• Korean Journal of Air-Conditioning and Refrigeration Engineering
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• v.20 no.4
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• pp.238-244
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• 2008

This study investigates on the improvement of inhalation effect of hood which attached new device named as "gas-guide-device" in local exhaust ventilation system for the effective elimination of harmful material and dust in manufacturing factory. The gas-guide-device having a diamond shape is composed of width (b) and two sides of a device (X, Y) and its size is selected the industrial hood under application in manufacturing factory after due consideration. In order to investigate the effect of gas-guide-device, numerical and experimental study is performed that the flow velocity is calculated and is measured by a commercial program "COMSOL $Multiphysics^{TM}$" and a hot wire type of anemometer, respectively. The numerical and experimental results are revealed is a similar pattern and flow velocity has improved to hood attached gas-guide-device. Also, the numerical method and result is also verified the dependance. Moreover, the optimum shape and size of gas-guide-device is revealed that the width (b) and the ratio of two sides of gas-guide-device (X, Y) has 125mm and 4 to 6.

• Journal of the Korean Society of Manufacturing Process Engineers
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• v.18 no.9
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• pp.88-93
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• 2019

The purpose of this study is to analyze the flow of a system that collects fumes in the plasma cutting machine widely used in industrial sites. A plan for improving the fume collection facility of an industrial plant using a large plasma cutter was investigated through flow analysis. Results show that it is effective to capture and suck fumes from a nearby cutter. If more hoods were installed near the cutter, fumes that were scattered internally could be removed effectively. In addition, if suction inflow was increased, the fumes could be removed more effectively.

• Explosives and Blasting
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• v.41 no.3
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• pp.62-72
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• 2023

The aging of plant structures due to industrialization in the 1970s has increased the demand for blast demolition. While blasting can reduce exposure to environmental pollution by shortening the demolition period, improper blasting design and construction plans pose significant safety risks. Thus, it is vital to consider optimal blasting demolition conditions and other factors through collapse behavior simulation. This study utilizes a 3-D combined finite-discrete element method (FDEM) code-based 3-D DFPA to simulate the collapse of a chimney structure in a thermal power plant in Seocheon, South Korea. The collapse behavior from the numerical simulation is compared to the actual structure collapse, and the numerical simulation result presents good agreement with the actual building demolition. Additionally, various numerical simulations have been conducted on the chimney models to analyze the impact of the duct size in the pre-weakening area. The no-duct, duct, and double-area duct models were compared in terms of crack pattern and history of Z-axis displacement. The findings show that the elapse-time for demolition decreases as the area of the duct increases, causing collapse to occur quickly by increasing the load-bearing area.

• Journal of the Korean Society of Safety
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• v.23 no.2
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• pp.1-6
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• 2008

The present study investigates on improvement of inhalation efficiency of hood in ventilation system for elimination of industrial dust. The hood, one of local exhaust ventilation system, has an important function to inhale a pollution source such as harmful dust and industrial waste. In this study, in order to improve the inhalation efficiency of the industrial hood, a new device named "gas-guide-device" was attached to inside of hood. The thermal fluid commercial code "Phoenics ver 3.1" was used to analyze the flow velocity distribution at the hood inlet and around the hood after gas-guide-device was installed. And the flow velocity on each position inside and around the hood was actually measured using the hot wire type anemometer under the same condition as that of numerical analysis. Also, in order to identify the optimum shape of gas-guide-device, numerical analysis and experiments are performed under various conditions and their results are presented. The results of this study revealed that the hood attached with gas-guide-device was higher the inhalation efficiency than that for without one and can be possible to improve the capture velocity of the industrial dust. And the optimum shape of gas-guide-device was identified that the ratio of two sizes of gas-guide-device, X to Y, has 4 to 6 on the basis of the hood size in use and the width (b) of gas-guide-device.