• Journal of Energy Engineering
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• v.25 no.4
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• pp.152-158
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• 2016

Nitrogen oxide is generated by the chemical reaction of oxygen and nitrogen in higher temperature environment of combustion facilities. The NOx reduction equipment is generally used in the power plant or incineration plant and it causes enormous cost for the construction and maintenance. The flue gas recirculation method is commonly adopted for the reduction of NOx formation in the combustion facilities. In the present study, the computational fluid dynamic analysis was accomplished to elucidated the cold flow characteristics in the flue gas recirculation burner with coanda nozzles in the flue gas recirculation pipe. The inlet and outlet of flue gas recirculation pipes are directed toward the tangential direction of circular burner not toward the center of burner. The swirling flow is formed in the burner and it causes the reverse flow in the burner. The ratio of flue gas recirculation flow rate with the air flow rate was about 2.5 for the case with the coanda nozzle gap, 0.5mm and it was 1.5 for the case with the gap, 1.0mm. With the same coanda nozzle gap, the flue gas recirculation flow rate ratio had a little increase when the air flow rate changes from 1.1 to 2.2 times of ideal air flow rate.

• Proceedings of the Korean Vacuum Society Conference
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• 2011.02a
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• pp.366-366
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• 2011

냉중성자원은 하나로 반사체탱크에 위치한 수직공에 설치되어 노심에서 발생하는 열중성자를 감속재인 액체수소층을 통과시켜 냉중성자를 생산하는 설비로 수소가를 충전하고 있는 수소계통이 있으며, 21K의 극저온 액체수소/기체수소 2상(ttwo-phase)을 유지하기 위해 외부에서 유입되는 열침입을 최소화하기 위해 진공계통이 설치되어 있다. 진공계통은 수조내기기 집합체(In-Pool Assembly : IPA)의 액체수소 열사이펀, 감속재 용기 등의 냉중성자원 극저온 부풀들의 단열을 위하여 진공용기 내부진공도를 공정진공도 이하로 유지하기 위한 계통으로 고진공펌프, 진공배기탱크 및 저진공펌프의 조합으로 두 개의 진공펌프시스템과 진공박스, 배기수집탱크 및 밸브박스를 포함한 연결배관으로 설계되었다. 저진공펌프를 이용하여 대기압에서 고진공펌프 작동압력까지 도달한 후 고진공펌프를 가동하여 공정진공도 이하의 진공도를 확보하고, 고진공펌프로부터 배기되는 배출가스는 고진공펌프 후단에 설치된 진공배기탱크에 포집되며, 필요 시 저진공펌프레 의하여 배기수집탱크로 배출된다. 진공펌프시스템은 진공용기 내부의 압력이 공정진동고 이하로 유지되도록 연속적으로 가동되어 진공단열이 가능하다. 본 논문은 감속재인 수소를 액화상태로 유지하며, 공정진공도 이하로 충분히 유지되어 운전되는 진공계통의 특성을 원자로 운전 주기별로 소개하고자 한다.

• Journal of the Korean Society for Nondestructive Testing
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• v.22 no.4
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• pp.402-410
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• 2002

Recently the necessity of study on optical measuring method using laser to detect the pipeline's defect in nuclear facilities, chemical industries and power plants has been increased. Because laser light can be delivered to a remote area without any difficulties, the application of laser in many industries can solve several difficulties from the limitation of access in danger area and reduce the risks of workers. Therefore, we applied a new experimental technique to the measurement of internal defects in pressure vessels with the combination of shearography and image processing technique and detected the internal cracks of pressure vessels in the former paper. In this paper, we used the same optical system as in the former study and found the optimum shearing magnitude by comparing the real length of specimen with experimental results. A variety of conditions were applied to certify the validity of this method. Actually, several specimens which have different lengths and depths were used in this experiment under the three diverse pressure. Consequently, we have carried out this experiment to determine the limit of measurement ability with analyzing errors.

• Journal of the Korean Society for Nondestructive Testing
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• v.22 no.4
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• pp.393-401
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• 2002

Pipelines in power plants, nuclear facilities and chemical industries are often affected by corrosion effects. It is important to inspect the internal defects in pipelines in oder to guarantee safe operational condition. We have taken relatively much time, cost and manpower to use conventional NDT methods because these methods are contact measuring methods. In this paper, we used digital shearography, a laser-based optical method which allows full-field measurement of surface displacement derivatives. This method has many advantages in practical use, such as low sensitivity to environmental noise, simple optical configuration and real time measurement. The experiment was performed with pressure vessels which has different internal cracks and detected internal cracks in the pressure vessels at a real time using phase shifting method.

• Proceedings of the KSME Conference
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• 2001.06a
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• pp.636-643
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• 2001

Interference between the crossover leg of the reactor coolant system (RCS) and the pipe whip restraints (PWR) has brought a degradation issue of the integrity of the Reactor Coolant System in Westinghouse type nuclear power plants (NPPs) of Korea. According to the gap Inspect ion carried out during planned overhaul (Year 2000), interference between the crossover leg and the PWR was found in each RCS loop. This plant has had the high vibration problem on the RC pump 'B'. The reason for the high vibration in the RC pump 'B' had been massively surveyed and it was found that the crossover leg of RCS contacted with the PWR in hot condition. Since the contact between the crossover leg and the PWR changes the dynamic characteristics of the piping system for the RCS, this is considered as one reason for the high vibration. And a possibility of overstress on the crossover leg due to the contact with the PWR should be evaluated. Through performing RCS integrity analyses, subsequent actions were initiated to increase the gap between those parts. As the results of the appropriate separation between two parts, it was reported that there was no unusual noise or vibration during plant heat-up. In this paper, the evaluations for the gap between the crossover leg and the PWR and the structural integrity due to loop binding is described.

• Transactions of the Korean Society of Mechanical Engineers A
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• v.40 no.3
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• pp.245-252
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• 2016

In this study, an alternative bend design is proposed to overcome the aging problem in piping bends. In this design, the foam pad is not included. Finite element analysis was performed based on the total pipe diameter. From this analysis, the shape of the Shear Control Ring (SCR) was determined. Temperature, stress, and other data of the proposed reinforced pipe were acquired and analyzed after the test was performed. The value of the thermal stress for the reinforced steel pipe satisfied the required standard without the foam pad based on the manufacturing of the reinforced fitting and construction site of the test. The reinforcement provided a shear strength level for the foam pad that resulted in maximum shear stress less than stress based on the original foam pad applied at the pipe bend. Additionally, an increasing factor of safety effect for the reinforced fitting application was discovered.

• Transactions of the Korean Society of Mechanical Engineers A
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• v.40 no.6
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• pp.539-546
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• 2016

In this paper, the effect of J-R curve changes on the determination of parameters in a failure model owing to the presence or absence of a side groove in a C(T) specimen is investigated. A stress-modified fracture strain model is implemented for FE damage simulations. C(T) specimens were taken from SA508 grade 1a low-alloy steel piping material, and some of them were processed with a side groove. Fracture toughness tests were performed at room temperature and at $316^{\circ}C$. The parameters of the failure model were determined by damage simulations using the J-R curves obtained from the tests. Finally, the results show that the determination of failure model parameters is not affected by variations in J-R curves owing to the presence or absence of a side groove.

• Fire Science and Engineering
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• v.32 no.4
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• pp.86-94
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• 2018

A sports center fire in Jecheon caused 29 deaths and 40 injuries. This study focused only on the structural factors of the building and equipment to investigate the causes of casualties based on the fire investigation results at the sports center. The structural factors of the building and equipment were a piloti-type parking lot, lack of a fire compartment between the piloti-type parking lot and lobby, lack of an installed sprinkler system, lack of an installed fire door in the main stairs on the $1^{st}$ floor, lack of an installed fire water tank on the rooftop, an installed pocket fire door in the main entrance on the $2^{nd}$ floor, poor fire compartments in an EPS space and a pipe pit and on each floor, a leak in the joint of a drain pipe, plywood installed in the hoistway of the freight elevator and interior wall, illegal remodeling of a closed rooftop structure, which cannot discharge smoke and heat, installed styrofoam insulation in the inside of the parking lot ceiling, an installed tempered glass window, which cannot be opened in the ladies bathroom on the $2^{nd}$ floor, and a finished dryvit exterior wall.

• Journal of the Korean Association of Geographic Information Studies
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• v.20 no.4
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• pp.39-54
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• 2017

Between 1998 and 2010, the computerization of underground facilities was completed in 84 cities. Since 2011, new pipelines have been laid or existing pipelines have been maintained, renovated, and renewed. To measure the exact location and depth of the exposure pipe, a map of underground facilities was created before filling the ground. This method is based on the time when the underground facilities of the National Geographic Information Institute Regulation No. 134 of the National Geographic Information Office revised in 2010 were drafted. The process of the drone taking the video is based on a theoretical basis of ground control points. The method works by removing all ground control points located outside of the error range and re-processing it for calculating the best result. Furthermore, using a drone-based spontaneous measuring method allows workers to obtain a high accuracy underground facilities map in error bound. The proposed method could be used as a new way to standardize the processing.

• Journal of the Korea Institute of Information and Communication Engineering
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• v.11 no.9
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• pp.1729-1733
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• 2007

In this paper, we have carried out some tests for analyzing the effects of optical fiber characteristics and piping structures in designing a Customer Cabling System with optical fibers. In this tests, the loss characteristics due to the number of curvatures and the radius of curvature with bending to establish an optical fiber have analyzed particularly. We can confirm that the test results satisfy the current technical regulations in both cases of the number of curvatures and the radius of curvatures. Also, in particular, since there is no loss in an optical cable under the current radius of curvature, that is 30mm, the radius criteria of curvature needs to be revised. These tests results will be so useful to revise and establish a customer cabling system for FTTH.