• 설비공학논문집
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• 제27권12호
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• pp.609-619
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• 2015

A preprocessing scheme utilizing multi-division of the ROI (region of interest) in a chemiluminescence image during inversion is proposed. The resulting inverted image shows the flame's structure, which can be useful for studying combustion instability. The flame structure is often quantitatively visualized with PLIF (planar laser-induced fluorescence) images as well. The chemiluminescence image, which is a line-integral of the flame, needs to be preprocessed before inversion, mainly due to the inherent noise and the assumption of axisymmetry during the inversion. The feasibility of the multi-division preprocessing technique has been tested with experimentally-obtained OH PLIF and $OH^*$ chemiluminescence images of jet and swirl-stabilized flames burning substitute natural gas (SNG). It turns out that the technique outperforms two conventional methods, specifically, the technique without preprocessing and the one with uni-division, reconstructing the SNG flame structures much better than its two counterparts when compared using corresponding OH PLIF images. The characteristics of the optimum degree of polynomials to be applied for curve-fitting of the flame region data for the multi-division method involving two flames has also been investigated.

• Advances in aircraft and spacecraft science
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• 제4권3호
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• pp.281-296
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• 2017

The axial-injection end-burning hybrid rocket proposed twenty years ago by the authors recently recaptured the attention of researchers for its virtues such as no ${\zeta}$ (oxidizer to fuel mass ratio) shift during firing and good throttling characteristics. This paper is the first report verifying these virtues using a laboratory scale motor. There are several requirements for realizing this type of hybrid rocket: 1) high fuel filling rate for obtaining an optimal ${\zeta}$; 2) small port intervals for increasing port merging rate; 3) ports arrayed across the entire fuel section. Because these requirements could not be satisfied by common manufacturing methods, no previous researchers have conducted experiments with this kind of hybrid rocket. Recent advances in high accuracy 3D printing now allow for fuel to be produced that meets these three requirements. The fuel grains used in this study were produced by a high precision light polymerized 3D printer. Each grain consisted of an array of 0.3 mm diameter ports for a fuel filling rate of 98% .The authors conducted several firing tests with various oxidizer mass flow rates and chamber pressures, and analysed the results, including ${\zeta}$ history, using a new reconstruction technique. The results show that ${\zeta}$ remains almost constant throughout tests of varying oxidizer mass flow rates, and that regression rate in the axial direction is a nearly linear function of chamber pressure with a pressure exponent of 0.996.

• Korean Chemical Engineering Research
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• 제45권3호
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• pp.269-276
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• 2007

$TiO_2$ 함유 피치섬유의 최적 안정화 조건을 도출하기 위하여 $TiO_2$의 함유량을 달리하여 피치섬유를 제조한 후, 여러가지 안정화 조건에 대한 섬유의 특성 변화와 금속입자의 거동을 관찰하였다. 공기에 의한 피치섬유의 안정화시 안정화온도가 높고, $TiO_2$ 함유량이 적을수록 산화에 의한 무게증가가 컸다. 안정화된 섬유를 탄화하면 수율은 71~82 wt.% 수준인데, $TiO_2$가 활성촉매 역할을 하여 $TiO_2$의 함유량이 많을수록 탄화수율은 낮았다. 안정화 과정에서 열가소성의 피치섬유는 산소의 도입으로 카르보닐기(C=O)와 카르복실기(-COOH) 등이 형성되며 동시에 이들이 가교결합을 이루고 수소를 탈리시켜 열경화성 섬유로 전환되었다. 활성탄소섬유의 기공크기는 $TiO_2$ 함유량이 증가함에 따라 점점 커졌으며, 주사전자현미경과 투과전자현미경을 통하여 섬유의 표면과 내부에 분포된 $TiO_2$ 입자와 분포를 관찰한 결과 안정화, 탄화 및 활성화공정 중 일부 $TiO_2$가 서로 뭉침을 알 수 있었다. 최종적으로 0.5 wt.% $TiO_2$ 함유 석유계 피치섬유는 $280^{\circ}C$에서 3 hr를 최적 안정화 조건으로 제시할 수 있었다.