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Thermal Distribution of Bi-Te Thermoelectric Module with the thickness of Polymer Sheet (고분자 필름의 두께변화에 따른 Bi-Te계 열전모듈의 열분포 특성)

  • Byeon, Jong-Bo;Kim, Bong-Seo;Park, Soo-Dong;Lee, Hee-Woong;Kim, Young-Soo
    • Proceedings of the KIEE Conference
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    • 2005.07b
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    • pp.1675-1677
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    • 2005
  • In case of attaching thermoelectric module and heat source, the polymer sheet is attached on the $AL_{2}O_3$ plate, which Is cold and hot side of thermoelectric module, in order to enhance mechanical safty of the system. It is impossible to calculate the exact distribution of temperature and flow pattern of inner gap of thermoelectric module. Therefore CFD(Computational Fluid Dynamics) analysis was executed to determine the thermo-fluid phenomena and distribution by Fluent. As the result of these analysis, heat transfer was dominated by conduction and the difference of temperature was linear distribution according to the thickness of polymer sheet.

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Theoretical Analysis of a Rotary Heat Exchanger Based on a Simplified Model (단순모델에 의한 회전형 열교환기 이론해석)

  • Son, Sung Gyun;Kim, Yongchan;Lee, Dae-Young
    • Korean Journal of Air-Conditioning and Refrigeration Engineering
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    • v.27 no.8
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    • pp.409-417
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    • 2015
  • A simplified rotary heat-exchanger model was developed with an assumption of a linear temperature distribution along the flow direction. Based on the model, the exact fluid solution and solid temperature variations were obtained and verified from a comparison with previous numerical studies. The heat transfer in the rotary heat exchanger was investigated using the theoretical solutions. The heat exchanger's effectiveness was shown to be saturated, with a rotational-speed increase that is higher than a critical value that is solely dependent on the thermal capacity of the solid matrix but independent of the fluid flow rate; the saturated value of the effectiveness was determined only by the NTU of the heat exchanger. Where the thermal diffusivity of the solid matrix is so slight that the thermal penetration depth becomes smaller than the matrix thickness, the effective thermal capacity of the solid matrix decreased according to the penetration depth.

Transient thermal stress of CFRP propellant tank depending on charging speed of cryogenic fluid

  • Jeon, Seungmin;Kim, Dongmin;Kim, Jungmyung;Choi, Sooyoung;Kim, Seokho
    • Progress in Superconductivity and Cryogenics
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    • v.22 no.4
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    • pp.51-56
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    • 2020
  • In order to increase thrust of the space launch vehicle, liquid oxygen as an oxidizer and kerosene or liquid hydrogen as a fuel are generally used. The oxidizer tank and fuel tanks are manufactured by composite materials such as CFRP (Carbon Fiber Reinforced Plastic) to increase pay load. The thermal stress of the cryogenic propellant tank should be considered because it has large temperature gradient. In this study, to confirm the design integrity of the oxidizer tank of liquid oxygen, a numerical analysis was conducted on the thermal stress and temperature distribution of the tank for various charging speed of the cryogenic fluid from 100 ~ 900 LPM taking into account the evaporation rate of the liquid nitrogen by convective heat transfer outside the tank and boiling heat transfer inside the tank. The thermal stress was also calculated coupled with the temperature distribution of the CFRP tank. Based on the analysis results, the charging speed of the LN2 can majorly affects the charging time and the resultant thermal stress.

A Study on the 1-Way FSI Analysis for Shutter of Side Jet Thruster (측추력기 Shutter의 단방향 유체-구조 연성해석에 관한 연구)

  • Ko, Jun Bok;Seo, Min Kyo;Lee, Kyeong Ho;Baek, Ki Bong;Cho, Seung Hwan
    • Transactions of the Korean Society of Mechanical Engineers A
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    • v.38 no.12
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    • pp.1359-1365
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    • 2014
  • In this study, 1-way fluid structure interaction analysis(FSI) for the shutter, component of side jet thruster was performed to evaluate the safety. Driving torque to open nozzle, thermal and high pressure load of hot gas was applied to shutter. Thus, the shutter must be designed to endure this load during combustion. We carried out computational fluid dynamics analysis to obtain the pressure, temperature, and heat transfer coefficient of hot gas of side jet thruster. We then used the data as the load condition for a thermal structural analysis using a mapping method. The locations with the maximum stress and temperature distributions were found. We compared the maximum stress with the tensile stress of shutter material according to temperature to evaluate the safety. We also analyzed the radial deformation of the shutter to set the proper interface gap with the side jet thruster parts.

Asymmetric Thermal-Mixing Analysis due to Partial Loop Stagnation during Design Basis Accident (원전 설계기준 사고시 냉각재계통 부분정체로 인한 비대칭 열유동 혼합해석)

  • Hwang K. M.;Jin T E.;Kim K. H.
    • Proceedings of the KSME Conference
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    • 2002.08a
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    • pp.51-54
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    • 2002
  • When a cold HPSI (High Pressure Safety Injection) fluid associated with an design basis accident, such as LOCA (Loss of Coolant Accident), enters the cold legs of a stagnated primary coolant loop, thermal stratification phenomena will arise due to incomplete mixing. If the stratified flow enters a reactor pressure vessel downcomer, severe thermal stresses are created in a radiation embrittled vessel wall by local overcooling. Previous thermal-mixing analyses have assumed that the thermal stratification phenomena generated in stagnated loop of a partially stagnated coolant loop are neutralized in the vessel downcomer by strong flow from unstagnated loop. On the basis of these reasons, this paper presents the thermal-mixing analysis results in order to identify the fact that the cold plume generated in the vessel downcomer due to the thermal stratification phenomena of the stagnated loop is affected by the strong flow of the unstagnated loop.

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Effect of a Centered Conducting Body on Natural Convection Heat Transfer in a Two-Dimensional Cavity (2차원 캐비티내 자연대류 열전달에 대한 열전도 물체의 영향)

  • Myong H. K.;Kim J. E.
    • 한국전산유체공학회:학술대회논문집
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    • 2005.04a
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    • pp.79-84
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    • 2005
  • The numerical solutions are examined on the effect of a centered heat conducting body on natural convection in a 2-D square cavity. The influences of the Rayleigh number, the dimensionless conducting body size, and the ratio of the thermal diffusivity of the body to that of the fluid have been investigated on the natural convection heat transfer in overall concerned region. The analysis reveals that the fluid flow and heat transfer processes are governed by all of them. Results for isotherms, vector plots and wall Nusselt numbers are reported for Pr = 0.71 and relatively wide ranges of the other parameters. Heat transfer across the cavity, in comparison to that in the absence of a body, are enhanced (reduced) in general by a body with a thermal diffusivity ratio less (greater) than unity. The heat transfer are also found to attain a minimum as the body size is increased.

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Thermal stress and Flow Analysis of a Cryogenic Ball Valve (초저온 볼밸브의 열 응력 및 유동해석)

  • Bae, S.K.;Lee, W.H.;Kim, H.S.;Kim, D.S.
    • Transactions of The Korea Fluid Power Systems Society
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    • v.3 no.4
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    • pp.8-13
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    • 2006
  • The high pressure cryogenic ball valve is used to transfer the liquefied natural gas which temperature is $-196^{\circ}C$, supplied pressure is $168kgf/cm^2$. In the present work, the temperature distribution and thermal deformation is calculated numerically. The CAR and CFD methods are useful to predict the thermal matter and the inner flow field of high pressure cryogenic ball valve. For this reason, to optimum design of the cryogenic ball valve, the theological behavior of the supplied LNG in a cryogenic valve has been studied. The governing equations are discredited and solved numerically by the finite-volume method and finite-element method. In this study, we designed the high pressure cryogenic ball valve that accomplishes zero leakage by elastic seal at normal temperature and metal seal at high temperature.

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Numerical Analysis on Heat Transfer of Viscoelastic Fluid including Buoyancy Effect (부력의 영향을 포함한 점탄성 유체의 열전달에 관한 수치해석)

  • Sohn, Chang-Hyun;Ahn, Seong-Tae;Jang, Jae-Hwan
    • Transactions of the Korean Society of Mechanical Engineers B
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    • v.24 no.4
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    • pp.495-503
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    • 2000
  • The present numerical study investigates flow characteristics and heat transfer enhancement of the viscoelastic non-Newtonian fluid in a 2:1 rectangular duct. The combined effect of temperature-dependent viscosity, buoyancy and secondary flow caused by second normal stress difference are all considered. The Reiner-Rivlin model is used as a viscoelastic fluid model to simulate the secondary flow and temperature-dependent viscosity model is adopted. Three types of thermal boundary conditions involving different combinations of heated walls and adiabatic walls are considered in this study. Calculated Nusselt numbers are in good agreement with experimental results in both the thermal developing and thermally developed regions. The heat transfer enhancement can be explained by the combined viscoelasticity-driven secondary flow, buoyancy-induced secondary flow and temperature-dependent viscosity.

Numerical analysis on thermal-fluidic characteristics of the magnetic fluid in a cavity using GSMAC (GSMAC법을 이용한 밀폐된 정방형관내 자성유체의 열-유동 특성에 관한 해석적 연구)

  • Seo, Jae-Hyeong;Lee, Moo-Yeon
    • Journal of the Korea Academia-Industrial cooperation Society
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    • v.14 no.3
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    • pp.997-1002
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    • 2013
  • The article is aiming to investigate the thermal-fluidic characteristics of magnetic fluid in a cavity using GSMAC (generalized-simplified marker and cell method). The transport equations of the magnetic fluid are including the continuity equation, momentum equation and energy equation for natural convection and Maxwell equation and magnetization equation of magnetite nano-sized particles motion. In addition, the heat transfer characteristics such as temperatures and Nusselt numbers and flow characteristics such as streamlines and isotherms of the magnetic fluid were analyzed with the intensity and direction of the magnetic fields. As a result, the thermal-fluidic characteristics of the magnetic fluid in a cavity were could be controlled by the intensity and direction of the magnetic fields.