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A study of the simulation of thermal distribution in an aquifer thermal energy storage utilization model (대수층 축열 에너지 활용 모델의 온도 분포 시뮬레이션 연구)

  • Shim, Byoung-Ohan;Song, Yoon-Ho
    • 한국신재생에너지학회:학술대회논문집
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    • 2005.06a
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    • pp.697-700
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    • 2005
  • Aquifer Thermal Energy Storage (ATES) system can be very cost-effective and renewable energy sources, depending on site-specific parameters and load characteristics. In order to develop an ATES system which has certain hydrogeological characteristics, understanding of the thermo hydraulic processes of an aquifer is necessary for a proper design of an aquifer heat storage system under given conditions. The thermo hydraulic transfer for heat storage is simulated using FEFLOW according to two sets of pumping and waste water reinjection scenarios of heat pump operation in a two layered confined aquifer. In the first set of model, the movement of the thermal front and groundwater level are simulated by changing the locations of injection and pumping well in seasonal cycle. However, in the second set of model the simulation is performed in the state of fixing the locations of pumping and injection well. After 365 days simulation period, the temperature distribution is dominated by injected water temperature and the distance from injection well. The small temperature change is appears on the surface compared to other slices of depth because the first layer has very low porosity and the transfer of thermal energy are sensitive at the porosity of each layer. The groundwater levels and temperature changes in injection and pumping wells are monitored to validate the effectiveness of the used heat pump operation method and the thermal interference between wells is analyzed.

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Simulation and Measurement of Thermal Ablation in a Tissue-Mimicking Phantom and Ex-Vivo Porcine Liver by Using High Intensity Focused Ultrasound

  • Lee, Kang Il
    • Journal of the Korean Physical Society
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    • v.73 no.9
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    • pp.1289-1294
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    • 2018
  • The present study aims to investigate experimentally and theoretically thermal ablation in soft tissues by using high intensity focused ultrasound (HIFU) to assess tissue damage during HIFU thermotherapy. The HIFU field was calculated by solving the axisymmetric Khokhlov-Zabolotskaya-Kuznetsov equation from the frequency-domain perspective. The temperature field was calculated by solving Pennes' bioheat transfer equation, and the thermal dose required to create a thermal lesion was calculated by using the thermal dose formula based on the thermal dose of a 240-min exposure at $43^{\circ}C$. In order to validate the simulation results, we performed thermal ablation experiments in a tissue-mimicking phantom and ex-vivo porcine liver for two different HIFU source conditions by using a 1.1-MHz, single-element, spherically focused HIFU transducer. The small difference between the measured and the predicted lesion sizes suggests that the implementation of the numerical model used here should be modified to iteratively allow for temperature-dependent changes in the physical properties of tissues.

A Study of the Arcing History in a Thermal Puffer Plasma Chamber with a Coupled Simulation (연성해석을 통한 열파퍼 플라즈마 챔버의 아크현상 이력에 관한 연구)

  • Lee, Jong-Chul;Heo, Joong-Sik;Kim, Youn-Jea
    • Proceedings of the KSME Conference
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    • 2007.05b
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    • pp.2506-2511
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    • 2007
  • The coupled simulation is performed to find out the interaction of arc plasmas with surrounding materials in a thermal puffer plasma chamber. In order to be more realistic, PTFE nozzle ablation and Cu electrode evaporation, which are caused by high temperature of arc plasmas, are considered together. Pressure rise and temperature inside the chamber generated during the whole arcing history are investigated with the applied currents. It is very important to define how thermal flow and mass transfer are processing between the arc plasma and surrounding materials for further understanding complex physics inside the chamber. It is concluded that the result might be very useful to understand the mechanism happened inside and to design thermal puffer plasma chambers, but further experimental studies are required to verify the results for the more practical applications.

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HP LED의 열거동형상 분석을 위한 thermal simulation

  • Lee, Seung-Min;Yang, Jong-Gyeong;Lee, Hyeon-Hui;Park, Dae-Hui
    • Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Electrical and Electronic Material Engineers Conference
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    • 2009.11a
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    • pp.191-191
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    • 2009
  • In this paper, we have confirmed the temperature of LED chip and McPCB with thermal simulation program which is CFDedign V10 for analysis the thermal flow of HP LED package. we have known that the heat from LED chip is transferred through heat slug to copper layer of McPCB. the temperature of LED chip shows 85.11 [$^{\circ}C$], which shows the temperature gap of 7.52 [$^{\circ}C$] against McPCB. the gap of temperature affect reliability of the wire bonding and die attachment. therefore, copper layer of heat slug on the McPCB should designed with the largest dimension.

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A NUMERICAL STUDY ON PLATE HEAT EXCHANGER PERFORMANCE BY GAP BETWEEN CHEVRON PLATES (판 사이 간격에 따른 판형 열교환기 성능에 관한 수치해석 연구)

  • Lee, Soo-Yoon;Ahn, Joon;Shin, Seung-Won
    • 한국전산유체공학회:학술대회논문집
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    • 2009.04a
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    • pp.347-354
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    • 2009
  • Plate Heat Exchnager(PHE) has recently become widely adopted for cogeneration systems owing to its small installation space and high thermal efficiency. The gap between plates can be changed depending on its assemble type, i.e. gasket or blazing. The gap is known to affect thermal efficiency and working pressure drop in PHE with complicated geometrical features. Numerical simulation techniques have been developed to deal with PHE with complex configuration of chevron plates. The present study is aiming at identifying the gap effect on pressure drop and thermal efficiency of the PHE. The numerical simulation results show that the gap has relatively large effects on working pressure drop than thermal efficiency in performance of PHE.

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A Study on Improving the Efficiency of Ground Heat Exchanger (지중열교환기 성능 향상에 관한 연구)

  • Kim, Ook-Joong;Lee, Kong-Hoon;Kim, Min-Su
    • Proceedings of the KSME Conference
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    • 2008.11b
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    • pp.3142-3147
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    • 2008
  • A simple transient simulation of ground source heat pump system was carried out to investigate the effects of ground thermal conductivity on its performance. The TRNSYS code with a simple water to water heat pump model was used to compare the COP variation of the system. A new ground heat exchanger called by semi-closed loop was proposed and constructed in the real site. The effective thermal conductivity was measured using the test equipment developed by according to the line source model. The simulation results showed that highly efficient thermal conductivity of the grout material could increase the performance of the heat pump system very well. And the new ground heat exchanger showed the increased effective thermal conductivity as the penetration water flow rate(PWFR) was increased. Therefore, the performance improvement of the heat pump system using the proposed ground heat exchanger can be expected.

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5kVA 3-level PFC Converter in Thermal Analysis : Comparison of Simulation and Experiment (5kVA 3레벨 PFC 컨버터의 열해석 모의 및 실험적 비교)

  • Lee, Do-Hong;Han, Yu;Choi, Dong-Min;Cho, Younghoon;Choe, Gyu-Ha
    • Proceedings of the KIPE Conference
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    • 2017.07a
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    • pp.359-360
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    • 2017
  • This paper presents comparison of simulation and experiment in thermal analysis of 3-level PFC. Thermal analysis is necessary to optimize the power conversion system to get higher efficiency. Accordingly, analysis via simulation tools and analytic methods is performed to predict the power losses of converter. Consequently, thermal results of 3-level PFC experiment is compared with thermal analysis.

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Thermo-mechanical Simulation of Boron Steel Cylinders during Heating and Rapid Cooling (원통형 보론강을 사용한 가열-급냉공정에서의 열변형 해석)

  • Suh, C.H.;Kwon, T.H.;Kang, K.P.;Choi, H.Y.;Kim, Y.S.;Kim, Y.S.
    • Transactions of Materials Processing
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    • v.23 no.8
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    • pp.475-481
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    • 2014
  • Water quenching is one method of cooling after hot forming, which is presently being used for the manufacturing of automobile parts. The formed parts at room temperature are heated and then cooled rapidly in a water bath to produce high strength. The formed parts may undergo excessive thermal distortion during the water quench. In order to predict the distortion during water quenching, a coupled thermo-mechanical simulation is needed. In the current study, the simulation of heating and cooling of boron steel cylinders was performed. The material properties for the simulation were calculated from JMatPro, and the convective heat transfer coefficient was obtained from experimental tests. The results show that the thermal distortion and the residual stresses are well predicted by the coupled simulation.

Analyzing the Change of Indoor Thermal Environment with the Introduction of the Water Space in Exterior Housing (주거 외부 수공간 도입에 따른 실내 온열 환경 변화 분석)

  • Oh, Sang-Mok;Oh, Se-Gyu;Won, Hyun-Seong
    • Journal of the Korean housing association
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    • v.21 no.2
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    • pp.41-48
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    • 2010
  • This study shows how the water space outside the housing impacts the indoor thermal environment. CFD simulation was used for this experiment to analyze the interior environment focusing on the effect of temperature control and the thermal comfort. A shape of perfect square, which creates the very basic space formation, was used and the simulation was processed looking at the size, distance, and the location of the water space. The results of the experiment are as follows. Firstly, introducing a water space with the same floor area size of the simulation model decreased the indoor temperature by 1 Celsius (3.72%). It was determined the interior environment was considered as a comfort zone when the water space was greater than 70% of the floor area. Secondly, there was not much influence to the level of thermal comfort of the interior environment when the distance to the water space from the housing was greater than 2 meters. Lastly, interpreting the location of water space, the effect of controlling the total areas' temperature was the greatest following with the surrounding of the formation. There barely was any change to the temperature considering the side and the rear of the area.