• International Journal of Fluid Machinery and Systems
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• 제10권1호
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• pp.40-46
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• 2017

Small valves including ball valves, gate valves and butterfly valves have been adopted in the fields of steam power generation, petrochemical industry, carriers, and oil tankers. Butterfly valves have normally been applied to fields where in narrow places installing the existing valves such as gate valves and ball valves have proven difficult due to the surrounding area and the heavier of these valves. Butterfly valves are used to control the mass flow of the piping system under low pressure by rotating the circular disk installed inside. The butterfly valve is benefitted by having simpler structure in which the flow is controlled by rotating the disc circular plate along the center axis, whereas the weight of the valve is light compared to the gate valve and ball valve above-mentioned, as there is no additional bracket supporting the valve body. The manufacturing company needs to acquire the performance and life test equipment, in the case of adopting the improving factors to detect leakage and damage on the seat of the valve disc. However, small companies, which are manufacturing the industrial valves, normally sell their products without the life test, which is the reliability test and environment test, because of financial and manpower problems. Furthermore, the failure mode analysis of the products failed in the field is likewise problematic as there is no system collecting the failure data on sites for analyzing the failures of valves. The analyzing and researching process is not arranged systematically because of the financial problem. Therefore this study firstly tried to obtain information about the failure data from the sites, analyzed the failure mode based on the field data collected from the customers, and then obtained field data using measuring equipment. Secondly, we designed and manufactured the performance and life test equipment which also have the real time monitoring system with the naked eye for the butterfly valves. The concept of this equipment can also be adopted by other valves, such as the ball valve, gate valve, and various others. It can be applied to variously sized valves, ranging from 25 mm to large sized valves exceeding 3000 mm. Finally, this study carries out the life test with square wave pressure, using performance and life test equipment. The performance found out that the failures from the real time monitoring system were good. The results of this study can be expanded to the other valves like ball valves, gate valves, and control valves to find out the failure mode using the real time monitoring system for durability and performance tests.

• 한국기계가공학회지
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• 제19권6호
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• pp.17-22
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• 2020

This study investigates the flow efficiency based on valve shape. Three models are designed for the throttle, ball, and butterfly valves. Results show that Flow Model B, representing the ball valve, demonstrates the fastest flow rate among the three models. Although pressure contours are present on the side surfaces of the valve wings for all models, Flow Model C, representing the butterfly valve, demonstrates to be under the least amount of applied pressure among the three models. The results of this study can be utilized to efficiently control the air flow through various types of valves.

• 대한기계학회:학술대회논문집
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• 대한기계학회 2004년도 춘계학술대회
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• pp.1697-1702
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• 2004

The waterhammer has recently become more important because the pumping stations were big and the systems conveying the fluid through the large and long transmission pipelines were complex. When the pumps are started or stopped for the operation or tripped due to the power failure. the hydraulic transients occur as a result of the sudden change in velocity. In this paper, the field tests on the waterhammer by the startup, stoppage, and power failure of a centrifugal pump were carried out for Yongma transmission pumping station in Seoul. The experimental results were compared with that of the numerical calculations. in which results the procedure of controlled pump normal shut-down and the two-step closing mode of controlling the ball valve for pump emergency stop are proposed to reduce the pressure surge.

• 한국항공운항학회지
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• 제22권4호
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• pp.93-98
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• 2014

In this study, control of oxidizer mass flow rate and verification of control system were performed for hybrid rocket thrust control application. Oxidizer flow control system consists of ball valve and stepping motor where gaseous oxygen was used for oxidizer at feeding pressure of 10, 20 and 30 bar. According to experimental results, the oxidizer mass flow rate showed a relatively linear increment as ball valve open angle increases regardless of feeding pressure. In addition, the level of the oxidizer flow rate was kept almost constant at each sequence of flow control with ball valve during the 20 seconds of operation.

• 산업진흥연구
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• 제2권1호
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• pp.9-13
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• 2017

본 연구는 주택용 가스배관 체크앵글 안전밸브에 관한 것으로 긴급 발생시 1초 이내에 수동으로 차단이 가능하고, 또 손의 힘으로 가압 3kg에 터치가 가능 하도록 하고, 또 긴급시 차단 작동 후 차단 볼 지름이 7mm로 번복 사용이 가능하도록 기술 개발 하였다. 연구결과 첫째 밸브 작동 후. 평균 0.61 초로 나타났다. 따라서 안전밸브로서 사용하여도 작동에는 문제가 없는 것으로 나타났다. 둘째, 손의 힘으로 가압 3kg이내 터치에 모두 작동 되었다. 셋째, 차단 볼 지름이 7mm로 번복 사용한 결과 모두 이상 없는 것으로 나타났다. 본 연구에서 가스배관 체크앵글 안전밸브를 개발하고 기존 밸브와의 시험을 통하여 성능을 검증한 것에 의미가 있다.

• 한국기계가공학회지
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• 제15권2호
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• pp.31-37
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• 2016

In the steam system, a stream trap valve discharges a condensate and a non-condensable gas. It also prevents stream from being leaked. The free float stream trap valve is a mechanical type of stream trap. The valve is opened when a hallow ball is floated due to the density of the condensate through the condensate flows into the valve. On the other hand, when the flow of the condensate is completed, the valve is closed as the float subsides due to the weight of the structure and the stream is blocked. In addition, the bimetal lifts the hallow ball, which discharges the non-condensable gas. In this study, the performance of the properties of the free float stream trap valve, the method of support for three points, and the orifice design are researched. Moreover, the condensate discharge capacity of the free float stream trap valve is calculated from the experiment.

• 한국기계가공학회지
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• 제18권3호
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• pp.103-108
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• 2019

The results of the measurement of the flow-rate coefficient (Cv-value) and the analysis of a small ball valve are summarized follows. The Cv-values of 1/2-, 3/4- and 1-inch ball valves were measured using a flow-rate measurement test. The manufacturer obtained the Cv-value using a theoretical calculation method. The new experimental measurement and analysis method yielded more reliable results. In addition, the Cv value obtained through numerical analysis was almost identical the value provided by the manufacturer, which was based on experimental results. A Study on Flow Analysis results are all similar appearances as the reliability of the results.

• 한국마린엔지니어링학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국마린엔지니어링학회 2005년도 전기학술대회논문집
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• pp.195-199
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• 2005

As vehicles are recently becoming more important in our life, the study for engine capacity has been conducted for many years. Specially, the study on lubrication in the engine is needed to develop engine capacity. The role of lubrication is to reduce fraction, manage the temperature and protect from corrosion etc. At the view point of the engine, lubrication and cooling of the engine have an effect on the life and efficiency, so we have to study this problem. Ball check valve is located in the inlet of the Oil Jet. Ball check valve is used to control the flow rate of the engine oil, which cools and lubricates the engine. Flow rate at the oil jet is very important, so the study for this problem is needed to conduct researches. The point of this study is to compute the flow rate and the flow in oil jet. The results of this study is that the mass flow rate is satisfied with the research which is obtained at the experiment.

• 한국가스학회지
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• 제22권2호
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• pp.72-77
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• 2018

본 연구에서는 볼밸브와 긴 실린더 튜브로 구성된 LPG 충전장치의 강도안전성에 대한 FEM 해석결과를 제시하고 있다. LPG 충전장치의 강도안전성 해석을 위해 1.7~3.5mm의 벽면 두께를 갖는 볼밸브와 긴 실린더 튜브에 0.5~3.5MPa의 가스압력을 공급하였다. 1.7mm 벽면 두께를 갖는 볼밸브에 3.5MPa의 가스압력을 공급하였을 때 발생한 von Mises 최대응력은 25.4MPa이고, 이 값은 황동소재 항복강도의 25.9%에 해당한다. 그리고 1.7mm 벽면 두께를 갖는 긴 실린더 튜브에 3.5MPa의 가스압력을 공급하였을 때 발생한 von Mises 최대응력은 23.7MPa이고, 이 값은 동일한 조건으로 해석한 볼밸브에 비해 6.7%나 더 안전한 것으로 나타났다. 긴 실린더 튜브의 벽면 두께를 2.0mm로 증가시켰을 경우 발생한 von Mises 최대응력 20.2MPa은 1.7mm의 벽면 두께를 갖는 같은 실린더 튜브에 비해 14.8%나 더 안전하였다. 따라서 본 연구에서는 볼밸브와 실린더 튜브의 강도안전성을 확보하기 위해서는 벽면의 두께를 1.7~2.0mm 정도로 최적화된 LPG 충전장치가 바람직하다.

• 한국정밀공학회지
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• 제33권8호
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• pp.669-681
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• 2016

Mechanical designers often make mistakes that result in unwanted over-constraints, causing difficulty in assembly operations and residual stress due to interference among parts. This study is concerned with detection and elimination of over-constraints. Screw theory is a general method that is used for constraint analysis of an assembly and motion analysis of a mechanism. Mechanical assemblies with plane-plane, pin-hole, and pin-slot constraint pairs are analyzed using screw theory to illustrate its utility. As a real-world problem, a ball valve design is analyzed using the same method, and several unwanted over-constraints are detected. Elimination measures are proposed. Nominal dimensions of some parts are adjusted, and dimensions and tolerances of the pins and holes are modified using the virtual condition boundary concept. The revised design is free of over-constraints. General procedure for applying screw theory to constraint analysis is established and demonstrated; it will contribute to improving quality of assembly designs.