• Transactions of the Korean Society of Mechanical Engineers B
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• v.36 no.9
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• pp.953-960
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• 2012

An AMTEC (alkali metal thermal electric converter) is a device that is used for the direct conversion of heat to electricity. Sodium is used as the working fluid, and its circulation is driven by a capillary wick. The wicks used for circulation include an evaporator wick, artery wick, and condenser wick, and each wick has a pressure drop because of the circulation of liquid and vapor. For the circulation of sodium, the capillary pressure of the evaporator wick must be greater than the total pressure drop in the wicks. In this study, the pressure drop in the evaporator wick, artery wick, and condenser wick and the heat loss from the evaporator to the condenser through the artery wick were analyzed for the design of a 100 W AMTEC prototype. It was found that a particle diameter of 10 ${\mu}m$ is suitable for the evaporator wick to maintain a capillary pressure greater than total pressure drop in the circulation loop.

• Proceedings of the Korean Nuclear Society Conference
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• 2003.05a
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• pp.129.2-129.2
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• 2003

• The KSFM Journal of Fluid Machinery
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• v.7 no.1 s.22
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• pp.30-35
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• 2004

The HANARO, a multi-purpose research reactor of 30 MWth open-tank-in-pool type, has been under normal operation since its initial criticality in February, 1995. Many experiments should be safely performed to activate the utilization of the HANARO. HANARO flow simulation facility is being developed for the endurance test of reactivity control units for extended life time and the verification of structural integrity of those experimental equipments prior to loading in the HANARO. This facility is composed of three major parts; a half-core structure assembly, a flow circulation system and a support system. The flow circulation system is composed of a circulation pump, a core flow piping, a core bypass flow piping and instruments. The system is to be filled with de-mineralized water and the flow should be met the design requirements to simulate a similar flow characteristics in the core channel of the half-core structure assembly to the HANARO. This paper, therefore, presents an analytical analysis to study the flow behavior of the system. Computational flow analysis has been performed for the verification of system pressure variation through the three-dimensional analysis program with the standard $k-{\epsilon}$ turbulence model and for the verification of the structural piping integrity through the finite element method. According to the analysis results, it could be said that the design requirements and the structural piping integrity of the flow circulation system are satisfied.

• Journal of the Korean Institute of Illuminating and Electrical Installation Engineers
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• v.12 no.1
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• pp.78-84
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• 1998

The fluid system such as, the quantity control of raw water, chemicals control in the purification, the waste water system as well as in the feed water or circulation system of the power plant and the ventilation system is controlled with the valve and moter pump. The system's performance and the energy saving of the fluid systems depend on control of method and delicacy. Until, PI controller use in these system but it cannot control delicately because of the coupling in the system loop. In this paper we configure a single flow system to the multi variable system and suggest the application of 2-DOF PID controller and the tuning methods by the neural network to the electrical power of the flow control system. the 2-DOF controller follows to a setpoint has a robustness against the disturbance in the results of simulation. Keywords Title, Intelligent control, Neuro control, Flow control, 2 - DOF control., 2 - DOF control.

• Plant Journal
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• v.9 no.1
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• pp.43-49
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• 2013

In this study, the natural frequency of the actual operating vertical pump in the P combined cycle power plant is measured and the cause of high vibration is determined by using fluid-structure coupled vibration theory. Choosing the vibration reduction plan suited for field conditions and using the numerical analysis verify effectiveness of the plan. The plan is applied to the actual pump and the empirical experiments are conducted.

• Proceedings of the Korean Nuclear Society Conference
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• 1996.05b
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• pp.304-309
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• 1996

차세대원자로(KNGR) 안전주입계통은 원자로용기 하향유로(RVDC)로 직접주입(DVI)되도록 설계되며 이는 4-트레인 안전주입계통의 설계에 있어 고유한 기본구조이다. DIV 채택으로 인해 가압열충격(PTS)과 관련된 인허가 상의 관심사론 조사하고 DVI 주입구 위치에 대한 RVDC에서의 유체거동과 온도분포를 상용전산코드인 FLOW3D를 이용하여 분석하였다. PTS관점에서 가장 최악의 경우인 외부 전원상실을 동반한 영출력 주증기관 파단사고를 해석대상으로 하였으며 사고후 570 ~ 600초 사이의 과도상태를 분석하였다. 본 연구의 결과로 주증기관 파단으로 야기되는 자연순환에 의한 열혼합은 충분히 이루어져 RVDC에서의 온도가 R $T_{PTS}$ 이상임을 확인했고 손상루프측 위의 DVI 주입구의 유동중 일부가 손상루프측 저온관 유동과 상호작용하여 건전루프측 저온관아래로 흐르며 이 영향으로 건전루프측 저온관 아래에서의 온도가 국부적으로 감소함을 확인하였다.다.

• The KSFM Journal of Fluid Machinery
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• v.17 no.6
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• pp.84-88
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• 2014

A long term passive cooling system is considered as the most important safety feature for the nuclear design after the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant accident in 2011. The conventional active pump driven safety systems are not available during a station Black Out (SBO) accident. The current design requirement on cooling time of the Passive Auxiliarly Feedwater System (PAFS) is about 8 hours only. To meet the 72 hours cooling time, the pool capacity of cooling water tank should be increased as much as 3~4 times larger than that of current water cooling tank. In order to extend the cooling time for 72 hours, a new passive air-water combined cooling system is proposed. This paper provides the feasibility of the combined passive air-water cooling system. The current pool capacity of water cooling system is preserved, and the cooling capability is extended by an additional air cooler.

• 유체기계공업학회:학술대회논문집
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• 2002.12a
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• pp.419-424
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• 2002

The HANARO, a multi-purpose research reactor of 30 MWth open-tank-in-pool type, has been under normal operation since its initial criticality In February, 1995. Many experiments should be safely performed to activate the utilization of the HANARO. A flow simulation facility is being developed for the endurance test of reactivity control units for extended life times and the verification of structural integrity of those experimental facilities prior to loading in the HANARO. This test facility is composed of three major parts; a half-core structure assembly, flow circulation system and support system. The flow circulation system is composed of a circulation pump, a core flow pipe, a core bypass flow pipe and instruments. The system is to be filled with de-mineralized water and the flow should be met the design flow to simulate similar flow characteristics in the core channel of the half-core test facility to the HANARO. This paper, therefore, describes an analytical analysis to study the flow behavior of the system. The computational flow analysis has been performed for the verification of system pressure variation through the three-dimensional analysis program with standard k-$\epsilon$ turbulence model and for the verification of the structural piping integrity through the finite element method. The results of the analysis are satisfied the design requirements and structural piping integrity of flow circulation system.

• Proceedings of the Korean Nuclear Society Conference
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• 1998.05a
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• pp.596-602
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• 1998

한국의 차세대 원자로 (Korean Next Generation Reactor; KNGR)에 처음 적용되는 격납건물내에 설치된 재장전수조 (In-Containment Refueling Water Storage Tank; IRWST)는 기존 재장전수조의 기능외에 주입모드에서 재순환 모드를 전환생략, 일차계통으로 방출된 고온, 고압 냉각수의 응축 및 냉각 격납용기 방사능 오염방지, 원자로 동공층수 등 여러 가지 추가 기능을 가진 한층 진보된 설계개념이다. 발전소 천이사고 시 발생하는 Pipe Clearing, 응축진동 현상(Condensation Oscillations), Chugging 등의 열수력 현상들이 방출증기의 유동 및 가속도와 관련해 항력과 응력, 압력진동 등을 일으켜 IRWST 구조물에 영향을 미칠 수 있기 때문에 IRWST를 처음으로 시도하는 우리 나라로서는 이와 관련된 제반현상에 대한 심도 깊은 연구가 요구된다. 따라서 본 연구에서는 원자력 발전소 과도로 인한 가압기 안전밸브(Pressurizer Safety Valve) 또는 안전감압밸브(Safety Depressurization Valve) 작동시 IRWST로 방출되는 유체로 야기되는 하중 예측 모델을 기존의 BWR의 응축수조(suppression Pool)에서 일어나는 각종 현상을 토대로 이론적으로 체계적으로 유도하여 이를 비교, 분석하였다.

• Proceedings of the KIEE Conference
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• 2000.11a
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• pp.262-264
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• 2000

원자로 내에서 연소 중인 핵연료나 저장 또는 재처리 중인 사용후핵연료의 성분으로서 시설의 공정설계, 안전성분석 및 차폐설계에 중요한 입력자료가 되는 핵분열생성물질, 방사화생성물 및 악티나이드의 핵종 농도와 이에 대응하는 방사능 강도의 기기 별 시간변 화율을 해석할 수 있는 코드 개발할 목적으로 MULTISAMS 정상 평형상태 모델을 구현하였다. MULTISAMS 코드의 반응공정 모델은 서로 연결되어 있으며 내부에 방사성물질의 혼합유체가 순환하는 세 종류의 반응기(원자로, 열교환기 및 화학반응기) 계통에서 자연적 또는 설계에 의해 일어나는 현상으로서; 반응기 간의 물질 흐름; 각 반응기 내에서 방사성 붕괴, 변환, 이동과 중성자 흡수 및 핵분열; 외부로부터 특정 핵종의 유입혹은 유출을 고려한 시간종속 핵종농도보존방정식 이론에 근거한다. 코드의 유용성 및 신뢰성을 검증하기 위해 현재 개념설계가 진행 중인 AMBIDEXTER원자력 에너지시스템을 대상으로 ORIGEN2 계산과 비교하였다. 두 코드 간의 입력조건과 배경이론차이점 때문에 절대적 비교가 불가능하므로 단순이론의 중간매개코드로서 SAMS를 이용한 2단계 비교방법을 따랐다. 결론은 MULTISAMS는 ORIGEN2 계산의 수렴치와 근사하게 일치하면서 ORIGEN2 가 다룰 수 없는 핵주기 연속후처리공정의 정상가동 시 핵종 평형농도를 기기 별로 계산할 수 있다는 장점을 확인하였다.