• Nuclear Engineering and Technology
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• 제51권8호
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• pp.2026-2033
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• 2019

Fluidelastic instability of a tube array is a key factor of the security of a nuclear power plant. An unsteady model of the fluidelastic instability of a tube array subjected to two-phase flow was developed to analyze the fluidelastic instability of tube bundles in two-phase flow. Based on this model, a computational program was written to calculate the eigenvalue and the critical velocity of the fluidelastic instability. The unsteady model and the program were verified by comparing with the experimental results reported previously. The influences of void fraction and the tube's material properties on the critical velocity were investigated. Numerical results showed that, with increasing the void fraction of the two-phase flow, the tube array becomes more stable. The results indicate that the critical velocities of the tube array made of stainless are much higher than those of the other two tube arrays within void fraction ranging from 20% to 80%.

• Journal of Power Electronics
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• 제18권6호
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• pp.1805-1818
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• 2018

This paper proposes a novel hybrid maximum power point tracking (MPPT) algorithm combining a Whale Optimization Algorithm (WOA) and the conventional Perturb & Observation (P&O) to track/extract the highest amount of power from a solar photovoltaic (SPV) system working under partial shading conditions (PSCs). The proposed hybrid algorithm is based on a WOA which predicts the initial global peak (GP) and is followed by P&O in the final stage to achieve a quicker convergence to a GP. Thus, this hybrid algorithm overcomes the computational burden encountered in a standalone WOA, grey wolf optimization (GWO) and hybrid GWO reported in the literature. The conventional algorithm searches for the maximum power point (MPP) in the predicted region by the WOA. The proposed MPPT technique is modelled and simulated using MATLAB/Simulink for simulating an environment to check its effectiveness in accurately tracking the MPP during the GP region. This hybrid algorithm is compared with a standalone WOA, GWO and hybrid GWO. From the simulating results, it is shown that the proposed algorithm offers high tracking performance and that it increases the output power level of a SPV system under partial shading. The algorithm also verified experimentally on various PSCs.

• 한국기계기술학회지
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• 제13권2호
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• pp.85-91
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• 2011

Computational results with pseudoplastic fluid flows for fully developed non-Newtonian laminar flows have been obtained. Those consist of the product of friction factor and Modified Reynolds number and Nusselt numbers with respect to the shear rate parameter in an annular pipe. The numerical results of the product of friction factor and Reynolds numbers and the Nusselt numbers for both Newtonian region and the power law region were compared with previously published asymptotic results, respectively. In the present calculations, the product of friction factor and Newtonian Reynolds numbers for pseudoplastic fluid at power law region in annular pipe is 180% less than that for Newtonian fluid. For power law fluids with different power law flow indices, the difference of the product of friction factor and power law Reynolds number between previous and the present results at the power law region is within 0.20%. The solutions also show the effect of the shear rate parameter on the Nusselt number and about 11% increase of Nusselt number at the power region.

• 한국전산유체공학회지
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• 제19권3호
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• pp.24-28
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• 2014

With ever rising concerns about saving of fossil fuel resource, there have been an increasing demand for use of energy more efficiently. The electric motor driven inverters can be a great help to improve energy efficiency. They are also used to control the motor speed to the actual need. Therefore the use of them can lead to reduce energy consumption. In particular, the medium voltage(MV) drive systems used for pumps, fans, steel rolling mills and tractions have widespread applications in the industry. They cover power ratings from 0.4MW to 40MW at the MV level of 2.3kV to 13.8kV. The majority of the installed MV drive systems however, are in the 1MW to 4MW range with voltage rating from 3.3kV to 6.6kV. But they are required to reduce size and weight like other power electronic equipments. In this paper, we studied on the 3.3kV(105A) compact rack type inverter system for improving the cooling efficiency. At first, we confirmed the tendency of temperature with computational simulation using ANSYS ICEPAK and actual experimental tests. And then we researched thermal performance improvement designs in order to reduce temperature of the transformer for the safe operation. It can reduce temperature of transformer that using pipe type flow guide in the system. As a result, we found out more efficient solution by thermal-fluid analysis.

• 대한전자공학회논문지SP
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• 제38권6호
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• pp.692-702
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• 2001

본 논문에서는 표준화 영상부호화기에서 사용할 수 있는 새로운 블럭정합 방식을 제안하였다. 제안방식은 기존 방식처럼 광역-협역 탐색방식을 사용하는 방식이 아닌, 미리 선정된 각 후보에 대하여 SAD 누적추이를 사용하여 움직임 벡터를 찾는 방식이다. 확산누적배열(dispersed accumulation matrix)의 제안으로 SAD 추이곡선의 선형성(linearity)을 높여서 누적 초기에 가능성 낮은 후보를 제거하였다. 이를 토대로 고속 슬라이스 경쟁 블럭정합 방식을 제안하였다. 후보선출단계와 후보경쟁단계를 통하여 최종 움직임 벡터를 생성하였으며, 국부최소값에 빠질 확률을 줄이는 동시에 불필요한 연산을 감소시켰다. 기존의 고속 블럭정합 방법들에 비하여 연산량은 10%∼70%가 줄었으며, 18%∼35%의 실제 수행시간이 감소되었다. 평균 MAD는다양한 테스트영상에 대하여 항상 우수하였으며, 전역탐색의 결과에 가장 가까운 결과를 나타내었다.

• 한국전산유체공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국전산유체공학회 1996년도 춘계 학술대회논문집
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• pp.58-67
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• 1996

This paper describes some computational results of various energy and environmental systems using Patankar's SIMPLE method. The specific topics handled in this study are jet bubbling reactor for flue gas desulfurization, cyclone-type afterburner for incineration, 200m tall stack for 500 MW electric power generation, double skin and heat storage systems of building energy saving for the utilization of solar heating, finally turbulent combustion systems with liquid droplet or pulverized coal particle. A control-volume based finite-difference method with the power-law scheme is employed for discretization. The pressure-velocity coupling is resolved by the use of the revised version of SIMPLE, that is, SIMPLEC. Reynolds stresses are closed using the standard $k-{\varepsilon}$ and RNG $k-{\varepsilon}$ models. Two-phase turbulent combustion of liquid drop or pulverized coal particle is modeled using locally-homogeneous, gas-phase, eddy breakup model. However simple approximate models are incorporated for the modeling of the second phase slip and retardation of ignition without consideration of any detailed particle behavior. Some important results are presented and discussed in a brief note. Especially, in order to make uniform exit flow for the jet bubbling reactor, a well-designed structure of distributor is needed. Further, the aspect ratio in the double skin system appears to be one of important factors to give rise to the visible change of the induced air flow rate. The computational tool employed in this study, in general, appears as a viable method for the design of various engineering system of interest.

• 한국전산유체공학회지
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• 제18권1호
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• pp.58-62
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• 2013

Personal Rapid Transit (PRT) is the emerging personal transport vehicle operating on the loop automatically. The PRT system utilize the electrical power from super capacity or battery, it is important to manage the power or energy. In this regards, the management of high temperature occurred by the operation of system is significantly important to prevent from serious damage of component. In this study, we studied the adequate shape of underbody which can reduce the heat accumulation by pickup coil and condenser using natural air cooling. We suggested the additional air pathway, air inlet and flow separator to decrease the temperature of the heat source components. It was found that suggested system can decrease the temperature of PRT under body by 16% during the static mode and by 10% during the running mode at 30km/h. It is expected that the findings of this study will feed into final design of newly built Korean PRT vehicle.

• 전자공학회논문지S
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• 제36S권10호
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• pp.1-9
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• 1999

본 논문에서는 직교 주파수분할다중화의 첨두전력 대 평균전력비 감소를 위한 부분전송열 방식에서 연산 복잡도를 줄이기 위한 부블럭분할법이 제안된다. 여기서는 부블럭의 부분부대역에 랜덤하게 복소신호를 할당하고 이들을 반복적으로 연결시킨다. 그리고 보간 형태로 활성화된 부대역을 이용하여 변조함으로써 연산량이 감소된다. 모의실험 결과 제안된 방법은 기존의 방법과 거의 유사한 첨두전력 대 평균전력비 감소성능을 나타내었다. 그러나 부분전송열 직교 주파수분할다중화의 단일 심벌 전송에 요구되는 연산복잡도는 기존의 방법에 크게 감소됨을 알 수 있었다.

• Journal of Power Electronics
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• 제18권5호
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• pp.1545-1554
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• 2018

This paper proposes a modified control strategy to improve the performance of three-phase four-leg shunt active power filters (APFs) for the compensation of three phase unbalanced loads. Unbalanced current cannot be obtained accurately by a harmonic detector due to the lower frequency. The proposed control strategy eliminates conventional harmonic detectors by directly regulating the source current. Therefore, the computational complexity is greatly reduced and the performance of the APF is improved. A mathematic model has been developed based on the source currents. The corresponding controllers have been designed based on the sinusoidal internal model principle. The proposed control strategy can guarantee excellent compensation performance and stable operation after an extreme disturbance such as a short circuit fault. In addition, the proposed technique can selectively compensate specific harmonics. A 50kVA prototype APF is implemented in the laboratory to validate the feasibility and performance of the proposed control strategy.

• 한국전산구조공학회논문집
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• 제28권5호
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• pp.553-561
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• 2015

지수 함수 및 멱 법칙 함수를 이용한 점진기능재료(FGM) 판의 전단 및 두께 방향 변형을 고려한 이론을 정식화하여 동적 평형방정식을 유도하였다. 지수 함수 및 멱 법칙 함수는 두께 방향으로 재료의 변화를 고려할 수 있고 3차원 해석방법은 전단 및 두께 방향 변형을 고려함으로써 점진기능재료의 정확한 구조적 특성을 고려할 수 있다. Pasternak탄성지반 위에 놓인 4변이 단순 지지되고 전단 및 두께 방향 변형이 고려된 점진기능재료 판의 지배방정식을 풀기 위해 Navier 방법을 사용하였다. 거듭제곱 지수와 3차원 해석의 효과를 나타내기 위한 지수 및 멱 법칙 점진기능재료 판의 동적 해석결과를 제시하였다. 기존의 2차원 고차전단변형 이론 및 3차원 이론과의 관계를 수치해석 결과를 통하여 고찰하였다. 또한 (i) 거듭제곱 지수, (ii) 폭-두께 비, 그리고 (iii) 탄성지반 계수, 등이 점진기능재료 판의 자유진동수에 미치는 효과에 대하여 관찰하였다. 본 연구의 결과를 검증하기 위해 참고문헌의 결과들과 비교 분석하였다.