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A study on the required energy of a thermal type desalination plant (증발식 해수담수화설비의 에너지 소모량에 관한 연구)

  • Song, Chi-Sung
    • Journal of Advanced Marine Engineering and Technology
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    • v.38 no.9
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    • pp.1094-1100
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    • 2014
  • TEvaporator is key component in food, seawater distillation and waste water treatment system, which is basically to concentrate the raw liquid by evaporating the pure water under vacuum condition. The liquid concentration is performed through the membrane, electro-dialysis and evaporation. In this study, only the evaporating type was treated for evaluating the economic analysis with the various operating conditions. The results of this study showed that the performance of the OT-MSF desalination system is increased with decreasing the temperature difference between the neighboring evaporators, which means that the number of evaporators is increased, under the determined design conditions.

Combination Investigation Method for Grounwater Development Around Shinbuk area in Kangwon-Do (강원도 신북지역의 지하수 개발을 위한 복합 탐사법의 이용)

  • 서백수;김영화;한춘호;신성렬
    • The Journal of Engineering Geology
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    • v.10 no.1
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    • pp.39-50
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    • 2000
  • Because of numerous mountain region, agricultural affairs work can't be done without groundwater in Kangwon Do area. Especially to improve high mountain area vegetable quality and raise income offarmers, both of groundwater and hydrothermal system to keep adequate temperature in hot and coldseason have to be developed. Domestic groundwater was developed for the use of agricultural watersince 1960. Exact investigation and control of groundwater are greatly required in utilizing undergroundspace as subway, nuclear power plant, oil and hazardous waste storehouse. Groundwater contaminationowing to industrial irrigation, trash decomposition can have a serious effect on human health and rustof underground building. In this study, global prospecting system are applied to detect groundwater, using electrical, seismic and georadar prospecting method.

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Analytical Solution of Multi-species Transport Equations Coupled with a First-order Reaction Network Under Various Boundary Conditions (다양한 경계조건을 가진 일차 반응 네트워크로 결합된 다종 오염물 거동 해석해)

  • Suk, Hee-Jun;Chae, Byung-Gon
    • Journal of Soil and Groundwater Environment
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    • v.16 no.6
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    • pp.46-57
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    • 2011
  • In this study, analytical solution of multip-species transport equations coupled with a first-order reaction network under constant concentration boundary condition or total flux boundary condition is obtained using similarity transformation approach of Clement et al. (2000). The study shows the schematic process about how multi-species transport equations with first-order sequential reaction network is transformed through the similarity transformation approach into independent and uncoupled single species transport equations with first-order reaction. The analytical solution was verified through the comparison with popular commercial programs such as 2DFATMIC and RT3D. The analytical solution can be utilized in nuclear waste sites where radioactive contaminants and their daughter products occur and in industrial complex cities where chlorinated solvent such as PCE, TCE, and its biodegradation products produces. In addition, it can help the verification of the developed numerical code.

Morphological Changes of $K_2$$Ti_4$$O_9$ fiber for the Immobilization of Nuclear Waste Metal tons (방사능이온의 고정화를 위한 $K_2$$Ti_4$$O_9$ 섬유의 형상변화)

  • 정경택;문제권;서용철;설용건;오원진
    • Proceedings of the Korea Society for Energy Engineering kosee Conference
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    • 1995.11a
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    • pp.71-74
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    • 1995
  • 티타니아계의 흡착제로 최근 주목을 끄는 것은 티탄산칼륨 신소재를 들을 수 있다. 모서리의 chains sharing들과 b축을 따라서 TiO$_{6}$, 즉 8면체의 coner 결합으로 특징 지워지는 티탄산칼륨은 $K_2$O.nTiO$_2$로 표시되는 화합물로 플라스틱의 보강재나 단열재료 용도로 사용되었다. 공업재료로서 중요한 것은 n의 값이 2, 4, 6으로 각각 2티탄산칼륨(K$_2$Ti$_2$O$_{5}$), 4티탄산칼륨(K$_2$Ti$_4$O$_{9}$), 6티탄산칼륨(K$_2$Ti$_{6}$O$_{13}$)으로 불린다. 티탄산칼륨은 기계적 강도가 고강도재료 지르코이나에 해당하고 선팽창계수는 알루미나보다 작아 우수한 내열 및 단열 고강도재료이며 융막재, 이온교환재등으로 쓰인다. 층상구조의 티탄산칼륨을 산처리하여 칼륨을 추출하고 수소이온으로 치환한 결정질 티탄산칼륨 섬유(H$_2$Ti$_4$O$_{9}$.1.2~1.3$H_2O$)는 (H$^{-}$. H$_3$O$^{+}$)Ti$_4$O$_{9}$의 형태를 지니게 된다.

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Safety Assessment of Nuclear Waste Incineration Process by Estimating Radiation Dose of Workers and Residential Individuals (원자력폐기물 소각공정에서의 작업자 및 인근주민의 피폭선량에 따른 안전성 평가)

  • 서용칠
    • Journal of the Korean Society of Safety
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    • v.8 no.4
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    • pp.165-174
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    • 1993
  • For the safety assessment of the demonstration-scale incineration plant for treating the combustible radioactive wastes, radiation doses of a worker and a residential individual were estimated. The demonstration plant showed a good performance of trial-burn tests using non-radioactive tracers with resulting In high mass reduction of around 40 times and very low emmission of dusts through a stack, which promised a high decontamination factor in an order of 10$^{7}$ . Based on the result s obtained from the trial-burns in the process, the estimation of radiation dose for workers and general publics near the plant was made using dose pathway calculation theories. The parametric values for calculation were selected from design and operational results of the process and from more conservative conditions In reference data. The estimated annual doses for workers and residential indivisuals were 3.07 $\times$ 10$^{-4}$ and 4.35 X 10$^{-8}$ $\mu$Sv/y, respectively, which were high enough to operate the process when comparing with the allowable dose limit in the regulation. The dose calculation models were quite applicable with showing an excellent safety for the process.

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Corrosion Behaviors of Neutron-Irradiated Reactor Pressure Vessel Steels with Various Nickel and Chromium Contents (Ni과 Cr 함량이 다른 원자로 압력용기용 강의 중성자 조사 후 내식성 평가)

  • Choi, Yong
    • Journal of the Korean institute of surface engineering
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    • v.52 no.6
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    • pp.293-297
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    • 2019
  • Quasi-nano-hardness and corrosion behaviors of neutron-irradiated reactor pressure vessel (RPV) steels such as 15Ch2MFA (Ni<0.4, 2.520 n/㎠ (En>1.0 MeV) for 32 days. Quasi-nano-hardnesses of the 15Ch2MFA and 15Cr2NHFA steels were 183.8 and 179.8 Hv, respectively. Their corrosion rates and corrosion potentials were 2.4×10-4Acm-2, -515.9 mVSHE and 6.8×10-4 Acm-2, -523.6 mVSHE in NACE standard TM0284-96 solution at room temperature, respectively. 15Ch2MFA steel showed better quasi-nano-hardness and corrosion resistance than 15Cr2NHFA steel in this test condition.

Shielding Thickness Calculations for Line Gamma-ray Sources in Regular Geometrical Array (일반적(一般的) 배열(配列)인 선형(線型) 감마선원(線源)의 차폐계산(遮蔽計算))

  • Lee, Chong-Chul
    • Journal of Radiation Protection and Research
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    • v.3 no.1
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    • pp.29-32
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    • 1978
  • A shielding calculation has been carried out for a storage vault of $5292(42{\times}42{\times}3)$ waste drums in which the mixed radioactive gamma-emitters are contained. The required ordinary concrete shielding thickness seems to be approximately 50cm. The results in terms of dose rate for polyenergy gammas appear to be considerably higher than those of the averaged energy gamma.

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Reliability Evaluation of Accelerated Carbonation Results According to Carbon Dioxide Concentration (이산화탄소 농도에 따른 촉진 탄산화 결과의 신뢰도 평가)

  • Park, Dong-Cheon
    • Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Building Construction Conference
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    • 2022.04a
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    • pp.166-167
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    • 2022
  • The International Energy Agency(IEA) recommends that intergovernmental agreements reduce CO2 emissions by 2050 to about 50% in 2005 in its report. To realize these demands, it is suggested to actively utilize energy efficiency improvement technology, renewable energy, nuclear power, carbon dioxide capture & storage technology (CCS). In the field of building materials and cement, mineral carbonization technology is widely used. Inorganic by-products applicable to greenhouse gas storage include waste concrete, slag, coal ash, and gypsum. If the Mineral Carbonation Act is used, it is expected that about 12 million tons of greenhouse gases can be immobilized every year. Greenhouse gas immobilization using cement hydrate can be immobilized by injecting carbon dioxide into the hydrated products C-S-H, and Ca(OH)2. In the case of immobilization through concrete carbonization, a carbon dioxide promotion test is used, which is often different from the actual carbon dioxide carbonization reaction. If the external carbon dioxide concentration is abnormally higher than the reality, it is thought that it will be different from the actual reaction. In this study, the carbonation phenomenon according to the concentration and identification of the carbon dioxide reaction mechanism of cement hydrate was to be considered.

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An analytical solution for compaction grouting problem considering exothermic temperature effect of slurry

  • Chao Li;Yingke Liu;Man Yuan;Tengrui Yang
    • Geomechanics and Engineering
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    • v.35 no.6
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    • pp.593-601
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    • 2023
  • In this paper, an analytical solution of large-strain cylindrical cavity expansion in compaction grouting problem under temperature field is given. Considering the stress increment caused by temperature, the analytical solution of cavity expansion under traditional isothermal conditions is improved by substituting the temperature stress increment into the cavity expansion analysis. Subsequently, combined with the first law of thermodynamics, the energy theory is also introduced into the cylindrical cavity expansion analysis, and the energy dissipation solution of cylindrical cavity expansion is derived. Finally, the validity and reliability of solution are proved by comparing the results of expansion pressure with those in published literatures. The results show that the dimensionless expansion pressure increases with the increase of temperature, and the thermal response increases with the increase of dilation angle. The higher the exothermic temperature of grouting slurry, the greater the plastic deformation energy of the surrounding soil, that is, the greater the influence on the surrounding soil deformation and the surrounding environment. The proposed solution not only enrich the theoretical system of cavity expansion, but also can be used as a theoretical tool for energy geotechnical engineering problems, such as CPT, nuclear waste disposal, energy pile and chemical grouting, etc.

Numerical Analysis of Coupled Thermo-Hydro-Mechanical (THM) Behavior at Korean Reference Disposal System (KRS) Using TOUGH2-MP/FLAC3D Simulator (TOUGH2-MP/FLAC3D를 이용한 한국형 기준 처분시스템에서의 열-수리-역학적 복합거동 특성 평가)

  • Lee, Changsoo;Cho, Won-Jin;Lee, Jaewon;Kim, Geon Young
    • Journal of Nuclear Fuel Cycle and Waste Technology(JNFCWT)
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    • v.17 no.2
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    • pp.183-202
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    • 2019
  • For design and performance assessment of a high-level radioactive waste (HLW) disposal system, it is necessary to understand the characteristics of coupled thermo-hydro-mechanical (THM) behavior. However, in previous studies for the Korean Reference HLW Disposal System (KRS), thermal analysis was performed to determine the spacing of disposal tunnels and interval of disposition holes without consideration of the coupled THM behavior. Therefore, in this study, TOUGH2-MP/FLAC3D is used to conduct THM modeling for performance assessment of the Korean Reference HLW Disposal System (KRS). The peak temperature remains below the temperature limit of $100^{\circ}C$ for the whole period. A rapid rise of temperature caused by decay heat occurs in the early years, and then temperature begins to decrease as decay heat from the waste decreases. The peak temperature at the bentonite buffer is around $96.2^{\circ}C$ after about 3 years, and peak temperature at the rockmass is $68.2^{\circ}C$ after about 17 years. Saturation of the bentonite block near the canister decreases in the early stage, because water evaporation occurs owing to temperature increase. Then, saturation of the bentonite buffer and backfill increases because of water intake from the rockmass, and bentonite buffer and backfill are fully saturated after about 266 years. The stress is calculated to investigate the effect of thermal stress and swelling pressure on the mechanical behavior of the rockmass. The calculated stress is compared to a spalling criterion and the Mohr-Coulumb criterion for investigation of potential failure. The stress at the rockmass remains below the spalling strength and Mohr-Coulumb criterion for the whole period. The methodology of using the TOUGH2-MP/FLAC3D simulator can be applied to predict the long-term behavior of the KRS under various conditions; these methods will be useful for the design and performance assessment of alternative concepts such as multi-layer and multi-canister concepts for geological spent fuel repositories.