• Coupled systems mechanics
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• 제11권1호
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• pp.79-91
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• 2022

Models for water treatment processes include simulation, i.e., modelling of water quality, flow hydraulics, process controls and design. Water treatment processes are inherently dynamic because of the large variations in the influent water flow rate, concentration and composition. Moreover, these variations are to a large extent not possible to control. Mathematical models and computer simulations are essential to describe, predict and control the complicated interactions of the water treatment processes. An accurate description of such systems can therefore result in highly complex models, which may not be very useful from a practical, operational point of view. The main objective is to combine knowledge of the process dynamics with mathematical methods for processes estimation and identification. Good modelling practice is way to obtain this objective and to improve water treatment processes(its understanding, design, control and performance- efficiency). By synthesize of existing knowledge and experience on good modelling practices and principles the aim is to help address the critical strategic gaps and weaknessesin water treatment models application.

• Nuclear Engineering and Technology
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• 제52권4호
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• pp.721-733
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• 2020

In nuclear engineering, the occurrence of critical heat flux (CHF) is complicated for rod bundle, and it is much more difficult to predict the CHF when it is in natural circulation under motion condition. In this paper, the dryout-type CHF is investigated for the rod bundle in a natural circulation loop under rolling motion condition based on the coupled analysis of subchannel method, a one-dimensional system analysis method and a CHF mechanism model, namely the three-fluid model for annular flow. In order to consider the rolling effect of the natural circulation loop, the subchannel model is connected to the one-dimensional system code at the inlet and outlet of the rod bundle. The subchannel analysis provides the local thermal hydraulic parameters as input for the CHF mechanism model to calculate the occurrence of CHF. The rolling motion is modeled by additional motion forces in the momentum equation. First, the calculation methods of the natural circulation and CHF are validated by a published natural circulation experiment data and a CHF empirical correlation, respectively. Then, the CHF of the rod bundle in a natural circulation loop under both the stationary and rolling motion condition is predicted and analyzed. According to the calculation results, CHF under stationary condition is smaller than that under rolling motion condition. Besides, the CHF decreases with the increase of the rolling period and angular acceleration amplitude within the range of inlet subcooling and mass flux adopted in the current research. This paper can provide useful information for the prediction of CHF in natural circulation under motion condition, which is important for the nuclear reactor design improvement and safety analysis.

• Nuclear Engineering and Technology
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• 제55권6호
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• pp.1974-1987
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• 2023

The load-following operation of small modular reactors (SMRs) requires accurate prediction of transient behaviors that can occur in the balance of plants (BOP) and the nuclear steam supply system (NSSS). However, 1-D thermal-hydraulics analysis codes developed for safety and performance analysis have conventionally excluded the BOP from the simulation by assuming ideal boundary conditions for the main steam and feed water (MS/FW) systems, i.e., an open loop. In this study, we introduced a lumped model of BOP fluid system and coupled it with NSSS without any ideal boundary conditions, i.e., in a closed loop. Various methods for coupling boundary conditions at MS/FW were tested to validate their combination in terms of minimizing numerical instability, which mainly arises from the coupled boundaries. The method exhibiting the best performance was selected and applied to a transient simulation of an integrated NSSS and BOP system of a SMART. For a transient event with core power change of 100-20-100%, the simulation exhibited numerical stability throughout the system without any significant perturbation of thermal-hydraulic parameters. Thus, the introduced boundary-condition coupling method and BOP fluid system model can expectedly be employed for the transient simulation and performance analysis of SMRs requiring daily load-following operations.

• 한국수자원학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국수자원학회 2005년도 학술발표회 논문집
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• pp.44-51
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• 2005

Water flow in rivers during flood season can be 10 to 100 fold higher than normal seasons (low precipitation) in Japan and predicting flood runoff is essential for operating reservoirs with discharging gates. Abundant experiences and knowledge are requisites for operators to be able to make efficient decisions at work. This research investigated a method to transfer technical knowledge by acquiring skills and knowledge from actual dam operators and by using the information to construct an educational training system. The purpose of the research was to enable the execution of a secure and rational reservoir operation during flood period. The educational training system for reservoir operation was developed with the focuses on acquiring knowledge on hydraulics and hydrology and learning about decision making related to the reservoir operation as well as the timing of control. The system is capable of conducting education that corresponds to individual levels in each location. Of the educational training methods, a lecture method that uses textbooks is effective for the understanding of basic knowledge and concepts while a training method that uses a simulation device is essential for the practice of advanced and specialized procedures in specific fields. Simulation devices are used in operational training for airplane flight and driving cars and trains. The educational system presented here was designed to provide further assistance to those who have acquired basic knowledge and concepts through textbooks and also to at low them to perform the satisfactory operation of dam equipment. Our research proposes a method which can realize a system to acquire technical skills-the skills which are the foundation of technical knowledge and operation.

• 한국방재학회 논문집
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• 제2권3호
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• pp.109-117
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• 2002

저수지를 설계 및 계획함에 있어서 저수지의 설계수명 기간동안 예상되는 퇴사량을 위한 퇴사공간을 배분하는 것은 가장 중요한 절차중의 하나이다. 특히 퇴사공간의 배분과 관련된 해석 및 연구는 저수지 운영, 흐름의 수리학적 특성, 유입 유사량과 연관된 매우 다양한 변수들간의 상호작용으로 인하여 매우 복잡하고 쉽지 않은 문제이다. 퇴적물들의 공간적인 분포를 알아보기 위한 접근방법은 경험적인 방법에 의존하고 있으며 이와 같은 경험적인 방법의 적용은 대부분 실제의 퇴적현상을 엄청나게 단순화시켜야만 가능하다 본 연구에서는 소양강댐을 대상으로 하여 경험적면적감소법(Empirical Area Reduction Method)에 의해 저수지 퇴사량을 계산하고 계산된 결과를 실측자료와 비교하여 봄으로써 경험적면적감소법의 적용성을 알아보았으며 그 결과 매우 적용성이 우수한 것으로 나타났다.

• 한국수자원학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국수자원학회 2008년도 학술발표회 논문집
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• pp.864-868
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• 2008

상수도는 깨끗하고 안전한 물을 수용가에 공급하기 위한 시설로서 수요량의 증가에 따라 신규 및 확장사업이 계속되고 있으나, 계획의 일관성이 부족한 상태에서 건설된 관로시설은 노후화의 진행에 따라 통수능 저하, 정체구역 발생, 누수 및 관로의 파손으로 인한 급수중단, 지역적 시간적 수압불량 및 수량부족, 녹물을 비롯한 수질의 악화 등 구조적 기능적 문제를 사회 곳곳에서 야기하고 있다. 이러한 상수관로의 송수 및 급배수과정에 대한 정확한 성능평가와 진단을 위하여 우리나라 실정에 적합한 합리적이고 과학적인 평가지표를 개발하고 소프트웨어화 하였다. 이는 관망의 성능평가에 필요한 데이터베이스, 수리학적 적정성, 수질 안전성, 관로시설 노후도 등을 추정할 수 있는 모델군과 측정자료 등을 근거로 의사결정을 지원하는 것으로 구성되었다. 또한 CAD 및 GIS를 기반으로 하여 누구나 손쉽게 관망해석에 필요한 관망도를 작성하고 수량 및 수질예측 시뮬레이션 모델을 통하여 지하 상수관망의 흐름을 예측할 수 있고 노후 수도관 평가 및 잔존수명 추정모델을 포함하고 있다. 이를 활용하여 관망의 성능평가 및 진단을 실시하여 대상관망이 가지고 있는 문제점을 파악하고 이를 근거로 시설의 개량이나 운영의 개선방안을 도출하고자 하였다.

• 한국환경과학회지
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• 제21권6호
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• pp.725-738
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• 2012

Recently, a variety of GIS-based tools enabling to generate topographic parameters for hydrologic and hydraulic researches have been developed. However, most of GIS-based tools are usually insufficient to estimate and visualize river channel slopes especially along the river network, which can be possibly utilized for many hydraulic equations such as Manning's formula. Many existing GIS-based tools have simply averaged cell-based slopes for the other advanced level of hydrologic units as likely as the mean watershed slope, thus that the river channel slope from the simple approach resulted in the inaccurate channel slope particularly for the mountain region where the slope varies significantly along the downstream direction. The paper aims to provide several more advanced GIS-based methodologies to assess the river channel slopes along the given river network. The developed algorithms were integrated with a newly developed tool named RiverSlope, which adapted theoretical formulas of river hydraulics to calculate channel slopes. For the study area, Han stream in the Jeju island was selected, where the channel slopes have a tendency to rapidly change the upstream near the Halla mountain and sustain the mild slope adjacent to watershed outlet heading for the ocean. The paper compared the simple slope method from the Arc Hydro, with other more complicated methods. The results are discussed to decide better approaches based on the given conditions.

• 한국지반환경공학회 논문집
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• 제9권7호
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• pp.73-85
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• 2008

우리나라에는 1995년부터 전국에 지하수 관측소를 설치하여 2005년에 320개소를 완료하였으며, 일 4회 지하수위 자료가 자동 측정되고 있다. 지하수 수위 강하곡선법으로 산정한 관측 지점에서의 지하수 함양율 자료의 평균값을 유역 평균 함양율로 사용하는 것은 대표성이 결여되어 있기 때문에 한계가 있다. 따라서, 본 연구에서는 지하수위 미계측 지역을 대상으로 지하수 함양율을 추정할 수 있도록 223개 관측 지점의 특성 인자와 지하수 함양율과의 관계를 통계적 기법을 활용하여 분석하고 이를 토대로 회귀모형을 구축하였다. 본 연구에서는 군집분석을 통하여 분석대상 관측정을 선정하고, 분산분석을 통하여 지하수 함양량 추정에 필요한 4가지 인자(대상 지점 인근하천의 규모, 하천까지 거리, 지형 경사도, 암석 성인)를 추출하였으며, 이들 인자에 대한 각 관측지점의 특성 자료를 수집하여 회귀 모형에 적합시킨 결과 미계측 지역의 지하수 함양율 추정이 가능한 것으로 평가되었다.

• 에너지공학
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• 제23권4호
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• pp.263-271
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• 2014

터빈 사이클의 성능 상태량을 결정하기 위한 보정 열 성능 분석은 발전소의 향상된 경제성 운전을 위해 요구된다. 본 연구에서는 유용하고 정확한 성능 분석을 위해서 산업 표준인 ASME PTC를 기분으로 하여 성능 데이터를 사용하여 주급수 유량의 영역별 판정 알고리듬을 개발하고 각 영역별 추정 알고리즘을 개발하였다. 추정 알고리즘은 측정 상태량의 상관관계를 기반으로 형상 분류를 제시하고, 이를 기반으로 서포트 벡터 머신 모델링을 이용하여 추정 모델을 구성하였으며, 서포트 벡터 머신 모델링의 우수성을 검증하기 위하여 신경 회로망 모델, 커널 회귀 모델과 비교하였다. 주급수 유량의 형상 분류 및 추정 모델은 터빈 사이클에서 정확한 보정 열 성능 분석을 제공함으로써 향상된 성능 분석에 기여할 것이다.

• Nuclear Engineering and Technology
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• 제54권6호
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• pp.2311-2320
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• 2022

The main outcomes of the experiments H2P6 performed in the thermal-hydraulics large-scale PANDA facility at PSI in the frame of the OECD/NEA HYMERES-2 project are presented in this article. The experiments of the H2P6 series consists of two PANDA tests characterized by the activation of three (H2P6_1) or one (H2P6_2) cooler(s) in an initially stratified and pressurized containment atmosphere. The initial stratification is defined by a helium-rich region located in the upper part of the vessel and a steam/air atmosphere in the lower part. The activation of the cooler(s) results i) in the condensation of the steam in the vicinity of the cooler(s), ii) the corresponding activation of large scale natural circulation currents in the vessel atmosphere, with the result of iii) the re-distribution and mixing of the Helium stratification initially located in the upper half of the vessel and iv) the continuous pressure decay. The initial helium layer represents hydrogen generated in a postulated severe accident. The main question to be answered by the experiments is whether or not the interaction of the different, localized cooler units would be important for the application of numerical methods. The paper describes the initial and boundary conditions and the experimental results of the H2P6 series with the suggestion of simple scaling laws for both experiments in terms of i) the temperature difference(s) across the cooler(s), ii) the transient steam and helium content and iii) the pressure decay in the vessel. The outcomes of this scaling indicate that the interaction between separate, closely localized units does not play a prominent role for the present experiments. It is therefore reasonable to model several units as one large component with equivalent heat transfer area and total water flow rate.