• 한국연소학회지
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• 제20권3호
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• pp.1-7
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• 2015

The laminar lifted jet flames for methane diluted with helium and nitrogen in co-flow air have been investigated experimentally. Such jet flames could be lifted in both buoyancy-dominated and jet momentum dominated regimes (even at nozzle exit velocities much higher than stoichiometric laminar flame speed) despite the Schmidt number less than unity. Chemiluminescence intensities of $OH^*$ radical (good indicators of heat release rate) and the radius of curvature for tri-brachial flame were measured using an intensified charge coupled device (ICCD) camera and digital video camera at various conditions. It was shown that, an increase in $OH^*$ concentration causes increase of edge flame speed via enhanced chemical reaction in buoyancy dominated regime. In jet momentum dominated regime, an increase in radius of curvature in addition to the increased $OH^*$ concentration stabilizes such lifted flames. Stabilization of such lifted flames is discussed based on the stabilization mechanism.

• 한국연소학회지
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• 제1권1호
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• pp.51-55
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• 1996

An experimental investigation has been made with the objective of studying the limits of equivalence ratio on mixing enhancement in a tone excited jet flame. The jet is pulsed by means of a loudspeaker-driven cavity and rich flames(${\phi}>1.5$) are used. The excitation frequency is chosen for the resonant frequency identified as a pipe resonance due to acoustic excitation. Methane, propane and butane are used to examine the effect of mixture property on the limit of equivalence ratio. Mixing is always enhanced in a methane/air flame as the excitation intensity increases. Constant lower limits of equivalence ratio for mixing enhancement are present in cases of propane/air and butane/air flames irrespective of mean mixture velocities. The equivalence ratio limits are also found to be related to the flame instability ; the lower Le, the higher the limit of equivalence ratio. Under the equivalence ratio limits, cellular flames are generated as the excitation intensity increases. The amplitude of oscillating velocity for generating a cellular flame in the equivalence ratio limit is proportional to a mean mixture velocity irrespective of fuels.

• 대한기계학회논문집B
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• 제33권11호
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• pp.916-923
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• 2009

The effects of configuration of fuel and air tubes on the flame stabilization were experimentally investigated in half-closed combustors. Flame behaviors and stabilities of methane, propane, and DME flames were compared by changing tube diameters and the locations of the fuel and air tubes. It was found that flammability limits are significantly affected by the outlet boundary condition, which disturbs compositions of burned and unburned mixtures near the flame base. And it was found that there exist critical inner tube heights, over which flame stability is determined only by the fuel flow rate. Conclusively, flame stabilization is governed by the flame propagation velocity in an ordinary mixing flow and the non-uniform mixture concentration in the combustion space which is affected by flow recirculation and the combustor configuration. The compositions of $NO_x$ and CO were compared to know basic characteristics of methane, propane, and DME flames.

• 한국연소학회지
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• 제20권4호
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• pp.19-25
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• 2015

An experimental study was conducted to find the effect of a pilot flame on the flammability of inert-gas-diluted methane and propane. The diffusion pilot flame was formed with propane at the innermost nozzle of a concentric triple co-flow burner. The main diffusion flame was formed with nitrogen-diluted methane or propane at the outermost nozzle of the burner. An air flow was located in-between. The results showed that the existence of the pilot flame helped stabilizing the main flame even at the flammability limit concentration of nitrogen-diluted fuel. The co-flow burner generated re-circulation zones and local variation of equivalence ratio depending on the flow rates of the reactants, which are known to help flame stabilization. Hot-wire experiments confirmed that both heating of the reactants and supplying of active chemical species by the pilot flame contributed to stabilization of the main flame. The results of this study would suggest a design concept for an efficient SVRU system that minimizes the emission of unburned hydrocarbon fuel from ship fuel tanks.

• 한국추진공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국추진공학회 2010년도 제35회 추계학술대회논문집
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• pp.85-88
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• 2010

본 연구에서는 액체로켓 분사기에서 임계압력 이상의 추진제의 혼합과 연소과정을 수치적으로 모사하여 분석하고자 하였다. 이 과정에서 확장된 $k-{\varepsilon}$ 난류 모델을 이용하여 난류 속도장을 예측하였고 고압에서의 실제 유체 효과를 고려하기 위하여 혼합 추진제의 물성치는 SRK 상태 방정식을 이용하여 계산하였다. 또한 난류 확산 화염에서의 좀 더 정확한 난류와 화학반응의 상호작용을 고려하기 위하여 실제 유체 효과를 고려할 수 있는 층류 화염편 모델을 이용하였다. 수치적인 계산을 바탕으로 이상기체 가정을 사용한 결과와 비교하여 실제 유체의 효과와 기체메탄/액체산소 동축 전단 분사기의 제트화염 구조를 상세하게 살펴보았다.

• 한국분무공학회지
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• 제3권4호
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• pp.35-42
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• 1998

Laser Raman scattering method has been applied to measure equivalence ratio of methane/air and propane/air mixture in constant volume combustion chamber. We used high power KrF excimer laser$(\lambda=248nm)$ and a high gain ICCD camera to capture low intensity Raman signal. Raman shifts and Ram cross-sections of $H_2,\;O_2,\;N_2,\;CO_2,\;CH_4\;and\;C_3H_8$ were measured precisely. Our results showed an excellent agreement with other groups. Mole fraction measurement of $O_2\;and\;N_2$ from air showed that $O_2\;:\;N_2$ = 0.206 : 0.794. We used constant volume combustion chamber and gas injector which is operated at $5\sim10barg$. Methane and propane are used as a fuel. 50 Raman signal are obtained and ensemble averaged for measurement of equivalence ratio. Our measured results showed that the equivalence ratio of fuel/air mixture is reasonable at ${\pm}5%$ error range.

• 한국안전학회지
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• 제26권5호
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• pp.1-6
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• 2011

Flame extinction and the chemistry of stoichiometric methane/air mixture were investigated numerically in the PSR(perfectly stirred reactor). For the study, PSR code was modified to be possible to unsteady calculation, and the sinusoidal fluctuation was subjected to the residence time. In the region of residence time far from the extinction limit, combustion mode was strongly dependent on the frequency. The low frequency excitation provided the quasi-steady behavior on the temperature and the concentrations of related species, but small variation of temperature was observed under high frequency. In the region of residence time near the extinction limit, the mixture subjected above 1 KHz was still reacting even though extinction had to be occurred under quasi-steady concept. The attenuation of extinction limit resulted from that chemical time was comparable to the flow time. The mean mole fractions of both NO and CO were almost same regardless of imposed frequency. However, the average mole fraction of $C_2H_2$ was decreased as increasing frequency, which implies that soot yield might be reduced at the higher frequency of flow excitation. The result provides the basic concept for flame stabilization, and it will be used to design a mild combustor.

• 한국가스학회지
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• 제9권2호
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• pp.1-7
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• 2005

가연성 물질의 안전한 취급, 저장, 수송, 조작 및 공정설계에 필요한 열화학적 파라미터로는 폭발한계, 인화점, 최소자연발화온도, 최소산소농도, 연소열 등을 들 수 있다. 특히 폭발한계와 최소자연발화온도는 가연성 물질의 화재 및 폭발 위험성을 결정하는데 중요한 특성으로 이용된다. LNG공정 안전을 위해 메탄의 폭발한계와 최소자연발화온도를 고찰하였다. 메탄의 폭발하한계와 상한계는 공기 중에서 각 각 4.8 vol$\%$와 16 vol$\%$를 추천하며, 최소자연발화온도는 전면 가열인 경우는 $540^{\circ}C$, 국소 고온표면인 경우는 약 $1000^{\circ}C$를 추천한다. 또한 메탄의 폭발한계 온도 및 압력의존성에 대한 새로운 예측식을 제시하였으며, 제시된 식에 의한 예측값은 문헌값과 일치하였다.

• 한국가스학회지
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• 제19권5호
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• pp.7-12
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• 2015

현재까지 수소는 주로 천연가스의 연료 개질에 의해 발생된 합성가스를 이용해 생산된다. 합성가스 내의 수소 수율을 높이기 위해선 추가적인 공정이 필요하다. 하지만, 수소의 수율 향상을 위한 공정에는 별도의 에너지원과 경제적 비용이 수반된다. 그러므로 보다 효율적으로 합성가스를 활용하기 위해 그 자체로 혼합물로 이용하는 방법에 관한 관련 연구들이 이루어지고 있다. 본 연구에서는 30kW급 발전용 스파크 점화 가스엔진에서 메탄/합성가스 혼합물이 엔진의 주요 성능에 미치는 영향을 조사하였다. 그 결과 메탄/합성가스 혼합물에 의해서 최대 실린더 내부 압력과 그 때의 크랭크 각도와 같은 엔진 내 연소 현상은 개선되는 것으로 나타났다. 이를 통해 메탄-합성가스 혼합물의 연료 전환 효율은 메탄-수소 혼합물의 약 98% 수준으로 향상시킬 수 있고 질소산화물 배출량은 메탄-수소 혼합물의 약 12%만큼 감소시킬 수 있다.

• 한국가스학회지
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• 제17권5호
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• pp.22-27
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• 2013

수소와 CNG를 혼합한 HCNG는 CNG에 비해 연소효율이 높고 보다 친환경적인 연료로 CNG 엔진의 다음 단계의 엔진으로 각광받고 있으며, 수소시대로의 가교역할을 할 것이라 전망된다. 2014년 EURO-6의 도입으로 CNG 및 HCNG 차량에서 발생되는 메탄가스에 대해서도 규제가 이루어질 전망이다. 본 연구에서는 HCNG 엔진의 배기가스 중 메탄가스를 저감하기 위한 메탄산화촉매를 다루었다. 메탄산화촉매의 장시간 운전에 따른 내구성 및 메탄산화 양상 등에 대해 연구했으며, 이 때 촉매의 화학적인 현상을 분석하기 위해 촉매의 중요한 인자인 귀금속 분산도, 비표면적 변화 등을 촉매 활성과 연계하여 연구하였다.