• 방사성폐기물학회지
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• 제17권3호
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• pp.339-346
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• 2019

제8차 전력수급기본계획에 근거하여 현재 운영중이거나 계획중인 원자력발전소에서 발생할 사용후핵연료의 양과 특성을 추정하였다. 본 연구에서 고려된 특성은 핵연료집합체에 대한 제원, 핵연료봉 배열, $^{235}U$ 초기 농축도, 방출연소도, 냉각기간이다. 이들은 사용후핵연료 처분시스템을 설계하는데 필수적인 항목이다. 2082년까지 가압경수로 사용후핵연료의 예상발생량은 약 62,500 다발로 추정되었다. 2018년 말까지 발생한 사용후핵연료 중 상대적으로 길이가 짧은 웨스팅하우스형 원전연료가 약 60%, 상대적으로 길이가 50 cm 정도 긴 한국형 원전 연료가 약 40%를 차지하였다. $^{235}U$ 초기 농축도 4.5 wt% 이하를 갖는 사용후핵연료의 비율은 전체 발생량의 약 90%를 차지하였으며, 방출연소도는 98%의 물량이 55 GWd/tU 이하로 나타났다. 2077년을 기준으로 웨스팅하우스형 원전에서 발생한 사용후핵연료의 냉각기간은 50년 이상이 97% 정도를 차지하였으며, 본 논문에서 가정한 처분 완료시점인 2125년을 기준으로 한국형 원전에서 발생한 사용후핵연료의 냉각기간은 45년 이상이 98% 정도를 차지하는 것으로 나타났다. 이러한 결과를 바탕으로 효율적인 처분시스템 설계를 위해 기준 사용후 핵연료는 제원적 특성을 고려하여 두 가지 형태로 설정하였으며, 웨스팅하우스형 원전 연료의 경우, 집합체 제원으로 KSFA, 초기 농축도 4.5 wt%, 방출연소도 55 GWd/tU, 냉각기간 50년으로, 한국형 원전 연료의 경우, 집합체 제원으로 PLUS7, 초기 농축도 4.5 wt%, 방출연소도 55 GWd/tU, 냉각기간 45년으로 설정하였다.

• 대한기계학회:학술대회논문집
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• 대한기계학회 2007년도 춘계학술대회B
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• pp.2873-2878
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• 2007

The mixing vanes attached to the spacer grid of rod bundles are used to improve the heat transfer in heat exchanger devices by controlling the characteristics of the flow structures and turbulence. In this study, velocity patterns induced by two types of mixing vane(split and swirl vane) are measured by the PIV technique to better understand how to effect on the cross and secondary vortex flow patterns in $5{\times}$ rod bundle simulating the fuel assembly of the nuclear reactor. A successful measurement of the lateral velocity patterns was conducted using a specially designed beam sheet generator and experimental loop at KAERI. As the result, we found that for the cross flow between subchannels, the split vane is more effective than the swirl vane, while for the secondary vortex flow in each subchannel, the swirl vane's one is larger and longer than split vane's one.

• 설비공학논문집
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• 제27권4호
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• pp.220-227
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• 2015

Complex thermal hydraulic characteristics exist inside the reactor because the reactor internals consist of fuel assembly, internal structures and so on. In this study, to examine the effect of Reynolds-Averaged Navier-Stokes (RANS)-based two-equation turbulence models in the analysis of flow distribution inside a 1/5 scaled-down APR+, simulation was performed using the commercial computational fluid dynamics software, ANSYS CFX R.13 and the predicted results were compared with the measured data. It was concluded that reactor internal flow pattern was locally different depending on the turbulence models. In addition, the prediction accuracy of k-${\varepsilon}$ model was superior to that of other two-equation turbulence models and this model predicted the relatively uniform distribution of core inlet flow rate.

• 한국해양공학회지
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• 제32권2호
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• pp.106-115
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• 2018

The forward and afterward parts of ships and offshore structures are designed to improve the fuel consumption performance. These are made of curved plates with a large thickness. If a fabricated curved plate has some dimensional errors, a lot of additional cost is incurred in the assembly process. Thus, an accurate dimensional assessment is very important for fabrication. In this paper, we propose an assessment method for the dimensional quality management of curved plates. This can be applied to data measured using a variety of three-dimensional instruments, with boundary measurement points automatically classified and sorted to create a measurement surface. The assessment is evaluated after matching the CAD surface and the measured surface considering constrained conditions. The fabrication assessment is evaluated as a probability of how much the tolerance is satisfied.

• 한국유체기계학회 논문집
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• 제5권4호
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• pp.26-31
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• 2002

The heat produced by the fission in the fuel of HANARO, 30 MW of research reactor, was transferred from the primary cooling water to the secondary cooling water through heat exchangers. The secondary cooling water absorbing the heat was circulated by secondary cooling pumps and cooled through 33 MW of cooling tower. Each capacity of the three secondary cooling pumps was fifty percent ($50\%$) of full load. The two pumps were normally operated and the other pump was standby. One of the secondary cooling pumps has often made troubles by high vibration. To release these troubles the pump shaft has been re-aligned, the pump bearing has been replaced with new one, the shaft sleeve has been replaced with new one, the shaft and the impeller have been re-balanced representatively and/or the vibration of motor has been tested by disconnecting the shaft of pump. But the high vibration of pump cannot be cleared. We find out the weight balance trouble of the assembly in which the impeller is installed in the shaft. After clearing the trouble, the high vibration is relieved and the pump is operated smoothly. In this paper, the trouble solution shooting method of secondary cooling pump is described including the reason of high vibration

• 에너지공학
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• 제5권2호
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• pp.146-152
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• 1996

열출력 108MW$_{th}$ 급의 소형 원자로심을 설계하였다. 설계 제한 조건으로 2년의 재장전 주기, 무붕산 운전, 저출력 밀도를 채택하였고, 핵연료의 설계는 울진 3 & 4호기의 핵연료집합체 사양을 그대로 채택하였다. 노심 출력준위 제어는 제어봉만으로 가능하도록 하였으며, CASMO-3와 KINS-3를 통해 설계된 초기노심이 주기길이, 첨두계수, 감속재 온도계수, 출력계수 등의 설계 한계치를 만족하는지 확인하였다. 설계 결과, 한국형 표준원전 핵연료집합체를 장전하는 유조선급의 선박용 소형원자로를 무붕산 운전 조건으로 설계 가능함을 알 수 있었다. 단 가연성 독봉을 축방향으로 농축도를 달리하여 장전할 필요가 있으며, 독봉과 제어봉을 설계 한계까지 사용하여야 함을 알았다. 충분한 정지 반응도를 얻기위해 3개의 제어봉군 이외에 추가적인 정지제어봉군이 노심 외곽에 배치되는 안이 제기되었다.

• 대한전기학회:학술대회논문집
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• 대한전기학회 2009년도 제40회 하계학술대회
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• pp.857_858
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• 2009

On account of small size and light weight, a high-speed machine is regarded as a key technology for many future applications of drive systems. In high-speed applications, permanent magnet (PM) synchronous motors have a number of merits such as high efficiency and high power density. Accordingly, they are suitable for driving the air-blower of a fuel cell electric vehicle (FCEV) where space and energy savings are critical. Particularly, a surface-mounted PM motor of them is mainly used as a high-speed machine. However, the motor has a fatal flaw owing to a retaining can to maintain the mechanical integrity of a rotor assembly. The can results in the increase of magnetic air-gap length in the surface-mounted PM motor. Thus, in this paper, an interior PM motor is designed in order to drive the air-blower of FCEV instead of the surface-mounted PM motor, and the experimental results of two models are compared to verify the capability of the interior PM motor for a high-speed machine.

• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• 제27권1호
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• pp.77-83
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• 2017

Lignocellulosic biomass represents a potentially large resource to supply the world's fuel and chemical feedstocks. Enzymatic bioconversion of this substrate offers a reliable strategy for accessing this material under mild reaction conditions. Owing to the complex nature of lignocellulose, many different enzymatic activities are required to function in concert to perform efficient transformation. In nature, large multienzyme complexes are known to effectively hydrolyze lignocellulose into constituent monomeric sugars. We created artificial complexes of enzymes, called rosettazymes, in order to hydrolyze glucuronoxylan, a common lignocellulose component, into its cognate sugar ${\small{D}}$-xylose and then further convert the ${\small{D}}$-xylose into ${\small{D}}$-xylonic acid, a Department of Energy top-30 platform chemical. Four different types of enzymes (endoxylanase, ${\alpha}$-glucuronidase, ${\beta}$-xylosidase, and xylose dehydrogenase) were incorporated into the artificial complexes. We demonstrated that tethering our enzymes in a complex resulted in significantly more activity (up to 71%) than the same amount of enzymes free in solution. We also determined that varying the enzyme composition affected the level of complex-related activity enhancement as well as overall yield.

• 한국압력기기공학회 논문집
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• 제9권1호
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• pp.20-24
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• 2013

Reactor Vessel Internals(RVIs), which are installed within the reactor pressure vessel and support the fuel assembly, take responsibility for safety of reactor core. In operating Nuclear Power Plants(NPPs), the RVIs have been exposed to severe conditions such as neutron irradiation, high temperature, high pressure, and high velocity of coolant flow and have degraded by materials aging with long-term operation. Therefore, the effective aging management plan and the appropriate regulatory requirements are necessary to maintain the integrity of RVIs. The purpose of this paper is to provide a review guide for Periodic Safety Review(PSR) of RVIs in presurized water reactor. The review guide is developed based on the revised review guides and reports established from IAEA and USNRC, and the analysis results of design characteristics, aging mechanisms, and operating experiences of RVIs in domestic and international NPPs. Consequently, the developed review guide for PSR of RVIs is expected to contribute an overall strategy and standard for the PSR of RVIs.

• 시스템엔지니어링학술지
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• 제13권1호
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• pp.25-31
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• 2017

This paper aims to evaluate the conservatism in the design of APR1400 (Advanced Pressurized water Reactor 1400 designed by KHNP) reactor internals component, the LSS (Lower Support Structure). Re-engineering of the LSS is done based on the system design condition data and applicable ASME code that was used for the original APR1400 design. Systems engineering approach is applied to design the LSS of APR1400 without refering APR1400 LSS dimensional parameters and tries to verify important design parameters of APR1400 LSS as well as the validity of the re-engineering design process as independent verification method of reactor component design. Systems engineering approach applied in this study following V-model approach. The re-engineered LSS design showed more than enough conservatism for static loading case. The maximum deflection of LSS is under 1mm (calculated value is 0.25mm) from 4000 mm diameter of LSS. Hence the deflection can be ignored in other reactor internals for structural integrity assessment. Especially the effect of LSS deflection on fuel assembly can be minimized and which is one of the main requirements of LSS design. It also showed that the maximum stress intensity is 2.36MPa for the allowable stress intensity of 60.1 MPa. The stress resulted from the static load is also very small compared to the maximum allowable stress intensity, hence there is more than enough conservatism in the LSS design.