• 상하수도학회지
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• 제19권3호
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• pp.318-322
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• 2005

We applied a commercially available computational fluid dynamics model, FLOW-3D, to design a settling basin inlet structure for the intended O sewage plant. In addition, we analyzed the extent to which the inlet sewage water was distributed as a result, firstly, of the location and width of a submerged baffle wall and, secondly, of the opening ratio of a baffle wall with opening holes. The application results show that the flow is unstable due to the generation of eddies in both sides of the submerged baffle wall when the submerged baffle wall is located close to the inlet. The eddies and subsequent instability also occur when the submerged baffle wall is located close to the baffle wall with opening holes. Moreover, the discharge that passes through the midsection of the settling basin increases as the width of the submerged baffle wall increases. At the O sewage plant, when the submerged baffle wall with a width of 2.4 m was located 2 m from the inlet structure and the opening ratio of the baffle wall was 7 percent, the most satisfactory distribution of the inlet sewage water occurred at the entrance of the settling basin.

• 설비공학논문집
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• 제7권2호
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• pp.217-224
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• 1995

The effects of duct inlet conditions on fan characteristics and upper wind velocity fields were investigated for two kinds of impellers. As the duct inlet condition, the relative positions between duct inlet and fan impeller and the size of baffle plate mounted on a duct inlet were selected. The 3-dimensional velocity components in flow fields were measured by a 5-holes pitot tube. From the results of measurements, it was found that the size of baffle plate scarecely effect on upper wind flow fields and characteristics of fan. It was also confirmed that the upper wind velocity distributions can be estimated by the potential flow field with large baffle plate at duct inlet.

• 동력기계공학회지
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• 제15권6호
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• pp.22-26
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• 2011

A numerical simulation on the flow field was carried out on the cylindrical shell with baffles. The steady incompressible 3-D Navier-Stokes solution is obtained with the actual operational condition and geometry of the heat exchanger. The effect of the location of inlet and outlet on the cylindrical shell with baffle is investigated by varying flow rate. The angle between the location of In/Outlet and baffle cutting part is $0^{\circ}$, $30^{\circ}$, $60^{\circ}$, $90^{\circ}$, $120^{\circ}$, $150^{\circ}$ and $180^{\circ}$. The present results show that the pressure drop is dependent on Reynolds number in the inlet area and position of inlet and outlet; i.e., the pressure drop increases with increasing Reynolds number and the pressure drop decreases with increasing angle between baffle cutting part and position of inlet and outlet.

• Water Engineering Research
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• 제2권1호
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• pp.21-31
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• 2001

In this study, laboratory experiments were performed to investigate the flow characteristics of a two-dimensional neutrally buoyant jet in the inlet region of a rectangular laboratory settling tank. Velocity measurements were made with a three-component ADV. Two types of baffles were installed in front of two-dimensional slot; a one-sided and a two-sided baffle. The flow fields from a plane jet impinging on these two types of baffles and a plane jet without a baffle showed quite different characteristics. To concentrate on investigating these flow characteristics, the effects of density currents due to temperature difference or the presence of sediments were not studied. Results of the experiments reveal that the use of the two-sided baffle results in the shortest inlet region. Also shown is that, in addition to the types of baffles, the Froude number turns out to be an important factor in the extent of the inlet region.

• 상하수도학회지
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• 제24권6호
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• pp.713-722
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• 2010

This paper has assessed the flow patterns and settling efficiency in the sedimentation basin using the particle tracking method of the CFD code and has reached the following conclusions: In the original design where no baffle is installed in the sedimentation basin, a large recirculating area where the flow stagnates is created in the right side of the sedimentation basin, with most of the particles moving to the left side of the sedimentation basin following the flow. This biased flow structure in the sedimentation basin reduces the residence time of particles and thereby undermines settling efficiency. The biased flow toward the left side of the sedimentation basin is alleviated by installing a baffle in the sedimentation basin, promptly reducing the fast flow of over 0.7 m/s in the inlet of the sedimentation basin to the rate below 0.2 m/s. In this paper's simulation conditions, if a one-sided baffle is to be installed in the sedimentation basin, placing it 15 meters away from the basin's inlet leads to the best settling efficiency; it has also been analyzed that installing a two-sided baffle-rather than a one-sided one-is a better option in terms of settling efficiency. The highest settling efficiency of 96.2% is achieved when the underwater length of the two-sided baffle is set at 8 meters.

• 상하수도학회지
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• 제24권1호
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• pp.41-50
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• 2010

The influent and effluent baffle configurations seriously affect the hydraulic characteristics of the secondary clarifier in wastewater treatment plant. In this study, those baffle configurations were optimized by computational fluid dynamics(CFD) analysis and particle image velocity(PIV) test in order to obtain uniform flow in inlet region and to minimize upflow velocity in outlet region of the secondary clarifier. Theoretical analysis using CFD showed that more uniform flow could be accomplished when the influent baffle was located closely to the inlet opening. Effects of effluent baffle configuration on the upflow velocity in the outlet region of the secondary clarifier were analyzed with four types of effluent baffles which are widely adopted for secondary clarifier design. From the CFD analysis, McKinney baffle(EB-2) was estimated to be the most effective for restraining the upflow velocity in the outlet region and these trends were identified by PIV tests. In addition, the McKinney baffle showed the most uniform overflow velocity distribution around the weir.

• Journal of Advanced Marine Engineering and Technology
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• 제35권4호
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• pp.468-474
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• 2011

급확대 축소 채널에 설치된 배플 주위의 유동장을 PIV기법으로 계측하고, 배플의 높이 변화에 따른 영향을 평가하였다. 유입유속과 배플 높이는 배플 후방의 재순환흐름에 크기와 유동패턴 및 배플의 상부를 지나는 수력점프 영역의 크기에 상호 영향을 준다. 레이놀즈수 $Re=4{\times}10^3$의 경우 유입유속의 증가에도 유속이 낮아지는 배플의 임계높이는 h/H=1.6전후로 추정된다.

• 한국전산유체공학회지
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• 제9권2호
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• pp.11-17
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• 2004

CFD analysis was performed to figure out flow behavior in the inlet plenum of new research reactor where coolant is injected to the flow tubes with the fuel assembly. The computation results showed that large-scale vortices are generated in the inlet plenum by flow stream injected from inlet pipe. These vortices are divided into small vortices and reversed their revolution. They may lead to flow-induced vibration of fuel assembly, moreover, which has been regarded as a cause of fretting wear of fuel assembly. Also there is an another important thing that average velocity of each flow-tube is uneven showing difference in maximum 18%. So it has been suggested that perforated baffle will be installed to prevent the formation of vortex in the inlet plenum. Two perforated baffles, one is flow skirt and the other is muffler type flow straightener, were proposed and their effect was evaluated using commercial CFD code, Fluent. According to CFD analysis for two perforated baffles, it was confirmed that both of them can prevent or reduce vortex formation in the inlet plenum and make average velocity of each flow tube more even.

• 상하수도학회지
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• 제23권3호
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• pp.345-352
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• 2009

The purpose of inlet baffle is to distribute the flow uniformly over the entire cross-sectional area of the sedimentation basin. The goal when designing this baffle is to achieve some head loss while keeping the velocity gradients through the ports equal to the velocity gradient in the end of the flocculator, so as to not break up the flocs. Sedimentation tank performance is strongly influenced by hydrodynamic and physical effects such as inlet design. This study was conducted to evaluate the effect of open ratio of the inlet baffle on hydraulic behavior within a rectangular sedimentation basin using CFD simulation and ADV technique. In order to verify the CFD simulation, we measured the factual velocity at 18 points in the full-scale sedimentation basin at Y water treatment plant. Good agreement was obtained between the CFD predictions and the experimentally measured data. From the simulation results of the existing basin with 7.4 % open ratio, it was investigated that extreme decrease in velocity occurred in the middle of basin. Since then, flow features was unstable. The region which the velocity decrease rapidly moved forward to the flow direction in proportion to the increase of inflow velocity. Also, it was investigated that the flow characteristic of 6.0 % open ratio was significantly different from 7.4 % open ratio at the same configuration condition. These results are a clear indication that inflow momentum and open ratio are the parameters affecting the characteristics of hydraulic patterns. The influence of these parameters on the sedimentation performance requires further study.

• 대한환경공학회지
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• 제27권2호
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• pp.177-183
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• 2005

하 폐수 처리장의 방류수 수질은 최종 침전지의 성능에 의해 직접적으로 영향을 받으므로 최종 침전지의 효율적 설계 및 운전은 하 폐수 처리에 소요되는 비용 절감과 더불어 수질보전을 위한 하수 정화의 목표를 달성할 수 있다. 그러므로 본 연구에서는 장방형 최종 침전지의 성능 개선을 위하여 유입구 위치와 정류벽 설치에 따른 내부 유동특성 및 고형물질의 제거효율을 수치해석방법을 통해 평가하였다. 개발된 2차원 컴퓨터 프로그램은 방사성 추적자를 이용한 체재시간분포 곡선과의 비교를 통해 성공적으로 검증된 수치해석 모델로 수력학적 구조변경에 대한 침전지의 성능 예측을 가능하게 하였다. 최종 침전지의 유입구 위치는 낮을수록 침전지에 형성된 강력한 바닥흐름과 수표면 역흐름으로 나타나는 밀도류를 저감시켰으며 침강된 슬러지의 하류 이동을 감소시켰다. 최종 침전지 유입부에 설치된 정류벽은 유입수가 출구로 직접 흐르는 단락류를 방지하고 밀도 저류로 유입되도록 하여 방류수 수질을 향상시키나 유입구 위치가 낮은 경우에 설치된 정류벽은 오히려 방류수 수질을 떨어뜨리는 결과를 초래하였다. 결국 최종 침전지의 성능 개선을 위한 수력학적 구조변경 및 설계는 다양한 변수에 대한 조직적인 수치해석 연구가 필요하며 선행되어야 할 것으로 판단된다.