• Journal of Advanced Marine Engineering and Technology
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• v.39 no.4
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• pp.449-455
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• 2015

Owing to the trend of an increase in capacity and high-efficiency requirement, the life and reliability of power transformer depend significantly on the amount of heat generation per unit volume and the degradation of insulation oil. These problems can be solved by enhancing the cooling performance of the radiator. The purpose of this study was to find a suitable position of fans for a better cooling effect given by the forced-convection of air in an ONAF (Oil Natural Air Forced) type transformer. In the simulation, commercial software was used for flow analysis, and the cooling passage of the oil was simplified to shorten the time taken for computation. With the diameter of the fan fixed at a constant value, the analysis was performed only by changing the position of the fans. As a result, a vertical position change of the fans does not affect the cooling performance significantly. However, the temperature drop given by the fans positioned on the front region of the transformer is larger than that on the rear region.

• Journal of the Korean Society of Manufacturing Technology Engineers
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• v.20 no.5
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• pp.547-552
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• 2011

Drying process, corresponding to a final process in the area of food engineering, requires a lot of heat energy. Thus, the energy efficiency is very important for dryers. Since the energy efficiency of heat pump dryers is much higher compared to that of electric dryers or other types of dryers, most of large-capacity dryers are adopting heat pump. In this study, shapes, positions and number of air-circulating fans, guide vanes, air inlet, outlet and top separator were varied for optimization of the flow of a large-capacity heat pump dryer. In addition, fans were modelled with performance curves and porous media were assumed for foods and heat exchangers. The simulation results were applied to the 12-ton dryer and the velocity distributions were experimentally examined. Finally, uniform drying in time was successfully accomplished through frozen pepper experiment.

• Korean Journal of Air-Conditioning and Refrigeration Engineering
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• v.16 no.11
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• pp.1084-1091
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• 2004

In automotive air handling system, mixing of air streams by the cooler and the heater affects the comfort of cabin room. In the present study, computer-aided analysis is done to improve the thermal comfort and for the optimal design of automotive HVAC system. The simulation software used was FLUENT, and complicate geometries were created by three dimensional CAD. Air flow volume, fir distribution rate and temperature controllability and temperature differences between upper and lower discharge air are analyzed through numerical simulation at vent, floor and defrost mode. Also, velocity vector of sirocco fan is investigated through the scroll housing. The velocity vector magnitude is larger at lower region of fan than that at any other regions. Recirculation and disturbance of air is relatively high near the cut-off edge in the scroll housing. By using the results of this study, the time for prototype production can be reduced and timely decisions can be made to determine initial design directions.

• 유체기계공업학회:학술대회논문집
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• 2002.12a
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• pp.116-122
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• 2002

It is addressed that the turbulent broadband sound power from a sirocco fan can be modeled by the trailing edge noise. The trailing edge noise is usually influenced by inflow turbulenca separation, and boundary layer thickness on the blade. The design parameters such as solidity (c/s) and stagger angle are specified to predict performance and noise level because the separation and slip velocity are strongly affected by them along with the flow coefficient. This paper reports the effects of the stagger angle upon the trailing edge noise for various trailing edge shapes. It is believed that the serrated trailing edge provides break-up mechanism for organized convecting vortices, thereby reduce the overall noise level for every case of stagger angle.

• The KSFM Journal of Fluid Machinery
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• v.6 no.3 s.20
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• pp.7-14
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• 2003

It is addressed that the turbulent broadband sound power from a sirocco fan can be modeled by the trailing edge noise. The trailing edge noise is usually influenced by inflow turbulence, separation, and boundary layer thickness on the blade. The design parameters such as solidity (c/s) and stagger angle are specified to predict performance and noise level because the separation and slip velocity are strongly affected by them along with the flow coefficient. This paper reports the effects of the stagger angle upon the trailing edge noise for various trailing edge shapes. It is believed that the serrated trailing edge provides break-up mechanism for organized convecting vortices, thereby reduce the overall noise level for every case of stagger angle.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society for Noise and Vibration Engineering Conference
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• 2000.06a
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• pp.396-401
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• 2000

It is addressed that the turbulent broadband sound power from a sirocco fan can be modeled by the trailing edge noise. The trailing edge noise is usually influenced by inflow turbulence, separation, and boundary layer on the blade. The design parameters such as solidity(c/s) and stagger angle are specified to predict performance and noise level because the separation and slip velocity are strongly affected by them along with the flow coefficient. This paper reports the effects of the solidity and the stagger angle upon the trailing edge noise from the circular arc-shaped blade of sirocco fan.

• Proceedings of the Korea Institute of Fire Science and Engineering Conference
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• 2011.04a
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• pp.313-318
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• 2011

도로터널은 반지하 공간으로서 환기에 많은 설비와 구조에 대한 연구가 진행되고 있으며 특히 제트팬의 경우 평상시에는 환기를 담당하고 있다. 또한 화재시에는 화재연기의 유독가스를 효과적으로 차단하는 제연역할을 함으로서 피난에 대한 중요한 역할을 담당한다. 이러한 제트팬의 특성을 정량적으로 유추하고 공학적인 QRA의 수행을 위한 기초적 연구로서 터널내부의 제트팬의 환기특성을 알아보기 위하여 모형실험체의 내부측정을 2/3까지한 전보에 이어 이번 연구에서는 터널내부전체를 측정하여 제트팬이 모형터널내에 미치는 영향을 CFD와 비교한 연구이다.

• Proceedings of the Korea Institute of Fire Science and Engineering Conference
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• 2010.04a
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• pp.21-25
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• 2010

터널내에 설치되는 제트팬은 비상시에는 연기와 같은 유독가스를 제거하는데 사용되며 평상시에는 장대터널에 있어서 차량에 의해 발생한 오염공기를 제거하는 중요한 역할을 한다. 파량의 피스톤효과에 의해서 일부 제거되기는 하나 1km이상의 장대터널에서는 반드시 필요로 한다. 제트팬의 가장 많은 에너지 손실이 벽면에서 이루어지고 있으며 이를 통하여 터널내에 소실되는 에너지를 정량화하고 그원인 파악과 함께 효율적인 환기설계를 위한 연구이다.

• Proceedings of the Korea Institute of Fire Science and Engineering Conference
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• 2010.10a
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• pp.123-126
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• 2010

터널내에 설치되는 제트팬은 비상시에는 연기와 같은 유독가스를 제거하는데 사용되며 평상시에는 장대터널에 있어서 차량에 의해 발생한 오염공기를 제거하는 중요한 역할을 한다. 파량의 피스톤효과에 의해서 일부 제거되기는 하나 1km이상의 장대터널에서는 반드시 필요로 한다. 이러한 제트팬의 효율적인 환기 및 제연설계를 위하여 CFD해석과 더불어 모형실험을 실시함으로서 터널내에 소실되는 에너지를 정량화하고 그 원인 파악과 함께 효율적인 환기설계를 위한 연구이다.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society for Noise and Vibration Engineering Conference
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• 2002.05a
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• pp.633-638
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• 2002

The vacuum cleaner that has no dust bag generates very high level annoying noise. The dominant noise source is the 2$\^$nd/ BPF tone of the rotating impeller. In order to reduce the noise, we identify the acoustic characteristics and reduce the noise of the vacuum cleaner and centrifugal fan. The resonance phenomenon is observed in blade passages and we found out that the resonance frequency is very close to the 2$\^$nd/ BPF. In order to reduce this high-level peak noise, new impeller is designed in this paper. The trailing edge of new impeller is inclined and this makes the flow interactions between the rotating impeller and the stationary diffuser vane occurs with some phase shift. The performance of new impeller is similar to the old one but the overall SPL is reduced about 3.6dBA. The SPL of BPF is reduced about 6dBA and 2$\^$nd/ BPF is reduced about 20dBA. The vacuum cleaner, which uses newly developed centrifugal fan, generate more comfortable noise than the old model and the strong tonal sound was dramatically reduced.