• Nuclear Engineering and Technology
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• 제53권9호
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• pp.3122-3125
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• 2021

Electromagnetic vortex flowmeter is a new type of instrument for detecting leakage of steam generator, and the signal processing method based on the envelope to calculate energy ratio can effectively detect bubbles in sodium flow. The signal processing method is not affected by changes in the amplitude of the sensor output signal, which is caused by changes in magnetic field strength and other factors. However, the detection sensitivity of the electromagnetic vortex flowmeter is reduced. To this end, a signal processing method based on inverse Fourier transform to calculate energy ratio is proposed. According to the difference between the frequency band of the bubble noise signal and the flow signal, only the amplitude in the frequency band of the flow signal is retained in the frequency domain, and then the flow signal is obtained by the inverse Fourier transform method, thereby calculating the energy ratio. Using this method to process the experimental data, the results show that it can detect 0.1 g/s leak rate of water in the steam generator, and its performance is significantly better than that of the signal processing method based on the envelope to calculate energy ratio.

• 비파괴검사학회지
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• 제30권2호
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• pp.110-115
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• 2010

발전용 밸브 내부의 누설은 냉각 기능 상실 및 방사선물질 방출 동 안전계통의 성능 저하와 수많은 에너지 손실 등 발전소 운전에 막대한 손상 및 사고를 초래하게 된다. 본 논문은 신뢰성 높은 진단 방법 개발을 위하여 국내 원자력발전소 2차계통의 누설 발생 또는 내부 부품의 손상이 발생할 수 있는 밸브를 대상으로 현장시험 및 모의누설실험시의 적외선열화상 측정 실험을 수행함으로써 단일계측방식의 불확실성을 제거하고 향후 누설진단에 대한 확대 적용을 도모하고자 하였다. 발전소 현장시험 및 밸브 모의누설시험시의 밸브 누설 상태에 따른 적외선열화상 이미지 측정 실험을 통하여, 적외선열화상 측정 방법은 밸브 누설 상태의 과정을 신속하고 정밀하게 측정 가능하며 향후 많은 종류의 밸브 누설진단에 활용함으로써 누설에 따른 막대한 에너지 손실 및 사고 예방의 유용한 기법으로 확대 적용이 가능할 것으로 생각된다.

• 한국소음진동공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국소음진동공학회 2014년도 추계학술대회 논문집
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• pp.394-398
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• 2014

Steam leakage is one of the major issues for the structural fracture of pipes of nuclear power plants. Therefore a method to inspect a large area of piping systems quickly and accurately is needed. Recently, the research detecting the steam leakage by using camera image is introduced. However, this method has a disadvantage. If a camera oscillates, it cannot detect a steam leakage exactly. In this paper, the technique that reduces the error due to a camera shaking is proposed. To verify the proposed method, we have performed the experiments for the oil leakage experiments. The results show that the technique can calibrate the error due to camera shaking.

• 한국소음진동공학회논문집
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• 제24권10호
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• pp.795-801
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• 2014

Steam leakage is one of the major issues for the structural fracture of pipes of nuclear power plants. Therefore a method to inspect a large area of piping systems quickly and accurately is needed. Recently, the research detecting the steam leakage by using camera image is introduced. However, this method has a disadvantage. If a camera oscillates, it cannot detect a steam leakage exactly. In this paper, the technique that reduces the error due to a camera shaking is proposed. To verify the proposed method, we have performed the experiments for the oil leakage experiments. The results show that the technique can calibrate the error due to camera shaking.

• 대한기계학회논문집A
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• 제20권9호
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• pp.2894-2900
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• 1996

The stream generator tubes represent an integral part of a major barrier against the fission product release to the environment. So, the rupture of these tubes could permit flow of reactor coolant into the secondary system and injure the safety of reactor coolant system. Therefore, if the crack was detected during In-Service Inspection of tubes the cracked tube should be evaluated by the pulgging criteria and plugged or not. In this study, the fracture mechanics evaluation is carried out on the thru-wall axial crack due to Primary Water Stress Corrosion Cracking in the roll transition aone of steam generator tube to help the assurence the integrity of tubes and estabilish the plugging criteria. Due to the Inconel which is used as tube material is more ductile than others, the plastic instability repture theory was used to calculate the critical and allowable crack length. Based on Leak Before Break concept the leak rate for the critical crack length and the allowable leak rate are compared and the safety of tubes was given.

• 비파괴검사학회지
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• 제36권6호
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• pp.496-503
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• 2016

발전소나 석유화학 플랜트 구조물에 누설이 발생하면 인명 피해 및 경제적인 손실을 초래한다. 이러한 누설은 플랜트 배관의 진동으로 인한 피로파괴나 배관 감육으로 인해 발생한다. 플랜트 배관의 진동을 감시하기 위한 방법으로 주로 가속도센서나 레이저센서가 사용되지만 설치 및 운용의 어려움이 따르고 동시에 광범위 측정 시 비용 증가가 발생하게 된다. 이러한 문제점들을 해결하기 위해 최근 카메라를 이용한 누설 및 진동 변위 측정 방법에 대한 연구가 이루어지고 있다. 카메라를 이용한 누설 및 진동 변위 측정 방법은 설치가 간단하고 원거리 측정 및 넓은 범의의 측정이 가능한 장점을 가지고 있다. 따라서 본 연구에서는 카메라를 이용해 누설 및 진동 변위를 측정할 수 있는 시스템을 개발하였고 실험을 통해 성능을 검증하였다.

• 한국원자력학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국원자력학회 2005년도 춘계학술발표회
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• pp.103-104
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• 2005

• 한국원자력학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국원자력학회 2005년도 추계학술발표회
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• pp.93-94
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• 2005

• Nuclear Engineering and Technology
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• 제51권1호
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• pp.155-162
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• 2019

To reduce the secondary damage caused by leakage accidents in plant piping systems, a constant surveillance system is necessary. To ensure leaks are promptly addressed, the surveillance system should be able to detect not only the leak itself, but also the location of the leak. Recently, research to develop new methods has been conducted using cameras to detect leakage and to estimate the location of leakage. However, existing methods solely estimate whether a leak exists or not, or only provide two-dimensional coordinates of the leakage location. In this paper, a method using multiple cameras to detect leakage and estimate the three-dimensional coordinates of the leakage location is presented. Leakage is detected by each camera using MADI(Moving Average Differential Image) and histogram analysis. The two-dimensional leakage location is estimated using the detected leakage area. The three-dimensional leakage location is subsequently estimated based on the two-dimensional leakage location. To achieve this, the coordinates (x, z) for the leakage are calculated for a horizontal section (XZ plane) in the monitoring area. Then, the y-coordinate of leakage is calculated using a vertical section from each camera. The method proposed in this paper could accurately estimate the three-dimensional location of a leak using multiple cameras.

• 한국소음진동공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국소음진동공학회 2011년도 춘계학술대회 논문집
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• pp.136-141
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• 2011

In a power plant, an oil and steam leakage is generated once in a while. This is because the operating temperature and pressure of oil are very high. It is very difficult to monitor oil leakage, because oil leakage is almost invisible. Therefore a method to oil leakage detecting quickly and accurately is needs. In this paper, we proposed the method for the detecting oil leakage by using image processing and CCTV. To test the performance of this technique, experiments have been performed for simple case. Results show that the proposed technique is quite powerful in the oil leak detection.