• Water Engineering Research
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• 제6권3호
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• pp.101-112
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• 2005

This paper presents the state of the art of the CFD applications to vegetated open-channel flows. First, important aspects of the physics of vegetated flows found through the laboratory experiments are briefly reviewed. Then, previous CFD applications to one-dimensional vertical structure, partly-vegetated flows, compound open-channel flows with floodplain vegetation, and fully three-dimensional numerical simulations are reviewed. Finally, topics for further researches such as relationship between the resistance and flexural rigidity, additional drag due to foliages, and melting the experience of CFD with the depth-averaged modeling, are suggested.

• 한국수소및신에너지학회논문집
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• 제25권4호
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• pp.386-392
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• 2014

The effective water management in a polymer electrolyte membrane fuel cell (PEMFC) is one of the key strategies for improving cell performance and durability. In this work, an ex situ measurement was carried out to understand the water droplet behavior on the surface of gas diffusion layer (GDL) as a fundamental study for establishing novel water management. For that purpose, simplified cell including one rib and two flow channels was designed and fabricated. Using this ex situ device, the water droplet emergence through the GDL of the PEMFC was emulated to understand liquid water transport through the porous diffusion medium. Through the visualization experiment, the emergence and growth of water droplets at the channel/GDL interface are mainly observed with the surface characteristics of GDL (SGL 10BA, 24BA) and rib when the liquid water passes through the GDL and is expelled to the flow channel. It is expected that the results obtained from this study can contribute to the better understanding on the water droplet behavior (emergence and removal) in the flow channels of PEMFC.

• 한국전산유체공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국전산유체공학회 2009년 춘계학술대회논문집
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• pp.159-164
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• 2009

The water droplet motion and the interaction between the droplets in a PEMFC air flow channel with multiple pores, through which water emerges, is studied numerically by solving the equations governing the conservation of mass and momentum. The liquid-gas interface is tracked by a level set method which is based on a sharp-interface representation for accurately imposing the matching conditions at the interface. The method is modified to implement the contact angle conditions on the walls and pores. The dynamic interaction between the droplets growing on multiple pores while keeping the total water flow rate through pores constant is investigated by conducting the computations until the droplet motion exhibits a periodic pattern. The numerical results show that the droplet merging caused by increasing the number of pores is not effective for water removal and that the contact angle of channel wall strongly affects water management in the PEMFC air flow channel.

• 한국신재생에너지학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국신재생에너지학회 2006년도 춘계학술대회
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• pp.81-84
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• 2006

To investigate the characteristics of water droplet on the gas diffusion layer from both upper-view and side-view of flow channel, a rig test apparatus was designed and fabricated with L-shape acryl plate in a $1mm{\times}1mm$ micro-channel. This experimental device is used to simulate the single droplet growth and its transport process under fuel cell operating condition. As a first step, we investigated the growth and transport of single water droplet with working temperature and air flow velocity. The contact angle and its hysteresis of water droplet at departing moment are measured and analyzed. It is expected that this study can provide the basic understanding of liquid water droplet behavior in gas flow channel and GDL interface during the PEM fuel cell operation.

• Ocean and Polar Research
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• 제25권spc3호
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• pp.393-397
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• 2003

The seawater exchange breakwaters can be effectively employed to conserve or enhance the water quality inside harbors by transmitting the exterior water into the harbor. In the present study, three shapes of the breakwater, that is, the flow conduit embedded type, the wave chamber type and the oscillating water channel type are compared far their water exchanging capability through regular wave experiments. The results show that the net influx of water appears differently depending on wave period for each breakwater type. The net influx of the wave chamber type is much greater than that of the flow conduit embedded type. It is also ascertained that the influx of the oscillating water channel type can be greatly enhanced by attaining the resonance condition inside the channel at the wave periods frequently occurring at the fields where the breakwaters are to be installed.

• 한국기계가공학회지
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• 제19권1호
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• pp.114-120
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• 2020

In this study, the process of freezing around two consecutively arranged channel tubes used for evaporator heat exchange was numerically investigated. Numerical results confirmed that the vortex occurred between the front channel and the rear channel and also that the vortex occurred due to the rapid change of the channel at the rear of the rear channel. These vortices were found to play a role in reducing the ice layer to some extent by the growth of the ice layer at the front and rear of the channel tube. The freezing layer showed a tendency to gradually increase as it passed through the channel pipe. As the wall temperature in the channel pipe decreased, the thickness of the freezing layer increased. As the flow rate of water slowed, the thickness of the freezing layer became thicker. In particular, in the case of a slow flow rate of 0.03 m/s, the freezing layers of the front channel pipe and the rear channel pipe were connected to each other. The narrower the channel, the thinner the freezing layer was in both the front and rear channel tubes. It is found that these thin freezing layers are caused by the low thickness of the temperature boundary layer formed around the channel tube.

• 한국농공학회지
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• 제15권1호
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• pp.2853-2877
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• 1973

Models of cross-sections and channels were made in order to measure seepage losses. Cross-sections were made of sand, sandy clay loam and loam, their thicknesses being 30cm and 40cm, respectively. Flow depths kept in the cross-sections were 4cm, 6cm, 8cm and 10cm. Straight and curved channel models were provided so as to measure seepage losses, when constant water depths maintained at the heads of the channels were 7.3cm and 5.7cm, respectively. The results obtained in this experiment are presented as follows: 1) A cumulative seepage loss per unit length at a point in the channel varies in accordance with time and flow depth. The general equation of cumulative seepage loss may be as follows(Ref. to Table V.25): $$q_{cum}=\int_{o}^aq(a)dt+\int_a^bq(b)dt+\int_b^tq(c)dt$$ 2) In case that the variation of water depth through the channel is slight, the total seepage loss may be computed by applying the following general equation: $$\={q}_{cum}{\cdot}x=\int_o^tq_{cum}\frac{{\partial}x}{{\partial}t}dt$$ 3) Because seepage loss varies considerably according to water depth in case that the variation of flow depth through the channel is great, seepage loss should be computed by taking account of the change of flow depth. 4) The relation between time and traveling distance of water flow may be presented as the following general equation(Ref. to Table V.29): $$x=pt^r$$ 5) The ratios of the seepage losses of the straight channel to the curved channel are 1:1.03 for a flow depth of 7.3cm and 1:1.068 for that of 5.7cm. 6) The ratios of the seepage losses occurring through the bottom to those through the inclined plane in the channel cross-section are 1:2.24 for a water depth of 8cm and 1:2.47 for a depth of 10cm in case that soil-layer is 30cm in thickness. Similarly, those ratios are 1:2.62 and 1:2.93 in case of a soil-layer thickness of 40cm(Ref. to Table V.5).

• 상하수도학회지
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• 제20권5호
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• pp.691-700
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• 2006

This study conducted to optimize the design and operation of orifice typed distribution channels which were generally constructed to link the rapid mixing process and flocculation/sedimentation basin. To accomplish the goal of this study, programming step method using FORTRAN 90, was applied it to simulate the performance of existing distribution channel in the selected S DWTP (Drinking Water Treatment Plant). The proposed step method program was validated in terms of the feasibility with comparison between the measurement and prediction value in each orifice. From the evaluation results of the current conditions with the design and operation, it was revealed that the existing gradient of the tapered channel is not appropriate. Also, we suggested that in the case of the inlet width being 3.5m, reducing the downstream width by about 0.5m would make more equitable distribution flow in the channel. Consequently, dealing with various conditions of the design and operation with distribution channel, we could conclude that for the parallel typed channel, as the width is wider and the diameter of orifice is smaller, the more equitable distribution occur. In addition, the inlet flowrate and the number of orifice can affect the flow velocity in the channel.

• 대한전자공학회논문지TC
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• 제45권8호
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• pp.91-97
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• 2008

기존 WF(water-filling)-MIMO 시스템은 수신단에서 채널정보를 정확히 추정한다고 가정한다. 그러나, 일반적으로 정확한 채널 정보를 수신단에서 추정할 수 없기 때문에, 시스템에 채널 추정 오차를 고려해야 한다. 그래서 본 논문에서는 채널 추정 오차를 고려하여 WF-MIMO 시스템의 성능을 수식적으로 분석하였다. 이러한 분석 결과, 평균 오차 제곱이 $10^{-4}$ 이하인 경우, 정확한 채널 추정이 이루어졌을 때와 동일한 시스템 성능을 갖게 됨을 확인할 수 있다.

• 한국수자원학회논문집
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• 제45권5호
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• pp.445-454
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• 2012

본 연구는 상류역에 댐이 존재하지 않는 충적하천에서 과거 이치수 위주의 하천정비사업이 하도지형의 장기적인 변화에 미치는 영향과 그원인을 유사계의 관점에서 파악하는 것을 목적으로 하였다. 영산강 유역의 지석천 중하류역을 대상으로 하도선형, 사주형태와 식생활착율 등의 하도의 평면형상 변화를 분석하고, 하상재료 및 하상변동 조사를 실시하였다. 자연적인 충적하천 당시(1966년)와 제방과 저수로, 취수보 건설 등의 하천정비사업으로 변모된 최근(2002년)의 항공사진의 비교분석결과, 유로형태의 변화(단일사행에서 다지형화), 하도선형의 만곡도 감소(9.2%), 지천사주의 확장, 그리고 사주의 식생활착(97%) 현상이 발견되었다. 이와 같은 하도의 주수로 고정화와 사주내 식생이입은 댐하류 조절하천에서 나타나는 대표적인 평면 하도특성으로, 대상구간에서도 댐하류역과 유사한 유황의 변화 또는 유사량 감소가 영향을 미치고 있음을 추정할 수 있다. 유황변동 조사결과, 비록 댐하류 하천에서 나타나는 연간 수위변동의 균일성은 보이지 않았지만, 과거에 비해 홍수빈도와 규모가 감소하였다. 하상재료의 입경은 4~5배정도 조립화 되었고, 하상변동 조사결과 전체적으로 하상저하가 발생하였으나 지천합류부에서 국부적인 하상상승을 보였다. 이러한 결과들은 비록 댐으로 조절되지 않는 충적하천에서도, 하도내의 하천정비사업으로 인하여 유사 공급량의 감소, 지천과 본류간의 유사이동능력의 불균형, 그리고 하도내 지형형성 과정의 저하 등과 같은 유사계의 인위적인 교란이, 장기적으로 댐하류 조절하천과 유사한 하도의 평면하도 형상의 변화를 유발하고 있음을 의미한다.