• Nuclear Engineering and Technology
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• 제33권3호
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• pp.327-338
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• 2001

A computational fluid dynamics (CFD) analysis was performed to propose the optimum design of flow mixing vane on the space grid in a PWR fuel assembly. The flow mixing vanes considered in this study for optimum design are swirl-vane and twisted-vane. A single subchannel of one grid span was modeled using flow symmetry to minimize the computational effort. The CFD predictions are in good agreement with the experimental results for the split- vane, which shows the applicability of the CFD method. The mixing effect by swirling flow and crossflow, and the pressure drop were estimated and compared for the various vane angles. The optimum vane angle is proposed to be 40。 and 35。 from the direction of axial flow for the swirl-vane and the twisted-vane, respectively.

• 한국유체기계학회 논문집
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• 제10권4호
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• pp.9-14
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• 2007

The purpose of present work is to analyze the convective heat transfer downstream of mixing vane in subchannel of nuclear reactor with three-dimensional Navier-Stokes equations. SST model is selected as a turbulence closure by comparing the performances of two different turbulent closures. Three different shapes of mixing vane are tested. And, thermal-hydraulic performances of these vanes are discussed. The results show that twist of the vane improves the heat transfer performance far downstream of the vane.

• 대한기계학회논문집B
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• 제33권3호
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• pp.149-155
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• 2009

In this work a numerical study to find the characteristics of the internal flow and mixing process has been conducted in a static mixer used in the system of catalytic combustor of the fuel cell power plant. After introducing the model description and final governing equations the present numerical approach is applied to the analysis of static mixer, which may have one or more helical elements inside the circular tube by changing such various parameters as incoming mass flow rates and the number of helical elements. The results show that although the static mixer is efficient in mixing fuel and air, more optimization processes are required to achieve the appropriate mixing characteristics in front of the honeycomb type catalytic combustor used in the MCFC power plant

• 한국유체기계학회 논문집
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• 제12권4호
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• pp.7-13
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• 2009

The purposes of present work are to analyze the convective heat transfer with three-dimensional Reynolds-averaged Navier-Stokes analysis, and to optimize shape of the mixing vane using the analysis results. Response surface method is employed as an optimization technique. The objective function is defined as a combination of inverse of heat transfer rate and friction loss. Two bend angles of mixing vane are selected as design variables. Thermal-hydraulic performances have been discussed and optimum shape has been obtained as a function of weighting factor in the objective function. The results show that the optimized geometry improves the heat transfer performance far downstream of the mixing vane.

• 한국전산유체공학회지
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• 제14권2호
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• pp.1-8
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• 2009

The purposes of present work are to analyze the convective heat transfer with three-dimensional Reynolds-averaged Navier-Stokes analysis, and to optimize shape of the mixing vane taken tolerance into consideration by using the analysis results. Response surface method is employed as an optimization technique. The objective function is defined as a combination of heat transfer rate and inverse of pressure drop. Two bend angles of mixing vane are selected as design variables. Thermal-hydraulic performances have been discussed and optimum shape has been obtained as a function of weighting factor in the objective function. The results show that the optimized geometry improves the heat transfer performance far downstream of the mixing vane.

• 한국추진공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국추진공학회 2004년도 제23회 추계학술대회 논문집
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• pp.282-287
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• 2004

Unielement combustion tests were conducted using coaxial bi-swirl injectors. Major experimental parameters were a recess length and a fuel-side swirl chamber. Combustion efficiency mainly depends on a mixing mechanism for the present coaxial swirl injectors. Low-frequency pressure excitations around 200Hz were observed for all injectors. However, dynamic behaviors considerably differ for an external and an internal mixing case controlled by a recess length. The internal mixing induces mixture to be biased at a specific frequency in a mass flow rate, which results in a relatively high amplitude of pressure fluctuations but results for the external mixing case show that fuel and oxidizer mixture flow carries more complicated, multiple wave characteristics due to broad mixing region as well as disintegration and merging phenomena of propellant films.

• 공업화학
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• 제20권4호
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• pp.411-415
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• 2009

고점도인 최저급 폐유를 난방유로 대체하기 위하여 폐유에 희석용제로 경유,벙커C유를 이용하여 일정비율로 혼합한 후 연료 특성을 분석하였다. 혼합조건은 교반속도 3400~3600 rpm에서, 반응 시간을 30 s~30 min으로 조절하였고 반응온도는 $75{\pm}5^{\circ}C$로 유지하였다. 벙커C유, 경유를 이용하여 폐유의 점도를 낮춘 결과 최소 81%, 최대 96% 정도 감소되었다. 난방연료로서 폐유 : 벙커C유 : 경유의 최적 혼합 비율은 1 : 1 : 1이었으며 이 경우 인화점 $78^{\circ}C$, 동점도 $20.02mm^{2}/s$, 발열량 9158 kcal/L을 가짐을 확인하였다.

• Journal of Advanced Marine Engineering and Technology
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• 제35권6호
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• pp.814-819
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• 2011

연소기에서의 배기저감과 효율향상을 위하여 순 산소 버너에 대한 많은 연구가 진행되고 있다. 본 연구에서는 일 초점 산소버너의 개념을 제시하며 연료인 메탄과 산화제인 산소의 혼합정도를 분석하기 위하여 연소를 제외한 유동혼합거동을 고찰하였으며, 연소를 포함했을 때의 연소특성을 분석하기 위하여 일 단계 반응을 고려한 연소 모델을 적용하여 연소거동을 분석하였다. 계산조건은 버너 노즐의 중심에 산소가 공급되고 그 주위로 메탄이 그리고 그 외곽으로 산소가 공급되는데 그 유량을 1:2:3이 되도록 하였으며, 초점거리를 100mm에서 500mm까지 4등분하여 유동과 연소를 계산하여 혼합의 정도와 온도 분포를 비교분석하였다. 계산결과 유동의 경우 초점거리가 짧을수록 긴 혼합유동을 보여주며, 화염의 경우 300mm일 때 가장 넓게 확산되었으며 화염의 길이도 가장 크게 나타났다.

• Korean Chemical Engineering Research
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• 제50권3호
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• pp.464-470
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• 2012

DME 및 LPG 혼합연료에 대한 혼합도 분석 실험을 수행하였다. DME 20 wt%와 LPG(주성분 프로판) 80 wt%를 탱크에 순차적으로 주입하여 시간 경과에 따라 탱크의 각 측정부에서의 농도를 측정하였다. 먼저 DME가 주입되고 그 후에 프로판이 주입되면서 DME의 일부는 혼합이 되나 일부는 혼합이 되지 않고 밀도차에 의해서 탱크 하부로 가라앉게 되는 층상화 현상이 발생하였다. 1일 경과 시 약 0.2~0.3 wt%의 증가비율로 두 연료가 혼합되어 완전히 균일하게 되기까지 약 500시간 이상이 소요되었다. 또한 재순환 펌프를 가동하여 탱크 내 연료를 순환 시킨 후 혼합 연료의 성분을 측정한 실험에서는 DME와 프로판이 균일하게 혼합됨을 확인하였다.

• 한국연소학회지
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• 제18권2호
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• pp.8-16
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• 2013

The flameless combustion has been considered as one of the promising combustion technology for high thermal efficiency, reducing NOx and CO emissions. In this paper, the effect of air and fuel injection condition on formation of flameless combustion was analyzed using three dimensional numerical simulation. The results show that the high temperature region and the average temperature was decreased due to increase of recirculation ratio when air velocity is increased. The average temperature was also affected by entrainment length. Generally mixing effect was enhanced at low entrainment length and dilution was dominated at high entrainment length. This entrainment length was greatly affected by air and fuel injection velocity and distance between air and fuel. It is also found that the recirculation ratio and dilution effect were generally increased by entrainment length and the recirculation ratio, mixing and dilution effect are the significant factor for design of flameless combustion system.