• Journal of Biosystems Engineering
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• 제28권1호
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• pp.11-18
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• 2003

This study was carried cut to get basic data of troubles in starting and supply of farm diesel engines in cold winter. The results of the study are summarized as follows: 1. As the result of farm survey. the proportions of farms which had starting problems or troubles in fuel supply in cold winter for the last 5 years were 38% for the farms with power-tillers and 32% for the farms with tractors. Most of the farms which had starting problems or troubles in fuel supply in cold winter used light oil for summer. spring or fall rather than for winter. 2. As the result of fuel supply test, fuel supply was stopped at -6$^{\circ}C$ and -18$^{\circ}C$ for summer light oil and winter light oil. respectively 3. The lowest temperatures of winter light oil for starting engine were -7.5$^{\circ}C$ for power-tiller. -12.5$^{\circ}C$ for tractor of 38ps, and -17.5$^{\circ}C$ for tractor of 45ps. which were 5~7.5$^{\circ}C$ lower than that of summer light oil. 4. The performance of engine starting and the trouble of fuel supply system at lower temperature were significantly improved by using winter hight oil rather than summer light oil.

• Nuclear Engineering and Technology
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• 제48권6호
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• pp.1330-1337
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• 2016

A visualization test of the fuel-coolant interaction in the Test for Real cOrium Interaction with water (TROI) test facility was carried out. To experimentally simulate the In-Vessel corium Retention (IVR)- External Reactor Vessel Cooling (ERVC) conditions, prototypic corium was released directly into the coolant water without a free fall in a gas phase before making contact with the coolant. Corium (34.39 kg) consisting of uranium oxide and zirconium oxide with a weight ratio of 8:2 was superheated, and 22.54 kg of the 34.39 kg corium was passed through water contained in a transparent interaction vessel. An image of the corium jet behavior in the coolant was taken by a high-speed camera every millisecond. Thermocouple junctions installed in the vertical direction of the coolant were cut sequentially by the falling corium jet. It was clearly observed that the visualization image of the corium jet taken during the fuel-coolant interaction corresponded with the temperature variations in the direction of the falling melt. The corium penetrated through the coolant, and the jet leading edge velocity was 2.0 m/s. Debris smaller than 1 mm was 15% of the total weight of the debris collected after a fuel-coolant interaction test, and the mass median diameter was 2.9 mm.

• 한국가스학회지
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• 제17권3호
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• pp.8-13
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• 2013

이 논문의 목적은 LPG 자동차에서 연료누설에 의한 화재관련 사례에 대하여 연구하는 것이다. 첫 번째 사례는, 엔진의 연료 레귤레이터 및 인젝터 사이의 고압호스와 연결되는 연료 라인을 수리한 다음 고정하는 볼트를 규정토크로 조이지 않아 호스가 빠지면서 LP 가스가 누출되어 엔진의 열에 의해 화재가 발생한 것을 확인하였다. 두 번째 사례는, 인젝터를 교환한 다음 흡기매니폴드 유닛의 조립부에 삽입할 때 고정하는 고정부를 점검하지 않고 고정부가 변형되어 휜 상태에서 조립한 결과 연료의 누설을 방지하는 O링이 찢어져 이 사이로 연료가 누출된 것으로 확인되었다. 세 번째 사례는, 연료압력 조절기 유닛에는 연료 차단 솔레노이드 밸브가 연결되어 있는데 수리 후 이 연결 커넥터의 기밀작업을 철저하게 하지 않아서 미세하게 LP 가스가 누설되다가 어느 순간에 많은 양의 가스가 누설되면서 엔진의 열에 의해 화재가 발생된 것을 확인하였다. 따라서, 연료 시스템에 문제가 없는지 철저하게 관리하여 화재의 발생이 최소가 되도록 하여야 한다.

• 비파괴검사학회지
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• 제19권2호
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• pp.93-99
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• 1999

월성 1호기 원전의 경우에, 사용후 핵연료 저장조 공간을 확보하기 위해서 약 7년 동안 저장조에서 냉각된 사용 후 핵연료를 건식저장고로 매년 이송하고 있다. 년간 2개월이 소요되는 핵연료 이송은 국제원자력기구와 국가의 핵물질 계량 관리검사를 위한 많은 인력과 비용을 필요로 하는 공정이다. 사용후 핵연료 일련번호 확인은 고방사선장인 약 6m 깊이의 저장조속에서 진행되어야 하므로 검사 장비의 유지와 운영이 어렵다. 이 조건에서 CANDU형 사용후 핵연료 다발 일련번호를 확인할 수 있는 장치를 설계 제작하여, 국가 안전 조치 검사현장에 적용하였다. 본 육안검사 장치는 간단한 조작에 의해 수조속의 사용후 핵연료 다발 일련번호를 한정된 검증 시간내에 정확히 읽을 수 있었고, 간편하게 운영될 수 있었다. 안전 조치 검사관은 본 장치를 이용하여 검증 활동을 효과적으로 수행할 수 있는 검사 장비인 것으로 평가되었다. 본 육안검사 장치는 일련번호 확인의 정확성과 재현성 그리고 운영상의 편리성 둥에서 기존 장치에 비해 좋은 결과를 보여주었다.

• 한국주거학회논문집
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• 제26권5호
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• pp.79-87
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• 2015

This study explored low-income households' experiences and perception of home energy cost burdens and determinants of the perceived home energy cost burdens. Between March and July 2014, a questionnaire survey was administered in Cheongju, South Korea. Among the 434 useable responses collected, responses from 218 households with monthly income less than 2,500,000 Korean Won (KRW) were compared with those of 216 households with higher incomes. The main findings are as follows. In the past three years, more than 10 percent of low-income households had had their electricity cut off; 5.7 percent had had their city gas cut off. To pay for their home energy expenses, nearly 70 percent of the low-income households had had to limit their heating, cooling or spending for other necessities; 38.3 percent had to borrow money. Low-income households reported more problems paying for home energy than higher-income households did. Households with more negative evaluation of rainwater leak, no one staying at home all day, monthly income less than 1,500,000 KRW and householders in their 40s and 50s tended to perceive a heavier home energy cost burden. Finally, the most popular support programs were fuel assistance and discounts on energy bills.

• 한국연소학회지
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• 제22권1호
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• pp.32-38
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• 2017

This paper shows the dynamics of the Burke-Schumann flame. To show flame dynamics, this paper measures the flame surface and heat release rate. The flame shape is divided into three types with forcing frequencies. When the forcing frequency is lower than 120 Hz, the upper region of flame is cut. The flame is stagnant with 220 to 280 Hz forcing frequencies. The rest conditions of forcing frequencies make the connected wave shape of flame. The heat release rate is expressed by the flame transfer function. The gain of the flame transfer function is similar with the oscillation magnitude of the flame area except for flame cutting conditions. The flame is cut because the fuel is not supplied to upper flame region.

• Journal of Biosystems Engineering
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• 제38권4호
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• pp.306-311
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• 2013

Purpose: With the ever-rising energy prices, thermal energy heavily consuming facilities of the agricultural sector such as commercialized greenhouses and large-scale Rice Processing Complexes (RPCs) need to cut down their energy cost if they must run profitable businesses continually. One possible way to reduce their energy cost is to utilize combustible agricultural by-products or low-price oil instead of light oil as the fuel for their boiler systems. This study aims to analyze the heavy oil combustion characteristics of a newly developed hot water boiler system that can use both rice husk and heavy oil as its fuel convertibly. Methods: Heavy oil combustion experiments were conducted in this study employing four fuel feed rates (7.6, 8.5, 9.5, 11.4 $l/h$) at a combustion furnace vacuum pressure of 500 Pa and with four combustion furnace vacuum pressures (375, 500, 625, 750 Pa) at fuel feed rates of 9.5 and 11.4 $l/h$. Temperatures at five locations inside the combustion furnace and 20 additional locations throughout the whole hot water boiler system were measured to ascertain the combustion characteristics of the heavy oil. From the temperature measurement data, the thermal efficiency of the system was calculated. Flue gas smoke density and concentrations of air-polluting components in the flue gas were also measured by a gas analyzer. Results: As the fuel feed rate or combustion furnace vacuum pressure increased, the average temperature in the combustion furnace decreased but the thermal efficiency of the system showed no distinctive change. On the other hand, the thermal efficiency of the system was inversely proportionally to the vacuum level in the furnace. For all experimental conditions, the thermal efficiency remained in the range of 80.1-89.6%. The CO concentration in the flue gas was negligibly low. The NO and $SO_2$ concentration as well as the smoke density met the legal requirements. Conclusions: Considering the combustion temperature characteristics, thermal efficiency, and flue gas composition, the optimal combustion condition of the system seemed to be either the fuel feed rate of 9.5 $l/h$ with a combustion furnace vacuum pressure of 375 Pa or a fuel feed rate of 11.4 $l/h$ with a furnace vacuum pressure between 500 Pa and 625 Pa.

• 한국군사과학기술학회지
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• 제17권6호
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• pp.868-876
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• 2014

Arleigh Burke(DDG-51) and Sejong warship are AEGIS destroyer of US Navy and Korea Navy. These are designed to make more than 30knots by applying a COGAG(COmbined Gas turbine And Gas turbine) system. However, the gas turbine(LM2500) in this system has a low SFC (Specific Fuel Consumption) when the warship operated low speed. So, many kinds of companies are researching the HED(Hybrid Electric Drive) system to improve this problem. The purpose of this paper is to analyze the HED system and simulate by Sejong warship data. Serveral methods were used for that purpose. More specifically, the equipment modeling are employed for regression analysis by LabVIEW. As a result, it was found that the warship installed HED system could cut their fuel bills by as much as about 80,000,000won per year.

• 전기전자학회논문지
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• 제18권1호
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• pp.114-118
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• 2014

본 연구에서는 디젤 차량용 통합형 연료히터와 성능검사 시스템구현을 통해 생산공정을 개선한다. 센서와 히터가 분리된 연료히터를 히터내에 센서를 안착시켜 통합함으로써 일체형 통합히터를 개발하고, 성능평가 시스템 개발을 통하여 시험한다. 이때 성능평가 시스템은 통합히터를 구성하는 body, upper plate, stopper, lower plate, PTC, screw, 바이메탈 및 외부 터비날의 특성을 분석하고, 통합히터의 생산성을 결정한다. 저온 유동성시험장치에서는 극저온에서 고온사이 동작검사, 시험저항 설정에 따른 저항동작지연 및 전류동작지연, 온도변화에 따른 바이메탈 지연 검사, 블록히터의 전류 및 저항 검사, 히팅 운전검사 등을 수행한다. 따라서 효율적인 생산공정 과정을 통해 연료히터의 성능을 개선하는 생산공정 개선 알고리즘을 제시한다.

• 한국분무공학회지
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• 제12권1호
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• pp.11-17
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• 2007

The swirl spray for direct-injection spark-ignition (DISI) engines was investigated using a nozzle whose exit surface shape was cut with a certain tapered angle. The reason for the change in spray's characteristics at various tapered angles was explained by the data correlating the taper and flow angles. The spray tended to shift its characteristics from the symmetric to asymmetric when the tapered angle was increased; furthermore, the spray penetration and spray cone angle were also increased. When the tapered angle was greater than the $90^{\circ}$ minus flow angle, an opened hollow cone spray was formed because of the fuel impingement against the tapered surface area of the nozzle exit. This behavior indicates that the reduction in the air pressure difference between the inner and outer spray of the spray can be achieved. This behavior also promises the potential use of the tapered nozzle for the case where the independence of the spray performance from atmospheric pressure and fuel temperature is desired.