• 한국가스학회지
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• 제15권1호
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• pp.40-45
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• 2011

공정운전 중 운전자의 실수나 장치의 고장 등으로 형성되는 과압을 방지하기 위해 blowdown system을 통해 가스를 방출시켜 과압을 해소한다. 방출된 가스는 대부분 탄화수소 혼합물로서 가연성과 독성을 가지고 있으므로 플레어스택에서 연소시킨 후, 공기 중으로 배출시킨다. 그러나 화학공장의 규모가 증가하고 복잡해지면서 폐가스의 양이 증가하여 안전상의 이유로 플레어스택의 높이를 높이거나 추가적인 플레어시스템을 설치하여야 하는 문제가 발생하였다. 이 논문에서는 이러한 문제를 해결하기 위해 버려지는 폐가스를 회수하여 연료로 사용하는 Flare Gas Recovery System을 도입한 해결방안을 제시하고자 하였다.

• 조명전기설비학회논문지
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• 제23권7호
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• pp.67-74
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• 2009

This paper describes the speed control functions of the typical steam turbine speed controllers and the test results of generator load rejection simulations. The goal of the test is to verify the speed controller's ability to limit the steam turbine's peak speed within a predetermined level in the event of generator load loss. During normal operations, the balance between the driving force of the steam turbine and the braking force of the generator load is maintained and the speed of the turbine-generator is constant. Upon the generator's load loss, in other word, the load rejection, the turbine speed would rapidly increase up to the peak speed at a fast acceleration rate. It is required that the speed controller has the ability to limit the peak speed below the overspeed trip point, which is typically 110[%] of rated speed. If an actual load rejection occurs, a substantial amount of stresses will be applied to the turbine as well as other equipments, In order to avoid this unwanted situation, not an actual test but the other method is necessary. We are currently developing the turbine control system for another nuclear power plant and have plan to do the simulation suggested in this paper.

• Ecology and Resilient Infrastructure
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• 제5권2호
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• pp.94-104
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• 2018

The Soyangho Reservoir in Korea has a large drawdown zone, with an annual maximum water level fluctuation of 37 m due to dam operations to maintain a stable water supply and control flooding, especially during the monsoon period. The floristic composition, distribution and biomass of the major plant communities in the drawdown zone of the Soyangho Reservoir were assessed in order to understand their responses to the wide water level fluctuation. Species richness of vascular plants was low, and species composition was dominated by herbaceous annuals. Principal coordinates analysis using both flora and environmental data identified slope angle and the distance from the dam as important factors determining floristic composition. The species richness was low in the steep drawdown zone close to the dam, where much of the soil surface was almost devoid of vegetation. In shallower slopes, distant from the dam plant communities composed of mainly annuals were found. The large fluctuation in water level exposed soil where these annuals could establish. An overall biomass of 122 t (metric tons) Dry Matter was estimated for the reservoir, containing ca 3.6 t N (nitrogen) and ca 0.3 t P (phosphorus); the role of the vegetation of the drawdown zone in carbon sequestration and water pollution were briefly discussed.

• Nuclear Engineering and Technology
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• 제38권4호
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• pp.391-398
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• 2006

It is recommended to clean steam generators of nuclear power plants during plant outages. Under normal operations, sludge is created and constantly accumulates in the steam generators. The constituents of this sludge are different depending on each power plant characteristics. The sludge of the Kori Unit 1 steam generator, far example, was found to be composed of 93% ferrous oxide, 3% carbon and 1% of silica oxide and nickel oxide each. The research to develop a lancing system that would remove sludge deposits from the tubesheet of a steam generator was started in 1998 by the Korea Electric Power Research Institute (KEPRI) of the Korea Electric Power Corporation (KEPCO). The first commercial domestic lancing system in Korea, the $KALANS^(R)-I$ Lancing System, was completed in 2000 for Kori Unit 1 for cleaning the tubesheet of its Westinghouse Delta-60 steam generator. Thereafter, the success of the development and site implementation of the $KALANS^(R)-I$ lancing system for YGN Units 1&2 and Ulchin Units 3&4 was also realized in 2004 for sludge removal at those sites. The upper bundle cleaning system for Westinghouse model F steam generators is now under development.

• 한국자원식물학회지
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• 제15권1호
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• pp.72-76
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• 2002

지황의 수확방법을 인력수확에서 생력기계화 수확기술로 개선코자 트랙터굴취기 등 4종의 수확기기의 기계수확 효율을 비교 검토하였던 바 그 결과를 요약하면 다음과 같다. 1. 생력효율은 인력에 비하여 경운기 경운 69%, 경운기부착 굴취기 73%, 트랙터 부착 굴취기 76% 절감되었다. 2. 근경의 손실율은 인력수확 5.6%, 경운기 경운14.9%, 경운기 부착 굴취기 8.7%, 트랙터 부착 굴취기8.9%로 기계수확에서 높았다. 3. 상품 근경 수량은 인력수확 2,115 kg/10a에 비하여 기계수확에서 111~304kg/10a감소하였으며, 총 근경수량도 인력수확에 비하여 기계수확에서 2~6%감소하였다. 4. 경운기 부착 굴취기 와 트랙터 부착 굴취기 는 생력효율이 높고, 근 손상율 및 상품수량 등에서 인력수확에 크게 떨어지지 않아 적용가능성 이 높은 것으로 나타났다.

• Nuclear Engineering and Technology
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• 제37권3호
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• pp.207-220
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• 2005

Nuclear power plants (NPP) are complex socio-technological systems that rely on the success of both hardware and human components. Empirical studies of plant operating experience show that human errors are important contributors to accidents and incidents, and that organizational factors play an important role in creating contexts for human errors. Current probabilistic safety assessments (PSA) do not explicitly model the systematic contribution of organizational factors to safety. As some countries, like the United States, are moving towards increased use of risk information in the regulation and operation of nuclear facilities, PSA quality has been identified as an area for improvement. The modeling of human errors, and underlying organizational weaknesses at the root of these errors, are important sources of uncertainty in existing PSAs and areas of on-going research. This paper presents a review of research into the following questions: Is there evidence that organizational factors are important to NPP safety? How do organizations contribute to safety in NPP operations? And how can these organizational contributions be captured more explicitly in PSA? We present a few past incidents that illustrate the potential safety implications of organizational deficiencies, some mechanisms by which organizational factors contribute to NPP risk, and some of the methods proposed in the literature for performing root-cause analyses and including organizational factors in PSA.

• 한국원자력학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국원자력학회 1998년도 춘계학술발표회논문집(1)
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• pp.264-270
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• 1998

This research broadens the prime concern of nuclear power plant operations from safe performance to both economic and safe performance. First emergency diesel generator is identified as one of main contributors for the lost plant availability through the review of plants forced outage records. The framework of an integrated architecture for performing modern on-line condition for operational availability improvement is configured in this work. For the development of the comprehensive sensor networks for complex target systems, an integrated methodology incorporating a structural hierarchy, a functional hierarchy, and a fault-system matrix is formulated. The second part of our research is development of intelligent diagnosis and maintenance advisory system, which employs Bayesian Belief networks (BBNs) as a high level reasoning tool incorporating inherent uncertainty use in probabilistic inference. Our prototype diagnosis algorithms are represented explicitly through topological symbols and links between them in a causal direction. As new evidence from sensor network development is entered into the model especially, our advisory of system provides operational advice concerning both availability and safety, so that the operator is able to determine the likely modes, diagnose the system state, locate root causes, and take the most advantageous action. Thereby, this advice improves operational availability

• Journal of Radiation Protection and Research
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• 제19권1호
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• pp.23-35
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• 1994

CANDU형 원자력 발전소에서의 유도방출한도를 계산하기 위한 전산 코드 DRL이 개발되었다. DRL 코드에서의 유도방출한도는 CANDU형 원자력 발전소가 정상 가동될 때의 기체 및 액체 방출물에 포함된 방사성 핵종의 방출 허용 기준을 설정하기 위한 것이다. 본 전산 코드는 CSA Standard N288.1-M87에서 권고하고 있는 방법 및 다수 매개 변수를 이용하였고, 월성 원자력 발전소를 대상으로 유도방출한도를 결정하는데 이용되었다.

• Corrosion Science and Technology
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• 제19권1호
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• pp.1-7
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• 2020

Chalk River Unidentified Deposits (CRUDs) were collected from the Korean pressurized water reactor (PWR) plant (A, B, and C) where the axial offset anomaly (AOA) occurred. AOA, also known as a CRUD-induced power shift, is one of the key issues in maintaining stable PWR plant operations. CRUDs were sampled from spent nuclear fuel rods and analyzed using an electron probe micro-analyzer (EPMA). This paper describes the characteristics of boron-deposits from the CRUDs sampled from twice-burnt assemblies from the Korean PWR. The primary coolant of a PWR contains boron and lithium. It is known that boron deposition occurs in a thick CRUD layer under substantial sub-cooled nucleate boiling (SNB). The results of this study are summarized as follows. Boron was not found at the locations where the existence was confirmed in simulated CRUDs, in other words, the cladding and CRUD boundaries. Nevertheless, we clearly observed the presence of boron and confirmed that boron existed as a lump in crystalline form. In addition, the study confirmed that CRUD existed in a crystal form with a unique size of about 10 ㎛.

• Industrial Engineering and Management Systems
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• 제3권1호
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• pp.52-58
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• 2004

This report examines the issue of designing an efficient production system by increasing several types of flexibility. Increasing manufacturing flexibility is a key strategy for efficiently improving market responsiveness in the face of uncertain market demand for final products. The manufacturing system comprises multiple plants, of which individual plants have multiple manufacturing lines that are designed to produce limited types of products in accordance with their size and materials. Imbalance in the workload occurs among plants as well as among manufacturing lines because of fluctuations in market demand for final products. Thereby, idleness of some manufacturing lines and longer lead times in some manufacturing lines occur as a result of the high workload. We clarify how these types of flexibility affect manufacturing performance by improving only one type of flexibility or by improving multiple types of flexibility simultaneously. The average lead time and the imbalance in workload are adopted as measures of manufacturing performance. Three types of manufacturing flexibility are interrelated: machine flexibility, routing flexibility, and process flexibility. Machine flexibility refers to the various types of operations that a machine can perform without requiring the prohibitive effort of switching from one order to another. Routing flexibility is the capability of processing a given set of part types using more than one line (alternative line) in the plant. Process flexibility results from being able to build different types of final products at the same plant.