• Nuclear Engineering and Technology
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• 제47권4호
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• pp.443-453
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• 2015

A hybrid safety injection tank (H-SIT) can enhance the capability of an advanced power reactor plus (APR+) during a station black out (SBO) that is accompanied by a severe accident. It may a useful alternative to an electric motor. The operations strategy of the H-SIT has to be investigated to achieve maximum utilization of its function. In this study, the master logic diagram (i.e., an analysis for identifying the differences between an H-SIT and a safety injection pump) and an accident case classification were used to determine the parameters of the H-SIT operation. The conditions that require the use of an H-SIT were determined using a decision-making process. The proper timing for using an H-SIT was also analyzed by using the Multi-dimensional Analysis of Reactor Safety (MARS) 1.3 code (Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute, Daejeon, South Korea). The operation strategy analysis indicates that a H-SIT can mitigate five types of failure: (1) failure of the safety injection pump, (2) failure of the passive auxiliary feedwater system, (3) failure of the depressurization system, (4) failure of the shutdown cooling pump (SCP), and (5) failure of the recirculation system. The results of the MARS code demonstrate that the time allowed for recovery can be extended when using an H-SIT, compared with the same situation in which an H-SIT is not used. Based on the results, the use of an H-SIT is recommended, especially after the pilot-operated safety relief valve (POSRV) is opened.

• Nuclear Engineering and Technology
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• 제41권7호
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• pp.885-892
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• 2009

This manuscript will discuss a numerical method where the six equations of two-phase flow, the solid heat conduction equations, and the two equations that describe neutron diffusion and precursor concentration are solved together in a tightly coupled, nonlinear fashion for a simplified model of a nuclear reactor core. This approach has two important advantages. The first advantage is a higher level of accuracy. Because the equations are solved together in a single nonlinear system, the solution is more accurate than the traditional "operator split" approach where the two-phase flow equations are solved first, the heat conduction is solved second and the neutron diffusion is solved third, limiting the temporal accuracy to $1^{st}$ order because the nonlinear coupling between the physics is handled explicitly. The second advantage of the method described in this manuscript is that the time step control in the fully implicit system can be based on the timescale of the solution rather than a stability-based time step restriction like the material Courant limit required of operator-split methods. In this work, a pilot code was used which employs this tightly coupled, fully implicit method to simulate a reactor core. Results are presented from a simulated control rod movement which show $2^{nd}$ order accuracy in time. Also described in this paper is a simulated rod ejection demonstrating how the fastest timescale of the problem can change between the state variables of neutronics, conduction and two-phase flow during the course of a transient.

• 한국지능시스템학회논문지
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• 제11권9호
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• pp.844-848
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• 2001

This paper introduces unmaned fully automation systems, which are applied for the CSTR(Continuously Stirred Tank Reactor) and SBR (Sequencing Batch Reactor) wastewater treatment system. The pilot plant is constructed in the country side which is little far from a main city. So networks and wireless modules are employed for the data transmission. The SBR plant has a local control and the remote monitoring system which is contained communication parts which consist of ADSL (Asymmetric Digital Subscriber Line) network and CDMA (Code Division Multiple Access) Wireless module. Remote control and monitoring systems are constructed at laboratory in a metropolis.

• Membrane and Water Treatment
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• 제2권2호
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• pp.105-119
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• 2011

This study presents the tests of an Immersed Membrane BioReactor (IMBR) equipped with a draft tube and focuses on the influence of hydrodynamic conditions on membrane fouling in a pilot-scale using a hollow fiber membrane module of ZW-10 under ambient conditions. In this system, the cross-flow velocities across the membrane surface were induced by a cylindrical draft-tube. The relationship between cross-flow velocity and aeration strength and the influence of the cross-flow on fouling rate (under various hydrodynamic conditions) were investigated using Multi-Dimension Scaling (MDS) analysis. MDS technique is especially suitable for samples with many variables and has relatively few observations, as the data about Membrane Bio-Reactor (MBR) often is. Observations and variables are analyzed simultaneously. According to the results, a specialized form of MDS, CoPlot enables presentation of the results in a two dimensional space and when plotting variables ratio (output/input) rather than original data the efficient units can be visualized clearly. The results indicate that: (i) aeration plays an important role in IMBR performance; (ii) implementing the MDS approach with reference to the variables ratio is consequently useful to characterize performance changes for data classification.

• 한국토양비료학회지
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• 제50권5호
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• pp.489-496
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• 2017

This study was conducted to test the applicability of hydroxy radical reactor system, which applied advanced oxidation processes, to sterilize pathogenic bacteria for nutrient solution recycling in closed hydroponics. Removal efficiency was tested on 25 L of nutrient solution maxed with 10 mL culture solution of bacteria, E. coli, and R. solanacearum in a pilot tank. The testing conditions included various levels of hydroxy radicals resulting from air flow rates of 40, 80, and $120L\;min^{-1}$, and 12 hours processing time. The removal of bacteria, E. coli, and R. solanacearum by hydroxy radical in nutrient solution was significantly increased with an increase in the flow rate of the air from $40L\;min^{-1}$ to $120L\;min^{-1}$. The optimum removal efficiency was achieved at an air flow rate of $120L\;min^{-1}$ for 2 hours treatment. There were no significant differences in removal efficiency among bacteria, E. coli, and R. solanacearum for tested level and time of hydroxy radical. These results verified the efficiency of hydroxy radical in removing the pathogenic bacteria and the applicability of hydroxy radical reactor system in the field.

• 한국항해항만학회지
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• 제34권5호
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• pp.375-381
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• 2010

본 연구에서는 선박오수 고도처리시스템 개발을 목적으로 SBR 공법을 도입하여 선박용 오수처리장치를 제작한 후 성능 평가를 수행하였다. Lab scale 과 Pilot Plant 규모의 기초 실험을 토대로 제작한 시제품은 시운전 결과 IMO의 Res.MEPC.159(55) 성능 기준을 충분히 만족시켰으며, 질소와 인의 동시처리도 가능하여 강화되어 가는 해양환경기준을 충분히 만족시킬 수 있을 것으로 평가되었다. 선박오수와 유사한 실 하폐수를 대상으로 한 제품 가동 결과 유기물의 경우 90% 이상, 질소와 인의 경우 50% 이상의 처리 효율을 나타내었으며, 운전 기간 내내 안정적인 처리 효율을 보이며 선박이라는 특수한 환경과의 접목성도 매우 우수한 시스템으로 확인되었다.

• 한국연소학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국연소학회 2015년도 제51회 KOSCO SYMPOSIUM 초록집
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• pp.93-96
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• 2015

Commercial coal gasifiers typically use entrained flow type reactors, but have unique features in terms of reactor shape, gasifying agent, coal feeding type, ash/slag discharge, and reaction stages. The MHI gasifier is characterized as air-blow dry-feed entrained reactor, which incorporates a short combustion stage at the bottom and a tall gasification stage above. This study investigates the flow and reaction characteristics inside a MHI gasifier by using computational fluid dynamics (CFD) in order to understand its design and operation features. For its pilot-scale system at 200 ton/day capacity, the distribution of coal and air supply between the two reaction stages was varied. It was found that the syngas composition and carbon conversion rate were not significantly influenced by the changes in the distribution of coal and air supply. However, the temperature, velocity and flow pattern changed sensitively to the changes in the distribution of coal and air supply. The results suggest that one key factor to determine the operational ranges of coal and air supply would be the temperature and flow pattern along the narrower wall between the two reaction stages.

• Nuclear Engineering and Technology
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• 제55권7호
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• pp.2678-2686
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• 2023

This work demonstrates the results of full-scale numerical experiments of a hybrid thorium-containing fuel plant operating in a state close to critical due to a controlled source of D-T neutrons. The proposed facility represented a level of generated power (~10-100 MW_t) in a small pilot. In this work, the simulation of the D-T neutron plasma source operation in conjunction with the facility blanket was performed. The fission of fuel nuclei and the formation of spatial-energy release were studied in this simulation, in pulsed and stationary modes of the facility operation. The optimization results of neutronic and fluid dynamics studies to level the emerging offsets of the radial energy formed in the volume of the facility multiplying part due to the pulsed operation of the D-T neutron plasma source were presented. The results will be useful in improving the power control-based subcriticality monitoring method in coupled systems of the "pulsed neutron source-subcritical fuel assembly" type.

• 청정기술
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• 제23권3호
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• pp.331-342
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• 2017

하수 슬러지 고형연료 및 우드 펠렛의 연소 특성을 평가 하기 위하여 열중량 분석(TGA), 회 융점(AFT) 분석, 그리고 회분 성분 분석을 수행하였다. TGA 분석 결과, 하수 슬러지 고형연료의 연소성이 우드 펠렛에 비해 상대적으로 좋지 않았다. 또한 AFT 분석을 통해 하수 슬러지 고형연료의 슬래깅 가능성이 매우 높은 것을 확인하였다. 또한 연소성 평가를 위해 pilot-scale 기포 유동층 반응기를 적용하였으며, 장치는 예열기, 유동층 반응기, 연료 공급장치, 사이클론, 회분 포집 장치, 그리고 가스분석기로 구성되었다. 반응기는 직경 400 mm, 높이 4300 mm이며, 하수 슬러지는 $54.5{\sim}96.5kW_{th}$의 열량으로 실험을 수행하였고 우드 펠렛은 $96.1kW_{th}$ 실험을 수행하였다. 실험 결과, 하수 슬러지 고형연료 연소의 경우 평균적으로 우드 펠렛의 연소 보다 배기가스 중 $NO_x$는 10.1배, CO는 3.5배 높았다. 또한 사이클론에서 포집한 회분을 분석한 결과, 모든 실험 조건에서 연소 효율은 99% 이상이었고, 회분의 성분 분석을 통해 슬래깅/파울링 가능성이 높은 것을 확인하였다.

• Korean Chemical Engineering Research
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• 제59권3호
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• pp.417-428
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• 2021

낮은 반응성으로 인해 복잡한 공정이 필요한 무연탄은 순환유동층 내의 동적 거동을 통해 연소 특성이 고찰되어야 한다. Pilot 규모의 0.1MW_th 급 순산소 순환유동층 연소로에서의 무연탄 연소 특성을 고찰하기 위하여 본 연구에서는 전산유체해석 기법을 이용하였다. 순산소 순환유동층 보일러는 연소로(0.15 m l.D., 10 m High), 싸이클론, 재순환부 등으로 구성되었고 동일한 크기의 3D 모델 반응기를 구축하였다.실험에 사용한 무연탄은 평균 입도 1,070 ㎛, 밀도 2,326 kg/m³이다. 공기 연소에서 순산소 연소로의 연소 환경 변화에 따른 반응기 내부의 기-고 흐름 패턴을 고찰하였다. 이때, 공기 연소와 순산소 연소에서 온도 분포는 비슷한 양상을 보이지만 압력 분포는 순산소 연소에서 더 낮음을 알 수 있었다. 더불어 공기 연소에 비해 순산소 연소에서 더 높은 CO₂ 농도를 가지므로 이산화탄소 포집이 활발히 이루어질 것을 예상해 볼 수 있다. 결과적으로 본 연구를 통해 무연탄 활용 시 순환유동층 반응기의 최적화된 설계 및 운전에 기여할 수 있음을 확인하였다.