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A Study on Calculation of Leakage for LPG Explosion Accident using 3D Scan and CFD (3D 스캔과 CFD를 활용한 LPG 폭발사고의 누출량 산정에 관한 연구)

  • Cho, Wan Su;Kim, Eui Soo
    • Journal of the Korean Society of Safety
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    • v.33 no.3
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    • pp.1-7
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    • 2018
  • Recently, various engineering approaches have been widely used in the accident investigation field to identify the cause of the accident and to predict damage by accident. Computational analysis is the most commonly used method of accident investigation technique. This technique is mainly used to identify the mechanism of the accident generation and to determine the cause when it is difficult to reproduce the situation at the time of the accident or when it is impossible to perform a reproduction experiment. In this study, The gas explosion analysis for LPG explosion accident generated by defect of the blocking action was performed to determine the accident object, gas leakage amount and predicted the damage caused by the accident using 3D laser scanner and FLACS program. We can quantify the explosive power by LPG gas accident and predict the gas leakage amount, damage by accident and evaluate the stability of the structure through this study. In the future, This method can be widely used in the field of gas safety by improving the reliability and validity of the analysis.

Developing a Web-based System for Computing Pre-Harvest Residue Limits (PHRLs)

  • Chang, Han Sub;Bae, Hey Ree;Son, Young Bae;Song, In Ho;Lee, Cheol Ho;Choi, Nam Geun;Cho, Kyoung Kyu;Lee, Young Gu
    • Agribusiness and Information Management
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    • v.3 no.1
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    • pp.11-22
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    • 2011
  • This study describes the development of a web-based system that collects all data generated in the research conducted to set pre-harvest residue limits (PHRLs) for agricultural product safety control. These data, including concentrations of pesticide residues, limit of detection, limit of quantitation, recoveries, weather charts, and growth rates, are incorporated into a database, a regression analysis of the data is performed using statistical techniques, and the PHRL for an agricultural product is automatically computed. The development and establishment of this system increased the efficiency and improved the reliability of the research in this area by standardizing the data and maintaining its accuracy without temporal or spatial limitations. The system permits automatic computation of the PHRL and a quick review of the goodness of fit of the regression model. By building and analyzing a database, it also allows data accumulated over the last 10 years to be utilized.

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Characteristics of the Microwave Induced Flames on the Stability and Pollutant Emissions (마이크로파가 인가된 화염에서의 화염안정성 및 오염물질 배출특성)

  • Jeon, Young Hoon;Lee, Eui Ju
    • Journal of the Korean Society of Safety
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    • v.29 no.4
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    • pp.23-27
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    • 2014
  • The use of electromagnetic energy and non-equilibrium plasma for enhancing ignition and combustion stability is receiving increased attention recently. The conventional technologies have adapted the electrical devices to make the electromagnetic field, which resulted in various safety issues such as high-maintenance, additional high-cost system, electric shock and explosion. Therefore, an electrodeless microwave technology has an advantage for economic and reliability compared with conventional one because of no oxidation. However, the application of microwave has been still limited because of lack of interaction mechanism between flame and microwave. In this study, an experiment was performed with jet diffusion flames induced by microwaves to clarify the effect of microwave on the combustion stability and pollutant emissions. The results show that microwave induced flames enhanced the flame stability and blowout limit because of abundance of radical pool. However, NOx emission was increased monotonically with microwave intensity except 0.2 kW, and soot emission was reduced at the post flame region.

Development of CPC/COLSS Simulation Model for YGN#3,4 Simulator

  • Kim, Dong-Wook
    • Proceedings of the Korean Nuclear Society Conference
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    • 1997.05a
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    • pp.251-256
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    • 1997
  • The safety and reliablity of nuclear power plant operations relies heavily on the plant operators ability to respond to various emergency situations. It has become standard industry practice to utilize simulators to improve the safety and reliability of nuclear power plants operations. The simulators built for Younggwang#3("YGN#3"), which is based on the Korean Standard Nuclear Power Plant ("KSNPP")design, has been developed precisely for this purpose. The YGN#3 simulator is the first simulator in Korea to be developed locally and is now operational on site. A particular attention was placed on the development of CPC/COLLS safety system which is unique to the YGN#3. The effort to develop CPC/COLLS simulation model has been successful and plans exist for applying this model to simulator projects in the future.jects in the future.

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Shock Absorbing Safe Mechanism Based on Transmission Angle of a 4-bar Linkage (4절링크의 전달각에 기초한 충격흡수식 안전 메커니즘)

  • 박정준;김병상;송재복
    • Proceedings of the Korean Society of Precision Engineering Conference
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    • 2004.10a
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    • pp.180-185
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    • 2004
  • Unlike industrial manipulators, the manipulators mounted on the service robots are interacting with humans in various aspects. Therefore, safety has been the important design issue. Many compliant robot arm designs have been introduced for safety. It is known that passive compliance method has faster response and higher reliability than active ones. In this paper, a new safe mechanism based on passive compliance has been proposed. Passive mechanical elements, specifically transmission angle of the 4-bar linkage, springs and shock absorbing modules are incorporated into this safe mechanism. This mechanism works only when the robot arm exerts contact force much more than the human pain tolerance. Validity of the safe mechanism is verified by simulations and experiments. In this research, it is shown that the manipulator using this mechanism provides higher performance and safety than those using other passive compliance mechanisms.

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Optimal Design of Rubble Mound Breakwater Used by Partial Safety Factor Method (부분안전계수를 이용한 경사식 방파제의 최적설계기법)

  • 이동훈;민석진;김성득
    • Journal of Ocean Engineering and Technology
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    • v.17 no.6
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    • pp.23-31
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    • 2003
  • As there are so many uncertainties associated with using the determinism analysis method in the design of rubble mound breakwater, it is impossible for a designed construction to provide ultimate stability. First of all, due to the uncertainty of Load and Resistance, a safety level concerning the destruction mode of construction must be given. Then, the optimization design should be processed. After all, we can say that it is a more reasonable design method than the design used by the stability rate. In this study, an established design process is accomplished using Hudson's equation and an economic analysis with the breakwater's section is also conducted. Hudson's equation is compared to Van der Meer's equation. These results are utilized to drop a damage rate, increase the stability of construction, and determine the optimization section of the breakwater.

Electric malfunction research for safety of elevator system (승강기 시스템의 안전성을 위한 전기적 오동작 조사)

  • Lee, Hee-Tae;Kim, Jae-Chul;Kim, Gi-Hyun;Bae, Suk-Myong
    • Proceedings of the KIEE Conference
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    • 2005.11b
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    • pp.316-318
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    • 2005
  • Increasing elevator system every year that is directly connected passenger's safety and connected peculiarity Reliability of each variety equipment that is composing elevator is linked with passenger's safely, and prevent accident is important. Malfunction by electric part of elevator system that is composing elevator is not easy to examine closely the cause. Estimation about malfunction of component by electric power quality must consist among them. In this paper, inspect elevator accident figure to examine effect that electric power quality gets on elevator that see and presented thing for research direction and necessity of electric safety consideration by such electric malfunction.

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Development of Core Technology for Object Detection in Excavation Work Using Laser Sensor (레이저 센서를 이용한 굴삭기 작업의 장애물 탐지 요소기술 개발)

  • Soh, Ji-Yune;Kim, Min-Woong;Lee, Jun-Bok;Han, Choong-Hee
    • Journal of the Korea Institute of Building Construction
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    • v.8 no.4
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    • pp.71-77
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    • 2008
  • Earthwork is very equipment-intensive task and researches related to automated excavation have been conducted. There is an issue to secure the safety for an automated excavating system. Therefore, this paper focuses on how to improve safety for semi- or fully-automated backhoe excavation. The primary objective of this research is to develop the core technology for automated object detection in excavation work. In order to satisfy the research objective, a diverse sensing technologies are investigated and analysed in terms of functions, durability, and reliability. The authors developed detecting algorithm for the objects using laser sensor and verified its performance by several tests. The results of this study would be the basis for developing the automated object detection system.

A Study on Qualification Procedures of Flight Control Software on Military Aircraft (군용항공기 비행제어 소프트웨어 품질인증 절차에 관한 연구)

  • Heo, Jin-Goo
    • Journal of Korean Society for Quality Management
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    • v.41 no.3
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    • pp.433-441
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    • 2013
  • Purpose: This study investigates software qualification procedures based on the FA-50 flight control software to satisfy high reliability and flight safety. Methods: We studied software qualification categories, standard/specification and developed country case. We proposed procedure to satisfy not only flight safety but also international standard. Results: The proposed software qualification procedure satisfied flight safety and airworthiness based on the testing result of the FA-50 flight control software. Conclusion: This paper showed an appropriate qualification procedures of the flight control software in domestic circumstance through the FA-50 flight control software qualification.

Development of the Cabinet Panel of Real-Time Availability Checks for Electrical Disaster Decreasing at Traditional Markets (재래시장 전기재해 감소를 위한 실시간 확인이 가능한 분전반 개발)

  • Kim, Gi-Hyun;Lee, Sang-Ick;Shin, Seong-Su;Bae, Seok-Myung
    • The Transactions of the Korean Institute of Electrical Engineers P
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    • v.59 no.3
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    • pp.335-339
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    • 2010
  • In this paper, in order to reduce the electrical disaster damage which is caused by with electrical equipment of traditional markets, we developed the cabinet panel and the electrical safety monitoring system which is able to monitor the electrical equipments condition(over current, leakage current, arc, WH, electrical fire factor etc.) at traditional markets. We constructed Test-bed for testing reliability of electrical safety monitoring system and cabinet panel. And we tested the cabinet for over current, leakage current and arc under the traditional markets actual condition. This paper will be used with the data for an demonstration project after compensating the defects which are occurred to operation of traditional markets actual loads.