• 대한기계학회논문집A
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• 제41권3호
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• pp.225-232
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• 2017

런너, 흡출관 등 양수발전소 수차 부속기기들에 캐비테이션 침식과 피로 균열 등의 손상 발생과 관련하여 많은 정비 사례들이 보고되고 있다. 양수발전소는 급전, 전력계통 안정 등과 같은 부수적 서비스를 제공한다. 이러한 부수적 서비스는 가이드 베인을 작게 열고 운전하는 저개도율 운전을 반복적으로 자주 수행하게 한다. 이러한 저개도율 운전은 수차 부속기기의 손상을 가속시키는 것으로 경험적으로 알려져 있다. 본 연구에서는 양수발전소의 가이드 베인 저개도율 운전이 수차의 캐비테이션과 피로를 가속시키는 효과를 유한요소 유동/응력 해석 및 피로 해석을 통해 정량적으로 평가한다. 평가 결과, 가이드 베인 개도율이 작을수록 캐비테이션 발생 가능성과 수차 효율 저하 가능성이 증가하며, 런너 블레이드 루트부에 최대 응력값을 증가시킴에도 불구하고 저개도율 운전이 피로수명에 미치는 영향은 미미함을 확인하였다.

• 산업진흥연구
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• 제8권4호
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• pp.37-46
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• 2023

화학설비의 노후화·고도화·복합화 등으로 인해 설비의 점검, 보수 또는 정비 작업 등의 비일상 작업이 증가하고 있으며, PSM 대상 화학제품제조업 사업장에서의 지난 10년간 발생한 1,483건의 사고 중 비일상 작업 중에 발생한 사고가 전체의 56%(932건)를 차지하여 일상 작업보다는 비일상 작업 중에 더 많은 사고가 발생하는 것을 확인할 수 있다. 특히 공장 운전의 경제성 및 효율성을 위하여 공장 전체를 정지시키지 않고 일부 설비를 정지시킨 후 운전 중인 설비와는 격리한 상태로 점검, 보수 또는 정비 작업을 수행하는 경우가 있다. 따라서 첫째, 화학공장의 취급물질, 운전조건, 설비의 위험도 등을 기준으로 격리 표준(Baseline Isolation Standard)을 수립하여 안전한 격리 방안을 선정하여야 한다. 둘째, 현재 국내 법규 및 기준 상에는 구체적인 격리 표준의 필요성을 제시하지 않고 있으므로 격리 표준의 마련을 제도화하는 것이 필요하다. 이러한 기술적·제도적 개선을 통하여 화학공장 설비에서의 화학물질의 누출에 의한 화재·폭발·중독 사고를 예 방하여야 한다.

• 한국물환경학회지
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• 제22권2호
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• pp.258-263
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• 2006

ANAMMOX (Anaerobic ammonium oxidation) reactor, which was cultivated ANAMMOX bacteria in mesophilic condition ($35^{\circ}C$), was operated to investigate the effects of temperature. In $20{\sim}30^{\circ}C$ of operation condition, which was assumed as field-temperature, total N removal and $NH_4-N$ removal rate were declined from about 2.50 and $1.27kg\;N/{m^3}_{reactor}-day$ (0.06 and 0.03 kg N/kgVSS/day) to 1.62 and $0.41kg\;N/{m^3}_{reactor}-day$ (0.04 and 0.01 kg N/kgVSS/day), In this range of temperature, ANAMMOX had very low activities but acid fermentation bacteria and denitrifiers, which were competitors of substrates, had high activities relatively. Though operation temperature was higher than inhibition condition for two months, ANAMMOX activities could not been recovered once they were inhibited by low temperature. This fact was resulted from very slow doubling time of ANAMMOX bacteria. This study shows that maintenance device of optimal temperature is necessary required in field application of ANAMMOX.

• 한국환경복원기술학회지
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• 제25권4호
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• pp.15-31
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• 2022

The Green Purification Unit System (GPUS) is a green infrastructure facility applicable to the roadside to reduce particulate matter from road traffic. This study introduces two types of GPUS (type1 and type2) and assesses the performance and maintenance costs of each of them. The GPUS's performance analysis used the data collected in November 2021 after the installation of the GPUS type1 and type2 at the study site in Suwon. The changes in the particulate matter concentration near the GPUS were measured. The maintenance cost of GPUS type1 and type2 was assessed by calculating the initial installation cost and the management and repair cost after installation. The results of the performance analysis showed that the GPUS type1, which was manufactured by combining plants and electric dust collectors, had a superior particulate matter reduction performance. In particular, type1 produced a greater effect of particulate matter reduction in the time with a high concentration (50㎍/m³ or higher) of particulate matter due to the operation of electric dust collectors. GPUS type2, which was designed in the form of a plant wall without applying an electric dust collector, showed lower reduction performance than type1 but showed sufficiently improved performance compared to the existing band green area. Meanwhile, the GPUS type1 had three times higher costs for the initial installation than GPUS type2. In terms of costs for managing and repairing, it was evaluated that type1 would be slightly more costly than type2. Finally, this study discussed the applicability of two types of GPUS based on the result of the analysis of their particulate matter performance and maintenance cost at the same time. Since GPUS type2 has a cheaper cost than type1, it could be more economical. However, in the area suffering a high concentration of particulate matter, GPUS type1 would be more effective than type2. Therefore, the choice of GPUS types should rely on the status of particulate matter concentration in the area where GPUS is being installed.

• 한국농공학회논문집
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• 제48권6호
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• pp.113-124
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• 2006

The feasibility of the up- and down-flow constructed wetland was examined fur rural wastewater treatment in Korea. Many constructed wetland process was suffered from substrate clogging and high plant stresses because of long term operation. The up- and down-flow constructed wetland process used porous granule materials (charcoal pumice : SSR=10:20:70) for promoting intake rate of nutrient to plant, and especially flow type was designed continuously repeating from up-flow to down-flow. $BOD_5$ and SS was removed effectively by the process with the average removal rate being about 75% respectively. The wetland process was effective in treating nutrient as well as organic pollutant. Removal of TN and TP were more effective than other wetland system and mean effluent concentrations were approximately 7.5 and $0.4mg\;L^{-1}$ which satisfied the water quality standard for WWTPs. The treatment system did not experience any clogging or accumulations of pollutants and reduction of treatment efficiency during winter period because constructed polycarbonate glass structure prevented temperature drop. Considering stable performance and effective removal of pollutant in wastewater, low maintenance, and cost-effectiveness, the up- and down-flow constructed wetland was thought to be an effective and feasible alternative in rural area.

• 한국유체기계학회 논문집
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• 제3권4호
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• pp.7-14
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• 2000

This paper provides integrity evaluation and root cause analysis for defects observed at volute tongue, or cutwater, of the operating centrifugal pump in power plant. The cause of the cracks are analyzed and reviewed from the viewpoint of the operation and maintenance of the pumps, and the sample obtained from the cracked volute tongue of the pump are examined. At first, in-situ hardness test and microstructure examination were performed to understand the cause of cracking at volute tongue. The evaluation of structural integrity and the possibility of the crack propagation is also evaluated. Cracks were typical intergranular cracking and propagated along with prior austenite grain boundary. At easing volute tongue, the hardness was higher than ASTM requirement and a large amount of intergranular Cr carbide was precipitated. These were due to high C content in material. P content was also higher than ASTM requirement. Therefore, Cr carbide precipitation and P segregation at grain boundary, caused by higher C and P content in material, resulted in intergranular cracking of casing volute tongue. This procedure for integrity evaluation and root cause analysis is used to guide, and support the pump designer and manufacturer's material selection and process design to avoid a costly, unplanned outage of plant.

• 한국가스학회지
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• 제6권4호
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• pp.1-7
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• 2002

인적 오류(human error)는 공장설비의 설계, 제작, 건설, 운전, 유지$\cdot$보수의 모든 단계에서 발생할 수 있으며 사고의 대부분이 인적 오류의 영향과 관계되어 있는 것으로 조사되고 있다. 본 연구에서는 현장의 작업자 행동 특성 및 오류 메커니즘을 확인하고, 평가분류 쉬트를 활용하여 공정에서 발생하는 인적 오류를 분석하였다. 또한 ASEP HRA 절차를 이용하여 인적 오류 확률(HEP) 산정 알고리즘을 구축하여 현장에서 쉽게 인적 오류를 분석할 수 있는 ASEP HEP 프로그램을 개발하였다. 이를 이용하여 화학공장에서의 가능한 인적 오류사고를 예방하고 보다 체계적인 인적 오류 방지대책을 수립할 수 있다고 판단된다.

• Journal of Platform Technology
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• 제6권2호
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• pp.19-25
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• 2018

기존의 태양광 발전 모니터링 시스템은 현재의 발전량, 과거의 발전량, 환경센서 값등을 모니터링 한다. 이는 발전소의 효율적인 운영과 유지보수를 위한 태양광 발전량 예측이 필요하기 때문이다. 이를 위해 데이터 축적을 통해 빅데이터 기반 태양광 발전 모니터링 시스템의 발전량 예측 알고리즘 구현 방안을 제안한다. 이를 통해 미리 예측된 발전량에 비례하여, 태양광 발전 플랜트의 고장을 예측하고자 한다. 결과적으로 시스템의 고장을 예측하여 미리 점검하도록 한다.

• 한국태양에너지학회 논문집
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• 제40권4호
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• pp.35-44
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• 2020

Currently, various policies regarding ecofriendly vehicles are being proposed to reduce carbon emissions. In this study, the required areas for charging electric vehicle (EV) batteries using electricity produced by photovoltaic (PV) power plants were estimated. First, approximately 2.4 million battery EVs, which represented 10% of the total number of vehicles, consume approximately 404 GWh. Second, the power required for charging batteries is approximately 0.3 GW, and the site area of the PV power plant is 4.62 ㎢, which accounts for 0.005% of the national territory. Third, from the available sites of buildings based on the region, Jeju alone consumes approximately 0.2%, while the rest of the region requires approximately 0.1%. Fourth, Seoul, which has the smallest available area of mountains and farmlands, utilizes 0.34% of the site for PV power plants, while the other parts of the region use less than 0.1%. The results of this study confirmed that the area of the PV power plant site for producing battery-charging power generated through the supply of EVs is very small. Therefore, it is desirable to analyze and implement more specific plans, such as efficient land use, forest damage minimization, and safe maintenance, to expand renewable energy, including PV power.

• 산업경영시스템학회지
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• 제41권4호
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• pp.171-178
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• 2018

Recently, the continuing operation of nuclear power plants has become a major controversial issue in Korea. Whether to continue to operate nuclear power plants is a matter to be determined considering many factors including social and political factors as well as economic factors. But in this paper we concentrate only on the economic factors to make an optimum decision on operating nuclear power plants. Decisions should be based on forecasts of plant accident risks and large and small accident data from power plants. We outline the structure of a decision model that incorporate accident risks. We formulate to decide whether to shutdown permanently, shutdown temporarily for maintenance, or to operate one period of time and then periodically repeat the analysis and decision process with additional information about new costs and risks. The forecasting model to predict nuclear power plant accidents is incorporated for an improved decision making. First, we build a one-period decision model and extend this theory to a multi-period model. In this paper we utilize influence diagrams as well as decision trees for modeling. And bayesian statistical approach is utilized. Many of the parameter values in this model may be set fairly subjective by decision makers. Once the parameter values have been determined, the model will be able to present the optimal decision according to that value.