• Ocean Systems Engineering
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• 제6권3호
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• pp.265-287
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• 2016

The change of the global performance of a turret-moored FPSO (Floating Production Storage Offloading) with DP (Dynamic Positioning) control is simulated, analyzed, and compared for two different internal turret location cases; bow and midship. Both collinear and non-collinear 100-yr GOM (Gulf of Mexico) storm environments and three cases (mooring-only, with DP position control, with DP position+heading control) are considered. The horizontal trajectory, 6DOF (degree of freedom) motions, fairlead mooring and riser tension, and fuel consumptions are compared. The PID (Proportional-Integral-Derivative) controller based on LQR (linear quadratic regulator) theory and the thrust-allocation algorithm which is based on the penalty optimization theory are implemented in the fully-coupled time-domain hull-mooring-riser-DP simulation program. Both in collinear and non-collinear 100-yr WWC (wind-wave-current) environments, the advantage of mid-ship turret is demonstrated by the significant reduction in heave at the turret location due to the minimal coupling with pitch mode, which is beneficial to mooring and riser design. However, in the non-collinear WWC environment, the mid-turret case exhibits unfavorable weathervaning characteristics, which can be reduced by employing DP position and heading controls as demonstrated in the present case studies. The present study also reveals the plausible cause of the failure of mid-turret Gryphon Alpha FPSO in milder environment than its survival condition.

• 대한기계학회논문집B
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• 제36권10호
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• pp.965-970
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• 2012

본 연구에서는 한국원자력연구원 중성자 영상장치와 중성자 영상법을 이용하여 운전 조건에 따른 DMFC 공기극 내부의 물 및 탄소 분포 변화를 가시화하였다. 운전 중에 연료극에서 발생하는 탄산 가스 때문에 정량적인 물량 계측은 힘들지만, 개회로 결과와 비교했을 때, 상대적으로 탄산가스와 물 분포변화를 가시화할 수 있었다. 이는 중성자 영상법은 직접 메탄올 연료전지의 공기극 채널 형상 최적화 및 적절한 물 관리에 유용한 정보를 제공할 수 있으며, 이를 바탕으로 성능 향상에 크게 기여할 것으로 예상된다.

• 한국수소및신에너지학회논문집
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• 제23권5호
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• pp.559-571
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• 2012

Dimethyl ether (DME) is a new clean fuel as an environmentally-benign energy resource. DME can be manufactured from various energy sources including natural gas, coal, and biomass. In addition to its environmentally friendly properties, DME has similar characteristics to those of LPG. The aim of this article is to represent the development of new DME process with KOGAS's own technologies. KOGAS has investigated and developed new innovative DME synthesis process from synthesis gas in gaseous phase fixed bed reactor. DME has been traditionally produced by the dehydration of methanol which is produced from syngas, a product of natural gas reforming. This traditional process is thus called the two-step method of preparing DME. However, DME can also be manufactured directly from syngas (single-step). The single-step method needs only one reactor for the synthesis of DME, instead of two for the two-step process. It can also alleviate the thermodynamic limitations associated with the synthesis of methanol, by converting the produced methanol into DME, thereby potentially enhancing the overall conversion of syngas into DME. KOGAS had launched the 10 ton/day DME demonstration plant project in 2004 at Incheon KOGAS LNG terminal. In the mid of 2008, KOGAS had finished the construction of this plant and has successively finished the demonstration plant operation. And since 2008, we have established the basic design of commercial plant which can produce 3,000 ton/day DME.

• 한국기계가공학회지
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• 제18권6호
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• pp.98-105
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• 2019

In order to improve the fuel economy and dynamic behavior of automobiles, the weight reduction tendency of automobile parts is obvious. Also, in order to maximize assembly and maintenance convenience, various parts are integrated and modularized. Multi-piece methods require many manufacturing processes and become a factor of lowering the strength of parts. It is advantageous to overcome the disadvantages by integrally manufacturing to reduce the processing steps and ensure the strength of the parts. However, when it is necessary to process in a narrow space inside the part, it is impossible to process with the existing spindle. The angle head spindle is only a component of a machine tool, but it is a core part that requires high technology and is highly utilizable in products requiring high precision machining. Therefore, various and continuous studies needs for angle head spindles in areas such as vibration absorption, operational safety, excellent dimensional stability, and strength. In this paper, we propose an optimal design for angle head spindle by performing structural analysis and shape optimization for angle head spindle gear and case.

• Korean Journal of Chemical Engineering
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• 제35권11호
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• pp.2241-2255
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• 2018

RSM methodology was applied to present mathematical models for the fabrication of polyvinylidene fluoride (PVDF) dual-layer hollow fibers in membrane distillation process. The design of experiments was used to investigate three main parameters in terms of polymer concentration in both outer and inner layers and the flow rate of dope solutions by the Box-Behnken method. According to obtained results, the optimization was done to present the proper membrane with desirable properties. The characteristics of the optimized membrane (named HF-O) suggested by the Box-Behnken (at the predicted point) showed that the proposed models are strongly valid. Then, a morphology study was done to modify the fiber by a combination of three types of a structure such as macro-void, sponge-like and sharp finger-like. It also improved the hydrophobicity of outer surface from 87 to $113^{\circ}$ and the mean pore size of the inner surface from 108.12 to 560.14 nm. The DCMD flux of modified fiber (named HF-M) enhanced 62% more than HF-O when it was fabricated by considering both of RSM and morphology study results. Finally, HF-M was conducted for long-term desalination process up to 100 hr and showed stable flux and wetting resistance during the test. These stepwise approaches are proposed to easily predict the main properties of PVDF dual-layer hollow fibers by valid models and to effectively modify its structure.

• 한국산학기술학회논문지
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• 제14권9호
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• pp.4171-4177
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• 2013

아우터 타이로드는 다른 차량 부품에 비해서 중량이 적지만, 차량 성능이 개선됨에 따라 부품의 수 및 중량에 증가하는 추세에 있다. 그러므로 자동차 연비 향상을 위해서는 경량화가 필수적이다. 따라서 본 연구에서는 전기 자동차용 아우터 타이로드의 경량화 설계를 위한 기초연구로서 구조성능을 검토하기 위한 유한요소해석을 수행하였다. 개발되는 아우터 타이로드의 재질은 일반 강을 이용하였고 좌굴 및 내구 성능을 검토하였다. 조향계 및 현가계 부품의 개발 시 관성력하중, 충격하중, 좌굴하중 및 내구하중에 의한 강도를 검토하는 것이 일반적이지만, 본 연구에서는 극악한 하중으로 알려진 좌굴특성과 내구특성 만을 검토하였다. 또한 아우터 타이로드의 단면형상을 결정하는 파라미터를 설계변수로 정의하고 메타모델기반 최적화 기법을 적용하여 최적설계를 제시하였다. 그 결과 초기제품의 중량보다 9 % 감소를 실현하였다.

• Design & Manufacturing
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• 제12권3호
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• pp.25-30
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• 2018

Recently The automotive industry is trying to increase the energy efficiency by reducing the weight of the car body and engine components as a way to achieve high energy efficiency. In particular, the reduction of the weight of the vehicle through the weight reduction of the vehicle body has the advantage that the fuel consumption and the output can be improved. But at the same time, there is the disadvantage that the strength becomes weak due to the reduction of the material thickness. Therefore, in order to overcome these disadvantages, materials with high strength according to the unit thickness have been actively developed, and researches for applying them have also been increasing. In this study, we will investigate the application of cold rolled steel sheet, which is a lightweight material, to a horn bracket that secures a installed in an automobile engine room. The horn bracket secures the horn on the car engine and is bolted to the outer wall of the engine. The momentum is acted on the bracket due to the distance between the bolt fastening part and the car horn installed on the bracket end side. Therefore, the body part of the bracket is more likely to be destroyed by the influence of the continuous stress. In this paper, design optimization for weight reduction and strength enhancement was performed to solve this problem, and possibility of applying the rolled steel sheet material as lightweight material by tensile test and fabrication was confirmed.

• 한국자동차공학회논문집
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• 제22권4호
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• pp.98-104
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• 2014

The technologies employing spray-guided type combustion system for ultra-lean combustion direct injection engine is focused as a promising technology for satisfying emission regulations and improving fuel economy. In the present study, control and design optimization of lean-burn LPG direct injection engine was carried out with control strategy and injection position changes. Inter-injection spark ignition strategy was applied and the effect of the strategy was assessed at relatively higher load operation condition than previous researches. In order to create richer mixture in the vicinity of spark plug electrode, relative distance between the dead-end of injector and the electrode of spark plug was changed.

• Nuclear Engineering and Technology
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• 제51권4호
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• pp.968-976
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• 2019

This paper presents a number of verification case studies for a recently developed sensitivity/uncertainty code package. The code package, ROMUSE (Reduced Order Modeling based Uncertainty/Sensitivity Estimator) is an effort to provide an analysis tool to be used in conjunction with reactor core simulators, in particular the Virtual Environment for Reactor Applications (VERA) core simulator. ROMUSE has been written in C++ and is currently capable of performing various types of parameter perturbations and associated sensitivity analysis, uncertainty quantification, surrogate model construction and subspace analysis. The current version 2.0 has the capability to interface with the Design Analysis Kit for Optimization and Terascale Applications (DAKOTA) code, which gives ROMUSE access to the various algorithms implemented within DAKOTA, most importantly model calibration. The verification study is performed via two basic problems and two reactor physics models. The first problem is used to verify the ROMUSE single physics gradient-based range finding algorithm capability using an abstract quadratic model. The second problem is the Brusselator problem, which is a coupled problem representative of multi-physics problems. This problem is used to test the capability of constructing surrogates via ROMUSE-DAKOTA. Finally, light water reactor pin cell and sodium-cooled fast reactor fuel assembly problems are simulated via SCALE 6.1 to test ROMUSE capability for uncertainty quantification and sensitivity analysis purposes.

• Korean Chemical Engineering Research
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• 제56권5호
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• pp.647-654
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• 2018

지구 온난화 문제 해결과 온실가스 감축을 위하여 화력발전소를 중심으로 순산소 연소를 통한 $CO_2$ 포집 기술이 개발되었으나, 산소 생산 비용이 높아 경제성이 떨어지는 문제를 가지고 있다. 순산소 연소에 필요한 대량의 산소(>2,000 tpd)를 생산하는 방법은 초저온 공기분리장치(ASU: Air Separation Unit)가 가장 적합한 것으로 알려져 있으나, 대부분 고순도(>99.5%) 산소 생산에 최적화되어 건설되었다. 이런 초저온 공기분리장치에서 순산소 연소에서 사용이 가능한 낮은 순도(90~97%)의 산소를 생산하고 공정을 최적화할 경우, 공정 효율이 높아져 산소 생산 비용 절감이 가능하다. 본 연구에서는 순산소 연소 발전시스템에 산소를 공급할 수 있는 초대형(>2,000 tpd $O_2$) ASU 개발을 위하여 공정 분석 및 비교 평가를 수행하였다. 상용 프로그램인 AspenHysys를 이용하여 산소 순도에 따른 회수율 및 전력소모량을 계산하고 공정의 효율을 평가하였다. 그 결과 ASU를 통해 순산소 연소에 공급되는 산소는 약 95%가 최적이며, 생산 공정 최적화 시 약 12~18%의 전력소모량 절감이 가능한 것을 확인 할 수 있었다.