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Overview

Kyung Chun Kim is affiliated with Pusan National University in South Korea. Their research spans multiple topics within the broad field of engineering, with a primary focus on computational mechanics and mechanical engineering, as well as aerospace and biomedical engineering.

Their work concentrates on key areas such as fluid dynamics and turbulent flows, heat transfer mechanisms, fluid dynamics and vibration analysis, combustion and flame dynamics, aerodynamics and acoustics in jet flows, nanofluid flow and heat transfer, and optimization related to heat transfer.

Recent publications by Kyung Chun Kim include the following:

  • Progress and challenges on the thermal management of electrochemical energy conversion and storage technologies: Fuel cells, electrolysers, and supercapacitors, 2021, Progress in Energy and Combustion Science
  • Effects of water-aluminum oxide nanofluid on double pipe heat exchanger with gear disc turbulators: A numerical investigation, 2021, Journal of the Taiwan Institute of Chemical Engineers
  • Near-Optimal Weather Routing by Using Improved A* Algorithm, 2020, Applied Sciences
  • Hybrid CFD-ANN approach for evaluation of bio-inspired dolphins dorsal fin turbulators of heat exchanger in turbulent flow, 2022, Applied Thermal Engineering
  • Experimental and numerical study on flow characteristics and heat transfer of an oscillating jet in a channel, 2020, International Journal of Heat and Fluid Flow

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Kim include Mirae Kim, Mahdi Nili-Ahmadabadi, Javad Abolfazli Esfahani, Mahmood Norouzi, and Tao Cai.

Kyung Chun Kim has published extensively in several scientific venues such as:

  • Journal of Visualization
  • Physics of Fluids
  • Applied Thermal Engineering
  • Scientific Reports
  • 14th International Symposium on Particle Image Velocimetry

The main field of study recorded is Engineering, with 355 publications overall. Within this domain, the subfields with notable contributions are:

  • Computational Mechanics
  • Mechanical Engineering
  • Aerospace Engineering
  • Biomedical Engineering
  • Electrical and Electronic Engineering

The research topics Kyung Chun Kim explores frequently include:

  • Fluid Dynamics and Turbulent Flows
  • Heat Transfer Mechanisms
  • Fluid Dynamics and Vibration Analysis
  • Combustion and flame dynamics
  • Aerodynamics and Acoustics in Jet Flows
  • Nanofluid Flow and Heat Transfer
  • Heat Transfer and Optimization

Best Publications

  • Very large-scale motion in the outer layer

    Kyung Chun Kim;Kyung Chun Kim;Ronald J. Adrian

  • Super-resolution reconstruction of turbulent velocity fields using a generative adversarial network-based artificial intelligence framework

    Zhiwen Deng;Chuangxin He;Yingzheng Liu;Kyung Chun Kim

  • Progress and challenges on the thermal management of electrochemical energy conversion and storage technologies: Fuel cells, electrolysers, and supercapacitors

    Saman Rashidi;Nader Karimi;Nader Karimi;Bengt Sunden;Kyung Chun Kim

  • Potentials of porous materials for energy management in heat exchangers – A comprehensive review

    Saman Rashidi;Mohammad Hossein Kashefi;Kyung Chun Kim;Omid Samimi-Abianeh

  • Investigation of organic Rankine cycles with zeotropic mixtures as a working fluid: Advantages and issues

    Gholamreza Bamorovat Abadi;Kyung Chun Kim

  • Numerical Study of Heat Transfer and Flow of Natural Convection in AN Enclosure with a Heat-Generating Conducting Body

    Jong Yun Oh;Man Yeong Ha;Kyung Chun Kim

  • 3D particle position and 3D velocity field measurement in a microvolume via the defocusing concept

    Sang Youl Yoon;Kyung Chun Kim

  • Thermodynamic analysis of a novel dual-loop organic Rankine cycle for engine waste heat and LNG cold

    Taehong Sung;Kyung Chun Kim

  • Time-resolved turbulent velocity field reconstruction using a long short-term memory (LSTM)-based artificial intelligence framework

    Zhiwen Deng;Yujia Chen;Yingzheng Liu;Kyung Chun Kim

  • Defrosting method adopting dual hot gas bypass for an air-to-air heat pump

    Hwan-Jong Choi;Hwan-Jong Choi;Byung-Soon Kim;Donghoon Kang;Kyung Chun Kim

  • Working fluids selection and parametric optimization of an Organic Rankine Cycle coupled Vapor Compression Cycle (ORC-VCC) for air conditioning using low grade heat

    Muhammad Tauseef Nasir;Kyung Chun Kim

  • Numerical study on the horizontal axis turbines arrangement in a wind farm: Effect of separation distance on the turbine aerodynamic power output

    Nak Joon Choi;Sang Hyun Nam;Jong Hyun Jeong;Kyung Chun Kim

  • Experimental and Thermoeconomic Analysis of Small-Scale Solar Organic Rankine Cycle (SORC) System

    Suresh Baral;Dokyun Kim;Eunkoo Yun;Kyung Chun Kim

  • Experimental study of a 1 kw organic Rankine cycle with a zeotropic mixture of R245fa/R134a

    Gholamreza Bamorovat Abadi;Eunkoo Yun;Kyung Chun Kim

  • A feasibility study of solar energy in South Korea

    Omid Nematollahi;Kyung Chun Kim

  • A combined Dual Hot-Gas Bypass Defrosting method with accumulator heater for an air-to-air heat pump in cold region

    Jaehong Kim;Jaehong Kim;Hwan-Jong Choi;Kyung Chun Kim

  • Thermoeconomic analysis of a biogas-fueled micro-gas turbine with a bottoming organic Rankine cycle for a sewage sludge and food waste treatment plant in the Republic of Korea

    Taehong Sung;Sunhee Kim;Kyung Chun Kim

  • Thermodynamic performance analysis of a combined power cycle using low grade heat source and LNG cold energy

    Kyoung Hoon Kim;Kyung Chun Kim

  • Experimental investigation of an organic Rankine cycle with multiple expanders used in parallel

    Eunkoo Yun;Dokyun Kim;Sang Youl Yoon;Kyung Chun Kim

  • Microfluidics assisted synthesis of well-defined spherical polymeric microcapsules and their utilization as potential encapsulants.

    Sinoj Abraham;Eun Ho Jeong;Takahiro Arakawa;Shuichi Shoji

  • Measurement of two-dimensional heat transfer and flow characteristics of an impinging sweeping jet

    Sang Hyouk Kim;Hyun Dong Kim;Kyung Chun Kim

Frequent Co-Authors

Javad Abolfazli Esfahani
Javad Abolfazli Esfahani Ferdowsi University of Mashhad
Yingzheng Liu
Yingzheng Liu Shanghai Jiao Tong University
Man Yeong Ha
Man Yeong Ha Pusan National University
Ronald J. Adrian
Ronald J. Adrian Arizona State University
Ho-Hwan Chun
Ho-Hwan Chun Pusan National University
Il Kim
Il Kim Pusan National University
Sang Joon Lee
Sang Joon Lee Pohang University of Science and Technology
Jaesool Shim
Jaesool Shim Yeungnam University
Nader Karimi
Nader Karimi University of Southampton
Hassan Hajabdollahi
Hassan Hajabdollahi Vali Asr University of Rafsanjan

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