• 설비공학논문집
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• 제21권12호
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• pp.715-732
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• 2009

This article reviews the papers published in the Korean Journal of Air-Conditioning and Refrigeration Engineering during 2008. It is intended to understand the status of current research in the areas of heating, cooling, ventilation, sanitation, and indoor environments of buildings and plant facilities. Conclusions are as follows. (1) Research trends in thermal and fluid engineering have been surveyed in the categories of general fluid flow, fluid machinery and piping, new and renewable energy, and fire. Well-developed CFD technologies were widely applied in developing facilities and their systems. New research topics include fire, fuel cell, and solar energy. Research was mainly focused on flow distribution and optimization in the fields of fluid machinery and piping. Topics related to the development of fans and compressors had been popular, but were no longer investigated widely. Research papers on micro heat exchangers using nanofluids and micro pumps were also not presented during this period. There were some studies on thermal reliability and performance in the fields of new and renewable energy. Numerical simulations of smoke ventilation and the spread of fire were the main topics in the field of fire. (2) Research works on heat transfer presented in 2008 have been reviewed in the categories of heat transfer characteristics, industrial heat exchangers, and ground heat exchangers. Research on heat transfer characteristics included thermal transport in cryogenic vessels, dish solar collectors, radiative thermal reflectors, variable conductance heat pipes, and flow condensation and evaporation of refrigerants. In the area of industrial heat exchangers, examined are research on micro-channel plate heat exchangers, liquid cooled cold plates, fin-tube heat exchangers, and frost behavior of heat exchanger fins. Measurements on ground thermal conductivity and on the thermal diffusion characteristics of ground heat exchangers were reported. (3) In the field of refrigeration, many studies were presented on simultaneous heating and cooling heat pump systems. Switching between various operation modes and optimizing the refrigerant charge were considered in this research. Studies of heat pump systems using unutilized energy sources such as sewage water and river water were reported. Evaporative cooling was studied both theoretically and experimentally as a potential alternative to the conventional methods. (4) Research papers on building facilities have been reviewed and divided into studies on heat and cold sources, air conditioning and air cleaning, ventilation, automatic control of heat sources with piping systems, and sound reduction in hydraulic turbine dynamo rooms. In particular, considered were efficient and effective uses of energy resulting in reduced environmental pollution and operating costs. (5) In the field of building environments, many studies focused on health and comfort. Ventilation. system performance was considered to be important in improving indoor air conditions. Due to high oil prices, various tests were planned to examine building energy consumption and to cut life cycle costs.

• 지구물리와물리탐사
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• 제8권1호
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• pp.67-72
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• 2005

복공식 시하공동내에 액화천연가스(LNG)를 저장하는 새로운 LNG 저장기술의 타당성을 검증하고 실규모 저장소 건설을 위한 기반기술의 개발을 위하여 액화질소를 저장하는 소규모 시험장을 한국지질자원연구윈 구내에 건설하였다. 액화질소를 지하공동내에 저장함에 따라 공동주변의 암반은 극저온 환경의 직접적인 영향을 받게 되므로, 공동주변에 결빙층(ice ring)의 형성은 물론 지반상태 변화를 수반할 것으로 예상되었다. 이 시험장에서는 지반상태의 변화 규명과 모니터링을 위하여 물리탐사, 수리지질조사, 암반공학 조사 등이 수행되었으며, 특히 시추공 레이다와 3 차원 전기비저항 탐사를 포함하는 물리탐사법을 적용하여 극저온 환경으로 인한 암반내 결빙층의 형성을 탐지하고 지반상태 변화를 모니터링 하였다. 특히, 3차원 전기비저항 탐사자료는 액화질소의 저장 전후에 획득하여 그 결과를 비교하였으며, 3 단계에 걸쳐 획득한 3 차원 전기비저항 영상들로부터 액화질소의 저장에 기인한 뚜렷한 전기비저항 변화 영역을 도출하였다. 저장공동의 동쪽부에서 전기비저항의 감소를 보였으며, 수리지질조사 결과와 저장소 주변의 여러 패턴을 비교, 검토하여 이와 같은 전기비저항의 변화가 지하수 흐름의 변화에 기인하는 것으로 해석하였다. 즉, 극저온의 액화질소에 의한 암반의 동결로 인하여 공동주변의 수리지질조건 및 지하수 흐름에 변화가 발생하는 등, 저장소 가동 이전의 지반상태로부터 뚜렷한 변화를 나타낸 것으로 해석되었다.