• Nuclear Engineering and Technology
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• 제54권11호
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• pp.4159-4169
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• 2022

Hydrogen mitigation using Passive Autocatalytic Recombiners (PARs) has been widely accepted methodology inside reactor containment of accident struck Nuclear Power Plants. They reduce hydrogen concentration inside reactor containment by recombining it with oxygen from containment air on catalyst surfaces at ambient temperatures. Exothermic heat of reaction drives the product steam upwards, establishing natural convection around PAR, thus invoking homogenisation inside containment. CFD models resolving individual catalyst plate channels of PAR provide good insight about temperature and hydrogen recombination. But very thin catalyst plates compared to large dimensions of the enclosures involved result in intensive calculations. Hence, empirical correlations specific to PARs being modelled are often used in integral containment studies. In this work, an experimentally validated CFD model of PAR has been employed for developing an empirical correlation for Indian PAR. For this purpose, detailed parametric study involving different gas mixture variables at PAR inlet has been performed. For each case, respective values of gas mixture variables at recombiner outlet have been tabulated. The obtained data matrix has then been processed using regression analysis to obtain a set of correlations between inlet and outlet variables. The empirical correlation thus developed, can be easily plugged into commercially available CFD software.

• Elastomers and Composites
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• 제53권1호
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• pp.1-5
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• 2018

In the current research, the curing kinetics of a mixture system consisting of a Bisphenol-A type vinyl ester resin and styrene monomer was studied. Methylethylketone peroxide and cobalt octoate were used as the polymerization initiator and accelerator respectively. Thermograms with several different heating rates were obtained using non-isothermal differential scanning calorimetry. Activation energy values analyzed by the Flynn-Wall-Ozawa isoconversional method showed a three-step change with conversion ${\alpha}$: a slight decrease initially for ${\alpha}$ < 0.1, a constant value of 47.9 kJ/mol in the range 0.1 < ${\alpha}$ < 0.7, and a slow increase for 0.7 < ${\alpha}$. When assuming a constant activation energy of 47.9 kJ/mol, an autocatalytic model of the Sestak-Berggren equation was considered as the proper mathematical model of the conversion function, indicating an overall order of 1.2.

• Bulletin of the Korean Chemical Society
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• 제18권11호
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• pp.1199-1203
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• 1997

The investigation of cure kinetics of biphenyl epoxy (4,4-diglycidyloxy-3,3,5,5-tetramethyl biphenyl)-xylok resin system with four different catalysts was performed by differential scanning calorimeter using an isothermal approach. All kinetic parameters of the curing reaction including the reaction order, activation energy and rate constant were calculated and reported. The results indicate that the curing reaction of the formulations using triphenylphosphine (TPP) and 1-benzyl-2-methylimidazole (1B2MI) as a catalyst proceeds through a first order kinetic mechanism, whereas that of the formulations using diazabicyloundecene (DBU) and tetraphenyl phosphonium tetraphenyl borate (TPP-TPB) proceeds by an autocatalytic kinetic mechanism. To describe the cure reaction in the latter stage, we have used the semiempirical relationship proposed by Chern and Poehlein. By combining an nth order kinetic model or an autocatalytic model with a diffusion factor, it is possible to predict the cure kinetics of each catalytic system over the whole range of conversion.

• Nuclear Engineering and Technology
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• 제55권9호
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• pp.3194-3201
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• 2023

In water-cooled power reactor, hydrogen is generated in case of steam zirconium reaction during severe accident condition and later on in addition to hydrogen; CO is also generated during molten corium concrete interaction after reactor pressure vessel failure. Passive Autocatalytic Recombiners (PARs) are provided in the containment for hydrogen management. The performance of the PARs in presence of hydrogen and carbon monoxide along with air has been evaluated. Depending on the conditions, CO may either react with oxygen to form carbon dioxide (CO2) or act as catalyst poison, reducing the catalyst activity and hence the hydrogen conversion efficiency. CFD analysis has been carried out to determine the effect of CO on catalyst plate temperature for 2 & 4% v/v H₂ and 1-4% v/v CO with air at the recombiner inlet for a reported experiment. The results of CFD simulations have been compared with the reported experimental data for the model validation. The reaction at the recombiner plate is modelled based on diffusion theory. The developed CFD model has been used to predict the maximum catalyst temperature and outlet species concentration for different inlet velocity and temperatures of the mixture gas. The obtained results were used to fit a correlation for obtaining removal rate of carbon monoxide inside PAR as a function of inlet velocity and concentrations.

• 공업화학
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• 제17권1호
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• pp.33-36
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• 2006

광경화 접착제로 많이 사용되는 우레탄-아크릴레이트 올리고머의 광경화 거동을 자체촉매화 반응모델식을 통해 중합온도 및 올리고머의 관능성에 따른 영향을 확인하여 보았다. 중합온도가 증가함에 따라 최대중합속도는 감소하여 중합온도가 경화 거동에 대한 영향인자임을 확인할 수 있었으며, 반응속도상수 k는 온도증가에 따라 거의 일정한 값을 보이나 반응차수 m과 n은 증가하는 경향을 보였는데 이는 가교구조에 의한 반응성 기의 확산제한 및 유동성의 제한으로 인한 것으로 판단되어진다. 온도증가에 따른 중합속도의 감소는 주로 반응차수 n의 증가에 의해 진행되었다.

• 폴리머
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• 제24권6호
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• pp.837-844
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• 2000

본 연구에서는 반도체 봉지제로 사용되는 상용 EMC중 가속제의 함량이 다른 두 종류의 프리프레그에 대하여 그 경화거동을 등온 및 승온조건에서 시차 주사 역량계, 점도계 및 유전율 측정계를 이용하여 분석하였다. 경화반응 속도변수는 Kamal의 자동촉매 반응식을 이용하여 m+n을 2로 가정한 후 Ryan Dutta의 방법에 따라 계산에 의한 경화반응 속도의 예측 치와 실제 실험 데이터가 10$0^{\circ}C$를 제외한 나머지 온도에서는 잘 일치하는 경향을 나타내었다. 경화과정 중 겔화와 유리화와 같은 상 전이를 관찰하였으며 각각의 등온 경화온도에서 경화시간에 따른 유리전이 온도 ($T_{g}$ )를 측정하여 경화온도와 유리전이 온도가 같아지는 유리화점을 구할 수 있었고 절대온도와의 사이에 Arrhenius관계가 성립함을 확인하였다. 또한 평판형 전극을 이용한 DEA는 EMC의 경화 과정을 동정하는데 효과적으로 이용될 수 있음을 알 수 있었다. 같은 종류의 수지 시스템에서는 TTT diagram상에서 $_{gel}$$T_{g}$ 가속제의 농도에 상관없이 일정한 온도에서 나타남을 확인하였다.

• 폴리머
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• 제37권2호
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• pp.240-248
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• 2013

본 연구에서는 DGEBA(diglycidyl ether of bisphenol A)를 사용한 에폭시/mercaptan 경화제의 경화 반응 거동을 에폭시/아민 유도체형 경화제와 비교하여 연구하였다. 경화 반응 거동은 DSC 분석에 의해 승온 및 등온의 조건에서 경화되는 과정을 연구하였다. DSC의 승온 실험에서는 Kissinger 법을 이용하였으며, 등온 실험에서는 Kamal의 속도모델을 이용하여 분석하였다. 결과적으로 활성화 에너지는 아민 유도체형 경화제를 사용하였을 때 약 40 kcal/mol이고, mercaptan 경화제를 사용하였을 때 약 28에서 19 kcal/mol로 -SH 관능기가 증가할수록 감소하였다. 에폭시/아민 유도체형 경화제는 약 $90^{\circ}C$ 이상에서 경화 반응이 개시되는 반면, 에폭시/mercaptan 경화제에서는 경화 반응 개시 온도가 약 $80^{\circ}C$ 이내로 낮아지고, 반응 속도가 상승하여 반응 시간이 10분 이내로 단축되었다. 또한 에폭시/mercaptan 경화제계는 자기 촉매 반응 모델을 따르는 것을 확인하였고 약 20~40%의 경화도에서 최대 반응속도를 나타내었다.

• 폴리머
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• 제35권3호
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• pp.196-202
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• 2011

비즈페놀 A 에폭시 수지와 폴리옥시프로필렌 디아민 경화제계의 경화 반응속도를 시차주사열량계을 이용하여 승온 및 등온 경화조건에서 조사하였다. 승온실험에서는 Ozawa와 Kissinger법을 이용하여 다양한 가열속도에서 얻어진 발열피크의 이동으로부터 활성화 에너지를 구하였다. 또한 등온실험에서 얻어진 데이터는 자촉매 효과를 고려한 Kamal의 속도모델로 분석하였으며, 그 결과 경화반응 초기의 속도우세 구간에서 실험데이터와 잘 맞았다. 반응 후기의 확산우세 구간에서는 확산효과를 적용하여 경화의 전체과정을 기술하였다. 또한 동역학분석을 이용하여 경화 후 저장 탄성률과 가교점간의 평균분자량을 측정하였다.

• 한국기계가공학회지
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• 제21권8호
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• pp.93-98
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• 2022

Adiabatic blanking is a method to improve productivity through an autocatalytic cycle that occurs repeatedly through plastic deformation and thermal softening caused by impact energy. In this study, an axisymmetric analysis model comprising a punch, die, holder, and specimen was developed to confirm the temperature and deformation characteristics caused by an impact load. Through this, the impact energy, diameter of the punch, gap between the punch and die, and the effect of the fillet were analyzed. Because this process occurs in a very short time, adiabatic analysis can be performed using the explicit time-integration method. The analysis, confirmed that it is necessary to design a structure capable of increasing the local temperature and plastic deformation by controlling the impact energy, working area, gap, and the fillet.

• Nuclear Engineering and Technology
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• 제55권12호
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• pp.4382-4394
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• 2023

Passive auto-catalytic recombiners (PARs) are widely used to mitigate a hydrogen hazard. The first step to evaluate the hydrogen safety by PARs is to obtain qualified test data of the PARs for validation of their analytical model. SPARC PAR tests SP8 and SP9 were conducted to evaluate the hydrogen recombination characteristics of a honeycomb-shaped catalyst PAR. To obtain the hydrogen recombination rate from the PAR test data, two methods, Method-1 and Method-2, introduced by the THAI project, were applied. Since a large gradient of hydrogen concentration developed during hydrogen injection can cause a large error in the hydrogen mass obtained by integrating the measured hydrogen concentrations, a gate was installed at the PAR inlet to homogenize hydrogen in the test vessel before the PAR operation in the tests. A computational fluid dynamics (CFD) code with a PAR model was also applied to evaluate the characteristics of the PAR recombination according to the PAR inlet conditions, and the results were compared with those from Method-1 and Method-2. It was confirmed that the recombination rates from Method-1 require a correction factor to be compatible with results from Method-2 and the CFD simulation in the case of the SPARC-PAR tests.