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Analysis on the performance and internal flow of a tubular type hydro turbine for vessel cooling system

  • Chen, Zhenmu;Kim, Joo-Cheong;Im, Myeong-Hwan;Choi, Young-Do
    • Journal of Advanced Marine Engineering and Technology
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    • v.38 no.10
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    • pp.1244-1250
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    • 2014
  • The temperature of the main engine cabin of commercial vessel is very high. The material SS-316L undergoes creep damage at temperatures exceeding $450^{\circ}C$. It is essential to maintain the highly stressed engine cabin below the creep regime. Hence, seawater is employed in this kind of maritime vehicles as cooling liquid. It obtains the thermal energy at the cooling pipe line after passing through main engine cooling system. To harness the energy in the seawater, a turbine can be installed to absorb the energy in the seawater before being released into the sea. In this study, a cooling pipe line is selected to apply the tubular type hydro turbine for transferring the energy. Numerical analysis for investigating the performance and the internal flow characteristics of the tubular turbine is conducted. The results show that the maximum efficiency of 85.8% is achieved although the efficiency drops rapidly at partial flow rate condition. The efficiency descends slowly at the condition of excess flow rate. There is a relatively wide operating range of flow rate of this turbine to keep high efficiency at the excess flow rate condition. For the internal flow of the turbine, there is uniform streamline on the suction and pressure sides of the blade at the design point. However, the secondary flow appears at the suction and pressure sidesat the excess flow rate.In addition, it appears only at pressure side at the partial flow rate condition.

Characteristics of Pollutant Loads and Water Quality in Kwangyang Bay, Korea

  • Lee Dae-In;Park Chung-Kil;Cho Hyeon-Seo
    • Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences
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    • v.6 no.3
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    • pp.149-154
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    • 2003
  • The characteristics of pollutant loads from the various sources and seawater quality in Kwangyang Bay were evaluated. Total flow rate was estimated to be $10,868,066.8 m^3/day$ with a flow rate of R2l (the Seomjin River) as the highest one. Total COD, TN and TP loads of the input rivers and the ditches were about 27,591.8, 25,029.6 and 586.4 kg/day, respectively. Wastewater discharging loads was the greatest contributors to pollutant loads in the inner part of Kwangyang Bay. COD values in the inner part of the bay was over 3.0 mg/L, which exceeded the seawater quality criteria III of Korea. The average values of DIN and DIP were 8.62 ${\mu}gN/L\;and\;1.26\;{\mu}gP/L$, respectively. The limiting factor for algal growth was DIN. In he total discharging loads of the watershed from unit loading estimations, BOD, TN and TP were 9,132.3, 2,727.2 and 304.2 kg/day, respectively. In addition, municipal sewage by the population as pollution sources and the city of Kwangyang as administrative district had the highest loads. For a appropriate water quality recovery of Kwangyang Bay, it is suggested that it is essential to estimate reduction rate of total pollutant loads by water quality modeling.

3-Dimensional Numerical Analysis of Air Flow inside OWC Type WEC Equipped with Channel of Seawater Exchange and Wave Characteristics around Its Structure (in Case of Regular Waves) (해수소통구를 구비한 진동수주형 파력발전구조물 내에서 공기흐름과 구조물 주변에서 파랑특성에 관한 3차원수치해석(규칙파의 경우))

  • Lee, Kwang Ho;Lee, Jun Hyeong;Jeong, Ik Han;Kim, Do Sam
    • Journal of Korean Society of Coastal and Ocean Engineers
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    • v.30 no.6
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    • pp.242-252
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    • 2018
  • It is well known that an Oscillating Water Column Wave Energy Converter (OWC-WEC) is one of the most efficient wave absorber equipment. This device transforms the vertical motion of water column in the air chamber into the air flow velocity and produces electricity from the driving force of turbine as represented by the Wells turbine. Therefore, in order to obtain high electric energy, it is necessary to amplify the water surface vibration by inducing resonance of the piston mode in the water surface fluctuation in the air chamber. In this study, a new type of OWC-WEC with a seawater channel is used, and the wave deformation by the structure, water surface fluctuation in the air chamber, air outflow velocity from the nozzle and seawater flow velocity in the seawater channel are evaluated by numerical analysis in detail. The numerical analysis model uses open CFD code OLAFLOW model based on multi-phase analysis technique of Navier-Stokes solver. To validate model, numerical results and existing experimental results are compared and discussed. It is revealed within the scope of this study that the air flow velocity at nozzle increases as the Ursell number becomes larger, and the air velocity that flows out from the inside of the air chamber is larger than the velocity of incoming air into the air chamber.

Erosion Corrosion Characteristics of Al5052-O and Al6061-T6 Aluminum Alloys with Flow Rate of Seawater (해수 유속 변화에 따른 Al5052-O와 Al6061-T6 알루미늄 합금의 침식부식 특성)

  • Kim, Young-Bok;Kim, Seong-Jong
    • Corrosion Science and Technology
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    • v.18 no.6
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    • pp.292-299
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    • 2019
  • The hull material of a high-speed ship may cause erosion damage from fluid impact. When physical erosion and electrochemical corrosion combine, erosion corrosion damage occurs. The aluminum ship is vulnerable to erosion corrosion because it can be operated at high speed. Thus, in this study, Al5052-O and Al6061-T6 aluminum alloys for the marine environment were selected as experimental materials. The erosion corrosion resistance of Al5052-O and Al6061-T6 aluminum alloys in seawater was investigated by an erosion test and potentiodynamic polarization test at the various flow rate (0 m/s, 5 m/s, 10 m/s, 15 m/s, 20 m/s). Erosion corrosion characteristics were evaluated by surface analysis, 3D analysis, SEM analysis, and the Tafel extrapolation method. The results of surface damage analysis after the erosion test showed that Al6061-T6 presented better erosion resistance than Al5052-O. The results of the potentiodynamic polarization test at the various flow rate, corrosion current density by Tafel extrapolation presented lower values of Al6061-T6 than Al5052-O. Al5052-O showed more surface damage than Al6061-T6 at all flow rates. Consequently, Al6061-T6 presented better erosion corrosion resistance than Al5052-O. The results of this study are valuable data for selecting hull material for an aluminum alloy vessel.

A Study on the NOx Reduction of Flue Gas Using Seawater Electrolysis (해수 전기분해를 적용한 배연 탈질 기술에 관한 연구)

  • Kim, Tae-Woo;Kim, Jong-Hwa;Song, Ju-Yeong
    • Journal of the Korean Applied Science and Technology
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    • v.29 no.4
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    • pp.570-576
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    • 2012
  • In this study, we investigated the characteristics of NO oxidation using un-divided electrolyzed seawater as oxidant. The concentration of available chlorine and the temperature of electrolyzed seawater are increased with electrolysis time in the closed-loop constant current electrolysis system. While NO gas flow through bubbling reactor which is filled with electrolyzed seawater, the oxidation rate of NO to $NO_2$ is increased with the concentration of available chlorine and the temperature. $NO_2$, generated by oxidation reaction, is dissolved in electrolyzed seawater and existed as $HNO_3{^-}$ ion.

Evaluation of Cavitation Characteristics in Seawater on HVOF Spray Coated Layer with WC-27NiCr Material for Cu Alloy (구리합금에 대한 WC-27NiCr 초고속화염용사 코팅층의 해수내 캐비테이션 특성 평가)

  • Han, Min-Su;Kim, Min-Sung;Jang, Seok-Ki;Kim, Seong-Jong
    • Corrosion Science and Technology
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    • v.11 no.6
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    • pp.263-269
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    • 2012
  • Copper alloys are commonly applied to ship's propellers, pumps and valves which are serviced in seawater due to their good castability and corrosion resistance. In the environment of high flow velocity, however, erosion damage predominates over corrosion damage. In particular, the cavitation in seawater environment accelerates surface damage to copper alloys, resulting in degradation of products and economic losses and also threatening safety. The surface was coated with WC-27NiCr by high velocity oxygen fuel(HVOF) spraying technique to attain durability and cavitation resistance of copper alloys under high velocity/pressure flow. The cavitation test was performed for the WC-27NiCr coating deposited by HVOF in seawater at the amplitude of $30{\mu}m$ with seawater temperature. The cavitation at $15^{\circ}C$ caused exfoliation of the coating layer in 17.5 hours while that of $25^{\circ}C$ caused the exfoliation in 12.5 hours. When the temperature of seawater was elevated to $25^{\circ}C$ from $15^{\circ}C$, more damage was induced by over 160%. Although WC-27NiCr has good durability, corrosion resistance and eletrochemical stability, the cavitation damage rate of the coating layer could remarkably increase at the elevated temperatures under cavitation environments.

Numerical Analysis of Fluid and Thermal Characteristics on Live Fishing Tank of Small Fishing Boat (소형어선용 어창내의 열 유동특성 해석)

  • 한인근;문춘근;김재돌;윤정인
    • Journal of Advanced Marine Engineering and Technology
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    • v.25 no.6
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    • pp.1324-1329
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    • 2001
  • The depression of the external situation like the departure of WTO system and the plan of EEZ proclaim is forcing fishery into improving their fishing condition. By this international and domestic circumstance, development of the sea water cooling apparatus for fish hold storage is demanded sincerely. This study represents the thermal characteristics of the fish hold storage during transportation. The numerical analysis in this study is the finite volume method with the SIMPLE computational algorithm to study the seawater flow behavior in the fish hold storage. The computation were carried out with the variations of the circulating flow velocity and depth of fish hold storage. As the result of the three dimensional simulations, the mean temperature doesn't almost change by the circulating flow rate. find the mean temperature is suddenly changed by the ratio of depth of fish hold storage.

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Comparison of Seawater Exchange Rate of Small Scale Inner Bays within Jinhae Bay (수치모델을 이용한 진해만 내 소규모 내만의 해수교환율 비교)

  • Kim, Nam Su;Kang, Hoon;Kwon, Min-Sun;Jang, Hyo-Sang;Kim, Jong Gu
    • Journal of the Korean Society for Marine Environment & Energy
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    • v.19 no.1
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    • pp.74-85
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    • 2016
  • For the assessment of seawater exchange rates in Danghangpo bay, Dangdong bay, Wonmun bay, Gohyunsung bay, and Masan bay, which are small-scale inner bays of Jinhae bay, an EFDC model was used to reproduce the seawater flow of the entire Jinhae bay, and Lagrange (particle tracking) and Euler (dye diffusion) model techniques were used to calculate the seawater exchange rates for each of the bays. The seawater exchange rate obtained using the particle tracking method was the highest, at 60.84%, in Danghangpo bay, and the lowest, at 30.50%, in Masan bay. The seawater exchange rate calculated based on the dye diffusion method was the highest, at 45.40%, in Danghangpo bay, and the lowest, at 34.65%, in Masan bay. The sweater exchange rate was found to be the highest in Danghangpo bay likely because of a high flow velocity owing to the narrow entrance of the bay; and in the case of particle tracking method, the morphological characteristics of the particles affected the results, since once the particles get out, it is difficult for them to get back in. Meanwhile, in the case of the Lagrange method, when the particles flow back in by the flood current after escaping the ebb current, they flow back in intact. However, when a dye flows back in after escaping the bay, it becomes diluted by the open sea water. Thus, the seawater exchange rate calculated based on the dye diffusion method turned out to be higher in general, and even if a comparison of the sweater exchange rates calculated through two methods was conducted under the same condition, the results were completely different. Thus, when assessing the seawater exchange rate, more reasonable results could be obtained by either combining the two methods or selecting a modeling technique after giving sufficiently consideration to the purpose of the study and the characteristics of the coastal area. Meanwhile, through a comparison of the degree of closure and seawater exchange rates calculated through Lagrange and Euler methods, it was found that the seawater exchange rate was higher for a higher degree of closure, regardless of the numerical model technique. Thus, it was deemed that the degree of closure would be inappropriate to be used as an index for the closeness of the bay, and some modifications as well as supplementary information would be necessary in this regard.

Hydrogeological Characteristics of Seawater Intrusion in the Coastal Area (임해지역 주변에서의 해수침투특성)

  • 김천수;김경수;배대석;송승호
    • Journal of the Korean Society of Groundwater Environment
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    • v.4 no.2
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    • pp.61-72
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    • 1997
  • With increasing activities for groundwater withdrawal and for the construction of underground cavern in the coastal areas, the seaward flow of groundwater has been disturbed or even reversed, resulting in seawater intrusion in aquifers. This phenomenon would be attributed to the freshwater contamination and the corrosion of steel materials. The hydrogeological and geochemical investigations have performed to characterize the seawater intrusion into the underground caverns located in the coastal area. Assumimg the inland aquifer as unconfined one, we have found out that the theoretical interface of freshwater-seawater is far different from the pathways identified. In the study site, the main pathways of seawater intrusion into the underground cavern are characterized as the sub-horizontal fractures (zones). The seawater intrusion in granitic terrane would depend mainly on the characteristics of conductive fracture system developed along the coastal area.

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Analysis of Discharge Characteristics for the Seawater Exchange Breakwater Composed of Tunneled Breakwater and Submerged Mound (잠제가 설치된 유공형 해수교환방파제의 도수량 특성 분석)

  • Jeong, Shin-Taek;Lee, Dal-Soo;Cho, Hong-Yeon;Oh, Young-Min
    • Ocean and Polar Research
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    • v.26 no.3
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    • pp.465-473
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    • 2004
  • Five parameters such as the entrance size of the front wall, conduit size, wave period, wave height and the width of water pool were selected to estimate the inflow rate, which is basic and essential input data to design seawater exchange breakwater with a submerged mound by conducting hydraulic model experiments. In the results of multiple regression analysis, log-log equation showed a good agreement rather than linear equation and the estimation of inflow rate was well done with only two parameters except entrance size of the front wall, wave period and the width of water pool. Finally, non-dimensional flow rate equation is derived.