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Performance Analysis of a Micro-Hydro Pelton Turbine for the Osmotic Power Generation (삼투압발전용 마이크로 펠턴터빈의 성능해석)

  • Oh, Hyoung-Woo
    • The KSFM Journal of Fluid Machinery
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    • v.14 no.3
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    • pp.18-22
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    • 2011
  • This paper presents the transient performance analysis of a micro-hydro Pelton turbine for the osmotic power generation using the commercially available computational fluid dynamics (CFD) code, ANSYS CFX. The detailed flow field in the micro Pelton turbine with a single-jet is investigated by the CFD code adopted in the present study. Predicted characteristic curves agree fairly well with measured data for a prototype Pelton turbine over the normal operating conditions. The computational analysis method presented herein can be effectively applied to the hydraulic design optimization process of general purpose Pelton turbine runners.

인공심장의 발전을 가져온 항공우주왕복선의 CFD 기술

  • Gwak, Do-Chan;Han, Jun-Hui;Cha, Dae-Ho;Lee, Do-Hyeong
    • Journal of the KSME
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    • v.50 no.8
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    • pp.51-53
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    • 2010
  • 이 글에서는 항공우주왕복선의 엔진설계 시 사용되었던 CFD(Computational Fluid Dynamics) 기술을 인공심장 개발에 어떻게 적용하여 심장보조장치(Ventricular Assist Device)를 만들었는지 소개하고자 한다.

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Introduction to Combustion Instability Modeling Using Flame Transfer Function (화염전달함수를 이용한 연소불안정 모델링 기법 소개)

  • Kim, Daesik
    • 한국연소학회:학술대회논문집
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    • 2014.11a
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    • pp.71-72
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    • 2014
  • The current paper introduce the flame transfer function calculation results using CFD in order to quantify the heat release fluctuations in a lean premixed gas turbine combustor. Comparisons of the modeled and measured flame shapes were made using the optimized heat transfer conditions.

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Susceptor design by numerical analysis in horizontal CVD reactor

  • Lee, Jung-Hun;Yoo, Jin-Bok;Bae, So-Ik
    • Journal of the Korean Crystal Growth and Crystal Technology
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    • v.15 no.4
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    • pp.135-140
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    • 2005
  • Thermal-fluid analysis was performed to understand the thermal behavior in the horizontal CVD reactor thereby to design a susceptor which has a uniform deposition rate during silicon EPI growing. Four different types of susceptor designs, standard (no hole susceptor), hole $\sharp$1 (240 mm), hole $\sharp$2 (150 mm) and hole $\sharp$3 (60 mm), were simulated by CFD (Computational Fluid Dynamics) tool. Temperature, gas flow, deposition rate and growth rate were calculated and analyzed. The degree of flatness of EPI wafer loaded on the susceptor was computed in terms of silicon growth rate. The simulation results show that the temperature and thermal distribution in the wafer are greatly dependent on inner diameter of hole susceptor and demonstrate that the introduction of hole in the susceptor can degrade wafer flatness. Maximum temperature difference appeared around holes. As the diameter of the hole decreases, flatness of the wafer becomes poor. Among the threes types of susceptors with the hole, optimal design which resulted a good uniform flatness ($5\%$) was obtained when using hole $\sharp$1.

Historical Perspective on Fluid Machinery Flow Optimization in an Industry

  • Goto, Akira
    • International Journal of Fluid Machinery and Systems
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    • v.9 no.1
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    • pp.75-84
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    • 2016
  • Fluid-dynamic design of fluid machinery had heavily relied on empiricism and experimental observations for many years. Since 1980s, thanks to the advancements in Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD), a variety of flow physics have been revealed. The contribution by CFD is indispensable; however, the challenge is required not only on the advancements in CFD technologies but also innovation of "design (optimization) technologies" because of the complex interactions between 3-D flow fields and the complex 3-D flow passage configurations, etc. This paper presents historical perspective on fluid machinery flow optimization in an industry with some messages for the future.

CFD-FSI simulation of vortex-induced vibrations of a circular cylinder with low mass-damping

  • Borna, Amir;Habashi, Wagdi G.;McClure, Ghyslaine;Nadarajah, Siva K.
    • Wind and Structures
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    • v.16 no.5
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    • pp.411-431
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    • 2013
  • A computational study of vortex-induced transverse vibrations of a cylinder with low mass-damping is presented. An Arbitrary Lagrangian-Eulerian (ALE) formulation of the Unsteady Reynolds-Averaged Navier-Stokes equations (URANS), along with the Spalart-Allmaras (SA) one-equation turbulence model, are coupled conservatively with rigid body motion equations of the cylinder mounted on elastic supports in order to study the amplitude and frequency response of a freely vibrating cylinder, its flow-induced motion, Vortex Street, near-wake flow structure, and unsteady loading in a moderate range of Reynolds numbers. The time accurate response of the cylinder from rest to its limit cycle is studied to explore the effects of Reynolds number on the start of large displacements, motion amplitude, and frequency. The computational results are compared with published physical experiments and numerical studies. The maximum amplitudes of displacements computed for various Reynolds numbers are smaller than the experimental values; however, the overall agreement of the results is quite satisfactory, and the upper branch of the limit-cycle displacement amplitude vs. reduced velocity response is captured, a feature that was missed by other studies. Vortex shedding modes, lock-in phenomena, frequency response, and phase angles are also in agreement with experiments.

Transmission Loss and Back-pressure Analysis for Inner-separated Muffler (내부 분할된 단순확장관의 투과손실 및 배압 전산해석)

  • Jeong, Weuibong;Kim, Yeon Woo
    • Proceedings of the Korean Society for Noise and Vibration Engineering Conference
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    • 2014.10a
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    • pp.687-689
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    • 2014
  • This paper deals with the optimal muffler model by using acoustic analysis and CFD(computational fluid dynamics) analysis. The complicated muffler model could be better noise reduction performance. However, it could be worse affected to back-pressure performance by pressure drop in working fluid. High back-pressure is caused to low system efficiency. Therefore, it is important for the muffler design to consider the pressure drop. The muffler models are changed their partition plate position. Acoustic power transmission loss(TL) and pressure drop of working fluid are calculated by using computational analysis and used to build database for finding their trends. The optimal muffler model in user-interested frequency range could be selected by analyzing this database.

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Performance Improvement of High Speed Jet Fan

  • Choi, Young-Seok;Kim, Joon-Hyung;Lee, Kyoung-Yong;Yang, Sang-Ho
    • International Journal of Fluid Machinery and Systems
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    • v.3 no.1
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    • pp.39-49
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    • 2010
  • In this paper, a numerical study has been carried out to investigate the influence of jet fan design variables on the performance of a jet fan. In order to achieve an optimum jet fan design and to explain the interactions between the different geometric configurations in the jet fan, three-dimensional computational fluid dynamics and the DOE method have been applied. Several geometric variables, i.e., hub-tip ratio, meridional shape, rotor stagger angle, number of rotor-stator blades and stator geometry, were employed to improve the performance of the jet fan. The objective functions are defined as the exit velocity and total efficiency at the operating condition. Based on the results of computational analyses, the performance of the jet fan was significantly improved. The performance degradations when the jet fan is operated in the reverse direction are also discussed.