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A Study on a Novel Pipe Flushing System within Dry Dock Ship Pipelines

건조 선박 배관 내의 새로운 유세정 시스템에 관한 연구

  • Jin-Cheol Noh (Dept. of Mechanical Facility Control Engineering, Korea University of Technology and Education) ;
  • Min-Sik Kim (Dept. of Mechanical Facility Control Engineering, Korea University of Technology and Education) ;
  • Yung-Deug Son (Dept. of Mechanical Facility Control Engineering, Korea University of Technology and Education)
  • 노진철 (한국기술교육대학교 기계설비제어공학과) ;
  • 김민식 (한국기술교육대학교 기계설비제어공학과) ;
  • 손영득 (한국기술교육대학교 기계설비제어공학과)
  • Received : 2024.01.30
  • Accepted : 2024.04.26
  • Published : 2024.04.30

Abstract

The pipe cleaning process is a crucial step in the shipbuilding process of a shipyard. It involves removing foreign substances from the inside of the pipes before moving on to the stage of testing equipment after installing the pipes. If there are foreign substances inside the pipes and the equipment is tested, the foreign substances can enter the high-priced equipment and become a factor in the breakdown of pumps, gears, bearings, and other components. Especially in the case of pumps or hydraulic valves, even small foreign substances can lead to major accidents if they enter the equipment, and such equipment accidents can be a potential cause of major disasters, leading to accidents involving workers operating the equipment in the vicinity. Therefore, it is a process that shipyard customers, who are shipowners, also focus on and manage very intensively. To solve these problems, this study developed a system that can increase the cleaning effect of the cleaning fluid inside the pipes by increasing the flow of the cleaning fluid inside the pipes in the existing pipe cleaning method.

배관 세정 공정은 조선소 선박 건조과정에서 배관 설치 후 장비를 시운전하는 단계로 넘어가기 전에 최종적으로 배관 내부의 이물질을 제거하는 매우 중요한 공정이다. 만약에 배관 내에 이물질이 있는 상태에서 장비를 시운전하는 단계로 넘어갈 경우 이물질이 고가의 장비에 유입되어 펌프 및 기어, 베어링 등이 파손되는 요인이 된다. 특히 펌프나 유압 밸브 같은 경우는 아주 작은 이물질이라도 장비 속으로 유입이 되면 대형 사고로 이어지며, 이런 장비 사고는 주변에 장비 운전을 하는 작업자의 인명사고까지 연계되어 중대 재해의 잠재 원인이 되므로 조선소 고객인 선주들도 매우 집중적으로 확인하고 관리하는 공정이다. 이러한 문제점을 해결하기 위해 본 연구에서 기존의 배관 세정 공법에서 유세정 효과를 증가시킬 수 있도록 배관 내 세정 유체의 흐름을 증가할 수 있는 시스템을 제안한다.

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