• 한국연소학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국연소학회 2006년도 제32회 KOSCO SYMPOSIUM 논문집
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• pp.189-193
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• 2006

Experiments were performed to investigate the melting characteristics of pellet fuel made of LDPE and PP for a waste plastic firing boiler. Pellet fuel in a burner goes through conduction, convection and radiation transferred from flame in a furnace, and complex thermo/chemical processes. To figure out effects of ambient temperature and size of pellet on melting time pellets with a diameter from 5 mm to 40 mm were made to contact high temperature flue gas generated by a LNG firing pilot burner. Though melting processes of plastics include complicated heat transfer in a burner, parameters are limited to flue gas temperature and size for the simplicity in this study. From the results, melting times of LDPE and PP with a diameter of 5mm are 63 and 62 secs respectively at 600 $^{\circ}C$ while 677 and 583 sees respectively for a diameter of 40 mm. At $900^{\circ}C$, melting times of LDPE and PP with a diameter of 5mm are 21 and 24 sees respectively while 408 and 337 secs respectively for a diameter of 40 mm. It is found that melting time of LDPE is longer than that of PP, and melting times of both in general increase with diameter of pellets. It is thought melting is dependent mostly on melting temperature of plastic. It is expected melting times obtained from the study might be taken into account in designing a pellet firing burner for a boiler

• Journal of Welding and Joining
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• 제34권4호
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• pp.23-27
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• 2016

A 3D printed metal part and thermal plastic polymer part were joined by direct laser irradiation. The 3D metal part was fabricated by using DED(Direct Energy Deposition) with STS316 material. The experiment was carried out through no patterned metal surface, 3D metal printed surface and micro laser patterned surface. The most secure joining quality was obtained at the laser micro patterned surface specimen and the counterparts of polymers were PLA and PE based thermo plastics. The applied laser power was 350Watt and the distance of patterns was maintained at $150{\mu}m$. The laser line width was optimized at $450{\mu}m$ and the laser micro pattern depth was $180{\mu}m$ for the best joining quality. Based on the result analysis, the possibility of laser material joining for metal to polymer was proposed and multi-material joining will be possible in 3D laser direct material fabrication.

• Structural Engineering and Mechanics
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• 제89권1호
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• pp.13-22
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• 2024

The nonlinear snap-through buckling of functionally graded (FG) carbon nanotube reinforced composite (CNTRC) curved tubes is analytically investigated in this research. It is assumed that the FG-CNTRC curved tube is supported on a three-parameter nonlinear elastic foundation and is subjected to the uniformly distributed pressure and thermal loads. Properties of the curved nanocomposite tube are distributed across the radius of the pipe and are given by means of a refined rule of mixtures approach. It is also assumed that all thermomechanical properties of the nanocomposite tube are temperature-dependent. The governing equations of the curved tube are obtained using a higher-order shear deformation theory, where the traction free boundary conditions are satisfied on the top and bottom surfaces of the tube. The von Kármán type of geometrical non-linearity is included into the formulation to consider the large deflection in the curved tube. Equations of motion are solved using the two-step perturbation technique for nanocomposite curved tubes which are simply-supported and clamped. Closed-form expressions are provided to estimate the snap-buckling resistance of FG-CNTRC curved pipes rested on nonlinear elastic foundation in thermal environment. Numerical results are given to explore the effects of the distribution pattern and volume fraction of CNTs, thermal field, foundation stiffnesses, and geometrical parameters on the instability of the curved nanocomposite tube.

• 한국화재소방학회논문지
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• 제33권3호
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• pp.21-28
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• 2019

본 연구에서는 섬유강화 열가소성 플라스틱 복합재료(Fiber Reinforced thermo plastics, FRTP)의 기계적 특성 및 화재 위험성 예측을 위한 연소특성을 평가하였다. 폴리카보네이트와 나일론에 섬유강화재로 유리섬유와 탄소섬유를 각각 0~40 wt% 혼합하여 특성변화를 실험한 결과, 섬유강화재의 함유율이 증가할수록 비강도와 열변형 온도가 증가하였고 난연성은 유리섬유 함유율이 30 wt% 이상인 경우 V-0 등급을 보였다. 연소특성의 경우 섬유강화재의 함유율이 증가함에 따라 착화시간도 비례하여 증가하였으며, 최대 열방출율은 섬유강화재를 40 wt% 함유 시 함유하지 않았을 때보다 폴리카보네이트는 약 51%, 나일론은 약 24% 수준으로 낮아졌다. CO 발생율은 일정시간까지 감소하다가 증가하는 경향을 보이며, 이는 시간이 지남에 따라 불완전연소에 의한 것으로 판단된다. CO₂ 발생율은 열방출율과 매우 유사한 경향을 보이며, 최대 CO₂ 발생율은 섬유강화재를 40 wt% 함유 시 함유하지 않았을 때보다 폴리카보네이트는 약 50%, 나일론은 약 28% 수준으로 낮아졌다.