• 동력기계공학회지
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• 제16권3호
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• pp.16-21
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• 2012

Biodiesel is technically competitive with or offers technical advantages over conventional petroleum diesel fuel. Biodiesel is an environmentally friendly alternative liquid fuel that can be used in any diesel engine without modification. In this study, to investigate the effect of fuel injection timing on the characteristics of performance with DBF in DI diesel engine. The engine was operated at five different fuel injection timings from BTDC $6^{\circ}$ to $14^{\circ}$ at $2^{\circ}$ intervals and four loads at engine speed of 1800rpm. As a result of experiments in a test engine, maximum cylinder pressure is increased with leading fuel injection timing. Specific fuel oil consumption is indicated the least value at BTDC $14^{\circ}$ of fuel injection timing.

• 대한기계학회논문집B
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• 제32권4호
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• pp.266-274
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• 2008

The need for more fuel-efficient and lower-emission vehicles has driven the technical development of alternative fuels such as Liquefied Petroleum Gas(LPG) which is able to meet the limits of better emission levels without many modifications to current engine design. LPG has a high vapor pressure and lower viscosity and surface tension than diesel and gasoline fuels. These different fuel characteristics make it difficult to apply it for the conventional gasoline or diesel fuel pump directly. In this study, experiments are performed to get performance and efficiency of the fuel pump at different condition as temperature, rotating speeds, composition of fuel. The characteristics of fuel pump is affected by cavitation due to the variation of temperature and composition.

• Environmental Engineering Research
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• 제14권2호
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• pp.95-101
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• 2009

Natural gas is a promising alternative fuel of internal combustion engines. In this paper, the combustion and emission characteristics were investigated on a natural gas engine at two different fuel injection timings during the intake stroke. The results show that fuel injection timing affects combustion processes. The optimum spark timing (MBT) achieving the maximum indicated mean effective pressure (IMEP) is related to fuel injection timing and air fuel ratio. At MBT spark timing, late fuel injection timing delays ignition timing and prolongs combustion duration in most cases. But fuel injection timing has little effect on IMEP at fixed lambdas. The coefficient of variation (COV) of IMEP is dependent on air fuel ratio, throttle positions and fuel injection timings at MBT spark timing. The COV of IMEP increases with lambda in most cases. Late fuel injection timings can reduce the COV of IMEP at part loads. Moreover, engine-out CO and total hydrocarbon (THC) emissions can be reduced at late fuel injection timing.

• 한국자동차공학회논문집
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• 제12권3호
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• pp.75-82
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• 2004

The allowable exhaust standard has been intensified as a part of the countermeasure to decrease air pollution in the world. As the cars with an alternative fuel starts to get into the spotlight, the cars with low emission has been introduced and exhaust gas regulation forced in this country. These days, LPG vehicles, which infrastructure of fuel was already built up, and CNG vehicles are recognized for alternative fuel cars in this country. In this study, the constant volume combustion chamber was manufactured and used for experiments to obtain the ignition characteristics of LPG fuel and the optimal ignition energy. The experiment measured the combustion characteristics, in regard to the change of combustion variable, and the change of ignition energy. During the combustion of fuel, the maximum temperature inside the combustion chamber is higher when the initial pressure is higher. The burning velocity also seems to have the same characteristic as the temperature. However, the heat flux did not change much with the theoretical correct mixture but the various initial temperature of the combustion chamber. The heat flux got faster and ignition energy bigger as the dwell time of the ignition system expanded. When the dwell time get longer, the ignition energy also increased then fixed. The ignition energy increased as the initial pressure inside the combustion chamber higher. The heat flux got faster as the dwell time expanded.

• 대한기계학회논문집B
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• 제32권11호
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• pp.841-848
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• 2008

DME(Di-methyl Ether) has been expected to be one of the promising alternative fuels for compression ignition engines due to its low emission characteristics for particulate matter. However, its physical properties such as density, bulk modulus and viscosity are not comparable to those of conventional diesel fuel. Especially, problems caused by low lubricity and high compressibility need to be understood more thoroughly, when a DME fuel is used for compression ignition engine, especially with mechanical fuel supply system. In this study, measurement and calculation of DME's bulk modulus were carried out over the range of temperatures from $-3^{\circ}C$ to $53^{\circ}C$, and pressures from 50 bar to 250 bar using an experimental apparatus built in this work. The results show that DME is prone to be compressed more easily compared to diesel fuel. A comparison of bulk modulus with butane and propane were also made in this work.

• 대한전기학회:학술대회논문집
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• 대한전기학회 2005년도 춘계학술대회 논문집 전기기기 및 에너지변환시스템부문
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• pp.277-279
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• 2005

The imbalance of energy demand and supply caused by rapid industrialization around the world and the associated environmental issues require and alternative energy source with possible renewable fuels. Political instability and depletion of cruel oils are other factors that cause fluctuation of oil price. Securing a new alternative energy source for the next century became an urgent issue that our nation is confronting with. As a matter of fact, the fuel cell technology can be widely used as next generation energy regardless of regions and climate. Specially, the ability of expansion and quick installation enable one to apply it for distributed power, where the technology is already gaining remarkable attentions for the application. Particularly, leading industrialized nations are focusing on the PEM fuel dell with anticipation that this technology will find their place of applications in the vehicles and homes. In this study, demonstrate the multi physics modeling of a proton exchange membrane(PEM) fuel cell with interdigitated flow field design. The model uses current balances, mass balance(Maxwell-Stefan diffusion for reactant, water and nitrogen gas) and momentum balance(gas flow) to simulate the PEM fuel cell behavior.

• 한국경제지리학회지
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• 제15권1호
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• pp.95-115
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• 2012

초기 대체연료차 시장은 고비용으로 인해 수요 잠재력의 지역차가 존재할 것이며 효율적 입지모델은 이러한 지역차를 고려해야 한다. 본 논문은 지역차를 고려한 대체연료차 수요 모델을 기종점 통행량에 통합하는 방법을 제안하며 이를 통해 대체연료차 통행량을 추정한다. 추정된 통행량은 주어진 수의 시설물이 기종점 통행량을 최대로 포괄할 수 있도록 하는 입지모델 (Flow Refueling Location Model)에 입력되어 대체연료 충전소 최적 입지 대안을 제시한다. 사례지역은 플로리다 올랜도 대도시권이며, 수요 추정 및 통행량 통합 시나리오의 결과를 비교 분석한다.

• Tribology and Lubricants
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• 제30권1호
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• pp.52-58
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• 2014

Because food crops serve as the raw materials for biodiesel, the increasing use of biodiesel as an alternative fuel can lead to adverse effects such as food price inflation and may contribute to global starvation. To solve these problems, efforts are being made to explore various nonedible raw materials for producing biodiesel. Different raw materials impart different fuel characteristics to biodiesel. In this study, we synthesized pure fatty acid methyl ester (FAME), which is a biodiesel component, and then analyzed its fuel properties. The fuel properties of pure FAME would be useful in producing biodiesel from various new raw materials.

• 한국응용과학기술학회지
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• 제28권4호
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• pp.508-516
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• 2011

Hydrotreated biodiesel(HBD) is paraffinic bio-based liquid, with the chemical structure $C_nH_{2n+2}$, originating from vegetable oil(the process can also be applied to animal fat). The oil or fat is treated in a number of process, the most important being hydrogenation, in order to create a bio-based liquid diesel fuel. During the hydrogenation, oxygen is removed from the triglyceride and converted into water. Propane is formed as a by product and can be combusted and used for energy production. HBD can be used in conventional diesel engines, pure or blended with conventional diesel, due to its similar physical properties to diesel. This study reports the quality characteristics with chemical and physical properties as an alternative diesel fuel. Especially, HBD showed higher cetane value and number than FAME, and it is consisted of $C_{15}$ - $C_{18}$ n-paraffinic compounds. We also describes quality characteristics of HBD blends(2, 5, 10, 20, 30, 40, 50 vol%) in automotive diesel. HBD blends(max. 20 vol%) were the limit by the Korean specification due to poor low temperature characteristics.

• 해양환경안전학회지
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• 제29권6호
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• pp.666-671
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• 2023

국제적인 선박 배출 가스에 대한 환경 규제가 점차 강화됨에 따라 전기추진 및 하이브리드 추진선박에 대한 관심이 증대되고 있으며, 이러한 선박에 적용하기 위한 다양한 솔루션이 개발 및 적용되고 있는데 특히 전력계통의 안정화, 시스템의 효율성을 높이기 위한 방안으로 직류배전시스템이 적용되고 있다. 또한, 선박용 직류배전시스템에 대한 안전 및 성능에 대한 검증 및 시험의 중요성이 요구되고 있다. 본 연구는 직류배전 테스트베드 구축 및 직류배전(가변속 발전)시스템에 대한 성능을 검증하고 연료소모량 분석한 결과로서 선박용 직류배전에 적용되고 있는 가변속 발전시스템을 적용하였으며, 발전기에서 출력되는 전력을 정류기를 통해 직류전력으로 변환하여 시스템에 연계하고 이러한 장치들을 감시 및 제어하기 위한 시스템을 개발하였다. 이러한 직류배전 시스템을 적용한 시험을 통해 최대 전압은 751.5V이고 최소전압은 731.4V가 계측되어 전압변동률은 2.7%로 3% 이내에서 안정적으로 전압이 공급되는 것을 확인하였고 부하변동에 따라 가변속 발전시스템을 적용하였을 경우 연료소모량이 기존 정속발전시스템과 비교하여 구간에 따라 최대 20%이상 연료절감이 되는 것을 시험을 통해 확인하였다.