• 한국추진공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국추진공학회 2011년도 제37회 추계학술대회논문집
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• pp.182-186
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• 2011

Ejector-diffuser system has long been used in many diverse fields of engineering applications and it has advantages over other fluid machinery, because of no moving parts and structural simplicity. This system makes use of high-pressure primary stream to entrain the low-pressure secondary stream through pure shear actions between two streams. In general, the flow field in the ejector-diffuser system is highly complicated due to turbulent mixing, compressibility effects and sometimes flow unsteadiness. A fatal drawback of the ejector system is in its low efficiency. Many works have been done to improve the performance of the ejector system, but not yet satisfactory, compared with that of other fluid machinery. In the present study, a mixing guide vane was installed at the inlet of the secondary stream for the purpose of the performance improvement of the ejector system. A CFD method has been applied to simulate the supersonic flows inside the ejector-diffuser system. The present results obtained were validated with existing experimental data. The mixing guide vane effects are discussed in terms of the entrainment ratio, total pressure loss as well as pressure recovery.

• 대한기계학회논문집B
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• 제29권2호
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• pp.214-223
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• 2005

The characteristics of flow on two parallel plane jets was experimentally investigated. The two nozzles each with an aspect ratio of 20 were separated by 6 nozzle widths. Reynolds number based on nozzle width was set to 5,000 by nozzle exit velocity. The particle image velocimetry and pressure transducer were employed to measure turbulent velocity components and mean static pressure, respectively. In case of unventilated parallel plane jets, it was shown that a recirculation zone with sub-atmospheric static pressure was bounded by the inner shear layers of the individual jets and the nozzles plated. There was no recirculation zone in the ventilated parallel plane jets. It was found that the spanwise turbulent intensities of unventilated jets were higher than those of ventilated jets because of the interaction of jets, and the streamwise turbulent intensities of ventilated jets were higher than those of unventilated jets because of the effect of entrainment.

• 대한기계학회논문집B
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• 제26권3호
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• pp.394-401
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• 2002

The instantaneous flow characteristics of a round jet issuing normally into a crossflow has been studied using a flow visualization technique and particle image velocimetry. The effects of parameters such as jet inflow profile and turbulence intensity of the jet are evaluated for various Reynolds numbers in range between 735 and 3150, which are based on the crossflow velocity and jet-pipe diameter. The jet-to-crossflow velocity ratio is fixed at the value of 3.3. Instantaneous later tomographic images of the symmetry plane of the crossflow jet show that there exist very different natures in the flow structures of the near-field of the jet even though the velocity ratio is same. It is found that when the turbulence intensity of jet is elevated, the shear layer becomes much thicker due to the strong entrainment of the ambient fluid by turbulent interaction between the jet and crossflow. The detailed characteristics of instantaneous velocity and vorticity fields are presented to illustrate the effects of the above parameters on the vertical structures of the crossflow jet.

• 한국추진공학회지
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• 제2권1호
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• pp.1-12
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• 1998

본 연구에서는 기존에 수행되었던 초음속 이젝터에 대한 실험적 연구 및 수치계산 결과에 대한 타당성을 검증하고, 이젝터 유동을 보다 명확히 해석하기 위하여 이젝터 목을 가지는 초음속 이젝터 유동 장에 대하여 k-$\varepsilon$ 난류모델을 적용하였다. 수치계산은 3~200까지의 매우 넓은 범위의 이젝터 작동 압력비에 대하여 수행되었으며, 수치계산 결과들은 이젝터 내부의 유동특성들을 조사하는데 이용되었다. 계산결과, 이젝터 압력비가 6 이상인 경우 이젝터 내부에서 발생하는 유동장은 이젝터 압력비에 크게 의존하지 않는다는 것을 알았다. 본 연구에서 사용된 단순 형태의 초음속 이젝터에 대하여, 2차 정체실의 압력은 이젝터 압력비가 6인 경우에 약 7k㎩로 최소로 되었다. 그러나 이젝터 압력비가 6이상으로 증가하는 경우 2차 정체실의 압력은 증가하는 것으로 나타났다. 이와 같은 2차 정체실의 압력증가는 1차 노즐로부터 방출되는 부족팽창 제트유동이 이젝터 벽면에 충돌함으로써 발생하는 재순환 유동으로 설명할 수 있었다.

• 한국연소학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국연소학회 2004년도 제29회 KOSCI SYMPOSIUM 논문집
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• pp.79-84
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• 2004

For the non-premixed interacting jet flames, it has been reported that if eight small nozzles are arranged along the circle of 40 $^{\sim}$ 72 times the diameter of single jet, the flames are not extinguished over 2oom/s. In this research, experiments were extended to the partially premixed cases to reduce both flame temperature and NOx emission. Nine nozzles were used- eight was evenly located along the perimeter of the imaginary circle and one at the geometric centre. The space between nozzles, S, the equivalence ratio, ${\Phi}$, the exit velocity and the role of the jet from the centre nozzle were considered. Normally, flame was lifted and flame base was located inside the imaginary circle made by the nozzle. As nozzles went away from each other, blowout velocity increased and then decreased. The maximum blowout velocity diminished with the addition of air to the fuel stream. When the fuel and/or oxidizer were not fed through the centre nozzle, the maximum blowout velocity obtained by varying Sand ${\Phi}$ was around 160m/s. Optimum nozzle separation distance at which peak blowout velocity obtained also decreased with ${\Phi}$ decrease. Flame base became leaner as approaching to the blowout. It seemed that lots of air was supplied to the flame stabilizing region by the entrainment and partially premixing. To approve this idea and to enhance the blowout velocity, fuel was supplied to the centre region. With the small amount of fuel through the centre nozzle, partially premixed flame could be sustained till sonic velocities. It seemed that the stabilizing mechanism in partially premixed interacting flame was different from that of non-premixed case because one was stabilized by the fuel supply through the centre nozzle but the other destabilized.

• 한국해안해양공학회지
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• 제6권1호
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• pp.40-50
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• 1994

가로흐름이 존재하는 천해역으로 방출되는 표면온배수에 의한 온도장의 정확한 예측을 위한 근해역 2차원 수치모형을 개발하였다. 개발된 모형은 4-방정식 난류모델로서 열적 시간상수에 대한 정보를 얻을 수 없는 2-방정식 난류모델의 단점을 극복하기 위하여 변동온도 자승 평균항 및 그것의 감쇠율에 대한 전달방정식을 2-방정식 모델의 전달방정식에 추가한 모델이다. 또한, 부력생성항 및 난류 열플럭스항을 도입하여 연직방향 확산현상을 고려하고자 하였다. 개발된 수치모형을 간단한 단면을 갖는 개수로 정상류의 경우에 대하여 적용하였으며, 그 결과를 기존의 실험결과 및 2-방정식 난류모델을 사용한 수치계산결과와 비교하였다. 4-방정식 모형에 의한 계산결과가 2-방정식 모형보다 실험결과와 잘 일치하였으며, 제트 포획 및 안정화 영역에서 온배수의 물리적 특성을 잘 재현하였다.

• International Journal of Aeronautical and Space Sciences
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• 제13권3호
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• pp.386-397
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• 2012

The stability and structure of bluff-body stabilized hydrogen flames were investigated numerically and experimentally. The velocity of coflowing air was varied from subsonic velocity to a supersonic velocity of Mach 1.8. OH PLIF images and Schlieren images were used for analysis. Flame regimes were used to classify the characteristic flame modes according to the variation of the fuel-air velocity ratio, into jet-like flame, central-jet-dominated flame, and recirculation zone flame. Stability curves were drawn to find the blowout regimes and to show the improvement in flame stability with increasing lip thickness of the fuel tube, which acts as a bluff-body. These curves collapse to a single line when the blowout curves are normalized by the size of the bluff-body. The variation of flame length with the increase in air flow rate was also investigated. In the subsonic coflow condition, the flame length decreased significantly, but in the supersonic coflow condition, the flame length increased slowly and finally reached a near-constant value. This phenomenon is attributed to the air-entrainment of subsonic flow and the compressibility effect of supersonic flow. The closed-tip recirculation zone flames in supersonic coflow had a reacting core in the partially premixed zone, where the fuel jet lost its momentum due to the high-pressure zone and followed the recirculation zone; this behavior resulted in the long characteristic time for the fuel-air mixing.

• 한국신재생에너지학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국신재생에너지학회 2009년도 춘계학술대회 논문집
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• pp.353-356
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• 2009

A pivotal mechanical balance of plant for 75kW class molten carbonate fuel cells comprise of a catalytic burner and an ejector which has been designed and tested in KEPRI(Korea Electric Power Research Institute). The catalytic burner, which oxidizes residual fuel in the anode tail gas, was operated at several conditions. Some problems arose due to local overheating or auto-ignition, which could limit the catalyst life. The catalytic burner was designed by considering both gas mixing and gas velocity. Test results showed that the temperature distribution is very uniform. In addition, an ejector is a fluid machinery to be utilized for mixing fluids, maintaining vacuum, and transporting them. The ejector is placed at mixing point between the anode off gas and the cathode off gas or the fresh air Several ejectors were designed and tested to form a suction on the fuel tail gas and balance the differential pressures between anode and cathode over a range of operating conditions. The tests showed that the design of the nozzle and throat played an important role in balancing the anode tail and cathode inlet gas pressures. The 75kW MCFC system built in our ejector and catalytic burner was successfully operated from Novembe, 2008 to April, 2009. It recorded the voltage of 104V at the current of 754A and reached the maximum generating power of 78.5kW DC. The results for both stand-alone and integration into another balance of plant are discussed.

• Journal of Advanced Marine Engineering and Technology
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• 제32권6호
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• pp.869-876
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• 2008

A thermocompressor is the equipment which compresses a vapor to a desired discharge pressure. Since it was first used as the evacuation pump for a surface condenser, it has been widely adopted for energy saving systems due to its high working confidence. In the present study, the geometrical analysis of the shape between the jet nozzle and the diffuser inlet, the drag force was calculated by means of the integrated equation of motion and the computational fluid dynamic (CFD) package called FLUENT. The computer simulations were performed to investigate the effects by the various suction flow rates, the distance from jet nozzle outlet to the diffuser inlet and the dimensions of the diffuser inlet section through the iterative calculation. In addition, the results from the CFD analysis on the thermocompressor and the experiments were compared for the verification of the CFD results. In the case of a jet nozzle, the results from the CFD analysis showed a good agreement with the experimental results. Furthermore, in this study, a special attention was paid on the performance of the thermocompressor by varying the diffuser convergence angle of $0.0^{\circ}$, $0.5^{\circ}$, $1.0^{\circ}$, $2.0^{\circ}$, $3.5^{\circ}$ and $4.5^{\circ}$. With the increase of the diffuser convergence angle. the suction capacity was improved up to the degree of $1.0^{\circ}$ while it was decreased over the degree of $1.0^{\circ}$.

• 대한기계학회논문집B
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• 제36권7호
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• pp.683-687
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• 2012

본 연구는 CFD 해석을 이용하여 사각 천장형 루버 디퓨저의 토출각도와 토출 유량에 따른 실내 공기유동 특성에 관한 것이다. CFD 툴은 상용프로그램인 ANSYS 13.0의 CFX를 이용하였다. 연구에 사용된 디퓨저는 적은 유량에서도 충분한 도달거리를 확보할 수 있도록 모델링하였으며, 실내 크기는 $6{\times}6{\times}2.7m$로 디퓨저의 대각선 방향으로 원형 배기구를 모델링 하였다. 토출 공기의 체적유량은 5.1CMM, 7.4CMM이며, 디퓨저의 토출각도를 $30^{\circ}$에서부터 $60^{\circ}$까지 $10^{\circ}$씩 변화하여 실내의 유동특성에 대하여 고찰하였다.