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A numerical study of the impact of shape and structural characteristics on the efficiency of power generation that uses the vortex induced vibration (형상과 구조적 특성이 와유기진동을 이용한 발전의 효율에 미치는 영향에 대한 수치적 연구)

  • Min, Seung-In;Jo, Jae-Hong
    • Proceeding of EDISON Challenge
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    • 2014.03a
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    • pp.597-602
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    • 2014
  • 본 연구에서는 다양한 모형의 실린더 주위의 균일한 유동에 대하여, 후류에 생기는 유동현상을 EDISON_CFD를 이용하여 분석하였다. 고정된 실린더에 대해 주어진 레이놀즈 수에서 시뮬레이션을 이용하여 실린더의 형상에 따른 $C_L$값과 주기를 분석하였다. 이 후 진동운동을 가정한 운동방정식을 이용하여 실린더의 운동 및 발전 효율을 예측하여 비교하였다. 또한 운동방정식을 Bode 선도를 이용하여 용수철 상수와 감쇠율에 따른 발전 효율의 변화를 살펴보았다.

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Effects of Flow Acceleration on Drag Force and Wake Field of 2D Circular Cylinder (유입 유동의 가속도가 2D 원형실린더의 항력 및 후류에 미치는 영향)

  • Son, Hyun A;Lee, Sungsu;Cho, Seong Rak
    • Journal of the Society of Naval Architects of Korea
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    • v.56 no.6
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    • pp.507-514
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    • 2019
  • Computational studies of accelerating flow around 2D Circular Cylinder was performed to investigate characteristics of wake field and drag forces. Previous studies had revealed that drag on the cylindrical body in accelerating flow is much greater than that in the flow with constant velocity; however, the underlying physics on the drag increase has not been clearly investigated. In order to investigate the drag increase and its relationship with wake development, this study employed a finite-volume based CFD code, Fluent 13.0 with k-ω SST model for turbulence effects. Inflows are modeled with varied accelerations from 0.4905 to 9.81m/s2. The drag computed in the present study is in good agreement with previous studies, and clearly shows the increase compared to the drag on the body in the flow with constant velocity. The results also show that drag crisis observed at high Reynolds number in the case of the flow with constant velocity is also found in the case of accelerating flow. The analysis for wake and recirculation length shows that conventional vortex shedding does not occur even at high Reynolds number and the drag increase is larger at higher acceleration.

Study on Flow behavior of Liquid Nitrogen for Porous Media in Square-section Cylinder (사각 기둥 실린더 내부 다공성 매질에서의 액화질소의 거동에 대한 연구)

  • Choi, Sung Woong;Lee, Woo Il
    • Journal of the Korean Institute of Gas
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    • v.17 no.1
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    • pp.26-34
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    • 2013
  • The multiphase flow analysis related to phase change can be adapted to lots of areas such as evaporation and condensation has many interesting branches due to complicated phenomenon. In this study, the experimental investigation of cryogenic liquid in the porous media with various densities was shown how the cryogenic liquid behaves in the porous structure. For this study, permeability behaviors under different applying pressure of the glass wool with different bulk densities are discussed. Experimental investigation on the behavior of cryogenic liquefied nitrogen in the porous media is conducted. The result was that the non linearity of pressure gradient with location is increased and the permeability is decreased as the bulk density of glass wool increased. Lastly, simulation results with CFD commercial package program are used to realize the cryogenic liquid's flow in porous media to compare the finding with experimental results.

Discharging Performance in Length of Hard Labyrinth and Pressure of Cylinder Type Drip Irrigation Hose (원통형 점적기의 압력과 경질미로의 길이에 따른 토출 특성)

  • Kim, Jin Hyun;Woo, Man Ho;Kim, Dong Eok
    • Journal of agriculture & life science
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    • v.52 no.6
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    • pp.103-109
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    • 2018
  • The performance of drip irrigation devices depends on flow uniformity related to the function of pressure compensation. The flow uniformity can be secured when the internal fluid pressures at the positions of the flow holes are maintained uniformly. The pressure compensation effect of the drip irrigation devices can be optimized with the combination of soft silicon and labyrinth structures. However, for a drip irrigation devices composed of only hard labyrinth structures, the flow rate is changed largely with the length and the internal geometry of the labyrinth structure. Although a drip irrigation devices with only hard labyrinth structures can be fabricated simply, the changes of flow rates with internal fluid pressures are much larger than those of the drip irrigation devices with soft silicon. Because the drip irrigation devices with only labyrinth structures can be utilized widely through the optimization of the fluid pressure, the length of the structures, and the cross-sectional area of them, the study on the optimization can play an important role for enhancing the performance of the drip irrigation devices. In this study, experimental and numerical studies for investigating the performance of the drip irrigation devices had been conducted. In the experiments and numerical calculations(CFD), the variable parameters were the lengths of the labyrinth structures(#1~#8) and the fluid pressures(0.5~3.0 bar).

Influence of intake runner cross section design on the engine performance parameters of a four stroke, naturally aspirated carbureted SI engine

  • Singh, Somendra Pratap;Kumar, Vasu;Gupta, Dhruv;Kumar, Naveen
    • International Journal of Advanced Culture Technology
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    • v.3 no.1
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    • pp.1-12
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    • 2015
  • The current scenario of the transportation sector reflects the urgent need to address issues such as depletion of traditional fuel reserves and ever growing pollution levels. Researchers around the world are focussing on alternatives as well as optimisation of currently employed devices to reduce the pollution levels generated by the commonly used fuels. One such optimisation involves the study of air flow within the intake manifolds of SI engines. It is a well-known fact that alterations in the air manifolds of engines have a significant impact on the engine performance parameters, fuel consumption and emission levels. Previous works have demonstrated the impacts of runner lengths, diameter, plenum volume, taper angle of distribution manifolds and other factors on in-cylinder fluid motion and engine performance. However, a static setup provides an optimal configuration only at a specific engine speed. This paper aims to investigate the variations in the same parameters on a four stroke, naturally aspirated single cylinder SI engine through varying the cross section design over the intake runner with the aid of Computational Fluid Dynamics. The system consists of segments that form the intake runner with projections on the inside that allow various permutations of the intake runner segments. The various configurations provide the optimised fluid flow characteristics within the intake manifold at specific engine speed intervals. The variations such as turbulence, air fuel mixing are analysed using the three dimensional CFD software FLUENT. The results can be used further for developing an automated or manually adjustable intake manifold.

A Numerical Simulation of Wave Run-up Around Circular Cylinders in Waves (파랑중 원형 실린더 주위 Wave Run-up 시뮬레이션)

  • Cha, Kyung-Jung;Jung, Jae-Hwan;Seo, Kwang-Cheol;Koo, Bon-Guk
    • Journal of the Korean Society of Marine Environment & Safety
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    • v.22 no.6
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    • pp.750-757
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    • 2016
  • This study presents the wave run-up height around single and multiple surface-piercing cylinders according to wave period and steepness. In order to simulate 3D incompressible viscous two-phase turbulent flow, the present study employed a volume of fluid (VOF) method with realizable $k-{\varepsilon}$ turbulence model based on commercial Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) software, "STAR-CCM". The wave periods at model scale were 1.269s and 1.692s for a single cylinder and 1.716s for multiple cylinders. In each case, wave steepness of has 1/30 and 1/16 were used, respectively. Consequently, the results for wave run-up height with regard to wave steepness and period were compared with those of relevant previous experimental studies. The numerical simulation results showed a good qualitative agreement with experiments.

Experimental and Numerical Investigation of the Effect of Load and Speed of T-GDI Engine on the Particle Size of Blow-by Gas and Performance of Oil Mist Separator (T-GDI 엔진의 속도 및 하중이 블로우바이 가스의 오일입자 크기와 오일분리기 성능에 미치는 영향에 대한 실험 및 수치적 연구)

  • Jeong, Soo-Jin;Oh, Kwangho
    • Journal of ILASS-Korea
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    • v.25 no.4
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    • pp.162-169
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    • 2020
  • The worldwide focus on reducing the emissions, fuel and lubricant consumption in T-GDI engines is leading engineers to consider the crankcase ventilation and oil mist separation system as an important means of control. In today's passenger cars, the oil mist separation systems mainly use the inertia effect (e.g. labyrinth, cyclone etc.). Therefore, this study has investigated high efficiency cylinder head-integrated oil-mist separator by using a compact multi-impactor type oil mist separator system to ensure adequate oil mist separation performance. For this purpose, engine dynamometer testing with oil particle efficiency measurement equipment and 3D two-phase flow simulation have been performed for various engine operating conditions. Tests with an actual engine on a dynamometer showed oil aerosol particle size distributions varied depending on operating conditions. For instance, high rpm and load increases bot only blow-by gases but the amount of small size oil droplets. Submicron-sized particles (less than 0.5 ㎛) were also observed. It is also found that the impactor type separator is able to separate nearly no droplets of diameter lower than 3 ㎛. CFD results showed that the complex aerodynamics processes that lead to strong impingement and break-up can strip out large droplets and generate more small size droplets.

Modeling flow and scalar dispersion around Cheomseongdae

  • Kim, Jae-Jin;Song, Hyo-Jong;Baik, Jong-Jin
    • Wind and Structures
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    • v.9 no.4
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    • pp.315-330
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    • 2006
  • Flow and scalar dispersion around Cheomseongdae are numerically investigated using a three-dimensional computational fluid dynamics (CFD) model with the renormalization group (RNG) $k-{\varepsilon}$ turbulence closure scheme. Cheomseongdae is an ancient astronomical observatory in Gyeongju, Korea, and is chosen as a model obstacle because of its unique shape, that is, a cylinder-shaped architectural structure with its radius varying with height. An interesting feature found is a mid-height saddle point behind Cheomseongdae. Different obstacle shapes and corresponding flow convergences help to explain the presence of the saddle point. The predicted size of recirculation zone formed behind Cheomseongdae increases with increasing ambient wind speed and decreases with increasing ambient turbulence intensity. The relative roles of inertial and eddy forces in producing cavity flow zones around an obstacle are conceptually presented. An increase in inertial force promotes flow separation. Consequently, cavity flow zones around the obstacle expand and flow reattachment occurs farther downwind. An increase in eddy force weakens flow separation by mixing momentum there. This results in the contraction of cavity flow zones and flow reattachment occurs less far downwind. An increase in ambient wind speed lowers predicted scalar concentration. An increase in ambient turbulence intensity lowers predicted maximum scalar concentration and acts to distribute scalars evenly.

Investigation of Small Current Interruption Performance for New Type of Interrupting Chamber in SF$_{6}$ Gas Circuit Breaker (신차단방식 SF$_{6}$ 가스 차단기의 소전류 차단성능 연구)

  • Song, Won-Pyo;Kweon, Ki-Yeoung;Lee, Jae-Sung;Song, Ki-Dong;Kim, Maeng-Hyun;Ko, Hee-Seok
    • The Transactions of the Korean Institute of Electrical Engineers B
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    • v.54 no.11
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    • pp.519-526
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    • 2005
  • This paper presents computer simulation results for developing new type of SF$_{6}$ Circuit Breaker in terms of cold gas flow after small current interruption. This cold gas flows down a nozzle into the chamber of a circuit breaker. There are many difficult problems in analyzing the gas flow due to complex geometry, moving boundary, shock wave and so on. When predicting the dielectric capability of a gas circuit breaker after interruption, the gas pressure and density distributions due to the cold gas must be considered in addition to the electrical field imposed across the gas. A self-coded computational fluid dynamics (CFD) program is used for the simulation of cold gas flow in order to evaluate the electrical field characteristic across open contacts and transient characteristics of insulations after small current interruption.

Numerical Analysis of Flow Characteristics in Swirl Chamber Type Diesel Engine (연락공 형상에 따른 와류실식 디젤기관의 유동 특성 수치해석)

  • Kwon Taeyun;Choi Gyeungho
    • Transactions of the Korean Society of Automotive Engineers
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    • v.13 no.4
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    • pp.49-57
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    • 2005
  • In this study, in-cylinder flow of the swirl chamber type diesel engine numerically simulated by VECTIS code. The flow fields during the intake and compression process were also investigated in detail. Numerical results revealed that the generation and distortion of the swirling, tumbling vortices and those influences on turbulence kinetic energy by shape of the jet passage, angle and area. It was also found that flow characteristics were affected by inflow velocity that depends on change of the jet passage shape. Swirl ratio was increased according to decrease of jet passage area, and was affected by piston motion according to increase of jet passage angle. Tumbling vortices had the similar in various cases, but tumble ratio was increased with the inflow velocity. The generation of turbulence kinetic energy was considerably influenced by complex effects of swirling and tumbling vortices.