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    Vibration Analysis and Development of a Submersible Ultrasonic Transducer for an Application in the Inhibitory Activity of Pathogenic Bacteria
    (2021-01-01)
    Srathonghuam, Kamonwan
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    Wonganu, Benjamaporn
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    Busayaporn, Wutthikrai
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    Development of a new generation of a submersible ultrasonic transducer (SUT) using vibrational analysis aimed for higher efficiency and inhibitory activity of pathogenic bacteria has been presented. The SUT with a dual-stepped shape of front mass and PZT8 transducer working at 50W, 110V, 50 kHz has been examined by the plate counting method. It was found that the SUT could inhibit pathogenic bacteria, e.g., Escherichia coli, Salmonella typhi, Staphylococcus epidermidis, and Staphylococcus aureus. For the vibrational analysis, the results were derived from structural and acoustic simulations using harmonic response analysis (HRA) in ANSYS software. In the structural simulation, the results showed a natural frequency and total deformations both inside and outside of the original SUT corresponding to the results measured by a laser doppler vibrometer. The acoustic simulation, set up as an actual operation at different depths from the water surface, has been applied. The HRA revealed various distributions of acoustic pressure. For further distances away from the SUT, the acoustic pressure decreased. When the SUT has been submerged deeper into the media, the acoustic pressure becomes larger at positions close to the bottom of the tank. This discovery is consistent with power concentration measurement. For the development of the SUT, this research proposed other 5 models as the candidate to be investigated. The results from the acoustic simulation confirmed that the different shapes of the front mass provided different acoustic pressure distributions. The wider head of the front mass in the modified dual-stepped shape generated the highest acoustic pressure and was fully distributed through an all-over cleaning tank. Therefore, this proposed model is suitable for industrial commercialization and possesses the inhibitory activity of pathogenic bacteria.
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    Derosion Lattice Performance and Optimization in Solving an End Effect Assessed by CFD: A Case Study in Thailand’s Beach
    (2022-05-01) ;
    Tangsopa, Worapol
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    Kaewbumrung, Mongkol
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    Phanak, Mongkol
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    Busayaporn, Wutthikrai
    Thailand’s beach had a severe coastal erosion problem at the end of rock dams called the “end effect”. One of the innovative solutions to solve this problem is to use the derosion lattice (DL). However, since the DL performance depends on installing conditions such as angle of attack, placement position, terrain, and climate, computational fluid dynamics (CFD) was applied to assess the end effect’s occurrence and optimize the performance of DL’s installation. Based on Khao Rup Chang’s condition, a suffered beach in Thailand was used as a case study, and a free surface flow simulation was performed in the transient state using ANSYS Fluent, a CFD software, which revealed water waves flow through the beach with and without the DL installation cases. Furthermore, the CFD-assessed results indicated that the angle of attack and placement position affected the DL performance as expected. In optimization, the 15<sup>◦</sup> angle of attack with the DL placement adjacent to the rock dam was the proper condition. After being applied at the actual site, the DL can help reduce erosion, increase sedimentation, and solve the end effect with excellent performance.
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    Evaluation and improvement of ventilation systemreduceinside low-costparticle contaminationautomation line to
    (2020-02-28)
    Puangburee, Lamai
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    Busayaporn, Wutthikrai
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    Kaewbumrung, Mongkol
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    A Low-Cost Automation (LCA) line, a group of machines to manufacture hard disk drive’s components located inside a clean room of factory, faces the problem of particle contamination caused by an improper ventilation system. To solve this problem, Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) has been implemented to evaluate airflow and simulate solutions to improve the ventilation system of the LCA. By using actual operating conditions collected at the factory and Fluent CFD software, the simulation showed that airflow patterns in such areas were substandard. For example, the large areas of recirculation zone with air velocities lower than 0.2 m/s such as Fan Filter Units’ conveyor and Work Area. The low ve-locity of the airflow can cause particle contamination and leads to low-quality production. To reduce the particle contamination, we suggested novel solutions based on the CFD results by increasing the momen-tum source (S<inf>m</inf>) and/or redesigning the LCA’s model especially extending its height of cover. The increasing of S<inf>m</inf> can be simply implemented by increasing the air-condition power to the optimal values accord-ing to the calculation leading to a reduction in recir-culation areas. In addition, extending the height of the LCA’s cover also improved the air velocities in the critical areas to meet the factory’s standard.
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    A proper shape of the trailing edge modification to solve a housing damage problem in a gas turbine power plant
    (2021-04-01)
    Jansaengsuk, Thodsaphon
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    Kaewbumrung, Mongkol
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    Busayaporn, Wutthikrai
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    To solve the housing damage problem of a fractured compressor blade (CB) caused by an impact on the inner casing of a gas turbine in the seventh stage (from 15 stages), modifications of the trailing edge (TE) of the CB have been proposed, namely 6.5 mm curved cutting and a combination of 4 mm straight cutting with 6.5 mm curved cutting. The simulation results of the modifications in both aerodynamics variables C<inf>l</inf> and C<inf>d</inf> and the pressure ratio, including structural dynamics such as a normalized power spectrum, frequency, total deformation, equivalent stress, and the safety factor, found that 6.5 mm curved cutting could deliver the aerodynamics and structural dynamics similar to the original CB. This result also overcomes the previous work that proposed 5.0 mm straight cutting. This work also indicates that the operation of a CB gives uneven pressure and temperature, which get higher in the TE area. The slightly modified CB can present the difference in the properties of both the aerodynamics and the structural dynamics. Therefore, any modifications of the TE should be investigated for both properties simultaneously. Finally, the results from this work can be very useful information for the modification of the CB in the housing damage problem of the other rotating types of machinery in a gas turbine power plant.