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Rotor Blade Design of a 1MW Class HAWT and Evaluation of Aerodynamic Performance Using CFD Method (1MW급 수평축 풍력터빈 로터 블레이드 설계 및 CFD에 의한 공력성능 평가)

  • Mo, Jang-Oh;Lee, Young-Ho
    • The KSFM Journal of Fluid Machinery
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    • v.15 no.1
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    • pp.21-26
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    • 2012
  • In this investigation, the aerodynamic performance evaluation of a 1MW class blade has been performed with the purpose of the verification of target output and its clear understanding of flow field using CFD commercial code, ANSYS FLUENT. Before making progress of CFD analysis the HERACLES V2.0 software based on blade element momentum theory was applied for confirmation of quick and approximate performance in the preliminary stage. The blade was designed to produce the target output of a 1MW class at a rated wind speed of 12m/s, which consists of five different airfoils such as FFA W-301, DU91-W250, DU93-W-210, NACA 63418 and NACA 63415 from hub to tip. The mechanical power by CFD is approximately 1.195MW, which is converted into the electrical power of 1.075MW if the system loss is considered to be 0.877.

A Performance-based Design Example of Smoke Extraction System Using CFD Fire Simulation (CFD 화재 시뮬레이션을 이용한 여객선 제연설비의 성능기반 설계 사례)

  • Lee, Jung-Moo;Kim, Sung-Hoon;Lee, Sung-Geun
    • Journal of the Society of Naval Architects of Korea
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    • v.47 no.3
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    • pp.454-461
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    • 2010
  • The new SOLAS regulation permits the alternative design approach for the approval of designs which deviate from those where prescriptive rules apply. The new approach is being promoted by recent advances of noble designs such as those employing large public spaces in passenger ships. From the respect of fire safety, it is needed to show that the level of safety of new design is equivalent to what can be achieved from the prescriptive rules where the fire simulation is regarded to be the essential tool. This paper provides an overview of the process of performance-based design of the smoke extraction system in a cafeteria of a ROPAX. FDS, a CFD fire simulation software is used to show that the field-model software can improve the fire safety over what are expected from prescriptive rule sets or zone-model application.

Setting the scene: CFD and symposium overview

  • Murakami, Shuzo
    • Wind and Structures
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    • v.5 no.2_3_4
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    • pp.83-88
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    • 2002
  • The present situation of CWE(Computational Wind Engineering) and the papers presented to the CWE 2000 Symposium are reviewed from the following viewpoints; 1) topics treated, 2) utilization of commercial code (software), 3) incompleteness of CWE, 4) remaining research subjects, 5) prediction accuracy, 6) new fields of CWE application, etc. Firstly, new tendencies within CWE applications are indicated. Next, the over-attention being given to the application field and the lack of attention to fundamental problems, including prediction error analysis, are pointed out. Lastly, the future trends of CFD (Computational Fluid Dynamics) applications to wind engineering design are discussed.

Numerical Analysis Dynamometer (Water Brake) Using Computational Fluid Dynamic Software

  • Cahyono, Sukmaji Indro;Choe, Gwang-Hwan;Sinaga, Nazaruddin
    • 한국태양에너지학회:학술대회논문집
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    • 2008.11a
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    • pp.103-111
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    • 2008
  • One of the most popular internal combustion engines is the engine in the transportation device. Power is a parameter that shows the capabilities of an object that gives energy, for example the internal combustion engine. Power in this engine is measured by a device called dynamometer. The CFD (Computational Fluid Dynamic) fluent software was simulated several impeller variables to absorb power of engine. With that result, we knew the biggest dynamometer absorber power, cheapest and easy to be made. The hydraulic dynamometer is selected type of dynamometer as the result of design process. The basic principle of a hydraulic dynamometer is the same as centrifugal pump but it has low pump efficiency. The results of the test are maximum power and torque of the tested engine and the operation area of the selected hydraulic dynamometer.

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INTRODUCTION TO OPENFOAM: OPEN SOURCE SOFTWARE (Source 공개 코드 OpenFOAM 소개)

  • Park, J.K.;Kang, K.H.
    • 한국전산유체공학회:학술대회논문집
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    • 2010.05a
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    • pp.431-436
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    • 2010
  • Recently, several open source codes for computational fluid dynamics (CFD) have been emerged and are spreading fast. Our group has chosen OpenFOAM as a platform to develop our own in-house code. In this paper, we would like to share the information on the codes and what we have experienced so far. We introduce several features of OpenFOAM, which include the performance compared with commercial packages, estimation for current user population and our own prospect for future improvement in performance and growth in user population. In addition, we briefly introduce our experience gained in embedding the level set method into the OpenFOAM.

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REVIEW ON OPENFOAM - AN OPEN SOURCE SOFTWARE (Source 공개 코드 OpenFOAM에 대한 리뷰)

  • Park, J.K.;Kang, K.H.
    • Journal of computational fluids engineering
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    • v.15 no.3
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    • pp.46-53
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    • 2010
  • Recently, several open source codes for computational fluid dynamics (CFD) have been introduced and are spreading fast. Our group has chosen the OpenFOAM as a platform to develop our own in-house code. In this brief review, we would like to share the information on the codes and what we have experienced so far. We introduce several features of OpenFOAM, which include the performance compared with commercial packages, estimation for current user population, and our own prospect for future improvement in performance and growth in user population. In addition, we briefly introduce our experience gained in embedding the level set method into the OpenFOAM.

Performance Evaluation of a Main Coolant Pump for the Modular Nuclear Reactor by Computational Fluid Dynamics (전산해석에 의한 일체형 원자로용 주냉각재 펌프의 성능분석)

  • Yoon Eui-Soo;Oh Hyoung-Woo;Park Sang-Jin
    • Transactions of the Korean Society of Mechanical Engineers B
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    • v.30 no.8 s.251
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    • pp.818-824
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    • 2006
  • The hydrodynamic performance analysis of an axial-flow main coolant pump for the modular nuclear reactor has been carried out using a commercial computational fluid dynamics (CFD) software. The prediction capability of the CFD software adopted in the present study was validated in comparison with the experimental data. Predicted performance curves agree satisfactorily well with the experimental results for the main coolant pump over the normal operating range. π Ie prediction method presented herein can be used effectively as a tool for the hydrodynamic design optimization and assist the understanding of the operational characteristics of general purpose axial-flow pumps.

Development of Simple Example of CFD Course in Mechanical Engineering Curriculum (I) (Laminar Pipe Flow) (기계공학교육과정에서의 전산유체동역학의 기초예제개발 (I) (수평 원관의 층류 유동))

  • Lee, Sung-Riong;Cho, Seok-Swoo
    • Journal of the Korea Academia-Industrial cooperation Society
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    • v.19 no.7
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    • pp.72-80
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    • 2018
  • With the ever increasing advances in computers and their computing power, computational fluid dynamics(CFD) has become an essential engineering tool in the design and analysis of engineering applications. Accordingly, many universities have developed and implemented a course on CFD for undergraduate students. On the other hand, many professors have used industrial examples supplied by computational analysis software companies as CFD examples. This makes many students think of CFD as difficult and confusing. This paper presents a simple CFD example used in the department of mechanical design engineering of Kangwon National University and shows its effectiveness. Most students answered that a simple CFD example is more comprehensive than an industrial example. Therefore, it is necessary to develop simple computational analysis problems in the engineering education field.

Application of CFD-VOF Model to Autonomous Microfluidic Capillary System (마이크로 모세관 유동 해석을 위한 CFD-VOF 모텔 응용)

  • Jeong J.H.;Im Y.H.;Han S.P.;Suk J.W.;Kim Y.D.
    • 한국전산유체공학회:학술대회논문집
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    • 2004.03a
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    • pp.224-229
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    • 2004
  • The objective of this work is not only to perform feasibility studies on the CFD (computational fluid dynamics) analysis for the capillary system design but also to provide an enhanced understanding of the autonomous capillary flow. The capillary flow is evaluated by means of the commercial CFD software of FLUENT, which includes the VOF (volume-of-fluid) model for multiphase flow analysis. The effect of wall adhesion at fluid interfaces in contact with rigid boundaries is considered in terms of static contact angle. Feasibility studies are first performed, including mesh-resolution influence on pressure profile, which has a sudden increase at the liquid/gas interface. Then we perform both 2D and 3D simulations and examine the transient nature of the capillary flow. Analytical solutions are also derived for simple cases and compared with numerical results. Through this work, essential information on the capillary system design is brought out. Our efforts and initial success in numerical description of the microfluidic capillary flows enhance the fundamental understanding of the autonomous capillary flow and will eventually pave the road for full-scale, computer-aided design of microfluidic networks.

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