• Nuclear Engineering and Technology
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• 제45권7호
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• pp.961-968
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• 2013

The Arabian Gulf region has one of the highest ocean temperatures, reaching above 35 degrees and ambient temperatures over 50 degrees in the summer. Two nuclear power plants (NPP) are being introduced in the region for the first time, one at Bushehr (1,000 MWe PWR plant from Russia), and a much larger one at Barakah (4X1,400 MWe PWR from Korea). Both plants take seawater from the Gulf for condenser cooling, having to modify the secondary/tertiary side cooling systems design by increasing the heat transfer surface area from the country of origin. This paper analyses the secondary side of a typical PWR plant operating under the Rankine cycle with a simplified thermal-hydraulic model. Parametric study of ocean cooling temperatures is conducted to estimate thermal efficiency variations and its associated design changes for the secondary side. Operational safety is reviewed to deliver rated power output with acceptable safety margins in line with technical specifications, mainly in the auxiliary systems together with the cooling water temperature. Impact on the Gulf seawater as the ultimate heat sink is considered negligible, affecting only the adjacent water near the NPP site, when compared to the solar radiation on the sea surface.

• 한국표면공학회지
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• 제51권6호
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• pp.421-429
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• 2018

In this study, various electrochemical experiments were carried out to compare the corrosion characteristics of AA5052-O, AA5083-H321 and AA6061-T6 in seawater. The electrochemical impedance and potentiostatic polarization measurements showed that the corrosion resistance is decreased in the order of AA5052-O, AA5083-H321 and AA6061-T6, with AA5052-O being the highest resistant. This is closely associated with the property of passive film formed on three tested Al alloys. Based on the slope of Mott-Schottky plots of an n-type semiconductor, the density of oxygen vacancies in the passive film formed on the alloys was determined. This revealed that the defect density is increased in the order of AA5052-O, AA5083-H321 and AA6061-T6. Considering these facts, it is implied that the addition of Mg, Si, and Cu to the Al alloys can degrade the passivity, which is characterized by a passive film structure containing more defect sites, contributing to the decrease in corrosion resistance in seawater.

• Corrosion Science and Technology
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• 제21권2호
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• pp.138-146
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• 2022

The cavitation and potentiodynamic polarization experiments were conducted simultaneously to investigate the effect of cavitation amplitude on the super austenitic stainless steel (UNS N08367) electrochemical behavior in seawater. The results of the potentiodynamic polarization experiment under cavitation condition showed that the corrosion current density increased with cavitation amplitude increase. Above oxygen evolution potential, the current density in a static condition was the largest because the anodic dissolution reaction by intergranular corrosion was promoted. In the static condition, intergranular corrosion was mainly observed. However, damage caused by erosion was observed in the cavitation environment. The micro-jet generated by cavity collapse destroyed the corrosion product and promoted the repassivation. So, weight loss occurred the most in static conditions. After the experiment, wave patterns were formed on the surface due to the compressive residual stress caused by the impact pressure of the cavity. Surface hardness was improved by the water cavitation peening effect, and the hardness value was the highest at 30 ㎛ amplitude. UNS N08367 with excellent mechanical performance due to its high hardness showed that cavitation inhibited corrosion damage.

• 한국표면공학회지
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• 제48권2호
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• pp.68-72
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• 2015

The corrosion behavior of metals and alloys for the safety of offshore structures in seawater was investigated for the application of sacrificial anodes. The experiments were focused on the polarization behaviors and the surface morphology of each metal after experiments. Pure Zn, pure Al (Al1050), Al alloys (Al5052, Al6061), Mg alloys (AZ31, AZ91D) and steel (SCM440) were assessed in 3.5% sodium chloride solution by means of potentiodynamic polarization to verify the galvanic corrosion potential ($E_{couple}$). Potentiostat plots were plotted to compare the surface and corrosion current density ($i_{couple}$) of metals as sacrificial anodes in seawater to protect steel alloy as a cathode. Al alloys showed the best performance as a sacrificial anode, on the other hand, Mg alloys showed overprotection behavior. The surface morphologies of sacrificial anodes were observed by FESEM and compared.

• 한국표면공학회지
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• 제49권4호
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• pp.349-356
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• 2016

In this study, electrochemical damage behaviors with flow rate were investigated for anodized 5083 aluminum alloy in seawater. As the results of anodic polarization experiments and potentiostatic experiments at +1.0 V (vs. SSCE), the non-flow condition presented largely damaged surface resulting from a tendency of local pitting damage. Under various flow rate conditions, however, less surface damages under the application of anodic potential was obtained which is attributed to no accumulation of $H^+$ and $Cl^-$ ions on the surface. On the other hand, the results of the potentiostatic experiments at -1.0 V (vs. SSCE) with flow rate showed that anodized 5083 aluminum alloys could achieve the effective cathodic protection by low cathodic protection current density less than $2.61{\times}10^{-7}A/cm^2$ even under high flow rate of 1 m/s.

• 한국표면공학회지
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• 제55권4호
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• pp.236-246
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• 2022

Electropolishing is a surface finishing treatment that compensates for the disadvantages of the mechanical polishing process. It not only has a smooth surface, but also improves corrosion resistance. Therefore, the purpose of this investigation is to examine the corrosion resistance and electrochemical characteristics in seawater of UNS S31603 with electropolishing process time. The roughness improvement rate after electropolishing was improved by about 78% compared to before polishing, indicating that the electropolishing is effective. As a result of potential measuring of mechanical polishing and electropolishing, the potential of electropolishing was nobler than the mechanical polishing condition. As a result of calculating the corrosion current density after potentiodynamic polarization experiment with electropolishing conditions, the corrosion current density of mechanical polishing was about 6.4 times higher than that of electropolishing. After potentiodynamic polarization experiment with electropolishing conditions, the maximum damage depth of mechanical polishing was about 2.2 times higher than that of electropolishing(7 minutes). In addition, the charge transfer resistance of the specimen electropolished for 7 minutes was the highest, indicating improved corrosion resistance.

• Corrosion Science and Technology
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• 제18권6호
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• pp.292-299
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• 2019

The hull material of a high-speed ship may cause erosion damage from fluid impact. When physical erosion and electrochemical corrosion combine, erosion corrosion damage occurs. The aluminum ship is vulnerable to erosion corrosion because it can be operated at high speed. Thus, in this study, Al5052-O and Al6061-T6 aluminum alloys for the marine environment were selected as experimental materials. The erosion corrosion resistance of Al5052-O and Al6061-T6 aluminum alloys in seawater was investigated by an erosion test and potentiodynamic polarization test at the various flow rate (0 m/s, 5 m/s, 10 m/s, 15 m/s, 20 m/s). Erosion corrosion characteristics were evaluated by surface analysis, 3D analysis, SEM analysis, and the Tafel extrapolation method. The results of surface damage analysis after the erosion test showed that Al6061-T6 presented better erosion resistance than Al5052-O. The results of the potentiodynamic polarization test at the various flow rate, corrosion current density by Tafel extrapolation presented lower values of Al6061-T6 than Al5052-O. Al5052-O showed more surface damage than Al6061-T6 at all flow rates. Consequently, Al6061-T6 presented better erosion corrosion resistance than Al5052-O. The results of this study are valuable data for selecting hull material for an aluminum alloy vessel.

• 한국해양학회지:바다
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• 제5권4호
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• pp.374-380
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• 2000

제주-대한해협중 소흑산도에서 부산앞 대마도부근 까지의 제주도 이북의 대륙붕 해역 (33$^{\circ}$30'${\sim}$34$^{\circ}$N 125$^{\circ}$${\sim}$128$^{\circ}$E) 용존탄화수소의 분포와 성인을 조사하였다. 표층 해수중 용존탄화수소 총함량의 시 ${\cdot}$ 공간적 변이는 10배 이상이 대체로 연안에서 높고 외해에서 낮으며, 총함량은 가을에 봄보다 높다. 탄화수소의 성인을 n-alkanes과 pristane함량을 기준으로 보면 해수중 용존 탄화수소는 1998년 4월의 경우, 황해남부(125$^{\circ}$E) 해역에서는 식물플랑크톤기원 및 석유기원 탄화수소가 우세하고, 남해에서는 육상기원과 석유기원이 우세하다. 그리고 1998년 9월에는 남해에 식물플랑크톤과 석유기원이 우세하게 나타났다.

• 한국표면공학회지
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• 제46권1호
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• pp.1-8
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• 2013

Cathodic current on a metal tends to increase the $OH^-$ neighboring to the metal surface, especially during electro-deposition in seawater. The increased pH at metal/seawater interface results in precipitation of brucite crystal structure-$Mg(OH)_2$ as following formula; $Mg^{2+}+2OH^-{\rightarrow}Mg(OH)_2$, that is typical mechanism of the main calcareous deposits-compound in electro deposited coating films. In this study, the effects of anode and current density on deposition rate, composition structure and morphology of the deposited films were systematically investigated by scanning electron microscopy(SEM) and x-ray diffraction(XRD), respectively in order to overcome the problems such as deposition rate and a weak adhesion between deposit film and metal surface. The adhesion and corrosion resistance of the coating films were also evaluated by anodic polarization test. The electro-deposited film formed by using AZ31-Mg anode had the most appropriate physical properties. Weight gain of electro-deposit films increased with increasing cathodic current. Electro-deposit prepared at $5A/cm^2$ current density shows better adhesion than that formed at $8{\sim}10A/cm^2$.

• 한국해양환경ㆍ에너지학회지
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• 제7권1호
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• pp.42-46
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• 2004

해양심층수는 겨울철 표층수의 냉각으로 인하여 동해 고위도 지역인 극 지역에서 형성된 후 점차로 표층수와 혼합이 차단된 상태로 순환한다. 하구역 혼합만큼 뚜렷하지는 않지만, 지하염수는 순환해수와 지하수의 혼합물기다 높은 삼투압을 가지고 있는 해수는 바다와 연결된 대수층으로 스며들어 지하수와 혼합하게 된다. 해양심층수와 지하염수의 자원특성을 파악하기 위하여 이들 수괴의 기원과 성분 및 각 수자원에 대한 수질 특성과 자원 안정성을 조사하였다. 해수 중 산소와 수소 동위원소 비는 0‰, 인 반면, 지하염수는 지표수의 순환선(meteoric water line) 위에 있거나, 벗어나는 경우도 있다. 이러한 현상은 두 수괴가 다른 기원을 가지고 있다는 것을 의미한다. 해수에 용존 된 주성분 이온(Na, Ca, Mg, K) 들은 각각 일정한 성분비를 이루고 있다. 그러나 지하염수에서 이들 주성분 원소들의 일정성분비의 법칙이 성립하지 않는 것이 관측되었다. 그 이유는 주변 토양과 지하수 사이의 화학적 반응에 기인한다. 또한 해양심층수는 지하염수에 비하여 기능성 미량 원소들이 풍부하고 생물학적 친하력이 높은 반면, 유해한 박테리아와 인공 오염물이 적은 특성을 가지고 있으며, 자원적인 측면에서도 안정성을 가지고 있다.