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Augmentation of Radiative Heat Transfer in an Infinite Cylindrical Pipe Enclosing a Participating Gas (참여기체를 가진 무한 원형관 계의 복사 열전달 증진)

  • 변기홍
    • Transactions of the Korean Society of Mechanical Engineers
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    • v.16 no.10
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    • pp.1955-1962
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    • 1992
  • The purpose of this study is to identify the radiative heat transfer augmentation by a coaxial cylinder introduced in the infinite cylindrical pipe enclosing a participating gas. The gas is either a mixture of water vapor and carbon dioxide or gray. The gas is assumed to be homogeneous at a constant temperature, and has a refractive index of unity. All of the surfaces are opaque and gray, diffusely emitting and reflecting at a constant temperature, The effect of system diameter, diameter ratio, wall emittances, gas and surface temperatures, mixture component on heat transfer augmentation are studied by using the zone method with participating gas radiative properties evaluated from the weighted sum of gray gases model. From the radiative equilibrium condition, the installed wall temperature is formulated and calculated by the iteration method. If the medium is a gray gas, the augmentation observed are negligible. For the range of values studied for a real gas, if the system diameter is larger than about 0.1m the augmentation parameter increases up to about 1.2 as the system diameter increases. The augmentation parameter have a maximum value at a certain diameter ratio. The augmentation parameters decreases as the emittance of the installed wall decreases. If the gas temperature is higher than about 1273 k, the augmentation parameter decreases as the gas temperature increases.

Ionization of Hydrogen in the Solar Atmosphere

  • Chae, Jongchul
    • Journal of Astronomy and Space Sciences
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    • v.38 no.2
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    • pp.83-92
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    • 2021
  • The ionization degree of hydrogen is crucial in the physics of the plasma in the solar chromosphere. It specifically limits the range of plasma temperatures that can be determined from the Hα line. Given that the chromosphere greatly deviates from the local thermodynamic equilibrium (LTE) condition, precise determinations of hydrogen ionization require the solving of the full set of non-LTE radiative transfer equations throughout the atmosphere, which is usually a formidable task. In many cases, it is still necessary to obtain a quick estimate of hydrogen ionization without having to solve for the non-LTE radiative transfer. Here, we present a simple method to meet this need. We adopt the assumption that the photoionizing radiation field changes little over time, even if physical conditions change locally. With this assumption, the photoionization rate can be obtained from a published atmosphere model and can be used to determine the degree of hydrogen ionization when the temperature and electron density are specified. The application of our method indicates that in the chromospheric environment, plasma features contain more than 10% neutral hydrogen at temperatures lower than 17,000 K but less than 1% neutral hydrogen at temperatures higher than 23,000 K, implying that the hydrogen temperature determined from the Hα line is physically plausible if it is lower than 20,000 K, but may not be real, if it is higher than 25,000 K. We conclude that our method can be readily exploited to obtain a quick estimate of hydrogen ionization in plasma features in the solar chromosphere.

Non-Adiabatic Flamelet Modeling for Combustion Processes of Oxy-Natural Gas Flame

  • Kim, Gun-Hong;Kim, Yong-Mo
    • Journal of Mechanical Science and Technology
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    • v.19 no.9
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    • pp.1781-1789
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    • 2005
  • In order to realistically predict the combustion characteristics of the oxy-fuel flame, the present study employs the non-adiabatic flame let approach. In this combustion model, the detailed equilibrium chemistry is utilized to accurately account for the thermal dissociation as well as to properly include the radiative cooling effects on the detailed chemistry. Numerical results indicate that the present approach has the capability to correctly capture the essential features and precise structure of the oxy-fuel flames. In this work, the detailed discussion has been made for the characteristics of oxy-fuel flames, the capability and defect of the present approach and also uncertainties of experimental data.

IMPROVEMENT OF RADIATION MODELING IN NUMERICAL ANALYSIS OF 150kW ARC HEATER AND ANALYSIS OF INFLOW CONDITION AROUND SPECIMEN (150kW 아크히터 수치해석에서의 복사모델 개선 및 시편 주변의 유입류 분석)

  • Byeon, J.Y.;Han, S.H.;Kim, K.H.
    • 한국전산유체공학회:학술대회논문집
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    • 2011.05a
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    • pp.148-155
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    • 2011
  • In this study, numerical analysis was performed for 150kW arc heater and inflow around specimen was studied. Pressure, voltage, etc. were similar to experimental data, however efficiency was over estimated. In order to correct efficiency, swirl effect and modified radiative heat flux using configuration factor were considered. It was shown that Swirl had little effect on efficiency although radiative heat flux played an important role on decreasing the efficiency of arc heater. In addition, non-equilibrium analysis that plasma flows moves from an arc heater's nozzle to a specimen were performed.

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Prediction of NOx Formation Characteristics in Turbulent Nonpremixed Hydrogen-Air Jet Flames (비예혼합 수소-공기 난류제트화염내의 NOx 생성특성 예측)

  • Kim, S.K.;Kim, Y.M.;Ahn, K.Y.;Oh, K.S.
    • 한국연소학회:학술대회논문집
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    • 1998.10a
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    • pp.165-170
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    • 1998
  • Turbulent nonpremixed $H_2$-air jet flames are numerically investigated using the joint PDF model. The reaction progress variable is derived by assuming the radicals 0, H, and OH to be in partial equilibrium and additional species $HO_2$ and $H_2O_2$ in steady state. The model is extended to npnadiabatic flame by introducing additional variable for the transport of enthalpy and radiative source term is calculated using a local, geometry independent model. In terms of flame structure and NO formation, the predicted results are favorably agreed with experimental data. The effects of nonequilibrium chemistry and radiative heat loss on the thermal NO formation are discussed in detail.

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Heat Transfer with Linearly Anisotropic Scattering Medium in a Plane Layer (두 무한 평면 사이의 선형 이방성 산란 매질에서의 열전달)

  • Byun, K.H.;Smith, T.F.
    • The Magazine of the Society of Air-Conditioning and Refrigerating Engineers of Korea
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    • v.17 no.4
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    • pp.435-441
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    • 1988
  • The purpose of this study is to apply the zone method expressions for a gray, absorbing, emitting, and linearly anisotropic scattering medium enclosed in an infinite plane layer to evaluate heat transfer applications. The medium is assumed to be homogeneous and has a refractive index of unity. The boundary surfaces are opaque and gray, diffusely emitting and reflecting at a constant temperature. Radiative equilibrium condition, combined conductive and radiative heat transfer, and thermal ignition are studied in terms of the governing parameters, and the results are compared with previous studies. Wall heat flux results agree well with those of others. Except for the minor discrepancies observed for some cases, temperature results also agree well with those of previous studies. Good agreement with results from other methods indicates the accuracy of the zone method as well as its compatibility with other modes of heat transfer.

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A CODE FOR CALCULATING STATIC MODEL STELLAR ATMOSPHERES

  • Nouh, M.I.
    • Journal of The Korean Astronomical Society
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    • v.42 no.3
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    • pp.47-54
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    • 2009
  • In this paper we present an independent FORTRAN code for calculating LTE-plane-parallel model atmospheres. The transfer equation has been solved using Avrett and Loeser method. It is shown that, using an approximate non-gray temperature distribution together with the iteration factors method (Simonneau and Crivellari) for correcting the temperature distribution reduce the number of iteration required to achieve the condition of radiative equilibrium. Preliminary results for pure helium model atmospheres are presented.

Electron Density and Electron Temperature in Atmospheric Pressure Microplasma

  • Tran, T.H.;Kim, J.H.;Seong, D.J.;Jeong, J.R.;You, S.J.
    • Proceedings of the Korean Vacuum Society Conference
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    • 2012.08a
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    • pp.152-152
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    • 2012
  • In this work we measured electron temperature and electron density of a microplasma by optical emission spectroscopy. The plasma is generated from a small discharge gap of a microwave parallel stripline resonator (MPSR) in Helium at atmospheric pressure. The microwave power supplied for this plasma source from 0.5 to 5 watts at a frequency close to 800 MHz. The electron temperature and electron density were estimated through Collisional-radiative model combined with Corona-equilibrium model. The results show that the electron density and temperature of this plasma in the case small discharge gap width are higher than that in larger gap width. The diagnostic techniques and associated challenges will be presented and discussed.

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CALCULATION METHODS OF SOLAR ATMOSPHERIC MODEL (태양대기모델 계산법)

  • KIM KAP-SUNG
    • Publications of The Korean Astronomical Society
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    • v.15 no.spc2
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    • pp.65-71
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    • 2000
  • We have investigated the numerical methods to calculate model atmosphere for the analysis of spectral lines emitted from the sun and stars. Basic equations used in our calculations are radiative transfer, statistical equilibrium and charge-particle conservations. Transfer equation has been solved to get emitting spectral line profile as an initial value problem using Adams-Bashforth-Moulton method with accuracy as high as 12th order. And we have calculated above non linear differential equations simultaneously as a boundary value problem by finite difference method of 3 points approximation through Feautrier elimination scheme. It is found that all computing programs coded by above numerical methods work successfully for our model atmosphere.

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Self-Regulation of Star Formation Rates: an Equilibrium Vieww

  • Kim, Chang-Goo;Ostriker, Eve C.
    • The Bulletin of The Korean Astronomical Society
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    • v.41 no.2
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    • pp.55.2-55.2
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    • 2016
  • In this talk, I will present a theoretical and numerical framework for self-regulation of the star formation rates (SFRs) in disk galaxies. The theory assumes (1) force balance between pressure support and the weight of the interstellar medum (ISM), (2) thermal balance between radiative cooling in the ISM and heating via FUV radiation from massive young stars, and (3) turbulent energy balance between dissipation in the ISM and driving by momentum injection of SNe. Numerical simulations show vigorous dynamics in the ISM at all times, but with proper temporal and spatial averages, all the expected balances hold. This leads to a scaling relation between mean SFRs and galactic gas and stellar properties, arising from the fundamental relationship between SFR surface density and the total midplane pressure.

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