• Journal of Korean Society of Industrial and Systems Engineering
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• v.46 no.3
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• pp.101-108
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• 2023

Although the proportion of coal-fired power generation is decreasing, efficient operating technology is needed to continuously invest in facilities and reduce maintenance costs until it is abolished. Boilers, one of the main facilities of power plants, operate for a long time in harsh environments of high temperature and high pressure. In addition, damage due to deterioration is likely to occur depending on the fuel and tube material used. It is very important to judge soundness because damage caused by deterioration adversely affects facility operation. Previously, replication method was used to analyze the progress of deterioration. In the replication method, pre-treatment such as chemical treatment is performed on the boiler tube in the field, the area is reproduced by attaching a film, and the replicated film is determined by an expert in the laboratory with an expensive microscope. However, this method involves substantial costs and time requirements, as well as the possibility of human errors. To address these issues, we developed a mobile health assessment system in this research. Since it is detachable and takes images in real time, this system enables swift evaluations across a broad range and facilitates the assessment of preprocessing quality. In addition, it was intended to reduce existing human mistakes by developing a degradation classification algorithm using the merger cluster method.

• Corrosion Science and Technology
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• v.23 no.3
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• pp.246-254
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• 2024

Recently, coal-fired power plants are experiencing many problems that they have never experienced before due to an increase in flexible operation. In particular, a two-phase flow accelerated corrosion on water wall tubes in a boiler has not been detected overseas or domestically. There is no response plan to deal with such corrosion problem either. However, oxide film damage and tube material corrosion due to a two-phase flow accelerated corrosion are being discovered on water wall boiler tubes of domestic coal-fired power plants recently. If this situation is severe, it can cause enormous damage such as tube rupture. Therefore, in this paper, in order to prepare a response plan for a two-phase flow accelerated corrosion on water wall tubes in the future, differences between a two-phase flow accelerated corrosion and a single-phase flow accelerated corrosion were investigated and an example of discovery of a two-phase flow accelerated corrosion on water wall tubes was presented.

• Journal of Wind Energy
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• v.14 no.3
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• pp.5-13
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• 2023

Floating LiDAR systems (FLSs) are used in many countries because they are easier to install than stationary weather towers, have low maintenance costs, and can be installed in deep sea areas. However, FLSs are rarely used in Korea due to a lack of clear evaluation criteria to verify the reliability and uncertainty of their measurements. This study is the first to verify the reliability of FLSs in Korea with one-year simultaneous observation of six lidar systems - two fixed and four floating systems - in sea areas of Gunsan and Yeonggwang. The reliability of FLSs measurement data was verified by comparison between fixed and floating systems. Moreover, differences between existing wind resource maps and the data observed from the six points were analyzed and wind resource maps were calibrated. The results show a return rate of more than 95 % of the observed data and strong correlations between fixed and floating systems (average R2 of 0.977). Additionally, errors in wind speed predictions to produce a wind resource map could be significantly reduced from 5.7 % to 0.6 % after calibrations with the observation data.

• Journal of Wind Energy
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• v.14 no.3
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• pp.25-33
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• 2023

In order to secure the safety of increasing offshore activities such as offshore wind farm maintenance and fishing, IMPACT, a mid-term marine weather forecasting system, was established by predicting marine weather up to 7 days in advance. Forecast data from the Korea Hydrographic and Oceanographic Agency (KHOA), which provides the most reliable marine meteorological service in Korea, was used, but wind speed and wave height forecast errors increased as the leading forecast period increased, so improvement of the accuracy of the model results was needed. The Model Output Statistics (MOS) method, a post-correction method using statistical machine learning, was applied to improve the prediction accuracy of wave height, which is an important factor in forecasting the risk of marine activities. Compared with the observed data, the wave height prediction results by the model before correction for 6 to 7 days ahead showed an RMSE of 0.692 m and R of 0.591, and there was a tendency to underestimate high waves. After correction with the MOS technique, RMSE was 0.554 m and R was 0.732, confirming that accuracy was significantly improved.

• Journal of Wind Energy
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• v.15 no.1
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• pp.30-42
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• 2024

This paper examines the design feasibility of cage aquaculture coexistent with an offshore wind farm in the southwestern sea of South Korea. Among the many types of fish farms, 2 × 3 cage aquaculture was selected for the investigation and the initial design including mooring lines, bridles, etc. was drawn with iterative numerical simulations using Orcaflex. Experimental campaigns were conducted to validate the numerical results, and they were found to be in good agreement with the experiments. Using a validated numerical model, the tension of mooring lines and the deformed volumes of the facility were examined under given operating and survival conditions. The validated model will be further used to investigate various aspects of the cage farm design for design optimization.

• Nuclear industry
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• v.8 no.1 s.59
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• pp.14-20
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• 1988

1978년 12월부터 1985년 5월까지 6년반동안 대만전력공사는 3개소의 원자력발전소(로형별로는 BWP 4기, PWR 2기)를 운전개시했으며, 1986년에 이 발전소들은 대만 전체 전력량의 $43\%$ 이상을 공급하였다. 그동안 대만전력공사는 종업원에 대한 훈련과 발전소의 성능 및 운영면의 개선을 위해 주력해왔으며, 1983년부터 대만정부는 원자력프로그램의 2단계사업 착수승인을 보유해왔다. 이 2단계사업에는 6기의 1,000MWe원자력발전소의 신규건설이 포함되어 있으며, 이 중 4기는 2000년 이전에 운전개시하도록 계획되어 있어 원자력발전은 대만정부의 탈유정책의 근간를 이루고 있다.

• KEPCO Journal on Electric Power and Energy
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• v.7 no.1
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• pp.59-62
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• 2021

관형지지물은 단일 강관 기둥 형태의 송전탑으로 강관은 상하 여러 개의 프레임으로 분할되어 플랜지부에서 볼트로 체결된다. 신설 송전선로 관형지지물 플랜지 연결부에서 가압전 조립 볼트 절손이 발견됨에 따라 강관도괴방지 대책 수립을 위한 손상원인분석 기술지원을 수행하였다. 본 건에 대해 파손면·균열 분석 기술을 통해 제작과정 상의 문제가 있었음을 확인하였다.

• KEPCO Journal on Electric Power and Energy
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• v.7 no.1
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• pp.179-194
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• 2021

We introduced EPRI overview and recent R&D portfolio such as Low Carbon Resource Initiative (LCRI) and electrification, and proposed how to maximize the membership value.

• KEPCO Journal on Electric Power and Energy
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• v.7 no.1
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• pp.53-58
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• 2021

한전에서 운영중인 사우디라빅발전소에서 저압터빈 블레이드가 파손되었다. 블레이드의 경우 터빈의 핵심부품으로서 증기를 활용하여 발전기를 회전시켜 전기를 생산하는데 필수 부품이다. 반복적인 사고발생을 예방하기 위해 조직분석, 운전신호 분석등을 활용하여 원인을 규명하였고, 대책을 제시하였다.

• KEPCO Journal on Electric Power and Energy
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• v.7 no.2
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• pp.233-236
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• 2021

종래의 사용중인 송전철탑 암(Arm) 이동 또는 작업을 위해서는 암주재를 발로 딛고 이동 하거나 작업하는데 발디딤 공간이 부족하여(7~15cm)안전사고 발생요인이 되고 있다. 이러한 문제점을 개선하고자 철탑 암 이동 또는 작업 시 작업자의 심리적 안정감과 물리적 안전조건을 강화시키기 위해 발디딤 공간을 30cm 로 확대시킨 "철탑 암 이동을 위한 통로용 안전발판"(이하, 철탑 암 안전발판)을 개발하였다.