• 한국유체기계학회 논문집
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• 제9권4호
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• pp.20-26
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• 2006

A cryogenic test facility has been developed to perform inducer and pump tests using liquid nitrogen. Performance tests of a turbopump in the maximum 50ton-thrust class can be performed with cryogenic fluid in the facility which operates at a temperature around -196oC with the rotational speed up to 30,000rpm To verify the reliability of the cryogenic pump test facility, hydraulic performance tests of an inducer were accomplished, and their results were compared with the result from a water test. The results confirm the reliability of the cryogenic test facility, and it is expected to contribute for on-going development of a turbopump for liquid rocket engines.

• 한국수소및신에너지학회논문집
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• 제29권5호
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• pp.466-472
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• 2018

The investigation of cryogenic liquid pool spreading is an essential procedure to assess the hazard of cryogenic liquid usage. In this experimental study, to measure the evaporation velocity when the pool is spreading, liquid nitrogen was continuously released onto unconfined concrete ground. Almost all of the reported results are based on a non-spreading pool in which cryogenic liquid is instantaneously poured onto bounded ground for a very short period of time. A simultaneous measurement of the pool location using thermocouples and of the pool mass using a digital balance was carried out to measure the evaporation velocity and the pool radius. A greater release flow rate was found to result in a greater average evaporation velocity, and the evaporation velocity decreased with the spreading time and the pool radius.

• 한국주조공학회지
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• 제4권4호
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• pp.30-33
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• 1984

Nitrogen solubility in liquid Fe and Fe-C alloys has been measured by the levitation melting method under 1 atm $N_2$ pressure. Experiments were carried out at the temperature range of $1774-2097^{\circ}K$ and carbon content of 0-5.06wt%. The nitrogen solubilities measured in pure Fe and Fe-C alloys were $log(wt%N)_{Fe}=-424/T-1.129$ and $log(wt%N)_{Fe-C}=-[424/T+1.129+(%C)/19.14{5447/T-0.612}+(%C)^2/19.14$ 2478/T-1.265].

• 한국추진공학회지
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• 제22권6호
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• pp.142-148
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• 2018

발사체 연료 케로신은 발사체의 성능 향상을 위해 고밀도화 과정을 거치게 된다. 고밀도화 방법 중 액체질소 주입 냉각법은 시스템이 간단하고 비용이 저렴한 효과적인 방법이다. 하지만 냉각과정 중 질소가 케로신에 용해되어 물성을 변화시키는 원인이 되기도 한다. 따라서 냉각 후 케로신 내 용존질소의 양을 측정하고 제거하는 작업이 필수적이다. 본 연구에서는 케로신 내 용존질소 함유량을 측정할 수 있는 진공추출 원리를 소개하였다. 또한 질소 샘플링 장치를 설계/제작하여 수행한 실험 결과를 설명하였다. 실험결과로부터 질소 샘플링 장치와 용존질소 측정법/제거법의 유효성을 입증하였다.

• 대한토목학회논문집
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• 제38권4호
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• pp.555-565
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• 2018

최근 임시 지보, 보강 및 지하수 차수와 같은 다양한 지질공학분야에서 차수 및 지반보강 공법으로 인공동결공법(artificial ground freezing method)이 적용되고 있다. 인공동결공법은 지중에 매설된 동결관 내로 냉매를 순환시켜 대상 지반에 차수벽 및 지지체의 역할을 할 수 있는 동결벽체(frozen wall)를 형성한다. 본 연구에서는 해성 점토지반(marine clay)에 대한 인공동결공법 현장실증시험을 수행함으로서 인공동결공법에 따른 해성 점토지반에서의 동결속도(freezing rate)를 평가하였다. 현장실증시험은 지중에 3.2m 깊이로 매설된 동결관 내로 초저온 냉매인 액화질소를 순환시키는 방법으로 단일공 시험과 동결벽체 형성 시험을 수행하였다. 자동밸브를 통해 유출되는 액화질소의 온도를 일정하게 유지시켰으며, 동결과정에서 동결관 외벽 및 지중의 온도변화를 측정하였다. 시험결과, 단일공 시험은 부피가 약 $2.12m^3$인 원기둥 모양의 동결체를 형성하는데 총 3.5일 동안 약 11.9ton의 액화질소가 소요되었고, 동결벽체 형성 시험은 부피 약 $7.04m^3$의 동결벽체를 형성하는데 총 4.1일 동안 약 18ton의 액화질소가 소요된 것으로 산정되었다. 임의의 깊이에서 동결면적이 동결반경의 제곱에 비례하기 때문에 동결반경이 증가할수록 방사방향 1차원 동결속도가 감소하였고, 이를 바탕으로 방사방향 1차원 동결속도 예측식을 제시하였다.

• 대한기계학회:학술대회논문집
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• 대한기계학회 2007년도 춘계학술대회B
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• pp.2206-2210
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• 2007

As a power transmission line supplying power to a densely populated city, the high temperature superconducting (HTS) cable is expected to one of the most effective cables with a compact size because of its high current density. The verification of HTS power cable system have been progressed by KEPRI. A cooling system for a 3-phase 100m HTS power cable with 22.9kV/1.25kA was installed and tested at KEPCO's Gochang power testing center in Korea. The system consists of a liquid nitrogen decompression cooling system with a cooling capacity of 3kW and a closed circulation system of subcooled liquid nitrogen. Several performance tests of the cable system with respect to the cooling such as cooling capacity, heat load and temperature stability, were performed at several temperatures. Thermal cycle test, cool-down to liquid nitrogen temperature and warm-up to room temperature, was also performed to investigate thermal cycle influences. The outline of the installed cooling system and performance test results are presented in this paper.

• 대한기계학회논문집B
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• 제29권8호
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• pp.927-933
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• 2005

Boiling heat transfer characteristics of liquid nitrogen in a stainless steel plain tube and wire coil inserted tubes were investigated. The test tubes, which had an inner diameter of 10.6 m and a length of 1.65 m, were horizontally located. Five wire coils having different pitch and thickness were inserted into the plain tube. The pitches of the wire coils were 18.4, 27.6, and 36.8 m, and the thickness was 1.5, 2.0, and 2.5 mm respectively. Tests were conducted at a saturation temperature of $-191^{\circ}$, mass fluxes from 58 to 105 kg/$m^2s$, and heat fluxes from 22.5 to 32.7 kw/$m^2$. A direct heating method was used to apply heat to the test section. The boiling heat transfer coefficients of liquid nitrogen were represented as a function of vapor quality, which showed significant drop at the dryout vapor quality. The maximum heat transfer enhancement using the wire coil inserted tubes over the plain tube was $174\%$ for 'Wire 3' having a thickness of 2.5 mm and a pitch of 18.4 mm.

• International Journal of Precision Engineering and Manufacturing
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• 제9권3호
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• pp.18-21
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• 2008

The study deals with the effects of parameters in the synthesis of carbon nanotubes in liquid nitrogen to find the most appropriate conditions such as electrical voltage and time that give carbon nanotubes with large volume and less proportion of impurity, which is a non-nanotubed carbon. The experiment employed the method of arc-discharge between graphite cathode and anode which are immersed in liquid nitrogen. The electrical DC current of 60A and 70A were applied with the time period ranging from 10 seconds to 25 seconds. It was found that the electrical current of 60A and 13 seconds arc-discharge time allowed the largest volume of carbon nanotubes generation. The longer time leads to more impurities around the carbon nanotubes. By the filtration of CNTs-suspended solution using 0.2 micrometers porous paper filter and the characterization using TEM, the carbon nanotubes synthesized in the study were approximately 25 layers multi-walled nanotubes with the average diameter of 18.2 nanometers.

• 한국분무공학회지
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• 제22권3호
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• pp.137-145
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• 2017

This paper describes numerical modeling of transcritical and supercritical fluid flows within a liquid propellant rocket engine. In the present paper, turbulence is modeled by standard $k-{\varepsilon}$ model. A conserved scalar approach in conjunction with multi-environment probability density function model is used to account for the turbulent mixing of real-fluids in the transcritical and supercritical region. The two real-fluid equations of state and dense-fluid correction schemes for mixtures are used to construct thermodynamic data library based on the conserved scalar. In this study, calculations are made on two cryogenic nitrogen jets under different chamber pressures. Sensitivity analysis for two different real-fluid equations of sate is particularly emphasized. Based on numerical results, precise structures of cryogenic nitrogen jets are discussed in detail. Numerical results show that the current real-fluid model can predict the essential features of the cryogenic liquid nitrogen jets.

• 한국초전도ㆍ저온공학회논문지
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• 제20권3호
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• pp.28-33
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• 2018

With the continuous performance improvement and commercialization of HTS wires, there have been many efforts to commercialize HTS power cables recently. Unlike conventional power cables, a cryogenic cooling system is required for a HTS power cable and a cryogenic pump is one of the essential components to circulate subcooled liquid nitrogen and cool the HTS power cable. Especially, the development of a reliable and high-efficiency cryogenic pump is an important issue for the commercialization of HTS power cables of several kilometers or more. In this study, we designed and fabricated a cryogenic pump for subcooled liquid nitrogen with a mass flow rate of 1.2 kg/s, a differential pressure of 5 bar, and evaluated the hydraulic performance of the pump. Impeller design was conducted to meet the target design performance with 1 D analysis model and CFD analysis. The pump performance parameters such as pressure heads, mass flow rates, and efficiencies in accordance with rotating speeds were assessed using a laboratory's performance evaluation system.