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A Proposal of Hybrid Cooling System Coupled with Radiation Panel Cooling and Natural Ventilation (자연환기와 복사냉방을 병용한 하이브리드 시스템의 제안)

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    • Korean Journal of Air-Conditioning and Refrigeration Engineering
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    • v.15 no.6
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    • pp.543-550
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    • 2003
  • In order to saving the energy for HVAC system of buildings, utilization of wind-induced cross ventilation is thought to be promising. However, utilization of natural ventilation alone is not sufficient for maintaining the human thermal-comfort such as in hot and humid regions. A hybrid air conditioning system with a controlled natural ventilation system, or combination of natural ventilation with mechanical air conditioning is thought to overcome the deficiency of wind-driven cross ventilation and to have significant effects on energy reduction. This paper describes a concept of hybrid system and propose a new type of hybrid system using radiational cooling with wind-induced cross ventilation. Moreover, a radiational cooling system is compared with an all-air cooling system. The characteristics of the indoor environment will be examined through CFD (Computational Fluid Dynamics) simulation, which is coupled with a radiation heat transfer simulation and with HVAC control in which the PMV value for the human model in the center of the room is controlled to attain the target value.

CFD Analysis on Effect of Pressure Drop and Flow Uniformity with Geometry in 13" Asymmetric DPF (13" 비대칭 DPF 내 형상에 따른 배압 및 유동균일도 영향에 관한 전산해석연구)

  • HAN, DANBEE;BYUN, HYUNSEUNG;BAEK, YOUNGSOON
    • Transactions of the Korean hydrogen and new energy society
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    • v.31 no.6
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    • pp.614-621
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    • 2020
  • Recently, as the fine dust is increased and the emission regulations of diesel engines are strengthened, interest in diesel soot filtration devices is rapidly increased. In particular, there is a demand for technology development for higher efficiency of diesel exhaust gas after-treatment devices. As part of this, many studies conducted to increase the exhaust gas treatment efficiency by improving the flow uniformity of the exhaust gas in the DPF and reducing the pressure drop between the inlet and outlet of disel particle filter (DPF). In this study, computational fluid dynamics (CFD) simulation was performed when exhaust gas flows into the canning reduction device equipped with a 13" asymmetric DPF in order to maintain the flow uniformity in the diesel exhaust system and reduce the pressure. In particular, a study was conducted to find the geometry with the smallest pressure drop and the highest flow uniformity by simulating the DPF I/O ratio, exhaust gas temperature, inlet-outlet pressure and flow uniformity according to the geometry and hole size of distributor.

Study on the Effects of the Flow Characteristics and Size on the Peformance of Molten Carbonate Fuel Cells Using CFD (CFD를 통한 용융탄산염 연료전지의 유동 및 크기에 따른 운전 특성 분석)

  • KIM, DONG-WOO;KIM, HA-YOUNG;CHOI, JEONG-HWAN;LEE, CHANG-WHAN
    • Transactions of the Korean hydrogen and new energy society
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    • v.30 no.2
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    • pp.147-154
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    • 2019
  • In this study, effects of flow types and size of molten carbonate fuel cells (MCFCs) were investigated using CFD simulation. In the simulation, the current collector of MCFCs were assumed to be an porous media. With the area of $0.09m^2$, the effect of flow types such as Co-flow, Counter-flow, Cross-flow were studied. After that the effect of the size and flow direction was studied. Among three-flow types, MCFCs with co-flow type shows more uniform distribution and current density distribution.

Study on Pure Roll Test of a Ship Using CFD Simulation (CFD 해석을 활용한 선박의 순수 횡동요 시험 연구)

  • Thi Loan, Mai;Anh Khoa, Vo;Hyeon Kyu, Yoon
    • Journal of the Society of Naval Architects of Korea
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    • v.59 no.6
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    • pp.338-344
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    • 2022
  • Roll moment usually is ignored when analyzing the maneuverability of surface ships. However, it is well known that the influence of roll moment on maneuverability is significant for ships with small metacentric height such as container ships, passenger ships, etc. In this study, a pure roll test is performed to determine the hydrodynamic derivatives with respect to roll motion as added mass and damping. The target ship is an autonomous surface ship designed to carry containers with a small drift and large freeboard. The commercial code of STAR CCM+ software is applied as a specialized tool in naval hydrodynamic based on RANS equation for simulating the pure roll of the ship. The numerical uncertainty analysis is conducted to verify the numerical accuracy. By distinguishing the in-phase and out-of-phase from hydrodynamic forces and moments due to roll motion, added mass derivatives and damping derivatives relative to roll angular velocity are obtained.

Performance Analysis of Francis Turbines by CFD (CFD을 이용한 프란시스 수차의 내부유동 해석)

  • Choi, Hyen-Jun;Hwang, Young-Cheol;Kim, You-Taek;Nam, Chung-Do;Lee, Young-Ho
    • 한국신재생에너지학회:학술대회논문집
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    • 2010.06a
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    • pp.191.2-191.2
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    • 2010
  • The conventional method to assess turbine performance is its model testing which becomes costly and time consuming for several design alternatives in design optimization. Computational fluid dynamics (CFD) has become a cost effective tool for predicting detailed flow information in turbine space to enable the selection of best design. In the present paper, Francis turbine of commercial small hydropower plants which is under 70kw is investigated. Solutions are investigated with respect to the hydraulic characteristics against an outward angle of guide vane, the number of guide vane and head (inlet velocity). By suitable modification of the runner shape, low pressure zone on the leading edge can be reduced. If the entire runner is to be optimized in this manner, flow simulation tests have to be carried out on a series of different geometrical shape.

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The Study of a Atomizing Characteristics of a Nozzle in a Fire Extinguishing System for using CFD (CFD를 이용한 소화시스템 노즐의 분무 특성에 대한 연구)

  • Choi, Goan-Soo;Jung, Young-Kwon;Kim, Young-Soo;Kim, In-Kwan
    • Proceedings of the SAREK Conference
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    • 2008.06a
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    • pp.1184-1189
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    • 2008
  • This paper is a study about characteristics of the SSC-1 nozzle, which is used in a fire extinguishing system in a ship. Through this paper, we can find that the traces and elements’ distributions obtained from experiments are as the same as the simulation analysis results of CFD program. At the point of 100mm, the $\alpha$ is 34.9 in the CFD analysis, and it is 32.5 in the experiment. This shows that there is no big different between the CFD analysis and the experiment result. And the average elements velocity is similar to the SMD.

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Energy Efficiency Improvement and Field Scale Study of Crematory using Computation Fluid Dynamics (전산유동해석을 통한 화장로의 에너지 효율개선 및 실증연구)

  • Won, Yong-Tae;Lee, Seung-Mok
    • Applied Chemistry for Engineering
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    • v.30 no.1
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    • pp.95-101
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    • 2019
  • The cremation rate of Korea in 2016 was 82.7% which is four times greater than 20.5% in 1994. As increasing the cremation rate gradually, it cause a shortage of cremation facilities resulting in building more cremation facilities to meet the increasing inquiries on cremation or a large amount of fuels for the longer operation of the crematory. In this study, the crematory system optimizing its thermal efficiency characteristics and also responding to increasing inquiries on cremation was proposed in order for solving such problems, In particular, the heat flow characteristics including a heat transfer coefficient by performing a simulation using computational fluid dynamics (CFD) was investigated. The CFD model was validated with on-site experiments for a cremation facility. As a result of the simulation, the fuel consumption decreased nearly 25% and residence time increased in the main combustor. Also, the improved crematory was constructed with an expanded combustor, heat exchanger, second combustion air system, refractory and insulation material. From on-site experiments, the energy consumption was saved to approximately 54.4%, while the burning time reduced nearly 20 minutes.

Numerical Study to Evaluate Course-Keeping Ability in Regular Waves Using Weather Vaning Simulation

  • Kim, In-Tae;Kim, Sang-Hyun
    • Journal of Ocean Engineering and Technology
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    • v.35 no.1
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    • pp.13-23
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    • 2021
  • Since the introduction of the mandatory energy efficiency design index (EEDI), several studies have been conducted on the maneuverability of waves owing to the decrease in engine power. However, most studies have used the mean wave force during a single cycle to evaluate maneuverability and investigated the turning performance. In this study, we calculated the external force in accordance with the angle of incidence of the wave width and wavelengths encountered by KVLCC2 (KRISO very large crude-oil carrier) operating at low speeds in regular waves using computational fluid dynamics (CFD). We compare the model test results with those published in other papers. Based on the external force calculated using CFD, an external force that varies according to the phase of the wave that meets the hull was derived, and based on the derived external force and MMG control simulation, a maneuvering simulation model was constructed. Using this method, a weather vaning simulation was performed in regular waves to evaluate the course-keeping ability of KVLCC2 in waves. The results confirmed that there was a difference in the operating trajectory according to the wavelength and phase of the waves encountered.

FBR CFD Simulation of Steam Methanol Reforming Reaction using Intrinsic Kinetic Data of Copper-impregnated Hydrotalcite Catalyst (구리가 함침된 하이드로탈사이트 촉매의 고유 키네틱 데이터를 이용한 메탄올 수증기 개질반응의 고정층 반응기 CFD 시뮬레이션)

  • Jae-hyeok Lee;Dongil Shin;Ho-Geun Ahn
    • Journal of the Korean Institute of Gas
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    • v.27 no.1
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    • pp.78-85
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    • 2023
  • Fixed-bed reactor Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) simulation of methanol steam reforming reaction was performed using the intrinsic kinetic data of the copper-impregnated hydrotalcite catalyst. The activation energy of the copper hydrotalcite catalyst obtained from the previous study results was 97.4 kJ/mol, and the pre-exponential was 5.904 × 1010. Process simulation was performed using the calculated values and showed a similar tendency to the experimental results. And the conversion rate according to the change of the reaction temperature (200 - 450 ℃) and the molar ratio of methanol and water was observed using the intrinsic kinetic data. In addition, mass and heat transfer phenomena analysis of a commercial reactor (I.D. 0.05 - 0.1m, Length 1m) was predicted through axial 2D Symmetry simulation using the power law model of the above kinetic constants.