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A Study on Process Design of Hot Oil Flushing System Using Oil-Nitrogen Gas Mixing Fluid (오일-질소가스 혼합유체를 이용한 고온 오일플러싱 시스템 공정설계에 관한 연구)

  • Lee, Yoon-Ho;Choi, Bu-Hong
    • Journal of the Korean Society of Marine Environment & Safety
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    • v.23 no.5
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    • pp.541-548
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    • 2017
  • A theoretical study on gas-liquid two-phase flow flushing systemnitrogen gas to the oil used for existing flushing equipment was conducted on the basis of ISO code so as to improve performance of existing high-temperature oil flushing equipment used in ocean plant facility drying field. For study, we analyzed process simulation results mixed fluid mixing ratio, temperature, Reynolds number and liquid hold up affectcleaning performance after designing oil-nitrogen gas mixture flushing system process. As a result, as the volume flow rate of mixed fluid increases with the tube diameter the volume fraction of the gas phase constant, the liquid fraction difference value at the inlet and outlet of horizontal hydraulic piping increases. It was found that the phase distribution between oil and nitrogen gas bubbles varies depending on the position the pipe lengthdirection. This change in phase distribution is expected to have a significant impact on the clean performance of an oil-nitrogen gas mixture flushing system.

Flow Analyses Inside Jet Pumps Used for Oil Wells

  • Samad, Abdus;Nizamuddin, Mohammad
    • International Journal of Fluid Machinery and Systems
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    • v.6 no.1
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    • pp.1-10
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    • 2013
  • Jet pump is one type of artificial lifts and is used when depth and deviation of producing wells increases and pressure depletion occurs. In the present study, numerical analysis has been carried out to analyze the flow behavior and find the performance of the jet pump. Reynolds-averaged Navier Stokes equations were solved and k-${\varepsilon}$ turbulence model was used for simulations. Water and light oil as primary fluids were used to pump water, light oil and heavy oil. The ratios of area and length to diameter of the mixing tube were considered as design parameters. The pump efficiency was considered to maximize for the downhole conditions. It was found that the increase in viscosity and density of the secondary fluid reduced efficiency of the system. Water as primary fluid produced better efficiency than the light oil. It was also found that the longer throat length increased efficiency upto 40% if light oil was used as primary fluid and secondary fluid viscosity was 350 cSt.

Design and Performance Test of the ER Fluid Clutch (ER유체를 작동유체로 하는 클러치의 제작 및 성능 실험)

  • Jang, Sung-Cheol;Park, Chang-Soo;Lee, Jong-Doo
    • Journal of the Korean Society of Manufacturing Process Engineers
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    • v.3 no.1
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    • pp.84-89
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    • 2004
  • This study is a basic one for application of ER Fluid to fluid power systems. By mixing silicone oil with zeolite particles, four kinds of ER fluids were made, in which the weight ratio of zeolite particles are different. We examined how the Yield shear stress and Bingham characteristics of the ER fluids are effected by varying electric field intensity. We designed and constructed a disk type power transmission clutch in which ER fluid fills and this ER fluid transmits the power of drive shaft to the driven shaft. With this equipment, the revolution transmission ratio from the chive shaft to the driven shaft by varying electric field density of the ER fluid was examined.

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A STUDY ON CHARACTERISTICS OF AC ELECTROOSMOTIC FLOWS AND MIXING IN A MICROCHANNEL WITH COPLANAR ELECTRODES (마이크로 채널 내 교류 전기삼투 현상을 이용한 유체 유동 및 혼합에 대한 수치해석적 연구)

  • Suh, Y.K.;Heo, H.S.
    • Journal of computational fluids engineering
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    • v.12 no.1
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    • pp.16-21
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    • 2007
  • This paper presents numerical results of fluid flows and mixing in a microfluidic device with AC electroosmotic flows (AC-EOF) around coplanar electrodes attached on the top and bottom walls. To obtain the flow and mixing characteristics, numerical computations are performed by using a commercial code, CFX10. Experiment was performed to confirm the generation of the drift velocity around the electrodes. It was found that near the coplanar electrodes 3-D complex flows are generated. The AC-electroosmotic flow on the electrodes plays an important role in mixing the liquid.

Flow Analysis for Optimum Design of Mixing Vane in a PWR Fuel Assembly

  • In, Wang-Kee;Oh, Dong-Seok;Chun, Tae-Hyun
    • Nuclear Engineering and Technology
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    • v.33 no.3
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    • pp.327-338
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    • 2001
  • A computational fluid dynamics (CFD) analysis was performed to propose the optimum design of flow mixing vane on the space grid in a PWR fuel assembly. The flow mixing vanes considered in this study for optimum design are swirl-vane and twisted-vane. A single subchannel of one grid span was modeled using flow symmetry to minimize the computational effort. The CFD predictions are in good agreement with the experimental results for the split- vane, which shows the applicability of the CFD method. The mixing effect by swirling flow and crossflow, and the pressure drop were estimated and compared for the various vane angles. The optimum vane angle is proposed to be 40。 and 35。 from the direction of axial flow for the swirl-vane and the twisted-vane, respectively.

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CFD Analysis for Thermal Mixing in a Subcooled Water during Steam Jet Discharge (증기제트 방출시 과냉각수조 내의 열혼합 현상 CFD 해석)

  • Kang, Hyung-Seok;Song, Chul-Hwa
    • 유체기계공업학회:학술대회논문집
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    • 2006.08a
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    • pp.513-514
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    • 2006
  • A CFD analysis for a thermal mixing experiment during steam jet discharge was performed to develop the analysis methodology for the thermal mixing between steam and subcooled water and to find the optimized numerical method. In the CFD analysis, the steam condensation phenomena by a direct contact was modelled by the so-called condensation region model. The comparison of the CFD results with the test data showed a good agreement as a whole, but a small temperature difference was locally found at some locations. However, the commercial CFD code of CFX4.4 together with the condensation region model can simulate the thermal mixing behaviour reasonably well when a sufficient number of mesh distribution and a proper numerical method are adopted

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Asymmetric Thermal-Mixing Analysis due to Partial Loop Stagnation during Design Basis Accident (원전 설계기준 사고시 냉각재계통 부분정체로 인한 비대칭 열유동 혼합해석)

  • Hwang K. M.;Jin T E.;Kim K. H.
    • Proceedings of the KSME Conference
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    • 2002.08a
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    • pp.51-54
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    • 2002
  • When a cold HPSI (High Pressure Safety Injection) fluid associated with an design basis accident, such as LOCA (Loss of Coolant Accident), enters the cold legs of a stagnated primary coolant loop, thermal stratification phenomena will arise due to incomplete mixing. If the stratified flow enters a reactor pressure vessel downcomer, severe thermal stresses are created in a radiation embrittled vessel wall by local overcooling. Previous thermal-mixing analyses have assumed that the thermal stratification phenomena generated in stagnated loop of a partially stagnated coolant loop are neutralized in the vessel downcomer by strong flow from unstagnated loop. On the basis of these reasons, this paper presents the thermal-mixing analysis results in order to identify the fact that the cold plume generated in the vessel downcomer due to the thermal stratification phenomena of the stagnated loop is affected by the strong flow of the unstagnated loop.

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A Numerical Simulation on Mixing Enhancement by Inlet Flow Pulsation in a Micro Conduit (마이크로 유로에서 맥동유동에 의한 혼합촉진에 관한 수치해석)

  • Kim, Seo-Young;Rhee, Gwang-Hoon
    • 유체기계공업학회:학술대회논문집
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    • 2003.12a
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    • pp.231-237
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    • 2003
  • A numerical study has been conducted to investigate the effect of an inlet flow pulsation on mixing of two solutions with different concentrations in a micro conduit. We treat an unsteady, incompressible and two-dimensional flow through a micro conduit by adopting the momentum equations with the electrostatic force due to streaming current and the concentration equation. The feasibility of the inlet flow pulsation to enhance the mixing process inside the micro conduit is carefully examined by varying the inlet pulsation frequency. When a low-frequency pulsation is induced at the inlet, the interface between two solutions with different concentrations becomes wavy, which results in mixing enhancement. As the pulsation frequency increases, the waviness of the interface becomes meager, and the concentration gradients at the interface approach the value for the non-pulsating steady flow.

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Numerical Analysis for Flow Distribution inside a Fuel Assembly with Swirl-type Mixing Vanes (선회 형태 혼합날개가 장착된 연료집합체 내부유동 분포 수치해석)

  • Lee, Gonghee;Shin, Andong;Cheong, Aeju
    • Korean Journal of Air-Conditioning and Refrigeration Engineering
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    • v.28 no.5
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    • pp.186-194
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    • 2016
  • As a turbulence-enhancing device, a mixing vane installed at a spacer grid of the fuel assembly plays a role in improving the convective heat transfer by generating either swirl flow in the subchannels or cross flow between fuel rod gaps. Therefore, both configuration and arrangement pattern of a mixing vane are important factors that determine the performance of a mixing vane. In this study, in order to examine the flow distribution features inside $5{\times}5$ fuel assembly with swirl-type mixing vanes used in benchmark calculation of OECD/NEA, simulations were conducted with commercial CFD software ANSYS CFX R.14. Predicted results were compared to data measured from MATiS-H (Measurement and Analysis of Turbulent Mixing in Subchannels-Horizontal) test facility. In addition, the effect of swirl-type mixing vanes on flow pattern inside the fuel assembly was described.