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CFD and Experimental Study of Gas Flow inside the Wounding Steel Pipe Fitted in Reciprocating Hydrogen Compressor (왕복동식 수소 압축기의 강관 관로 내부 가스흐름의 CFD와 실험)

  • Chung, H.S.;Rahman, M. Sq.;Lee, G.H.;Woo, J.S.;Kim, B.H.;Jeong, H.M.
    • Journal of Power System Engineering
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    • v.14 no.3
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    • pp.25-32
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    • 2010
  • 전 세계적으로 급속도로 인기가 더해가고 있는 수소에너지는 높은 전환 효율성, 재생성, 친환경적인 특징을 가지며 미래의 주 에너지가 될 것이다. 왕복동식 압축기를 통과한 후의 수소 가스의 압력은 높은 맥동압을 가진다. 스너버는 압축기의 한 구성품으로 맥동압을 낮추고 수소가스의 불순물을 제거하기 위해 사용된다. 이 연구에서의 실험은 스너버 시스템에 사용된 강관의 맥동에 관해 조사하기 위해서 수행되었다. 맥동압은 12 Hz ~ 60 Hz의 모터속도에서 RMS값을 기준으로 0.1625% ~ 0.5305% 그리고 평균압력을 기준으로 0.1621% ~ 0.5277% 감소하였다. 압력손실은 RMS값을 기준으로 0.1092% ~ 1.4419%, 평균압력을 기준으로 0.1493% ~ 1.7507%로 측정되었다. CFD를 이용한 수치해석값은 실험값이 거의 비슷한 결과를 나타내고 강관 관로 내부 가스의 자세한 압력을 설명하기 위한 중요한 역할을 수행한다.

A study on performance assessment of WEC rotor in the Jeju western waters

  • Poguluri, Sunny Kumar;Bae, Yoon Hyeok
    • Ocean Systems Engineering
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    • v.8 no.4
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    • pp.361-380
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    • 2018
  • The dynamic performance of the wave energy converter (WEC) rotor with different geometric parameters such as depth of submergence and beak angle has been assessed by considering the linear potential flow theory using WAMIT solver and along with the computational fluid dynamics (CFD). The effect of viscous damping is incorporated by conducting numerical free decay test using CFD. The hydrodynamic coefficients obtained from the WAMIT, viscous damping from the CFD and estimated PTO damping are used to solve the equation of motion to obtain the final pitch response, mean optimal power and capture width. The viscous damping is almost 0.9 to 4.6 times when compared to the actual damping. It is observed that by neglecting the viscous damping the pitch response and power are overestimated when compared to the without viscous damping. The performance of the pitch WEC rotor in the Jeju western coast at the Chagwido is analyzed using Joint North Sea Wave Project (JONSWAP) spectrum and square-root of average extracted power is obtained. The performance of WEC rotor with depth of submergence 2.8 m and beak angle $60^{\circ}$ found to be good compared to the other rotors.

Low-frequency modes in the fluid-structure interaction of a U-tube model for the steam generator in a PWR

  • Zhang, Hao;Chang, Se-Myong;Kang, Soong-Hyun
    • Nuclear Engineering and Technology
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    • v.51 no.4
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    • pp.1008-1016
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    • 2019
  • In the SG (steam generator) of PWR (pressurized water reactor) for a nuclear plant, hundreds of U-shaped tubes are used for the heat exchanger system. They interact with primary pressurized cooling water flow, generating flow-induced vibration in the secondary flow region. A simplified U-tube model is proposed in this study to apply for experiment and its counterpart computation. Using the commercial code, ANSYS-CFX, we first verified the Moody chart, comparing the straight pipe theory with the results derived from CFD (computational fluid dynamics) analysis. Considering the virtual mass of fluid, we computed the major modes with the low natural frequencies through the comparison with impact hammer test, and then investigated the effect of pump flow in the frequency domain using FFT (fast Fourier transform) analysis of the experimental data. Using two-way fluid-structure interaction module in the CFD code, we studied the influence on mean flow rate to generate the displacement data. A feasible CFD method has been setup in this research that could be applied potentially in the field of nuclear thermal-hydraulics.

Development of reduced-order thermal stratification model for upper plenum of a lead-bismuth fast reactor based on CFD

  • Tao Yang;Pengcheng Zhao;Yanan Zhao;Tao Yu
    • Nuclear Engineering and Technology
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    • v.55 no.8
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    • pp.2835-2843
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    • 2023
  • After an emergency shutdown of a lead-bismuth fast reactor, thermal stratification occurs in the upper Plenum, which negatively impacts the integrity of the reactor structure and the residual heat removal capacity of natural circulation flow. The research on thermal stratification of reactors has mainly been conducted using an experimental method, a system program, and computational fluid dynamics (CFD). However, the equipment required for the experimental method is expensive, accuracy of the system program is unpredictable, and resources and time required for the CFD approach are extensive. To overcome the defects of thermal stratification analysis, a high-precision full-order thermal stratification model based on CFD technology is prepared in this study. Furthermore, a reduced-order model has been developed by combining proper orthogonal decomposition (POD) with Galerkin projection. A comparative analysis of thermal stratification with the proposed full-order model reveals that the reduced-order thermal stratification model can well simulate the temperature distribution in the upper plenum and rapidly elucidate the thermal stratification interface characteristics during the lead-bismuth fast reactor accident. Overall, this study provides an analytical tool for determining the thermal stratification mechanism and reducing thermal stratification.

Numerical Modeling of Floating Electrodes in a Plasma Processing System

  • Joo, Junghoon
    • Applied Science and Convergence Technology
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    • v.24 no.4
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    • pp.102-110
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    • 2015
  • Fluid model based numerical analysis is done to simulate a plasma processing system with electrodes at floating potential. $V_f$ is a function of electron temperature, electron mass and ion mass. Commercial plasma fluid simulation softwares do not provide options for floating electrode boundary value condition. We developed a user subroutine in CFD-ACE+ and compared four different cases: grounded, dielectric, zero normal electric field and floating electric potential for a 2D-CCP (capacitively coupled plasma) with a ring electrode.

Aerodynamic Analysis and System Implementation of Vertical Axis Wind Turbine using Individual Blade Pitch Control Method (개별 블레이드 피치 제어 방식을 이용한 수직축 풍력발전기의 성능 해석 및 시스템 구현)

  • Jeong, In-Oh;Lee, Yun-Han;Hwang, In-Seong;Kim, Seung-Jo
    • Proceedings of the KSME Conference
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    • 2007.05b
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    • pp.3347-3352
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    • 2007
  • This paper describes a research for the performance improvement of the straight-bladed vertical axis wind turbine. To improve the performance of VAWT, the individual blade pitch control method is adopted. For the wind turbine, CFD analysis is carried out by changing blade pitch angle according to the change of wind speed and wind direction. By this method, capacity and power efficiency of VAWT are obtained according to the wind speed and rotating of rotor, and could predict the overall performance of VAWT. It was manufactured to verify performance of the experimental system that consists of rotor including four blades and base. Furthermore, torque sensor and power generator were installed. Also, active controller which can change the pitch angle of the individual blade according to the wind speed and direction was used.

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On the Application of CFD Codes for Natural Gas Dispersion and Explosion in Gas Fuelled Ship

  • Kim, Ki-Pyoung;Kang, Ho-Keun;Choung, Choung-Ho;Park, Jae-Hong
    • Journal of Advanced Marine Engineering and Technology
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    • v.35 no.7
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    • pp.946-956
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    • 2011
  • The main objectives of this study are to analyze the leaked gas dispersion and quantify the potential overpressures due to vapor cloud explosions in order to identify the most significant contributors to risk by using Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFX & FLACS) for gas fuelled ships. A series of CFD simulations and analyses have been performed for the various gas release scenarios in a closed module, covering different release rates and ventilating methods. This study is specially focused on the LNG FGS (Fuel Gas Supply) system recently developed for the propulsion of VLCC crude oil carriers by shipyards. Most of work presented is discussed on the gas dispersion from leaks in the FGS room, and shows some blast prediction validation examples.

Hydraulic design of fuel pump in turbo-pump system and performance evaluation using CFD (터보펌프용 연료펌프의 설계와 CFD를 이용한 성능 평가)

  • Lee, Kyoung-Hoon
    • 유체기계공업학회:학술대회논문집
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    • 2002.12a
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    • pp.408-416
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    • 2002
  • Hydraulic performance of the pump with an inducer was predicted by 3-D Navier-stokes calculation. The evaluated pump was the single-stage centrifugal pump with a separated inducer to pressurize fuel (LCH4) in Turbo-pump system with a specific speed (Ns) of approximately 0.3[rad/s, m3/s, J/kg] and a suction specific speed(s) of 15[rad/s, m3/s, J/kg]. That conventional pump was designed with the combination of 1-D theory and empirical correlation. In this study, preliminary design to select key parameters such as inlet flow coefficient was reviewed by investigating sets of the known design methods to achieve appropriate suction performance, and the performance of newly designed inducer and impeller was compared with the old one, using CFD method. The numerical results showed that the hydraulic efficiency of the new pump was predicted $5.5\%$ higher than that of the conventional one, through design parameter re-selection, configuration improvement and blade loading control

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Evaluation of Yacht Sails Performance by CFD and Experiments (요트 세일의 성능에 관한 수치해석 및 실험)

  • Yoo Jae-Hoon;Ahn Hae-Seong
    • Journal of Advanced Marine Engineering and Technology
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    • v.30 no.1
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    • pp.125-133
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    • 2006
  • It is important to understand flow characteristics and performances of sails for both sailors and designers who want to have efficient thrust of yacht In this Paper the viscous flows around sail-like rigid wings, which are similar to main and jib sails of a 30 feet sloop, are calculated using a CFD tool. Lift, drag and thrust forces are estimated for various conditions of gap distance between the two sails and the center of effort of the sail system is obtained. Wind tunnel experiments are also carried out to measure aerodynamic forces acting on the sails system and to validate the computation. It is found that the combination of two sails produces the lift force larger than the sum of that produced separately by each sail and the gap distance between the two sails is an important factor to determine total lift and thrust.