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A Study on Standards for Pressure Relief Valve Vent Pipes from LPG Storage Tanks (LPG용 압력방출밸브 방출관 설치기준 개선방안)

  • Lee, Jin-Han;Eom, Suk-Hwa;Kim, Lae-Hyun
    • Journal of the Korean Institute of Gas
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    • v.16 no.4
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    • pp.59-64
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    • 2012
  • The dispersion of gas discharged from the vent pipes of pressure relief valves attached LPG (Liquefied Petroleum Gas) storage tank was studied. In general, vent pipes should be positioned so that they discharge vertically upwards in a safe place, and installed so that, in the event of ignition of discharged gas, flame impingement on any vessel, equipment or piping is avoided[1][2]. In Korea, on the other hand, there are various type of the end of vent pipes because there is no rule for discharge directions from the vent pipes. In this paper, we took 4 types of vent directions from the pipes in to account, such as vertically upward, vertically downward, vertically 4-way and horizontally 2-way direction. A software package, FLACS, was adopted to simulate gas dispersion from the vent pipes. We found that vertically downward, vertically 4-way and horizontally 2-way discharge from vent pipes were undesirable to avoid ignition on near ground. Therefore, it was obvious that vertically upward opening of a vent pipe is the best option to discharge in a safe place.

On the Short Term Air Pollution Dispersion Model for the Single Souce -Diffusion Experiment With Tracer Gas- (單一 排出源大氣汚染 短期모델에 관한 硏究 -Tracer Gas에 의한 擴散實驗-)

  • 李鍾範;姜寅求
    • Journal of Korean Society for Atmospheric Environment
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    • v.5 no.2
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    • pp.84-96
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    • 1989
  • To evaluate the short term air pollution dispersion model, the diffusion experiment was conducted on the flat terrain near Chuncheon. Sulfur hexafluoride $(SF_6)$ gas was used to determine the horizontal spread of plume $(\sigmay)$ for calculated by CRSTER model. Results show that CRSTER model underestimates $\sigma$y because averaging time adjustment is not applied to calculate the $\sigma$y. The scheme that can estimate the atmospheric stability more accurate than Turner method, was presented.

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A Study on the 3-Dimensional Simulation System using Industrial Source Complex Model (Industrial Source Complex Model을 이용한 3차원 모사에 관한 연구)

  • Lim Dong Yun;Kim Sung Bin;Ko Jae Wook
    • Journal of the Korean Institute of Gas
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    • v.4 no.2 s.10
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    • pp.15-19
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    • 2000
  • This study compared and analyzed existing research on dispersion models and selected the EPA's Industrial Source Complex(ISC) model as a model suitable for the domestic petrochemical industry for 3-dimensional simulation and developed a simulation system applying. 3-dimensional algorithm with this ISC dispersion model as a basis As a result of this study, the 3D dispersion model based on ISC can help estimate a exact accident damage zone, make a emergency plan and control a ignition source.

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Color Dispersion as an Indicator of Stellar Population Complexity for Galaxies in Clusters

  • Lee, Joon Hyeop;Pak, Mina;Lee, Hye-Ran;Oh, Sree
    • The Bulletin of The Korean Astronomical Society
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    • v.43 no.2
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    • pp.34.1-34.1
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    • 2018
  • We investigate the properties of bright galaxies with various morphological types in Abell 1139 and Abell 2589, using the pixel color-magnitude diagram (pCMD) analysis. The 32 bright member galaxies ($Mr{\leq}-21.3mag$) are deeply imaged in the g and r bands in our CFHT/MegaCam observations, as a part of the KASI-Yonsei Deep Imaging Survey of Clusters (KYDISC). We examine how the features of their pCMDs depend on galaxy morphology and infrared color. We find that the g - r color dispersion as a function of surface brightness (${\mu}r$) shows better performance in distinguishing galaxy morphology, than the mean g - r color does. The best set of parameters for galaxy classification appears to be a combination of the minimum color dispersion at ${\mu}r{\leq}21.2mag\;arcsec-2$ and the maximum color dispersion at $20.0{\leq}{\mu}r{\leq}21.0mag\;arcsec-2$: the latter reflects the complexity of stellar populations at the disk component in a typical spiral galaxy. Moreover, the color dispersion of an elliptical galaxy appears to be correlated with its WISE infrared color ([4.6]-[12]). This indicates that the complexity of stellar populations in an elliptical galaxy is related to its recent star formation activities. From this observational evidence, we infer that gas-rich minor mergers or gas interactions may have usually occurred during the recent growth of massive elliptical galaxies.

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A Study on the Chemical Warfare Agents Dispersion Modelling in a Naturally Ventilated Indoor System (자연환기상태 실내공간에서의 화학작용제 확산 모델링 연구)

  • Kye, Young-Sik;Chung, Woo-Young;Kim, Yong-Joon
    • Journal of the Korea Institute of Military Science and Technology
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    • v.11 no.4
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    • pp.133-140
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    • 2008
  • The purpose of this study is to provide response methods to minimize the damage from chemical terrorism in a naturally ventilated indoor system using several types of dispersion simulations. Three chemical warfare agents such as sarin(GB), phosgene and chlorine gas which have high potential to be used in terror or to be involved with accidents were selected in this simulation. Fire dynamic simulation based on Large Eddy Simulation which is effective because of less computational effort and detailed expression of the dispersion flow was adopted to describe the dispersion behavior of these agents. When the vent speed is 0.005m/s, the heights of 0.1 agent mass fraction are 0.9m for sarin, 1.0m for phosgene and 1.1m for chlorine gas, and the maximum mass fraction are 0.27 for all three agents. However, when the vent speed is increased to 0.05m/s, the heights of 0.1 agent mass fraction become 1.6m for all three agents and maximum mass fraction inside the room increase to 0.70 for sarin, 0.58 for phosgene and 0.53 for chlorine gas. It is shown that molecular weight of the agents has an important role for dispersion, and it is important to install ventilation system with height less than 1.6m to minimize the damage from chemical toxicity.

Dispersion Characteristics of Hydrogen Gas by the Effect of Leakage Hole Size in Enclosure Space (누출공 크기에 따른 밀폐공간 내 수소 가스의 확산 특성)

  • Choi, Jinwook;Li, Longnan;Park, Chul-Woo;Lee, Seong Hyuk;Kim, Daejoong
    • Journal of the Korea Academia-Industrial cooperation Society
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    • v.17 no.5
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    • pp.26-35
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    • 2016
  • As a potential clean energy resource, the production and consumption of hydrogen gas are expected to gradually increase, so that hydrogen related studies are also increasing. The thermal and chemical properties of hydrogen result in its high flammability; in particular, there is a high risk if leaks occur within an enclosed space. In this study, we applied the computational fluid dynamics method to conduct a numerical study on the leakage behavior of hydrogen gas and compared these numerical study results with an experimental study. The leakage hole diameter was selected as an important parameter and the hydrogen gas dispersion behavior in an enclosed space was investigated through various analytical methods. Moreover, the flammable regions were investigated as a function of the leakage time and leakage hole size. We found that the growth rate of the flammable region increases rapidly with increasing leakage hole size. We also investigated the relation between the mass flow rate and the critical time when the hydrogen gas reaches the ceiling. The analysis of the monitoring points showed that the hydrogen gas dispersion behavior is isotropic and independent of the geometry. We found that the concentration of gas in an enclosed space is affected by both the leakage flow rate and amount of gas accumulated in the enclosure.

Formation and Dispersion of Nitric Acid Vapor from Stack Flue Gas

  • Park, Mi Jeong;Wu, Shi Chang;Jo, Young Min;Park, Young Koo
    • Asian Journal of Atmospheric Environment
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    • v.8 no.2
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    • pp.96-107
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    • 2014
  • Extreme recovery of the thermal energy from the combustion of flue gas may bring about early gas condensation resulting in the increased formation of nitric acid vapor. The behavior of the nitric acid formed inside the stack and in the atmosphere was investigated through a computer-aided simulation in this study. Low temperatures led to high conversion rates of the nitrogen oxide to nitric acid, according to the Arrhenius relationship. Larger acid plumes could be formed with the cooled flue gas at $40^{\circ}C$ than the present exiting gas at $115^{\circ}C$. The acid vapor plume of 0.1 ppm extended to 25 m wide and 200 m high. The wind, which had a seasonal local average of 3 m/s, expanded the influencing area to 170 m along the ground level. Its tail stretched 50 m longer at $40^{\circ}C$ than at $115^{\circ}C$. The emission concentration of the acid vapor in the summer season was a little lower than in the winter. However, a warm atmosphere facilitated the Brownian motion of the discharged flue gas, finally leading to more vigorous dispersion.

Methane hydrate formation Using Carbon Nano Tubes (탄소나노튜브를 이용한 메탄 하이드레이트 형성)

  • Park, Sung-Seek;Seo, Hyang-Min;Kim, Nam-Jin
    • 한국신재생에너지학회:학술대회논문집
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    • 2009.11a
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    • pp.549-552
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    • 2009
  • Methane hydrate is crystalline ice-like compounds which formed methane gas enters within water molecules composed cavity at specially temperature and pressure condition, and water molecule and each other from physically-bond. $1m^3$ hydrate of pure methane can be decomposed to the maximum of $172m^3$ at standard condition. If these characteristics of hydrate are reversely utilized, natural gas is fixed into water in the form of hydrate solid. Therefore the hydrate is considered to be a great way to transport and store natural gas in large quantity. Especially the transportation cost is known to be 18~24% less than the liquefied transportation. However, when methane hydrate is formed artificially, the amount of consumed gas is relatively low due to a slow reaction rate between water and methane gas. In this study, for the better hydrate reaction rate, there is make nano fluid using ultrasonic dispersion of carbon nano tube. and then, Experiment with hydrate formation by nano fluid and methane gas reaction. The results show that when the carbon nano tubes of 0.004 wt% was added to pure water, the amount of consumed gas was about 300% higher than that in pure water and the hydrate formation time decreased.

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Assessment of Gas Release Dispersion and Explosion in Pipeline (파이프라인에서의 가스누출 확산과 폭발 영향평가)

  • Jung In-Gu;Yoo Sang-Bin;Lee Su-Kyung;Kim Lae-Hyun
    • Journal of the Korean Institute of Gas
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    • v.2 no.2
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    • pp.61-69
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    • 1998
  • The risk assessments for gas leak in underground pipeline are conducted about the explosion accident of AHYUN-DONG underground service-base on December, 1994(Gaussian gas, LNG) and the accident of TAEGU subway on April 1995(Heavy gas LPG). We have calculated the total mass of gas release and have respected the efficient of explosions with report of the spot. The dispersion zones of LNG were calculated as large as fifteen times to those of LPG by ALOHA. The effects of thermal radiation from LNG explosion were assumed less than that from LPG by PHAST.

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