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Numerical simulation of gasification of coal-water slurry for production of synthesis gas in a two stage entrained gasifier (2단 분류층 가스화기에서 합성가스 생성을 위한 석탄 슬러리 가스화에 대한 수치 해석적 연구)

  • Seo, Dong-Kyun;Lee, Sun-Ki;Song, Soon-Ho;Hwang, Jung-Ho
    • 한국신재생에너지학회:학술대회논문집
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    • 2007.11a
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    • pp.417-423
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    • 2007
  • Oxy-gasification or oxygen-blown gasification, enables a clean and efficient use of coal and opens a promising way to CO2 capture. The coal gasification process of a slurry feed type, entrained-flow coal gasifier was numerically predicted in this paper. The purposes of this study are to develop an evaluation technique for design and performance optimization of coal gasifiers using a numerical simulation technique, and to confirm the validity of the model. By dividing the complicated coal gasification process into several simplified stages such as slurry evaporation, coal devolatilization, mixture fraction model and two-phase reactions coupled with turbulent flow and two-phase heat transfer, a comprehensive numerical model was constructed to simulate the coal gasification process. The influence of turbulence on the gas properties was taken into account by the PDF (Probability Density Function) model. A numerical simulation with the coal gasification model is performed on the Conoco-Philips type gasifier for IGCC plant. Gas temperature distribution and product gas composition are also presented. Numerical computations were performed to assess the effect of variation in oxygen to coal ratio and steam to coal ratio on reactive flow field. The concentration of major products, CO and H2 were calculated with varying oxygen to coal ratio (0.2-1.5) and steam to coal ratio(0.3-0.7). To verify the validity of predictions, predicted values of CO and H2 concentrations at the exit of the gasifier were compared with previous work of the same geometry and operating points. Predictions showed that the CO and H2 concentration increased gradually to its maximum value with increasing oxygen-coal and hydrogen-coal ratio and decreased. When the oxygen-coal ratio was between 0.8 and 1.2, and the steam-coal ratio was between 0.4 and 0.5, high values of CO and H2 were obtained. This study also deals with the comparison of CFD (Computational Flow Dynamics) and STATNJAN results which consider the objective gasifier as chemical equilibrium to know the effect of flow on objective gasifier compared to equilibrium. This study makes objective gasifier divided into a few ranges to study the evolution of the gasification locally. By this method, we can find that there are characteristics in the each scope divided.

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Numerical Study on the Performance Analysis of Plume Abatement Cooling Tower with Dry Type Heat Exchanger

  • Kim, Byung-Jo;Choi, Young-Ki
    • International Journal of Air-Conditioning and Refrigeration
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    • v.13 no.2
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    • pp.61-70
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    • 2005
  • This study treats the numerical analysis of performance and design for plume abatement wet/dry cooling tower with a dry type heat exchanger. A two-dimensional analysis is performed using the finite volume method for mechanical draft counterflow and crossflow tower. For a coupling problem between water and air system, a turbulent two phase flow is considered. The Effectiveness-NTU method is used for modeling of the dry type heat exchanger. The parametric simulations such as the relative flowrate of air and attachment length of an air mixer are performed to examine the effect on plume abatement. It is found that if the relative air flowrate ratio and the adequate air mixer type are chosen well in addition to the ratio of water to air flowrate, the loss of cooling capacity and the additional cost are reduced and the plume is abated.

Propeller Wake Measurement of a Model Ship in Self Propulsion Condition using Towed Underwater PIV (입자영상유속계를 이용한 자항상태 모형선의 프로펠러 후류 계측)

  • Seo, Jeonghwa;Yoo, Geuk Sang;Lim, Tae Gu;Seol, Dong Myung;Han, Bum Woo;Rhee, Shin Hyung
    • Journal of the Society of Naval Architects of Korea
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    • v.51 no.2
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    • pp.171-177
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    • 2014
  • A two-dimensional particle image velocimetry (2D PIV) system in a towing tank is employed to measure a wake field of a very large crude oil carrier model with rotating propeller in self propulsion condition, to identify characteristics of wake of a propeller working behind a ship. Phase-averaged and time-averaged flow fields are measured for a horizontal plane. Scale ratio of the model ship is 1/100 and Froude number is 0.142. By phase-averaging technique, trajectories of tip vortex and hub vortex are identified and characteristic secondary vortex distribution is observed in the hub vortex region. Propeller wake on the starboard side is more accelerated than that on the port side, due to the difference of inflow of propeller blades. The hub vortex trajectory tends to face the port side. With the fluctuation part of the phase-averaged velocity field, turbulent kinetic energy (TKE) is also derived. In the center of tip vortex and hub vortex region, high TKE concentration is observed. In addition, a time-averaged vector field is also measured and compared with phase-averaged vector field.

Design of Turbulent In-situ Mixing Mixer and Fabrication of Cu-TiB2 Nanocomposities (난류 용탕 In-situ 합성 믹서의 설계 및 Cu-TiB2 나노 복합재료의 제조)

  • Choi, Baek-Boo;Park, Jung-Su;Yun, Ji-Hun;Ha, Man-Young;Park, Yong-Ho;Park, Ik-Min
    • Korean Journal of Materials Research
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    • v.17 no.1
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    • pp.11-17
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    • 2007
  • Turbulent in-situ mixing process is a new material process technology to get dispersed phase in nanometer size by controlling reaction of liquid/solid, liquid/gas, flow ana solidification speed simultaneously. In this study, mixing which is the key technology to this synthesis method was studied by computational fluid dynamics. For the simulation of mixing of liquid metal, static mixers investigated. Two inlets for different liquid metal meet ana merge like 'Y' shape tube having various shapes and radios of curve. The performance of mixer was evaluated with quantitative analysis with coefficient of variance of mass fraction. Also, detailed plots of intersection were presented to understand effect of mixer shape on mixing. The simulations show that the Reynolds number (Re) is the important factor to mixing and dispersion of $TiB_2$ particles. Mixer was designed according to the simulation, and $Cu-TiB_2$ nano composites were evaluated. $TiB_2$ nano particles were uniformly dispersed when Re was 1000, and cluster formation and reduction in volume fraction of $TiB_2$ were found at higher Re.

Flame Transfer Function Measurement in a Premixed Combustor (예혼합 연소기에서의 화염 전달 함수 측정)

  • Kim, Dae-Sik;Kim, Ki-Tae;Chen, Seung-Bae;Lee, Jong-Guen;Santavicca, Domenic
    • Journal of the Korean Society of Combustion
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    • v.13 no.2
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    • pp.1-6
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    • 2008
  • An experimental study of the flame response in a turbulent premixed combustor has been conducted with room temperature, atmospheric pressure inlet conditions using premixed natural gas. The fuel is premixed with the air upstream of a choked inlet to avoid equivalence ratio fluctuations. Therefore the observed flame response is only the result of the imposed velocity fluctuations, which are produced using a variable speed siren. Measurements are made of the velocity fluctuation in the nozzle using hot wire anemometry and of the heat release fluctuation in the combustor using chemiluminescence emission. The results are analyzed to determine the phase and gain of the flame transfer function as a function of the modulation frequency. Of particular interest is the effect of flame structure on the flame response predictions and measurements. The results show that both the gain and the phase of flame transfer function are closely associated with the flame length and structure, which is dependent upon the upstream flow perturbation as well as equivalence ratio in the current study.

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An Experimental Study on the Break-up Characteristics of Twin-Fluid Nozze According to tile Variations of Feeding Mass-ratio (공급 질량비 변화에 따른 2유체 노즐의 액주분열특성에 관한 실험적 연구)

  • Kang, S.J.;Oh, J.H.;Rho, B.J.
    • Journal of ILASS-Korea
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    • v.1 no.1
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    • pp.63-75
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    • 1996
  • The purpose of this study is to investigate the break-up characteristics by taking advantage of a two-phase coaxial nozzle. Air and water are utilized as working fluids and the mass ratio air/water has been controlled to characterize the atomization, diffusion and development of mixing process. By way of a photographic technique, conventional developing structures and diffusion angles have been analyzed systematically with variations of mass ratios. The turbulent flow components of the atomized particles were measured by a two channel LDV system and the data were treated by an on-lined measurement equipment. According to the photographic results the spreading angles decreased because the axial inertia moment was relatively higher than the lateral one with respect to the increase of mass ratio. It is found the jet flow diffuses linearly in a certain limit region while the atomizing characteristics, in terms of the distributions of particle diameters did not show particular differences. It may be expected that these fundamental results can be used as reference data in studying the atomization, breakup and diffusions.

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Performance of Evaporation Heat Transfer Enhancement and Pressure Drop for Liquid Nitrogen (액체질소에 대한 증발 열전달 촉진 및 압력강하 성능)

  • Nam, Sang-Chul;Lee, Sang-Chun;Park, Byung-Duck
    • Transactions of the Korean Society of Mechanical Engineers B
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    • v.24 no.3
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    • pp.363-372
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    • 2000
  • An experiment was carried out to evaluate the heat transfer enhancement and the pressure drop characteristics for liquid nitrogen using wire-coil-insert technique under horizontal two-phase conditions. The tube inner diameters were 8 mm and 15 mm, respectively and the tube length was 4.7 m. The helix angle of the wire coil insert was $50^{\circ}$ and its length was 4.7 m. Heat transfer coefficients for both the plain and the enhanced test tubes were calculated from the measurements of temperatures, flow rates and pressure drops. A correlation in a power-law relationship of the Nusselt number, Reynolds number and Prandtl number for the heat transfer was proposed which can be available for design of cryogenic heat exchangers. The correlation showed that heat transfer coefficients for the wire-coil inserts were much higher than those for plain tubes, increased by more than $1.8{\sim}2.0$ times depending upon the range of the equivalent Reynolds number. The correlation was compared with other various correlations in the turbulent flow conditions.

Interfacial shear stresses and friction factors in nearly-horizontal countercurrent stratified two-phase flow (근사수평 반류성층 2상유동에서의 계면전단응력 및 마찰계수)

  • 이상천;이원석
    • Transactions of the Korean Society of Mechanical Engineers
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    • v.12 no.1
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    • pp.116-122
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    • 1988
  • Interfacial shear stresses have been determined for countercurrent stratified flow of air and water in a nearly-horizontal rectangular channel, based upon measurements of pressure drop, gas velocity profiles and mean film thickness. A dimensionless correlation for the interfacial friction factor has been developed as a function of the gas and liquid Reynolds numbers. Equivalent surface roughnesses for the interfacial friction factor have been calculated using the Nikuradse correlation and have been compared with the intensity of the wave height fluctuation on the interface. The results show that the interfacial shear stress is mainly affected by turbulent mixing near the interface due to the wave motion rather than by the roughened surface.

A Study of Flow Characteristics by Acoustic Excitation on the Laminar Non-premixed Jet Flame (층류 비예혼합 분류화염에서 음향가진에 의한 유동특성 연구)

  • Oh, Kwang-Chul;Lee, Kee-Man
    • Journal of the Korean Society for Aeronautical & Space Sciences
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    • v.38 no.2
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    • pp.160-168
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    • 2010
  • An experimental study has been conducted to investigate the effects of forcing amplitude on the tone-excited non-premixed jet flame of the resonance frequency. Visualization techniques are employed using the laser optic systems, which are RMS tomography, PLIF and PIV system. There are three lift-off histories according to the fuel flow rates and forcing amplitudes; the regime I always has the flame base feature like turbulent flame when the flame lift-off, while the flame easily lift-off in the regime II even if a slight forcing amplitude applied. The other is a transient regime and occurs between the regime I and regime II, which has the flame base like the bunsen flame of partial premixed flame. In the regime I and II, the characteristics of the mixing and velocity profile according to the forcing phase were investigated by the acetone PLIF, PIV system. Particular understanding is focused on the distinction of lift-off history in the regime I and II.

An Experimental Study of the Near-Wake Characteristics of an Oscillating Elliptic Airfoil (진동하는 타원형 에어포일의 근접후류 특성 연구)

  • Chang, Jo-Won;Sohn, Myong-Hwan;Eun, Hee-Bong
    • Transactions of the Korean Society of Mechanical Engineers B
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    • v.27 no.3
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    • pp.334-346
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    • 2003
  • An experimental study was carried out to investigate near-wake characteristics of an elliptic airfoil oscillating in pitch. The airfoil was sinusoidally pitched about the half chord point between -5$^{\circ}$and +25$^{\circ}$angles of attack at the freestream velocities of 3.4 and 23.1 m/s. The corresponding Reynolds numbers based on the chord length were 3.3$\times$10$_{4}$ and 2.2$\times$10$^{5}$ , respectively. A hot-wire anemometer was used to measure the near-wake flow variables at the reduced frequency of 0.1. Ensemble-averaged velocity and turbulence intensity profiles were presented to examine the near-wake characteristics depending on the Reynolds number. The axial velocity deficit in the near-wake region tends to decrease with the increase in the Reynolds number as found in many stationary airfoil tests. Turbulence intensity in the near-wake region have a tendency to decrease with the -increase in the Reynolds number during the pitch-up motion, whereas it shows different feature during the pitch-down motion according to the separation characteristics.