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Estimation of the amount of refrigerant in artificial ground freezing for subsea tunnel

해저터널 인공 동결공법에서의 냉매 사용량 산정

  • Received : 2018.01.02
  • Accepted : 2018.02.26
  • Published : 2018.03.31
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Abstract

Subsea tunnel can be highly vulnerable to seawater intrusion due to unexpected high-water pressure during construction. An artificial ground freezing (AGF) will be a promising alternative to conventional reinforcement or water-tightening technology under high-water pressure conditions. In this study, the freezing energy and required time was calculated by the theoretical model of the heat flow to estimate the total amount of refrigerant required for the artificial ground freezing. A lab-scale freezing chamber was devised to investigate changes in the thermal and mechanical properties of sandy soil corresponding to the variation of the salinity and water pressure. The freezing time was measured with different conditions during the chamber freezing tests. Its validity was evaluated by comparing the results between the freezing chamber experiment and the numerical analysis. In particular, the freezing time showed no significant difference between the theoretical model and the numerical analysis. The amount of refrigerant for artificial ground freezing was estimated from the numerical analysis and the freezing efficiency obtained from the chamber test. In addition, the energy ratio for maintaining frozen status was calculated by the proposed formula. It is believed that the energy ratio for freezing will depend on the depth of rock cover in the subsea tunnels and the water temperature on the sea floor.

해저터널은 시공중 예측치 못한 고수압으로 인한 해수 침투가 발생할 가능성이 매우 크다. 이에 고수압조건에서 차수 및 보강효과가 탁월한 인공 동결 공법의 적용이 대두되고 있다. 본 연구에서는 인공 동결 공법에 필요한 냉매량을 산정하기 위해 열흐름 에너지 이론 모델에 의한 이론적인 값을 계산하고, 동결 챔버 실험결과 및 수치해석결과와의 비교를 통해 적정성을 검증하였다. 염분과 수압에 따른 열적 역학적 특성 변화를 규명하기 위해 동결용 챔버를 제작하여 염분과 수압 조건에 따라 사질토의 동결 시간을 파악하였다. 또한, 이론값과 수치해석 결과의 동결 시간은 유사한 경향을 확인하였다. 동결공법의 냉매량은 수치해석의 결과를 기반으로, 동결 챔버 실험을 통해 동결 효율의 결과와 이론식을 통한 동결 유지를 위한 에너지 비율을 적용하여 산정하였다. 동결유지를 위한 에너지 비율은 해저터널의 토피고와 해저면의 수온에 따라 좌우될 것으로 판단된다.

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