• 한국자동차공학회논문집
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• 제12권2호
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• pp.39-44
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• 2004

As air pollution has become an important issue across the world, studies of clean fuel are on going to reduce combustion emissions. One example is development of the LPLi(Liquefied Phase LPG injection) engine. Some problems are occurred during development. One of the problems is icing phenomenon at injector tip due to evaporation potential heat when liquid LPG is injected. If the Icing is raised at injector tip or injector inserting hole, it disturbs fuel injection. And if the ice particles are inducted into cylinder, it brings problems associated with control of emission and air/fuel ratio. In order to solve the problems, a rig system was set up and observed Icing of injector tip. Engine test was carried out for visualization of injector tip icing and its effects on combustion and emissions.

• International Journal of Automotive Technology
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• 제6권3호
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• pp.215-219
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• 2005

Liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) has been used as motor fuel due to its low emissions and low cost. A liquid direct injection system into a cylinder was suggested as a next generation system to maximize a fuel economy as well as a power. This study addresses the analysis of the LPG spray injecting from single hole injector. Two different test conditions are given, which are a fully developed spray case with various injection pressures and a developing spray case with ambient pressure variation. The LPG spray photographs are compared with the sprays of gasoline and diesel fuel at the same conditions, and the spray angles and penetration lengths are also compared, and then the spray behavior is analyzed. The LPG spray photos show that the dispersion characteristic depends very sensitively on the ambient pressure soon after injection. The spray angle is very wide in a low ambient pressure condition until the saturated pressure, but the angle is quickly reduced at the condition over the pressure. However, the down stream of the LPG spray shows much wider dispersion and less penetration than those of gasoline and diesel sprays regardless ambient pressure condition.

• 한국마린엔지니어링학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국마린엔지니어링학회 2000년도 춘계학술대회 논문집(Proceeding of the KOSME 2000 Spring Annual Meeting)
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• pp.77-85
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• 2000

LPG gains many advantages of a high octane number low emissions and low cost over conventional fuel. The fuel has been naturally used in engines to save running cost but the first generation fuel feeding system was not satisfied with stringent requirement for exhaust emissions, A liquid direct injection system into a cylinder has been suggested as a next generation system to maximize a fuel economy as well as to reduce emissions. In this paper LPG sprays are compared with diesel sprays in a high pressured surrounding condition in order to understand the high pressure spray characteristics, The spray images show that LPG spray penetrates further soon after the injection then the sprays stays in a distant. it may explain the flashing effect of LPG.

• 한국연소학회지
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• 제4권2호
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• pp.43-50
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• 1999

Liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) has been used as motor fuel due to its low emissions and low cost. The fuel feeding system has been improved with stringent requirement for exhaust emissions. LPG carburetion system was first introduced, then the system has been changed to a precisely controlled gas injection system, but this gas feeding system has a limitation on improving power output. In order to improve an engine performance, a multi-point port injection system was introduced recently, and a liquid direct injection system into a cylinder was suggested as a next generation system to maximize a fuel economy as well as a power. This study addresses the analysis of the LPG spray from diesel injectors. The spray images are visualized and compared with diesel sprays in a wide injection pressure range. The photographs show much wider dispersion of LPG sprays.

• 한국자동차공학회논문집
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• 제11권5호
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• pp.7-14
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• 2003

Exhaust Gas Recirculation (EGR) system is used to reduce NOx emission, to improve fuel economy, and to suppress knock since it offers the benefits of the inlet charge dilution. The effects of EGR was investigated on the performance and emission to reduce exhaust thermal load with a single cylinder liquid-phase LPG injection engine, in a wide range of EGR rate, engine conditions and LPG proportions. As EGR rate was increased, NOx was reduced while HC was increased. Pumping loss reduction by EGR improved bsfc and increased EGR lowered exhaust gas temperature. And, LPG proportions were made a difference on the performance and emission characteristics.

• International Journal of Automotive Technology
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• 제6권2호
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• pp.133-139
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• 2005

In this study, a three-dimensional transient simulation with a knock model was performed to predict knock occurrence and autoignition site in a heavy-duty LPG engine. A FAE (Flame Area Evolutoin) premixed combustion model was applied to simulate flame propagation. The coefficient of the reduced kinetic model was adjusted to LPG fuel and used to simulate autoignition in the unburned gas region. Engine experiments using a single-cylinder research engine were performed to calibrate the reduced kinetic model and to verify the results of the modeling. A pressure transducer and a head-gasket type ion-probe circuit board were installed in order to detect knock occurrences, flame arrival angles, and autoignition sites. Knock occurrence and position were compared for different piston bowl shapes. The simulation concurred with engine experimental data regarding the cylinder pressure, flame arrival angle, knock occurrence, and autoignition site. Furthermore, it provided much information about in-cylinder phenomena and solutions that might help reducing the knocking tendency. The knock simulation model presented in this paper can be used for a development tool of engine design.

• 한국가스학회지
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• 제11권1호
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• pp.23-28
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• 2007

본 본문에서는 LPG 용기용 가스밸브의 O-링과 밸브패킹의 밀봉결함과 크랙에 관련된 실험적 연구를 수행하고자 한다. LP 가스의 누출을 방지하기 위해 사용하는 O-링은 LPG 밸브의 밀봉 안전성을 확보하는 핵심부품으로 대단히 중요하다. 밸브패킹은 LPG 연료의 공급과 충전을 하는데, 가스 공급구를 열고 닫는 중요한 역할을 담당한다. 이들 두개의 밀봉부품에 대한 성능은 밸브의 누설 안전성과 장수명에 밀접한 관련이 있다. 연구결과에 의하면, O-링의 대부분은 파티션 부근의 결합불량과 과도한 압축률로 인해 원주방향으로 크랙이 발생하는 것으로 분석되었다. 그 이외의 결함으로 거론된 경우는 LP가스의 과도한 가스압력으로 인한 압출현상의 발생은 압출크랙을 일으키는 원인으로 작용하고 있다. 따라서 본 논문에서는 가스밸브의 누설 안전성을 확보하고 수명을 연장하기 위해 O-링과 밸브패킹에 대한 엄격한 품질관리와 인증제도의 도입을 권장하고자 한다. 결국에는 LPG용기용 밸브의 품질과 안전성 확보를 위해 밀봉장치에 대한 품질안전 보증제도를 도입해야 밸브를 오랫동안 사용할 수 있을 것이다.

• 한국가스학회지
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• 제7권2호
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• pp.33-41
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• 2003

LPG는 사용, 저장, 생산 과정뿐만 아니라 이송 중에도 많은 잠재위험(Hazard)을 갖고있다. 소규모의 수요처일 경우, LPG 용기를 적재한 차량에 의해 지역 사업자에 의하여 배달된다. 만약 도심지역에 가스용기를 적재한 차량에 폭발사고가 발생한다면 주변지역에 재산 피해뿐 아니라 상당한 인명피해를 초래할 것이다 본 연구에서는 LPG 누출 사례연구를 통하여 가스용기를 이용한 LPG의 운반 중에 사고의 원인이 되는 잠재위험을 확인한 후 사고발생 시나리오를 작성하고 발생 가능성과 피해결과를 예측하는 위험성(risk)의 정량적 분석을 하였다. 본 연구에서는 위험분석 프로그램을 Excel과 Visual Basic으로 프로그래밍 하여, ETA(Event Tree Analysis)법으로 LPG 운반도중 발생할 수 있는 사고의 빈도수를 구한 뒤, 이를 바탕으로 폭발로 인한 피해 범위 및 피해정도를 도출하였다. UVCE의 경우, 가스용기에서 누출되어 증발된 LPG에 대하여 사고현장주변에서 10m 이내에서는 심각한 구조적 손상을 보이며, 150m 이상에서도 유리가 파열되는 심각한 손상확률을 보였다. 그리고 TNT 상당법으로 Probit 결과, 10분간 누출되었을 때 40m 지점에서 유리창의 $75\%$가 깨졌으며, 20m 지점에서 $16\%$, 40m 지점에서는 $10\%$의 구조적 손상을 보였다.

• 한국가스학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국가스학회 2006년도 추계학술발표회 논문집
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• pp.81-89
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• 2006

• 한국가스학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국가스학회 2006년도 추계학술발표회 논문집
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• pp.49-54
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• 2006