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Optimal Design of Orifice typed Distribution Channel using Step Method Program (Step method 프로그램을 이용한 orifice 분배수로의 최적 설계에 관한 연구)

  • Park, No-Suk;Park, Sangcheol;Kim, Sung-soo;Lee, Seonjoo;Jeong, Nam-Jeong
    • Journal of Korean Society of Water and Wastewater
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    • v.20 no.5
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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.

Control of Turbid Water Transport with Filamentous Mat (섬모상 매트에 의한 탁수이동차단에 관한 실험적 연구)

  • Yu, Jianghua;Yi, Qitao;Kim, Youngchul
    • Journal of Korean Society on Water Environment
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    • v.26 no.1
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    • pp.44-51
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    • 2010
  • A lab-scale apparatus for turbid water transport control was tested and examined. The channel had a dimension of $100cm{\times}30cm{\times}15cm$ (length${\times}$hight${\times}$width). And the turbidity water was prepared using two types of particles, bentonite and loess. The channel equipped with filamentous mat was operated under various shock load conditions. In the control channel, instantly, turbid water mixed with the clean water inside the channel and turbidity prevails the entire channel. While in the mat-equipped channel, it increases only at the bottom. Overall, the filamentous mat gave capture efficiency of 70~90% compared with the control group. The capture efficiency of turbid particles decreased with increased input turbidity flux. The result of experimental run on how turbid particles are separated in the mat channel shows that settling, filtration and attachment are the main processes. Meanwhile, turbidity was diffused from the channel bottom due to turbidity gradient before and after mat zone. The particle size before mat zone was lightly coarser than that after mat zone.

On Numerical Treatment of Pressure Gradient at the Interface Between a Homogeneous Fluid and a Porous Medium (순수유체와 다공성물질의 경계면에서 압력구배의 수치적 처리에 관하여)

  • Kim I. S.;Nam J. H.;Kim C.-J.
    • Journal of computational fluids engineering
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    • v.4 no.3
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    • pp.28-34
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    • 1999
  • The objective of this study is to present a numerical treatment of the pressure gradient when control volumes are sharing the interface between a homogeneous fluid and a porous medium. Two possible approaches, e.g. linear interpolation and extrapolation, are considered, and they are applied to the case of a steady and two-dimensional curved channel flow which is partially filled with a porous medium. It was found that the linear extrapolation produces a continuous velocity-field at the interface and thus is recommended. On the contrary, the linear interpolation entails a discontinuous velocity field at the interface, thereby warning its use in connection with the Brinkman-Forchheimer-extended Darcy flow model.

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Two-phase Pressure Drop in a Horizontal Rectangular Microchannel (수평 사각 마이크로채널 내에서의 2상 유동 압력강하)

  • Huh, Cheol;Kim, Moo-Hwan
    • Transactions of the Korean Society of Mechanical Engineers B
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    • v.30 no.11 s.254
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    • pp.1035-1042
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    • 2006
  • An experimental investigation was performed to study two-phase pressure drop of deionized water in a microchannel. Measurement and evaluation of two-phase frictional pressure gradient were carried out using a single horizontal rectangular microchanne1 having a hydraulic diameter of $100{\mu}m$. Tests were performed for mass fluxes of 90, 169, and 267 $kg/m^2$s and heat fluxes of 200-700 $kW/m^2$. Test results showed that the measured two-phase frictional pressure gradient increased with the mass flux and vapor quality. Most macro-channel correlations of two-phase frictional pressure gradient did not provide reliable predictions except under certain limited conditions.

$Ca^{2+}$ Effect on Conversion of Exogenous 1-Aminocyclopropane-1-Carboxylic Acid to Ethylene in Vigna radiata Protoplasts

  • Seung-Eun Oh
    • Journal of Plant Biology
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    • v.37 no.3
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    • pp.271-276
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    • 1994
  • The possibility that 1-aminocyclopropane-1-carboxylic acid (ACC)-uptake may be dependent on the H+-gradient established across the plsma membrane was tested in protoplasts isolated from 2.5 day old mungbean hypocotyls. The ACC-induced ethylene production was inhibited when the H+-gradient was collapsed by the treatment with carbonycyamide-p-trifluro-methoxy-phenylhydrazone (FCCP). Moreover, the treatment with o-vanadate, a specific inhibitor of plasma membrane H+-ATPase, caused the inhibition of ethylene production. The ACC-induced ethylene production was inhibited by the treatemnt with verapamil (Ca2+-channel blocker), or ethylene glycol-bis($\beta$-aminoethyl ether) N, N, N', N'-tetraacetic acid (EGTA) (Ca2+-chelator). In contrast, the ehtylene production was stimulated by the application of A23187 (Ca2+ ionophore). The inhibitory effect of EGTA in the ethylene producton was magnified in the presence of A23187. From these results, we suggest that the external Ca2+ influx to the cytosol resulted in the stimulatin of ACC oxidase activity after ACC-uptake resulting from a H+-gradient across the plasma membrane.

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Micro-PIV Measurements of interfacial electrokinetic effects in a microchannel (마이크로 PTV 기법을 이용한 미세채널 내부 계면의 electrokinetic 효과 해석)

  • Kim Guk-bae;Lee Sang-Joon
    • 한국가시화정보학회:학술대회논문집
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    • 2002.11a
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    • pp.49-50
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    • 2002
  • In micro-channels, the electro-viscous effect is caused by the electrical double layer on pressure-driven liquid flow. Velocity fields of flow inside micro-channels were measured using micro-PIV system for investigating the electro-viscous effect. De-ionized water and aqueous NaCl solutions with four different concentrations were used as working fluid in a PDMS micro-channel of $100{\mu}m$ width and $66{\mu}m$ height. The pressure gradient, dP/dx, was determined from the pre-determined input flow rate Q of syringe pump. The mean velocity $u_m$ used for calculating Reynolds number was obtained from the PIV velocity field data. These are used to plot the pressure gradient as a function of Reynolds numbers. The pressure gradient far lower concentration solution $(10^{-5}\;M)$ was higher than that for the higher concentration solution. The increase of flow resistance was about $30\%\;and\;37.5\%$ at Re=0.02 and 0.06, respectively.

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Magnetic beads separation using a multi-layered microfluidic channel (다층구조의 미세유체채널을 이용한 자성입자 분리)

  • Lee, Hye-Lyn;Song, Suk-Heung;Jung, Hyo-Il
    • Proceedings of the KSME Conference
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    • 2008.11a
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    • pp.1685-1686
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    • 2008
  • This paper presents the design and experiment results of a multi-layered microsystem for magnetic bead applications. The magneto-microfluidic device is designed for capable of separating magnetic beads. In the presence of the magnetic field, magnetic beads are attracted and moved to high gradient magnetic fields. A multi-layered microfluidic channel consists of top and bottom layers in order to separate magnetic beads in the vertical direction. Our channel is easily integrated magnetic cell sorter, especially on-chip microelectromagnet or permanent magnet device. Fast separation of magnetic beads in top and bottom channels can be used in high throughput screening to monitor the efficiency of blood and drug compounds.

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Electrohydrodynamic Micropump Driven by Traveling Electric Fields

  • Park, Jin-Woo;Kim, Yong-Kweon
    • Journal of Electrical Engineering and information Science
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    • v.2 no.3
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    • pp.99-104
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    • 1997
  • A novel driving theory on the electrohydrodynamic (EHD) pump driven by traveling electric fields without the temperature gradient is proposed. The equations of the generating pressure and the flow rate are derived. The EHD micropump is fabricated by micromachining technology and tested. The channel heights are 50$\mu\textrm{m}$, 100$\mu\textrm{m}$ and 200$\mu\textrm{m}$ are respectively an the channel width is 3 mm. The spacing and width of the electrodes are both 40$\mu\textrm{m}$. The maximum pressure is 70.3 Pa, 35.4 Pa and 17.2 pa at he frequency of 0.2Hz for each channel height (50$\mu\textrm{m}$, 100$\mu\textrm{m}$ and 200$\mu\textrm{m}$) and the maximum flow rate is 0.90x10\ulcorner ${\mu}$$\ell$/min, 1.88x10\ulcorner ${\mu}$$\ell$/min and 4.85x10\ulcorner ${\mu}$$\ell$/min at the frequency of 0.4H for each channel height.

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Prediction of Stratified Turbulent Channel Flows with an Second Moment Model Using the Elliptic Equations (타원 방정식을 사용하는 2차모멘트 모형에 의한 성층된 난류 평판유동의 예측)

  • Shin, Jong-Keun
    • Korean Journal of Air-Conditioning and Refrigeration Engineering
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    • v.19 no.12
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    • pp.831-841
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    • 2007
  • This work is to extend the elliptic operator, which has been already adopted in turbulent stress model, to fully developed turbulent buoyant channel flows with changing the orientation of the buoyancy vector to be perpendicular to the channel walls. The turbulent heat flux models based on the elliptic concept are employed and closely linked to the elliptic blending second moment closure which is used for the prediction of Reynolds stresses. In order to reflect the stable or unstable stratification conditions, the present model introduces the gradient Richardson number into the thermal to mechanical time scale ratio and model coefficients. The present model has been applied for the computation of stably and unstably stratified turbulent channel flows and the prediction results are directly compared to the DNS data.