• Proceedings of the Korea Society for Energy Engineering kosee Conference
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• 2003.05a
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• pp.371-376
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• 2003

원자력 발전소에서 격납건물 계통의 건전성 유지는 냉각재상실사고(Loss of Coolant Accident: LOCA) 및 주증기관 파단(Main Steam Line Break : MSLB) 사고와 같은 설계기준사고 시 격납건물의 최대 온도/압력을 평가하는 격납건물 성능 평가는 격납용기 내에 방사능 물질을 효율적으로 가두어 방사능 피해로부터 공공의 안전을 확보할 수 있느냐 하는 관건이다.(중략)

• Proceedings of the KSME Conference
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• 2007.05b
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• pp.2124-2129
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• 2007

A VCHP was fabricated and tested for its thermal performance. The container was made of copper, and the working fluid was water. STS-316 screen of mesh number 100 was inserted as a capillary structure. As a baseline performance, a normal heat pipe of the same dimensions was tested in advance to compare with VCHP, where an inert gas container was attached. The outer diameter of the heat pipe was 12.8 mm and the total length was 600 mm. The evaporator and the condenser lengths were both 200 mm. The thermal load ranged from 20 to 300W. Typical result revealed that the operating temperature of the VCHP stayed almost constant, while that of the normal heat pipe varied as much as 40$^{\circ}C$. Therefore, it was demonstrated that the VCHP is very effective for temperature control of heat-dissipating devices.