • v.37 no.6
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    • pp.769-774
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    • 2013
  • Turbine blades and disc, which are one of the most important rotating parts of a gas turbine engine, are required to have highly efficient performance in order to minimize the total life cycle costs. Owing to these requirements, these components are exposed to severe conditions such as extreme turbine inlet temperatures, high compression ratios, and high speeds. To evaluate the structural integrity of a turbine disc under these conditions, material modeling and finite element analysis techniques are essential; furthermore, shape optimization is necessary for determining the optimal solution. This study aims to generate 2D finite element models of an axisymmetry model and a sector one and to perform thermal-structural coupled-field analysis and contact analysis. Structurally vulnerable areas such as the disc bore and disc-blade interface region are analyzed by a parametric study. Finally, an improved design is provided based on the results, and the necessity of elaborate shape optimization is confirmed.

Performance Enhancement of Dual-Inlet Centrifugal Blower by Optimal Design of Splitter (스플리터 형상최적화에 의한 양흡입 원심블로어 성능개선)

  • Lee, Jong Sung;Jang, Choon Man
    • Transactions of the Korean Society of Mechanical Engineers B
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    • v.38 no.12
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    • pp.1065-1072
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    • 2014
  • The shape of an impeller splitter for a dual-inlet centrifugal blower was optimized to enhance the blower performance. Two design variable, the normalized chord and pitch of a splitter, were used to evaluate the blower performance and internal flow fields based on the three-dimensional flow analysis. The blower performance obtained using this numerical simulation had a maximum error of 4 percent compared to that in an experiment at the design flow condition. The shape optimization of the splitter successfully increased the blower efficiency and pressure by 3.65 and 1.14 percent compared to the reference values. The blower performance was increased by reducing the flow separation near the blade suction surface by optimizing the shape of the splitter, which produced a pressure increase at the outlet of the volute casing.

Blade shape optimization of centrifugal fan for improving performance and reducing aerodynamic noise of clothes dryer (의류 건조기 성능 향상과 공력소음 저감을 위한 원심팬의 날개 형상 최적화)

  • Choi, Jinho;Ryu, Seo-Yoon;Cheong, Cheolung;Kim, Min-kyu;Lee, Kwangho
    • The Journal of the Acoustical Society of Korea
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    • v.38 no.3
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    • pp.321-327
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    • 2019
  • The purpose of this study is paper is to improve the flow performance and to reduce the aerodynamic noise of air discharge system consisting of a centrifugal fan, ducts and a housing for the clothes dryer. Using computational fluid dynamics and acoustic analogy based on FW-H (Ffowcs-Williams and Hawkings) Eq., air flow field and acoustic fields of the air discharge system are investigated. To optimize aerodynamic performance and aerodynamic noise, the response surface method is employed. The two factors central composite design using the inflow and outflow angles of fan blades is adopted. The devised optimum design shows the reduction of turbulent kinetic energy in the ducts and the housing of the system, and as a result, the improved flow rate and reduce noise is confirmed. Finally, the experment using the proto-type manufactured usign the optimum design shows the increase of flow rate by 4.2 %.

Output Optimization of Microhydro Kaplan Turbine by Double Regulating Runner and Guide Vane (러너와 가이드 베인의 연동을 통한 마이크로 카프란 수차의 출력 최적화)

  • Park, No-Hyun;Rhee, Young-Woo
    • The KSFM Journal of Fluid Machinery
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    • v.16 no.1
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    • pp.17-23
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    • 2013
  • Recently so much attention has been focused on renewable energy and, since its sources to exploit are already almost saturated in the country, the practical alternative to this situation could be a micro-turbine which uses the low head and low flow. From a point of view of local micro-turbine design capacity and manufacturing technology, the problems such as the accumulation of technical skills, the expansion of related industries, the national policy expansion and the turbine efficiency to improve are still vulnerable and it's true that there are also negative views about the economic feasibility, the technicity and the operation management of the micro-turbine. However, if the improvement can be done in technology of low-head double regulation micro-turbine to generate more outputs and the operation management can be reliably realized, the micro-turbine will be re-evaluated as an appliable source of renewable energy, even the output is small, and by a paradigm shift, it could realize a power generation as an economic and rational system.

Numerical Optimization of Offshore Wind Turbine Blade for Domestic Use (한국형 해상 풍력터빈 블레이드 최적설계 알고리즘 연구)

  • Lee Ki-Hak;Kim tae-Yoon;Kim Kyu-Hong;Lee Kyung-Tae;Lee Dong-Ho
    • 한국신재생에너지학회:학술대회논문집
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    • 2005.06a
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    • pp.47-50
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    • 2005
  • 본 연구의 목적은 차세대 대체에너지로 각광받는 풍력발전 중에서 육상발전보다 여러 가지 이점이 있는 해상에서의 한국형 풍력터빈 블레이드의 최적 형상을 위 한 알고리즘을 구현하는 것이다. 풍력터빈 블레이드에서 깃익형의 공기 역학적 특성은 매우 중요한 사항이다. 이를 위해서 익형 성능예측에 층류에서 난류로의 천이과정을 포함하는 XFOIL을 이용하여 블레이드 익형 단면의 양력과 항력 분포를 해석하였다. 첫 번째 수준의 설계변수는 운용범위내의 바람의 속도와 블레이드 지름, 축 회전수이며, 각 단면에서의 비틀림각과 시위길이는 두 번째 수준의 설계 변수이다. 운용범위 내의 각 설계점에서 익형의 공력 변수들과 최소에 너지손실 조건을 이용하여 시위길이와 피치각 분포를 최적화하였다. 각각의 설계점에서 결과를 바탕으로 풍력발전의 설계 운용범위에서 반응면을 구성하고 구배최적화 기법을 통해 요구동력의 제약함수를 만족하고 효율을 최대로 하는 블레이드 형상을 구현하였다. 최적형상에 대해 탈설계점 해석을 수행하여 그 성능을 구하였다.

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Study on effect of electric field on $TiO_2$ crystallization and optimization of Dye Sensitized Solar Cell (전기장이 염료감응형 태양 전지의 산화티타늄 결정에 미치는 영향과 최적화에 관한 연구)

  • Hong, Na-Yeong;Kim, Jin-Kyoung;Choi, Jin-Ho;Choi, Seok-Won;Kim, Soo-Kyoung;Kim, Hee-Jae
    • Proceedings of the KIEE Conference
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    • 2011.07a
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    • pp.1507-1508
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    • 2011
  • 본 논문에서는 전기장이 염료감응형 태양전지 광전극의 산화반도체($TiO_2$)에 미치는 영향에 대해 설명하고 DSC의 효율과 밀접한 관련이 있는 산화반도체의 결정구조 개선에 초점을 맞추어 효율을 향상시키고자 하였다. DSC의 광전극 제조에서 FTO 기판에 doctor-blade 방법을 통해 $TiO_2$ paste 도포 한 후 소성 직전 전기장을 인가하여 입자의 결정화를 돕는다. 이때 인가 전압과 전압을 인가하는 시간을 변화시키면서 실험하였다. 그 후 $450^{\circ}C$에서 30분 동안 소성하였다. FE-SEM으로 $TiO_2$의 형태를 보고 전기장이 $TiO_2$ 결정화에 미치는 영향을 확인하였고, current-voltage 특성 분석을 통해 에너지 변환 효율과 각 요소들을 비교하였다. UV-vis spectrophotometer, EIS 측정으로 각 DSC의 광 흡수율과 $TiO_2$/염료/전해질 영역에서의 저항을 분석하였다. 그 결과 전기장이 가해진 $TiO_2$의 결정이 더 잘 배열된 것을 확인하였고, 그로인해 에너지 변환 효율이 7.09%에서 8.65%로 증가한 것을 알 수 있었다.

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