Donghoon Shin

Effect of swirling flow by normal injection of secondary air on the gas residence time and mixing characteristics in a lab-scale cold model combustor

The present study investigates gas residence time and mixing characteristics for various swirl numbers generated by injection of secondary air into a lab-scale cylindrical combustor. Fine dust particles and butane gas were injected into the test chamber to study the gas residence time and mixing characteristics, respectively. The mixing characteristics were evaluated by standard deviation value of trace gas concentration at different measurement points. The measurement points were located 25 mm above the secondary air injection position. The trace gas concentration was detected by a gas analyzer. The gas residence time was estimated by measuring the temporal pressure difference across a filter media where the particles were captured. The swirl number of 20 for secondary air injection angle of 5° gave the best condition: long gas residence time and good mixing performance. Numerical calculations were also carried out to study the physical meanings of the experimental results, which showed good agreement with numerical results.

A Comparative Study for Steam-Methane Reforming Reaction Analysis Model

Hydrogen is considered as a fuel of the future for its renewability and environmental compatibility. The reforming of hydrocarbon fuels is currently the most important source of hydrogen, which is expected to continue for next several decades. In this study, extensive CFD simulations on the steam-methane reforming process were conducted to study the performance of four reaction models, i.e. three Arrhenius-type models and a user-defined function (UDF) model. The accuracies of different reaction models for various operating temperatures and steam carbon ratios (SCRs) were evaluated by comparing their CFD results with zero-dimensional intrinsic model of Xu and Froment. It was found that the UDF model generally produced more accurate results than Arrhenius-type models. However, it was also shown that Arrhenius-type models could be made sufficiently accurate by choosing appropriate reaction coefficients, and thus could also be useful for the simulation of the steam-methane reforming process.

Experimental and Numerical Assessment of Liquid Water Exhaust Performance of Flow Channels in PEM Fuel Cells

Polymer electrolyte membrane (PEM) fuel cells are a promising technology for short-term power generation required in residential and automobile applications. Proper management of water has been found to be essential for improving the performance and durability of PEM fuel cells. This study investigated the liquid water exhaust capabilities of various flow channels having different geometries and surface properties. Three-pass serpentine flow fields were prepared by patterning channels of 1 mm or 2 mm width onto hydrophilic Acrylic plates or hydrophobic Teflon plates, and the behaviors of liquid water in those flow channels were experimentally visualized. Computational fluid dynamics (CFD) simulations were also conducted to quantitatively assess the liquid water exhaust capabilities of flow channels for PEM fuel cells. Numerical results showed that hydrophobic flow channels have better liquid water exhaust capabilities than hydrophilic flow channels. Flow channels with curved corners showed less droplet stagnation than the channels with sharp corners. It was also found that a smaller width is desirable for hydrophobic flow channels while a larger width is desirable for hydrophilic ones. The above results were explained as being due to the different droplet morphologies in hydrophobic and hydrophilic channels.

A Study on the Insulation Performance of Composite Multilayer Insulation by Applciation of Heat Storage Tank

MLI(Multi-layer Insulation) is widely used to get highly insulating on cryogenic system in order to reduce heat loads. MLI for satellites thermal performance is changed by materials and laminated method. In this study, a composite multilayer insulation by application of heat stroage tank performance were compared with materials and laminated to change the way. Experimental methods of the KS C 9805 was used, the composite multilayer insulation and EPS was compared with the insulation performance. A method for analysis of experimental results is the equivalent thickness about CMI and the insulation performance were used to compare thermal conductance. As a results, the equivalnet thickenss and the thermal conductance of the composite multilayer insulation were smaller than the EPS and the thermal performance are more excellent. In addition, the configuration of 에너지공학 제 권 제 호 , 23 3 (2014) Journal of Energy Engineering, Vol. 23, No. 3, pp. 82~87 (2014) http://dx.doi.org/10.5855/ENERGY.2014.23.3.082 To whom corresponding should be addressed. Dept. of Mechanical Engineering, Kookmin University Tel : 02-910-4674 E-mail : tychung@kookmin.ac.kr 축열조용 복합 다층 단열재의 단열 성능 연구 Journal of Energy Engineering, Vol. 23, No. 3 (2014) 83 the composite multilayer insulation materials and laminated method varies depending on the overall heat transfer coefficient was confirmed.

Combustion characteristics of simulated gas fuel in a 30 kg/h scale pyrolysis-melting incinerator.

Combustion characteristics of gas fuel in a pyrolysis-melting incinerator having a 30 kg/h capacity were investigated. Pyrolyzed gas from waste was simulated by propane that was injected in the combustion chamber, and burnt through multi-staged combustion by distributing the combustion air to primary, secondary, and tertiary air nozzles. Temperatures and the concentrations of gas components in the combustion chamber were measured. Combustion performance was evaluated with respect to the temperature distribution and combustion gas concentrations of O2, CO and NOx. Using secondary air and/or tertiary air, the combustion performance was improved, and, in particular, NOx concentration decreased significantly following the tertiary air injection.

Experimental Study on Thermal NOx and CO Emission in a Laboratory-Scale Incinerator with Reversed Secondary Air Jet Injection

Incinerators generally emit pollutants such as NOx and CO during the combustion process. In this paper, pollutant emissions and temperature distributions were studied in a simulated incinerator with a reversed (relative to the flue gas flow) secondary air injection system. The experiments were performed by using a lab-scale furnace in order to evaluate the effects of the injection location, direction and flow rate of secondary air jets. The emission of NOx was lower in the case of reversed secondary air injection than in the case of cross injection, due to the recirculation and mixing of the exhaust gas. In the reversed air injection cases, thermal NOx emissions decreased as secondary air ratio increased from 30 to 60 and slightly increased at secondary air ratios higher than 60. In most cases, CO emissions were not detected except for a few reversed secondary air injection cases, in which cases CO concentrations below 2ppm were observed. Corresponding Author, d.shin@kookmin.ac.kr C 2016 The Korean Society of Mechanical Engineers 1. 서 론 폐기물 소각로는 가연성폐기물을 매립하지 않 고 소각하여 열에너지로 회수가 가능하다. 그래 서 폐기물 감량화만이 아니라 자원의 재순환 및 폐자원 활용을 통한 자원 확보와 환경적 효과를 동시에 만족한다. 그러나 폐기물 소각로는 많은 장점에서 불구하고 연소 시 NOx, CO 등의 공해 물질을 배출하는 단점이 있다. 이렇게 배출된 공해물질들은 자연환경 및 인체에 악영향을 끼친 다. 이로 인해 EU, EPA(Environment Protection Agency), IMO(International Maritime Organization)

A Study on Condensation Heat Transfer in Air Pre-heating Heat Exchanger using Hydrophilic Surface

To increase the heat transfer rate of the air pre-heating heat exchanger used for the condensing boiler, We investigated condensation heat transfer coefficients through plasma surface treatment. The hydrophilic surface showed about 10% increase in heat transfer rate than original plate. It shows that Shah correlation can be used to predict the condensation heat transfer coefficient on the original surface within 10% error range after the compatison between Shah correlation and the condensation heat transfer coefficients measured on the hydrophilic surface and original surface. Therefore, we have shown that Shah correlation is available when designing the air pre-heating heat exchanger using the original surface in this study.

A Study on the Effects of Etching Surface Characteristics on Condensation Heat Transfer in Pre-heating Exchanger

In order to improve the heat efficiency of the general residential boiler, we performed an experiment of condensation heat transfer to air pre-heating exchanger adhered to the condensing boiler. In this study, surface roughness was imposed on the surface of stainless steel by etching. And in order to evaluate the heat transfer performance on each plate, the counter flow heat exchanger fabricated with polycarbonate in used. As a result, on etching treated plates overall heat transfer coefficient is higher than the original plate. And etching treated plate during 60 seconds with etchant is the to average 15% compared to bare stainless steel. And we studied the heat transfer enhancement factor through the analysis of surface characteristics using AFM..일반 가정용 보일러의 열효율을 증진시키기 위해서 콘덴싱 보일러에 부착되는 급기 예열 열교환기의 응축 열전달에 대한 실험을 수행하였다. 본 연구에서는 스테인리스의 표면에 대하여 에칭을 이용하여 표면 거칠기를 부과하였다. 그리고 열전달 성능 평가를 위해 대향유동 열교환기를 폴리카보네이트로 제작하였고 원판과 비교 실험을 수행하였다. 그 결과 에칭 처리한 모든 시편의 총괄열전달계수는 원판에 비해 증가하는 것을 확인할 수 있었고, 에칭 시간이 60초인 시편에서 평균 15%까지 증가하였다. 그리고 AFM 장비를 이용하여 표면 특성에 대한 분석을 통하여 열전달 증진 요인에 대해 연구하였다.

The economic benefit of combustible waste into energy: A contingent valuation study

Heating and hot water has accounted for 68% of Koreas household energy usage. Boiler makes up the bulk of the heating and hot water production. Hence a highly efficient boiler is needed in order to reduce energy consumption. A condensing boiler that recovers latent heat is known to be highly efficient. However, it is expensive and takes more space to necessitate research for improvement. In the present study, we investigated condensation heat transfer of a surface roughened by etching treatment. The etched plate showed 9.2% increase in heat transfer compared to original plate.

An Experimental Study on Detection of Gas Leakage Position by Monitoring Pressure Values at City Gas Pipeline

Gas pipeline safety management and risk prediction are recognized as a very important issue. And the effort to prevent accidents is essential. So, in this study, it was studied through correlation of pressure changes for leak point detection in real-time. It experimented by installing the five leakage valves in the pipe of 378 m and compared the actual leak points with simulation results. The results showed that experimental leak points and the actual leak points have differences within the 6 m. And this technology has to be commercialized by the demonstration in dangerous zone.