• Journal of Mechanical Science and Technology
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• 제20권2호
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• pp.212-226
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• 2006

This paper is a continuation of the authors' previous work on spiral coil heat exchangers. In the present study, the heat transfer characteristics and the performance of a spirally coiled finned tube heat exchanger under wet-surface conditions are theoretically and experimentally investigated. The test section is a spiral-coil heat exchanger which consists of a steel shell and a spirally coiled tube unit. The spiral-coil unit consists of six layers of concentric spirally coiled finned tubes. Each tube is fabricated by bending a 9.6 mm diameter straight copper tube into a spiral-coil of four turns. The innermost and outermost diameters of each spiral-coil are 145.0 and 350.4 mm, respectively. Aluminium crimped spiral fins with thickness of 0.6 mm and outer diameter of 28.4 mm are placed around the tube. The edge of fin at the inner diameter is corrugated. Air and water are used as working fluids in shell side and tube side, respectively. The experiments are done under dehumidifying conditions. A mathematical model based on the conservation of mass and energy is developed to simulate the flow and heat transfer characteristics of working fluids flowing through the heat exchanger. The results obtained from the present model show reasonable agreement with the experimental data.

• Corrosion Science and Technology
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• 제19권2호
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• pp.89-99
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• 2020

The inhibition of pitting corrosion failure of copper sprinkler tubes in wet sprinkler systems was studied. First, an apparatus and technology for removing air in the sprinkler tubes by vacuum pumping and then filling the tubes with water were developed. Using this apparatus and technology, three methods for inhibiting the pitting corrosion of the copper sprinkler tubes installed in several apartment complexes were tested. The first one was filling the sprinkler tubes with water bubbled by high-pressure nitrogen gas to reduce the dissolved oxygen concentration to lower than 2 ppm. In the second method, the dissolved oxygen concentration of water was further reduced to lower than 0.01 ppm by sodium sulfite. In the third method, the sprinkler tubes were filled with benzotriazole (BTAH) dissolved in water. The third method was the most effective, reducing the failure frequency of the sprinkler tubes due to pitting corrosion by more than 80%. X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy analyses confirmed that a Cu-BTA layer was well coated on the inside surface of the corrosion pit, protecting it from corrosion. A potentiodynamic polarization test showed that BTAH should be very effective in reducing the corrosion rate of copper in the acidic environment of the corrosion pit.

• 전기학회논문지
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• 제64권11호
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• pp.1651-1657
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• 2015

In MHz operating wireless power transfer systems, skin- and proximity-effect losses in the transmitter and the receiver coils dominate the coil-to-coil efficiency of the system. A Litz-wire was regarded as a common solution for minimizing such Ohmic losses in high frequencies. In this paper, equivalent series resistances of 12 different cables including Litz-wire and copper tubing have been calculated and measured for a 6.78 MHz, 100W, 30 cm wireless power transfer system. It has been shown that the copper tubing has lower resistances compared to the Litz-wire in that frequency and a wireless power transfer system with the copper tubing was able to achieve much higher efficiency than a system using the Litz-wire. Calculations of the resistances and efficiencies were accomplished with analytical equations and those calculations were evaluated by experimental results.

• 한국지반환경공학회 논문집
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• 제19권3호
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• pp.15-24
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• 2018

전자기파는 주변 매질의 전기전도도와 유전율에 민감한 영향을 받기 때문에 지반의 특성을 평가하는데 널리 이용되고 있다. 본 연구에서는 염수환경에서도 다양한 농도의 중금속을 검측하기 위하여 시간영역반사법을 이용한 전자기파 측정 프로브를 제작하였다. 중금속으로는 구리를 사용하였으며, 실내 실험을 통해 구리 농도에 따라 적용 가능한 프로브를 선정하였다. 실내 실험에서는 염도 3%의 염수에 용해된 구리의 농도가 0, 0.01, 0.05, 0.1, 0.5, 1, 5, 그리고 10mg/L가 되도록 8단계로 용액을 조성하였다. 프로브는 염수에서도 전자기파를 측정할 수 있도록 5가지의 각기 다른 절연재로 코팅하여 비교하였다. 코팅재로는 에폭시, 탑코트, 바니쉬, 아크릴페인트, 히팅튜브를 사용하였으며 코팅재에 따른 전자기파의 신호 특성을 분석하였다. 실험 결과, 아크릴페인트와 히팅튜브로 코팅된 프로브는 구리 농도에 따른 신호 변화가 관측되지 않았으며, 에폭시, 탑코트, 바니쉬의 경우 구리 농도가 증가함에 따라 반사된 전자기파의 전압의 크기가 감소하는 것으로 나타났다. 에폭시로 1회 코팅한 프로브와 탑코트로 코팅한 프로브는 구리의 농도가 5mg/L 이하일 때 민감한 반응을 보였으나 에폭시로 2회 코팅한 경우, 구리의 농도가 5mg/L보다 클 때 더 민감하게 반응하였다. 본 연구의 결과는 절연재로 코팅된 시간영역반사법을 이용한 전자기파 측정 프로브가 염수에 녹아있는 중금속의 농도를 평가하는데 활용될 수 있음을 보여준다.

• 한국자동차공학회논문집
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• 제16권1호
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• pp.121-126
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• 2008

The cooling heat transfer coefficient of $CO_2$ (R-744) in a horizontal and helically coiled tube was investigated experimentally. The main components of the refrigerant loop are a receiver, a variable-speed pump, a mass flow meter, a pre-heater, evaporator and gas cooler (test section). The test section consists of a horizontal stainless steel tube and hellically coiled copper tube of 4.57 and 7.75 mm. The experiments were conducted at saturation temperature of 100 to $20^{\circ}C$, and mass flux of 200 to $500kg/m^2s$. The test results showed the variation of the heat transfer coefficient tended to decrease as cooling pressure of $CO_2$ increased. The heat transfer coefficient with respect to mass flux increased as mass flux increased. The experimental results were also compared with the existing correlations for the supercritical heat transfer coefficient, which generally underpredicted the measured data. However, the experimental data showed a relatively good agreement with the correlations of Pitla et al. except for the pseudo critical temperature.

• 설비공학논문집
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• 제17권9호
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• pp.816-823
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• 2005

This paper deals with the heat exchange performance prediction of a counter flow type double-tube condenser for natural refrigerant mixtures composed of Propane/n-Butane or Propane/i-Butane in a smooth tube and a micro-fin tube. The local characteristics of heat transfer, mass transfer and pressure drop are calculated using a prediction method developed by the authors. The total pressure drop and the overall heat transfer coefficient are also evaluated on various heat exchange conditions. The calculated results of the natural refrigerant mixtures are compared with HCFC22. In conclusion, natural refrigerant mixtures composed of Propane/n-Butane or Propane/i-Butane are appropriate candidates for alternative refrigerant from the viewpoint of heat transfer characteristics.

• 열처리공학회지
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• 제33권4호
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• pp.185-192
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• 2020

In this study, materials characterization of pure copper and copper based carbon nano-tube composite prepared by powder metallurgy method were investigated. Prior to evaluate materials characterization, spark plasma sintering processing variables such as sintering temperature, pressure, thickness and diameter of compacts was optimized to ensure the microstructure and materials property of pure Cu and Cu-CNT composite. In addition, corrosion behavior of Cu-based CNT composite produced by powder sintering method was investigated. It was confirmed from this study that the corroded surfaces of the composite shows less dissolution compared with pure copper in 3.5 wt% NaCl solution. The measured corrosion current density (I_corr) indicates improved corrosion property of Cu based composite containing small additions of CNTs in chloride containing media. Micro-galvanic activity between Cu and CNT was not observed in given sintering condition.

• 동굴
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• 제8호
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• pp.77-84
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• 1998

A large number of lava tubes in southwestern idaho contain some extremely impressive secondary mineral deposits. Gypsum and mirabilite can be found coating entire lava formation and in some cases entire rooms, thenardite and cristobolite can also be found throughout idaho's lava tubes, although in smaller individual concentrations. To a lesser degree iron and copper-based deposits have been found. On rare occasions and in very small quantities calcium carbonate deposits have been found.(omitted)

• 동력기계공학회지
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• 제17권6호
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• pp.47-53
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• 2013

The article focuses on the Temperature characteristics inside single loop oscillating heat pipe (OHPs). In this paper, heat pipe is experimentally studied thereby providing vital information on the parameter dependency of their thermal performance. The impact depiction has been done for the variation of tube model of the device. OHPs are made of copper capillary tubes of outer diameter 6.25 mm, inner diameter 4 mm heated by constant temperature water bath cooled by ambient temperature. Using four types of OHPs of copper capillary tubes length of 1500mm and HP length 650mm inside tubes working fluid is R-22 Pressure 8 bar and mass 34g,32g,28g,16g. The results indicate a strong influence of filling ratio on the performance.

• 설비공학논문집
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• 제7권2호
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• pp.196-206
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• 1995

Experimental investigations on heat and mass transfer characteristics in a vertical tube absorber have been carried out. Three different copper tubes with a length of 1.5m have been tested using LiBr solution and LiBr-$CaCl_2$ solution. The effects of solution flow rate, cooling water temperature, solution inlet temperature and evaporation temperature have been investigated in detail. It is found that heat transfer coefficient increases gradually with the increase of solution flow rate, but decreases rapidly for the flow rates less than 0.02kg/ms. The grooved tube generally shows better heat transfer performances than the smooth tube. LiBr solution shows almost no absorption capability for the cooling water temperatures over $40^{\circ}C$. LiBr-$CaCl_2$ gives less decreasing rate in absorption capability at these temperatures and the heat transfer coefficient becomes less dependent on the types of tubes in use. Considering heat and mass transfer rates, LiBr-$CaCl_2$ solution is found to be more suitable than LiBr solution for air cooled absorber, which operates at higher temperature than water cooled absorber.