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Performance analysis of Savonius Rotor for Wave Energy Conversion using CFD

  • Zullah, Mohammed Aisd;Choi, Young-Do;Kim, Kyu-Han;Lee, Young-Ho
    • 한국신재생에너지학회:학술대회논문집
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    • 2009.11a
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    • pp.600-605
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    • 2009
  • A general purpose viscous flow solver Ansys CFX is used to study a Savonius type wave energy converter in a 3D numerical viscous wave tank. This paper presents the results of a computational fluid dynamics (CFD) analysis of the effect of blade configuration on the performance of 3 bladed Savonius rotors for wave energy extraction. A piston-type wave generator was incorporated in the computational domain to generate the desired incident waves. A complete OWC system with a 3-bladed Savonius rotor was modeled in a three dimensional numerical wave tank and the hydrodynamic conversion efficiency was estimated. The flow over the rotors is assumed to be two-dimensional (2D), viscous, turbulent and unsteady. The CFX code is used with a solver of the coupled conservation equations of mass, momentum and energy, with an implicit time scheme and with the adoption of the hexahedral mesh and the moving mesh techniques in areas of moving surfaces. Turbulence is modeled with the k.e model. Simulations were carried out simultaneously for the rotor angle and the helical twist. The results indicate that the developed models are suitable to analyze the water flows both in the chamber and in the turbine. For the turbine, the numerical results of torque were compared for all the cases.

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A Study on NOx Removal by Using Plasma Discharge (플라즈마 방전을 이용한 NOx 제거에 관한 연구)

  • 김동욱;정영식
    • Journal of the Korean Society of Safety
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    • v.14 no.3
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    • pp.78-83
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    • 1999
  • This work is the experimental study for NO and NOx removal by utilizing non-thermal plasma. To apply to moving pollution source such as diesel automobile, we suggested the metal packed-helical wire reactor(MPHW) and measured properties of MPHW by varying the peak voltage, frequency, NOx concentration and flow rate for simulated NOx gas balanced with $N_2$. And then we compared these results with the results of cylinder-wire(CW) which was one of popularly used reactor in nonthermal plasma applications. The results of MPHW show fairly good NO and NOx removal rate compare with CW around above 20%. However. the power consumption of MPHW is larger than that of CW as much as around 2.5Watt in all range.

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Enhancement of hybrid rocket fuel regression rate by swirl flow configuration (스월 유동 조건에 따른 하이브리드 로켓 연료의 연소율 향상)

  • Hwang, Young-Chun;Lee, Chang-Jin
    • Proceedings of the Korean Society of Propulsion Engineers Conference
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    • 2006.11a
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    • pp.232-236
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    • 2006
  • 하이브리드 로켓에서 그레인 전체 부분에서 고른 연소율 향상을 이룰 수 있는 방법으로 스월 유동과 나사산 그레인을 동시에 적용하여 실험을 실시하였다. 그 결과 입구부분과 연료 후반부에 집중된 연소현상을 확인하였다. 스월 유동은 스월 유동의 종류에 상관없이 일정한 감소율을 나타낸다. 그리고 연소율 향상은 연료 벽면에서의 회전 유동 강도에 비례한다고 가정 할 수 있다. 따라서 입구부분의 집중된 연소현상을 해소하고 일정한 연소율 향상을 이룰 수 있는 스월 유동 조건에 대해 연구하였다.

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Development and Evaluation of Applications Using Micro-stereolithography Technology (마이크로 광 조형기술을 이용한 3차원 형태의 응용제품 제작 및 이의 평가)

  • 이인환;김동성;조동우;권태헌
    • Proceedings of the Korean Society of Precision Engineering Conference
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    • 2003.06a
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    • pp.233-236
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    • 2003
  • The micro-stereolithography technology made it possible to fabricate a freeform 3D micro-structure. Using this technology, two kind of applications were fabricated and tested: micro-lens and micro-mixers. The focal length and f-number of the micro-lens were 5 mm and 2.5, respectively. The focusing ability of the micro-lens was verified by defocusing the He-Ne laser beam after passing the lens. Two mixers are Kenics micro-mixer and BEKM. BEKM is a modified Kenics micro-mixer by introducing barriers on the pipe walt periodically to enhance the mixing via the chaotic mechanism in the helical flow of Kenics micro-mixer. Experimental result shows good mixing performance of developed mixers. Especially, the BEKM shows better mixing performance then Kenics micro-mixer.

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An Experimental Study of Pressure Drop Correlations for Wire-Wrapped Fuel Assemblies

  • Chun, Moon-Hyun;Seo, Kyong-Won;Park, Seok-Ki;Nam, Ho-Yun
    • Journal of Mechanical Science and Technology
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    • v.15 no.3
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    • pp.403-409
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    • 2001
  • The main objective of the present study is to perform an experimental evaluation of five existing correlations for the subchannel pressure drop analysis of a wire-wrapped fuel assembly. For this purpose, a series of water experiments have been performed using a helical wire-wrapped 19-pin fuel assembly for various test parameters. Four different test sections with different pitch to rod diameter ratios (P/D) and wire lead length to rod diameter ratios (H/D) have been fabricated. A series of pressure drop measurements were made to obtain friction factors for these four test sections. The new data along with existing data are used to evaluate existing correlations. Both the original and the simplified Cheng and Todreas correlations give the best agreement with experimental data for all flow regions.

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High Efficiency Ozone Generation Using a Pyramid-Project-Embossed Rod-to-Cylinder Electrode and a Pulse Corona Discharge (도깨비봉형 오존발생장치이 펄스커로나 방전에 의한 오존 발생 특성)

  • 문재덕;이근택
    • The Transactions of the Korean Institute of Electrical Engineers
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    • v.38 no.8
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    • pp.650-657
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    • 1989
  • The conversion efficiency of an ozone generator can be significantly improved by modifying the discharge electrode of a helical strip line rod-to-cylinder type ozone generator to a pyramid-project-embossed rod, and by using a pulse corona discharge. Parametric studies have been carried out to obtain optimum values of peak pulse voltage, pulse forming capacitance, feeder cable and ozone generator capacitance, interelectrode spacing and corona tip density of ozone generator, and feed air flow rate and temperature. The generated ozone concentration was very dependent upon the value of pulse forming capacitance, feeder cable and ozone generator capacitance, and corona tip density. Maximum conversion efficiency was obtained with a pulse forming capacitance of about 500pF, 75pF matched feeder cable and ozone generator, and a corona tip density of 16mm. When operated at optimum values, ozone yield of 79, 99, 80 g/KWh for the different interelectrode type ozone generators tested were obtained, which are approximately 30% higher than that of an industrial ozone generator.

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The study on the measurement for the pressure drop and friction factor of corrugated metal pipes (주름관에서의 압력강하와 마찰손실 계측에 관한 연구)

  • Yun, Young-Sun;Kang, Jun-One;Yoo, Jai-Suk;Kim, Hyung-Jung
    • Journal of the Korean Society of Visualization
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    • v.4 no.2
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    • pp.76-80
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    • 2006
  • The data for friction factor of the pipe correlated by Reynolds number and relative roughness have been reported well as a Moody chart. However, the results for corrugated shapes have been not investigated sufficiently. In this research, therefore, the pressure drop and friction factor are obtained. Flexible metal tubes with corrugations for the measurement are made of stainless steel plates. The kinds of tubes for the measurement are 5 annular types and helical types. The pressure drop & the velocity of the flow are obtained by micromanometer & digital pressure sensor, supplying dry air at several steps. Then the pressure drop is calculated for each tube, using the obtained data. The result shows that the pressure drop is strongly influenced by the viscous dissipation of kinetic energy due to the circulation of flows, rather than a viscous friction loss. The pressure drop increased consistently as the Reynolds number increases.

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Control of the Motions of Particles in Microfluidic System (미세유동시스템 내에서의 입자의 위치제어 연구)

  • Heo, Yun Seok
    • Journal of the Korean Society for Precision Engineering
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    • v.31 no.6
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    • pp.521-525
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    • 2014
  • Circulating tumor cells (CTCs) in the bloodstream of cancer patients provide an accessible source for detection, characterization, and monitoring of nonhematological cancers. The effectiveness of the CTC-Chip for the isolation of ovarian cancer cells was demonstrated by adapting the herringbone-chip (HB-Chip). The motions of the particles on the HB chip were simulated by a unique combination of buoyant, gravitational forces, and helical flows with a computational modeling. The motions of cells are demonstrated by applying polystylene bead and ovarian cancer cells into the microfabricated HB-Chip. The experimental results from beads and cells are well accordance with the simulated ones, as previously reported by Toner group. Thus, I expect that these modeling and experimental skills will play key roles in the clinical applications on CTC isolation as well as the basic research on characterization of CTCs under flow.

A Study on the High Selective Oxide Etching using Inductively Coupled Plasma Source (유도결합형 플라즈마원을 이용한 고선택비 산화막 식각에 관한 연구)

  • 이수부;박헌건;이석현
    • Journal of the Korean Institute of Electrical and Electronic Material Engineers
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    • v.11 no.4
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    • pp.261-266
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    • 1998
  • In developing the high density memory device, the etching of fine pattern is becoming increasingly important. Therefore, definition of ultra fine line and space pattern and minimization of damage and contamination are essential process. Also, the high density plasma in low operating pressure is necessary. The candidates of high density plasma sources are electron cyclotron resonance plasma, helicon wave plasma, helical resonator, and inductively coupled plasma. In this study, planar type magnetized inductively coupled plasma etcher has been built. The density and temperature of Ar plasma are measured as a function of rf power, flow rate, external magnetic field, and pressure. The oxide etch rate and selectivity to polysilicon are measured as the above mentioned conditions and self-bias voltage.

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Numerical analysis of turbulent flows in the helically coiled pipes of heat transfer (열교환기의 나선형 관내 난류유동 수치해석)

  • Kwag, Seung-Hyun
    • Journal of Advanced Marine Engineering and Technology
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    • v.37 no.8
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    • pp.905-910
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    • 2013
  • The flow analysis has been made by applying the turbulent models in the helically coiled tubes of heat transfer. The k-${\varepsilon}$ and Spalart-Allmaras turbulent models are used in which the structured grid is applied for the simulation. The velocity vector, the pressure contour, the change of residuals along the iteration number and the friction factors are simulated by solving the Navier-Stokes equations to make clear the Reynolds number effect. The helical tube increases the centrifugal forces by which the wall shear stress become larger on the outer side of the tube. The centrifugal force makes the heat transfer rate locally larger due to the increase of the flow energy, which finds out the close relationship between the pressure drop and friction factor in the internal flow. The present numerical results are compared with others, for example, in the value of friction factor for validation.