• 한국수소및신에너지학회논문집
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• 제31권6호
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• pp.564-570
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• 2020

Metal hydride is suitable for safe storage of hydrogen. The hydrogen storage kinetics of the metal hydride are highly dependent on its heat transfer characteristics. This study presents a metal hydride-expended graphite composite with improved thermal conductivity and its hydrogen storage kinetics. To improve the heat transfer characteristics, a metal hydride was mixed and compacted with a high thermal conductivity additive. As the hydrogen storage material, AB5 type metal hydride La0.9Ce0.1Ni5 was used. As an additive, flakes-type expended graphite was used. With improved heat transfer characteristics, the metal hydride-expended graphite composite stores hydrogen four times faster than metal hydride powder.

• 해양환경안전학회지
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• 제21권5호
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• pp.577-582
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• 2015

본 논문은 육해상의 운송장치에 축냉시스템을 적용시키기 위한 기초 연구이다. 또한, 축냉재의 고액상변화에 대한 수치해석을 수행한 연구이다. 수치해석법으로는 유한차분법(Finite-Difference Method)을 이용하였으며, 1차원 비정상의 상태를 가정하여 계산하였다. 또한 용기는 직사각형의 구형용기로 가정하여 대칭의 조건을 이용하였다. 축냉을 목적으로 사용하는 열매체는 염화칼슘 수용액($CaCl_2$) 30wt%의 물성치를 사용하여 계산을 수행하였다. 계산에 영향을 미치는 요소로는 냉동고의 냉기 온도 및 냉기 유속이 있으며, 축냉재를 싸고 있는 용기는 플라스틱으로 가정하였다. 본 수치해석에서 경계층의 두께는 냉기의 속도 증가와 함께 얇게 되고 축열시간도 짧아지는 것을 확인할 수 있었다. 그리고 냉기의 유속이 빨라질수록 열전달이 촉진되어 축냉용기 전면부에서의 온도가 낮아짐을 알았다. 축냉용기의 후면부에서는 경계층이 두꺼워져 열전달이 전면부에 비해 작아짐을 알았다.

• Nuclear Engineering and Technology
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• 제55권11호
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• pp.4173-4180
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• 2023

The stability of engineered barriers in high-level radioactive waste disposal systems can be influenced by the decay heat generated by the waste. This study focuses on the thermal analysis of various canister designs to effectively lower the maximum temperature of the engineered barrier. A numerical model was developed and employed to investigate the heat dissipation potential of copper rings placed across the buffer. Various canister designs incorporating copper rings were presented, and numerical analysis was performed to identify the design with the most significant temperature reduction effect. The results confirmed that the temperature of the buffer material was effectively lowered with an increase in the number of copper rings penetrating the buffer. Parametric studies were also conducted to analyze the impact of technical gaps, copper thickness, and collar height on the temperature reduction. The numerical model revealed that the presence of gaps between the components of the engineered barrier significantly increased the buffer temperature. Furthermore, the reduction in buffer temperature varied depending on the location of the gap and collar. The methods proposed in this study for reducing the buffer temperature hold promise for contributing to cost reduction in radioactive waste disposal.

• 해양환경안전학회지
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• 제17권4호
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• pp.413-418
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• 2011

최근 화석에너지의 남용으로 인한 지구온난화문제가 인류가 해결해야 할 지상과제로 대두되고 있으며, 본 연구는 이러한 에너지문제의 해결에 도움이 될 수 있는 고온축열탱크의 개발과 그 성능특성에 관한 내용이다. 지금까지 이에 관한 연구는 그다지 활발하지 않았으며, 특히 고온축열탱크에 관한 연구는 매우 드문 실정이다. 본 연구의 목적은 비교적 열물성이 양호하며 가격이 저렴한 물질인 MgO를 현열축열재로 사용하는 고온축열탱크의 개발이다. 이를 위하여 분말 상태의 MgO를 이용하여 축열벽돌을 제작하고, 실험적 방법을 통하여 MgO를 축열재로 사용하는 고온축열탱크의 성능특성에 관하여 연구하였다. 본 연구를 통하여 현열축열재인 MgO의 고온축열 및 방열성능을 확인하였다.

• 한국농공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국농공학회 2001년도 학술발표회 발표논문집
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• pp.275-280
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• 2001

The purpose of this study was to investigate the air flow characteristics of the rock bed storage for solar-heated greenhouse design. Heat storage material was gravels and experiments were performed under constant inside temperature condition. The experimental parameters were operation method and air flow rate of fan. It was resulted that the temperature and amount of heat stored in rock-bed increased as the increase of air flow velocity and were more influenced by operation of inlet fan than outlet fan.

• Nuclear Engineering and Technology
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• 제55권10호
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• pp.3581-3590
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• 2023

High-temperature design evaluations were conducted on Type 316L stainless steel piping for a 700 ℃ large-capacity thermal energy storage verification test loop (TESET) under construction at KAERI. The hot leg piping with sodium coolant at 700 ℃ connects the main components of the loop heater, hot storage tank, and air-to-sodium heat exchanger. Currently, the design rules of ASME B31.1 and RCC-MRx provide design procedures for high-temperature piping in the creep range for Type 316L stainless steel. However, the design material properties around 700 ℃ are not available in those rules. Therefore, a number of material tests, including creep tests at various temperatures, were conducted to determine the insufficient material properties and relevant design coefficients so that high-temperature design on the 700 ℃ piping may be possible. It was shown that Type 316L stainless steel can be used in a 700 ℃ high-temperature piping system of Generation IV reactor systems or a renewable energy systems, such as thermal energy storage systems, for a limited operation time.

• Journal of Advanced Marine Engineering and Technology
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• 제28권6호
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• pp.962-971
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• 2004

This paper has dealt with thermo-physical properties of microencapsulated phase change material slurry as a latent heat storage material having a low melting point. The measured results of the thermo-physical properties of the test microencapsulated phase change material slurry, those are, density, specific heat, thermal conductivity and viscosity, were discussed for the temperature region of solid and liquid phases of the dispersion material (paraffin). The measurements of these properties of microencapsulated phase change material slurry have been carried out by using a specific-gravity meter, a water calorimeter, a differential scanning calorimeter(DSC), a transient hot wire method and rotating type viscometer, respectively. It was clarified that the additional properties law could be applied to the estimation of the density and specific heat of microencapsulated phase change material slurry and also the Euckens equation could be applied to the estimation of the thermal conductivity of this slurry.

• 대한기계학회논문집 C: 기술과 교육
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• 제2권1호
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• pp.65-72
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• 2014

본 연구에서는 지역난방 공사에서 사용하고 있는 성층 축열조의 불가용 에너지를 줄이기 위해 단열층을 설계하였다. 단열층은 추가적인 장치 없이 고온수와 저온수의 밀도차이로 생기는 부력으로 운용된다. 축열조의 내부 온도분포를 모사할 수 있는 해석모델을 Matlab Simulink 를 이용하여 제작하고 해석 결과를 이용하여 단열층의 소재와 두께를 결정하였다. 또한 축열조의 축소실험을 통하여 단열층의 운용 가능성을 확인하였다. 실험 결과, 단열층이 축열 방열과정에서 고온수와 저온수의 혼합과 열전도로 인한 온도 경계층형성을 효과적으로 억제할 수 있다는 것을 확인하였다. 단열층을 설치한 축소실험에서는 단열층이 없는 축열조보다 약 1540 J 의 추가 가용에너지가 보존되었고 이를 실제 축열조에 적용할 경우 약 6%의 축열효율이 증가될 것으로 예상된다.

• Nuclear Engineering and Technology
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• 제52권2호
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• pp.248-257
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• 2020

This study presents an initial design for a novel system consisting in a coupled nuclear reactor and a phase change material-based thermal energy storage (TES) component, which acts as a buffer and regulator of heat transfer between the primary and secondary loops. The goal of this concept is to enhance the capacity factor of nuclear power plants (NPPs) in the case of high integration of renewable energy sources into the electric grid. Hence, this system could support in elevating the economics of NPPs in current competitive markets, especially with subsidized solar and wind energy sources, and relatively low oil and gas prices. Furthermore, utilizing a prismatic-core advanced high temperature reactor (PAHTR) cooled by a molten salt with a high melting point, have the potential in increasing the system efficiency due to its high operating temperature, and providing the baseline requirements for coupling other process heat applications. The present research studies the neutronics and thermal hydraulics (TH) of the PAHTR as well as TH calculations for the TES which consists of 300 blocks with a total heat storage capacity of 150 MWd. SERPENT Monte Carlo and MCNP5 codes carried out the neutronics analysis of the PAHTR which is sized to have a 5-year refueling cycle and rated power of 300 MW_th. The PAHTR has 10 metric tons of heavy metal with 19.75 wt% enriched UO₂ TRISO fuel, a hot clean excess reactivity and shutdown margin of $33.70 and -$115.68; respectively, negative temperature feedback coefficients, and an axial flux peaking factor of 1.68. Star-CCM + code predicted the correct convective heat transfer coefficient variations for both the reactor and the storage. TH analysis results show that the flow in the primary loop (in the reactor and TES) remains in the developing mixed convection regime while it reaches a fully developed flow in the secondary loop.

• 한국태양에너지학회 논문집
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• 제24권1호
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• pp.7-12
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• 2004

Mixtures type PCM, $H_2O$-NaOH that has relatively large capacity of the latent heat and long duration of phase change temperature was developed and experimentally analyzed for the low temperature storage of the food and medical products. The results could be summarized as follows; 1. Borax as nucleating agent and acrylic polymer as thickening agent were added to $H_2O$ to prevent the supercooling and phase separation. 2. Phase change (solid$\leftrightarrows$liquid) duration of $H_2O$ added with NaOH was prolonged longer 50% than that of pure $H_2O$. 3. Phase change temperature of the latent heat material, $H_2O$-NaOH was $1.5\sim2^{\circ}C$ the maximum latent Heat was 279 kJ/kg at the NaOH addition of 1.3 wt.%. 4. The specific heat of $H_2O$-NaOH at the solid and liquid state was increased in proportion to the wt.% of NaOH, when NaOH of $1.15\sim1.60$ wt.% was added to $H_2O$, the specific heat of the solid state was increased from 3.19 kJ/kg to 5.84 kJ/kg and that of liquid state from 7.8 kJ/kg to 10.28 kJ/kg. 5. When NaOH of $1.15\sim1.60$ wt.% was added to $H_2O$, the total heat storage capacity composed of sensible and latent heat was $313\sim331.3$ kJ/kg and the maximum heat storage capacity was occurred at NaOH addition of 1.30 wt. %.