• 한국분무공학회지
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• 제18권2호
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• pp.100-105
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• 2013

While variable valve actuation or variable valve lift (VVL) is used increasingly in spark ignition (SI) engines to improve the volumetric efficiency or to reduce the pumping losses, it is necessary to understand the impact of variable valve lift and timing on the in-cylinder gas motions and mixing processes. In this paper, characteristics of the in-cylinder flow and fuel distribution for various valve lifts (4, 6, 8, 10 mm) were simulated in a GDI engine. It is expected that the investigation will be helpful in understanding and improving GDI combustion when a VVL system is used. The CFD results showed that a increased valve lift could significantly enhance the mixture and in-cylinder tumble motion because of the accelerated air flow. Also, it can be found that the fuel distribution is more affected by earlier injection (during intake process) than that of later injection (end of compression). These may contribute to an improvement in the air-fuel mixing but also to an optimization of intake and exhaust system.

• 에너지공학
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• 제15권3호
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• pp.139-145
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• 2006

The purpose of this study is to obtain low-emission and high-efficiency in LPG engine with hydrogen enrichment. The objective of this paper is to clarify the effects of hydrogen enrichment in LPG fuelled engine on exhaust emission, thermal efficiency and performance. The compression ratio of 8 was selected to avoid abnormal combustion. To maintain equal heating value of fuel blend, the amount of LPG was decreased as hydrogen was gradually added. The relative air-fuel ratio was increased from 0.8 to 1.3, and the ignition timing was controlled to be at MBT (minimum spark advance for best torque)

• 한국자동차공학회논문집
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• 제12권6호
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• pp.80-89
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• 2004

In order to confront the increasing air pollution and the tightening emission restrictions, this research developed a diesel engine using DME, the advanced smoke-free alternative fuel. By numerical analysis, flow field, spray, and combustion phenomenon of the DME engine was presented. Using an experimental method, the configuration of the fuel supply system and operation/power performance was tested with the current plunger pump. Most emission performance, especially smoke performance was significantly improved. The possibility of conversion from the current diesel engine into the DME engine was affirmed in this research. However, it was found that the increase of engine RPM and fuel amount need to be properly adjusted through matching the characteristics of fuel and injector for further improvement.

• 대한기계학회논문집B
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• 제21권5호
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• pp.659-669
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• 1997

The effects of exhaust gas recirculation on diesel engine combustion and soot/NOx emissions are numerically studied. The primary and secondary atomization is modelled using the wave instability breakup model. Autoignition of a diesel spray is modelled using the Shell ignition model. Soot formation is kinetically controlled and soot oxidation is represented by a model which account for surface chemistry. The NOx formation is based on the extended Zeldovich NOx model. Effects of injection timing and concentration of $O_{2}$ and CO$_{2}$ on the pollutant formation and the combustion process are discussed in detail.

• 동력기계공학회지
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• 제12권4호
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• pp.5-11
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• 2008

The RI gasoline engine haying a sub-chamber had a high cycle variation due to the difficulty of the residual gas scavenge in the sub-chamber. To solve this problem and improve the combustion performance of RI engine, we devised a method to inject directly CNG fuel into the sub-chamber. A DI diesel engine of single cylinder was converted into a RI-CNG engine and an electronic control unit for the engine was manufactured. In this study, the combustion characteristics of the RI-CNG engine were investigated with the injection timings and air excess ratios at the load conditions of 50% throttle open rate and 1700rpm. As the results from this study, the RI-CNG engine worked reliably under the condition of the ignitable lean limit of $\lambda=1.7$ by showing the $COV_{imep}$ below about 5%. And the highest thermal efficiency could be obtained in the injection timing that produced the high imep and the low $COV_{imep}$ at the same time. The CO emission concentration indicated very low values and the THC and $NO_x$ showed an opposite pattern. With a view to improving the thermal efficiency and reducing the harmful emissions, the proper control region of the ignition timing and the mixture ratio were nearly ATDC $20^{\circ}\sim50^{\circ}$ and $\lambda=1.4$ respectively.

• 한국자동차공학회논문집
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• 제19권5호
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• pp.35-44
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• 2011

In a spark ignition engine, a variable valve lift (VVL) system has been developed for high fuel efficiency and low power loss. However, changes in valve lift cause deviations of cylinder air charge which lead to individual cylinder equivalence ratio maldistribution. In this study, in order to reduce the maldistribution, we propose individual cylinder equivalence ratio estimation and control algorithms. The estimation algorithm calculates the equivalence ratio of each cylinder by using a mathematical engine model which includes air charging, fuel film, exhaust gas, and universal exhaust gas oxygen sensor (UEGO) dynamics at various valve lifts. Based on the results of estimated equivalence ratio, the injection quantity of each cylinder is adjusted to control the individual cylinder equivalence ratio. Estimation and control performance are validated by engine experiments. Experimental results represented that the equivalence ratio maldistribution and variation are decreased by the proposed algorithms.

• 한국자동차공학회논문집
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• 제22권7호
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• pp.90-97
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• 2014

The effects of high pressure and low pressure exhaust gas recirculation (HP/LP EGR) portion on diesel engine combustion and emissions characteristics were investigated in a 2.2 L passenger-car diesel engine. The po3rtion of HP/LP EGR was varied from 0 to 1 while fixing the mass flow rate of fresh air. The intake manifold temperature was lowered with the increasing of the portion of LP EGR, which led to the retardation of heat release by pilot injection. The lowered intake manifold temperature also resulted in low nitrogen oxide (NOx) emissions due to decreased in-cylinder temperature and prolonged ignition delay, however, the carbon monoxide (CO) emission showed opposite trend to NOx emissions. The brake specific fuel consumption (BSFC) was decreased as the portion of LP EGR increased due to lowered exhaust manifold pressure by wider open of turbocharger vane. Consequently, the trade-off relationship between NOx and BSFC could be improved by increasing the LP EGR portion.

• 한국가스학회지
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• 제19권6호
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• pp.28-33
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• 2015

2012년 7월부터 우리나라 천연가스 열량에 대한 기준이 기존의 표준열량제에서 열량범위제로 변경되면서 가정이나 산업체로 공급되는 가스 열량 변화가 가스기기 성능에 미치는 영향을 규명하고자 하는 노력이 이루어지고 있다. 특히 천연가스를 주 연료로 사용하는 열병합 발전용 엔진의 경우 이러한 열량 변화에 의해 엔진 성능 전반에 걸쳐 영향이 있을 것으로 예상된다. 따라서 이번 연구에서는 열량범위제를 고려한 CNG 열량 변화가 디젤-CNG 혼소엔진의 효율 및 연소특성에 미치는 영향에 대해 조사하였다. CNG 모사 연료의 발열량은 $10,400kcal/Nm^3$에서 $9,400kcal/Nm^3$까지 질소 가스를 CNG에 희석하는 방식으로 변경을 하였다. 우선 디젤연료의 분사시기와 혼소율을 80%로 고정한 조건에서 가스연료의 발열량 변화가 엔진 효율 및 출력 변화에 미치는 영향을 살펴보았으며, 열방출율 및 연소압력 등의 변화를 측정하였다. 실험 결과로부터 가스 열량이 낮아질수록 엔진 출력과 효율이 모두 감소함을 알 수 있었으며, 점화지연시간과 연소기간은 가스 열량 감소에 관계없이 일정하게 유지되는 반면 최대연소압력은 낮아짐을 볼 수 있었다.

• 한국수소및신에너지학회논문집
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• 제23권5호
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• pp.530-537
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• 2012

This work experimentally investigates that Diesel-DME blended fuel influences combustion characteristics and emissions (NOx, CO, HC, smoke) in a single-cylinder DI diesel engine. Diesel is used as a main fuel and DME is blended for the use of its quick evaporating characteristics. Diesel and DME are blended by the method of weight ratio. Weight ratios for Diesel and DME are 95:5 and 90:10 respectively and the both ratios have been used altogether in blended fuel. The experiments are conducted in this study single cylinder engine is equipped with common rail and injection pressure is 700 bar at 1200 rpm. The amount of injected fuels is adjusted to obtain the fixed input calorie value as 972.2 J/cycle in order to compare with the fuel conditions. DME is compressed to 15 bar by using nitrogen gas thus it can be maintained the liquid phase. In this study, different system compared others paper is common rail system, also there is combustion and emission about compared DME and diesel fuel. It is expected to be utilized about blended fuel.

• 한국가스학회지
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• 제18권5호
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• pp.33-39
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• 2014

열매체유는 화학플랜트의 가열시스템, 열교환시스템, 특정한 가스공정, 사출성형 시스템 및 펄프 제지공정에 사용되고 있다. 열매체유는 열적 산화 분해에 잘 견디며 안전성이 뛰어나며, 열매체유가 누출이나 분출의 경우에는 점화원이 있을때 쉽게 점화된다. 본 연구에서는 공정안전관리 사업장의 화재 폭발 사고를 예방하기 위해서 열매체유의 사용 실태조사를 통해 안전관리 상태를 고찰하였다. 사업장의 공정시스템에서 사용된 열매체유의 사용실태는 개발된 설문지에 의해서 조사되었다. 본 연구 결과는 열매체유의 관리나, 열매체유 공정의 안전한 운전과 유지와 관련된 화재 폭발 사고 예방을 위한 안전관리 대책 수립에 활용될 수 있을 것이다.