In the study, energy flow analysis is performed to predict the performance of silencers. To date, deterministic approaches such as finite element method have been widely used for silencer analysis. However, they have limitations in analyzing large structures and mid-high frequency ranges due to unreasonable computational costs and errors. However, silencers used for ships and off-shore plants are much larger than those used in other engineering fields. Hence, energy governing equation, which is significantly efficient for systems with high modal density, is solved for silencers in ships and off-shore plants. The silencer is divided into two different acoustic media, air and absorption materials. The discontinuity of energy density at interfaces is solved via hypersingular integrals for the 3-D modified Helmholtz equation to analyze multi-domain problems with the energy flow boundary element method. The method is verified by comparing the measurements and analysis results for ship silencers over mid–high frequency ranges. The comparisons confirm good agreement between the measurement and analysis results. We confirm that the applied analysis method is useful for large silencers in mid-high frequency ranges. With the proven procedures, energy flow analysis can be performed for various types of silencer used in ships and off-shore plants in the first stage of the design.

정삼투 공정(forward osmosis, FO)은 역삼투 공정(reverse osmosis, RO)에 비해 저압으로 운영되므로 오염 제어, 유지 보수, 막 세정 및 잠재적 에너지 저감 측면에서 큰 이점이 있어 다양한 분야에 적용할 수 있는 기술이다. 특히, 정삼투 공정의 막오염층이 비교적 느슨하고 분산된 특성을 가지므로 역삼투 공정과 달리 물리세정만으로도 충분한 막오염 제어가 가능하다. 하지만 기존 연구들의 경우 정삼투 물리세정에 적합한 세정 유속을 적용하지 않아 최적화 운전을 하지 못했다는 한계가 있다. 따라서 이 연구는 경제적인 에너지량으로 높은 효율의 세정을 보일 수 있는 적절한 유속의 정당성 평가를 목적으로 한다. 정삼투 공정 막오염 실험을 8.54 cm/s 순환 유속으로 유지하고 세 가지 세정유속으로 회복률과 SEC(specific energy consumption) 비교 평가하였다. 이 실험의 결과로 2배속 세정이 3배속 세정의 수투과도 회복률 만큼의 높은 효율을 보 이는 동시에, 2배속 세정이 높은 세정효율 및 경제적인 SEC를 보이는 적절한 유속이라는 것을 확인하였다.

The effects of intake system on turbulent kinetic energy for the in-cylinder flow of a four-valve SI engine were studied. For this study, the same head, cylinder, and the piston were used to examine turbulence characteristics in two different intake systems. In-cylinder flow measurements were conducted using three dimensional LDV system. The measurement method, which simultaneously collects 3-D velocity data, allowed a evaluation of turbulent kinetic energy inside a cylinder. High levels of turbulent kinetic energy were found in regions of high shear flow, attributed to the collisions of intake flows. These specific results support the more general conclusion that the slightly offset direction of the intake system produced higher in-cylinder velocities on the +x-axis side of the cylinder which caused some asymmetric flow patterns about the z-axis. Higher levels of turbulent kinetic energy prevailed in zones of mean velocity collisions and regions where significant directional changes in the mean velocity patterns occurred.

본 연구에서는 MF/UF/RO/MD와 같은 다양한 종류의 막여과 공정에 대하여 에너지 사용량을 분석하기 위한 기법을 개발하기 위하여 수행되었다. 에너지 흐름 분석을 위하여 공정모사 모델을 개발하였으며 이를 이용하여 각 단계별 유효에너지와 에너지 손실을 계산하였다.

A 2D axisymmetric numerical analysis was performed to study the characteristics of charge process inside solar thermal storage tank. The porosity and heat transfer coefficient of filler material as well as inlet velocity of heat transfer fluid are selected as simulation parameters. The porosity is varied as 0.2, 0.5, and 0.8 to account for the effect of filler granule geometry. Two levels of the heat transfer coefficient is adopted to assess the heat transfer between heat transfer fluid and filler material. The inlet velocity is varied as 0.00278, 0.0278, and 0.278m/s. As both of the porosity and the heat transfer coefficient increase, the discrepancy of the temperature distributions between the filler and heat transfer fluid decreases. As the inlet velocity increases, the penetration depth of the heat transfer fluid increases proportionally.

A 2D axisymmetric numerical analysis was performed to study the characteristics of charge process inside solar thermal storage tank. The interfacial area density and inertial resistance of filler material are selected as simulation parameters. The interfacial area density is varied as 800, 2000, and 4000 1/m. The inertial resistance is varied as 1, 3, and 5 1/m. When the interfacial area density increases from 800 to 4000 1/m, the discrepancy of the temperature distributions between the filler and heat transfer fluid decreases. As inertial resistance increases from 1 to 5, both of the temperature and fluid flow pattern changes considerably.

In this study, we analyzed all of the waste streams associated with household waste to provide a basis for incorporating the individual characteristics of municipalities in setting targets for waste-to-resource circulation. Toward this end, we examined how household waste is treated based on the disposal method (mixed waste disposed of in standard volumerate garbage bags, separation recyclable waste, and food waste) and the amount of residuals generated at their respective treatment facilities. The actual recycling rate or actual waste-to-energy conversion rate was calculated as the ratio of the actual amount of waste that is recycled or converted to energy against the amount of waste intake at waste treatment facilities. The conversion factor of actual recycling rates at 17 municipalities showed an average of 63.9% for public material recovery facilities (MRFs) with those for individual municipalities ranging from 50.4% to 93.2%, and an average of 93.8% for private and public food waste treatment facilities with slightly higher rates found for public facilities (70.4 ~ 100%) than private facilities (63.3 ~ 100%). The actual waste-to-energy conversion factor was 59.3% on average for combustible waste-to-energy facilities (17.2 ~ 72.3%) and 92.0% on average for biological waste-to-energy facilities (77.1 ~ 99.5%). To achieve the national target for the actual recycling rate, additional strategies for recycling or converting the residuals generated at recycling or combustible waste-to-energy facilities into resources are needed. The actual recycling and waste-to-energy conversion rates provided in this study based on a full examination of household waste streams hold valuable insights for incorporating the individual situations of municipalities in setting their targets for wasteto- resource circulation indicators and creating new strategies for improving the actual recycling rate.

본 연구에서는 보형식에 따라 발생되는 수리학적 현상을 분석하기 위하여 수리실험을 수행하였으며, 보 형식은 월류형 고정보와 하단방류형 가동보를 대상으로 하였다. 두가지 다른 형식의 보에서 발생하는 도수를 포함한 직하류 흐름 특성을 비교하고, 하단방류형 가동보를 설치할 경우 발생되는 직하류부 구간의 수위, 유속 및 에너지 변화 등 수리학적 특성을 분석하였다. 또한 하단방류형 가동보 직하류에서 발생되는 흐름을 제어하기 위하여 감세공 설치 위치 및 높이의 효율성을 분석하였다. 그 결과 방류 후 보 직하류에서 하단방류형 가동보의 경우 월류형 고정보와 유사한 도수(Hydraulic jump)가 발생되는 것으로 분석되었으나, 보 직하류 사류구간의 증가로 인하여 전체적인 도수길이는 증가되는 것으로 나타났으며 이는 Froude 수에 비례하는 것으로 분석되었다. 하상에 영향을 미치는 사류구간을 줄이기 위하여 도수를 사전에 유도시키도록 감세공 설치를 검토하였으며, 감세공을 설치할 경우 미설치시보다 단위길이당 에너지 감소효과는 Froude 수가 1.7 이상에서 더 효과적인 것으로 나타났다. 감세공의 설치에 있어서 설치 높이는 에너지 감소효과에 민감한 것으로 나타났으며 본 실험 결과 감세공의 높이는 하류 자유흐름 수심의 10%에서 가장 효과가 큰 것으로 나타났다. 따라서 본 연구를 통하여 분석한 결과 하단방류형 가동보 직하류의 하상보호를 위해 도수현상의 길이를 줄이는 방법으로 효과적인 감세공 설치를 통해 에너지를 줄이는 방법을 활용하는 것이 바람직한 것으로 판단된다.

파력발전장치 중 진동수주(Oscillating Water Column)형은 3단계 에너지 변환과정을 거치게 된다. 그 중 파랑에너지를 공기에너지로 변환하는 장치인 공기실의 형상을 바꿔가며 그에 따른 성능을 상용 CFD 코드인 FLUENT를 이용한 수치 해석 기법으로 연구하여 보았다. 통상 OWC형 파력발전장치는 공기실과, 터빈이 설치되는 덕트 간에 효율적인 이유로 급축소 형태를 취하고 있는데 이 때 공기실과 터빈 연결부의 형상이 파력발전 장치 전체 성능에 중요한 영향을 미치므로 공기실내의 압력을 최소화하고 터빈 유입유속의 가속화가 용이한 가장 적합한 형상을 정상 및 비정상 해석을 통하여 찾고자 하였다.

When the city water was heated for the optimum use of unused energy, the energy flows and losses were calculated and evaluated to improve the value of heated water systems at dwelling side. To obtain this purpose, It was simulated on heat flows under two conditions like with heat pumps or not and calculated the energy savings. Furthermore, recycling water system was suggested for enhancing the value of heated water system. From this results, the energy flows without heat pumps showed that it was 3-4 percents of heat losses from pipes, 62 percents of energy savings from hot water uses and 34 percents of unutilized heat. When the heated water system adopt the recycling water system at dwelling side, it was improved 12 percents of total energy savings.

In order to study the seasonal variation of kinetic and potential energy of residual flow field in Suyoung Bay of Korea, we calculated its energy budget and compared it with the tidal energy there. The potential energy shows the large value in winter and spring and the small one in summer and early autumn when the density stratification is developed. The kinetic energy of residual flow varies seasonally and the seasonally averaged kinetic energy of residual flow per unit area is 6.4 × 10_-4 ergs s^-1cm^-2. It is mainly governed by the density-driven current with the exception of that in November when the kinetic energy of tide-induced residual current is larger than those of density-driven current and winddriven current. An averaged fraction of the kinetic energy of tide-induced residual current, wind-driven current and density-driven current, which are the major components of residual flow, is 29.1%, 3.4%, 67.5%, respectively, to the kinetic energy of residual flow. The fraction of kinetic energy of residual flow, potential energy and tidal energy per unit area is 1.0 : 6.7 × 10_3 : 8.2 × 10_4, respectively.