• Ocean and Polar Research
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• 제36권4호
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• pp.475-485
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• 2014

Seawater flow characteristics around a manganese nodule mining device in deep sea were analyzed through numerical investigation. The mining device influences the seawater flow field with complicated velocity distributions, and they are largely dependent on the seawater flow speed, device moving speed, and injection velocity from the collecting part. The flow velocity and turbulent kinetic energy distributions are compared at several positions from the device rear, side, and top, and it is possible to predict the distance from which the mining device affects the seawater flow field through the variation of turbulent kinetic energy. With the operation of the collecting device the turbulent kinetic energy remarkably increases, and it gradually decreases along the seawater flow direction. Turbulent kinetic energy behind the mining system increases with the seawater flow velocity. The transient behavior of nodule particles, which are not collected, is also predicted. This study will be helpful in creating an optimal design for a manganese nodule collecting device that can operate efficiently and which is eco-friendly.

• Corrosion Science and Technology
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• 제19권6호
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• pp.288-295
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• 2020

This study investigated the erosion-corrosion characteristics of 5038-H321 aluminum alloy in a natural seawater solution through various electrochemical experiments and flow rate parameters. Cathodic polarization experiments were conducted at flow rates ranging from 4 to 12 knots. Considering the concentration polarization section representing a relatively low current density, the range of the potentiostatic experiment was determined to be -1.6 to -1.0 V. The potentiostatic experiment was conducted at various potentials for 180 minutes in seawater. After the experiment, the corrosion characteristics were evaluated by observing surface morphology and measuring surface roughness. As a result, as the applied potential was lower, the amount of calcareous deposits increased and the roughness tended to increase. On the other hand, it was confirmed that the roughness was larger in the static condition than the flow rate condition due to the influence of the flow velocity. Variations in the chemical composition with flow rate variations were analyzed by energy-dispersive spectroscopy (EDS). In conclusion, the cathodic potential of AA5083-H321 in seawater was determined to be -1.0 V.

• 한국해안·해양공학회논문집
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• 제24권2호
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• pp.77-83
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• 2012

수평축 조류발전 시스템에 사용되는 쉬라우드의 기하학적 형상각도별 해수의 유동장 특성을 전산유체역학을 통해 분석하였다. 쉬라우드를 포함한 전체 유동장 내 해수의 유속 분포는 일정한 조류속도조건에서 쉬라우드의 형상에 따라 크게 영향을 받으며 특히 발전성능에 직접적으로 영향을 미치는 쉬라우드 내 최대유속의 위치 및 크기는 형상 별로 큰 차이가 있다. 실린더와 디퓨저부분의 길이가 같은 실린더-디퓨저 형태의 쉬라우드에서는 실린더 영역에서 비교적 높은 유속분포가 형성되었으며 노즐과 디퓨저부분의 길이가 같은 대칭구조의 노즐-디퓨저에서는 내경이 최소인 지점에서 국부적으로 나타났다. 실린더-디퓨저 쉬라우드에서 조류속도에 비해 높은 유속이 형성되었으며 중심축상의 유속은 노즐-디퓨저와는 다르게 쉬라우드 입구 근처에서 점차 증가하기 시작하여 실린더부분의 중앙 부근에서 피크값을 지나 디퓨저에서 급격히 감소한 후 다시 일정한 속도로 유지되어 가는 특성을 나타내었다. 이러한 쉬라우드의 형상과 해수유동장 변화특성에 대한 분석결과는 효율적인 조류발전시스템을 위한 쉬라우드의 최적설계에 응용될 수 있을 것으로 기대된다.

• 동력기계공학회지
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• 제18권1호
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• pp.63-68
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• 2014

The numerical analysis of fluid flow in the tube cleaning system is examined. The working flow used in this study is seawater, and the temperature change is not considered as the temperature change of seawater in the tube cleaning system is negligible. Also, the analysis is performed under the assumption of steady state. The screens of complicated morphologies are simplified for the analysis, and only one fourth of the tube cleaning system is modeled as the system has a symmetrical shape. The velocity inlet boundary condition is employed for the seawater inlet, whereas the outflow boundary condition is employed for two seawater outlets. In applying the outflow boundary condition for the system with more than two outlets, the flow rate can be arbitrarily assigned. In the analysis, the finite-volume method based numerical analysis tool, the pressure based solver, the standard k-$\varepsilon$ model are utilized, and the under relaxation factor is modified appropriately. From the analysis, the distribution of velocity vectors, pressure and path lines are obtained, and the physical characteristics of fluid flow in the tube cleaning system is well-examined.

• 한국해안·해양공학회논문집
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• 제30권6호
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• pp.253-262
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• 2018

진동수주형(OWC) 파력발전구조물(WEC)은 진동수주실 내의 수위진동에 의해 발생된 공기흐름을 Power-Take-Off (PTO) 시스템을 통해 전기에너지로 회수하는 시스템이다. 일반적으로 PTO 시스템에서 높은 공기유속을 획득하기 위해서는 해수에 비해 상대적으로 적은 단면적을 갖는 공기실이 요구되므로 정확한 공기유속을 모의하기 위해서는 3차원적인 해석이 요구된다. 본 연구에서는 불규칙파동장을 대상으로 해수소통구를 구비한 진동수주형 파력발전구조물의 동적응답을 수치해석적으로 검토하였다. 수치해석에는 오픈소스 기반의 OpenFOAM 및 FOAM 확장 커뮤니티를 위한 파동장 해석을 위해 개발된 OLAFLOW를 적용하였다. 선행연구와 동일한 형상의 해수소통구와 OWC-WEC에 불규칙파랑이 입사한 경우 공기실 내에서 3차원공기흐름과 구조물 주변에서 파랑변형 및 해수소통구 내에서 3차원해수흐름 등에 관한 변동특성을 논의하였다. 이로부터 유의파에 대한 Ursell 수가 클수록 공기실 내 최대 공기흐름속도가 증가하며, 공기실 내부에서 외부로 유출되는 공기속도가 외부에서 공기실 내부로 유입되는 공기속도보다 더 크다는 사실을 알 수 있었다.

• 한국전산유체공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국전산유체공학회 2011년 춘계학술대회논문집
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• pp.556-560
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• 2011

The seawater lift pump system is responsible for maintaining the open canal level to provide the suction flow of circulating water pump at the set point. The objective of this paper is to design a 2-stage mixed flow pump(for seawater lifting) by inverse design and to evaluate the overall performance and the local flow fields of the pump by using a commercial CFD code. Rotating speed of the impeller is 1,750 rpm with the flow rate of 2,700 $m^3/h$. Finite volume method with structured mesh and Realizable ${\kappa}-{\varepsilon}$ turbulent model is used to guaranty more accurate prediction of turbulent flow in the pump impeller. The numerical results such as static head brake horse power and efficiency of the mixed flow pump are compared with the reference data. Also, the periodic condition calculation method for the mixed flow pump was carried out in order to investigate the pump performance characteristics with the modification of impeller geometry.

• Corrosion Science and Technology
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• 제20권2호
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• pp.85-93
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• 2021

The corrosion damage of materials in marine environment mainly occurs by Cl^- ions due to the breakdown of passive films. Additionally, various characteristics in seawater such as salinity, temperature, immersion time, flow rate, and biological activity also affect corrosion characteristics. In this study, the corrosion characteristics of stainless steels (STS 304 and STS 316L) and anodized aluminum alloys (AA 3003 and AA 6063) were evaluated with seawater temperature parameters. A potentiodynamic polarization experiment was conducted in a potential range of -0.25 V to 2.0 V at open circuit potential (OCP). Corrosion current density and corrosion potential were obtained through the Tafel extrapolation method to analyze changes in corrosion rate due to temperature. Corrosion behavior was evaluated by measuring weight loss before/after the experiment and also observing surface morphology through a scanning electronic microscope (SEM) and 3D microscopy. Weight loss, maximum damage depth and pitting damage increased as seawater temperature increased, and furthermore, the tendency of higher corrosion current density with an increase of temperature attributed to an increase in corrosion rate. There was lower pitting damage and lower corrosion current density for anodized aluminum alloys than for stainless steels as the temperature increased.

• 한국표면공학회지
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• 제49권4호
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• pp.349-356
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• 2016

In this study, electrochemical damage behaviors with flow rate were investigated for anodized 5083 aluminum alloy in seawater. As the results of anodic polarization experiments and potentiostatic experiments at +1.0 V (vs. SSCE), the non-flow condition presented largely damaged surface resulting from a tendency of local pitting damage. Under various flow rate conditions, however, less surface damages under the application of anodic potential was obtained which is attributed to no accumulation of $H^+$ and $Cl^-$ ions on the surface. On the other hand, the results of the potentiostatic experiments at -1.0 V (vs. SSCE) with flow rate showed that anodized 5083 aluminum alloys could achieve the effective cathodic protection by low cathodic protection current density less than $2.61{\times}10^{-7}A/cm^2$ even under high flow rate of 1 m/s.

• 동력기계공학회지
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• 제18권4호
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• pp.29-35
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• 2014

Plate heat exchanger are being applied in the field of OTEC (ocean thermal energy conversion) and SWAC (seawater air conditioning) system. This study is to analyze numerically the heat transfer and pressure drop characteristics by using solid works flow simulation in order to offer optimum design data of plate heat exchanger. Plater heat exchanger proposed in this study is four types. The geometric design parameters of plate heat exchanger are a channel space, a flow orientation, a plate array, the flowrate of working fluid and so on. The main results for numerical analysis of plate heat exchangers are summarized as follows. Heat transfer performance for the channel space of 2.4 mm shows the highest value compared to other spaces. And, the Type 4 plate heat exchanger in Table 2 is the highest performance. From the pressure drop characteristics of plate heat exchanger, the channel space of 3.2 mm shows the lowest value. And Type 1 plate heat exchanger in Table 2 is the lowest pressure drop.

• 한국항해항만학회지
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• 제26권2호
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• pp.227-233
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• 2002

만의 일부만이 개방되어 있고 어선이나 군함 등의 선박통항이 빈번한 당항만을 대상 해역으로 하여 폐쇄성 연안해역의 해수유동에 관해 고찰하였다.