Journal of Ocean Engineering and Technology (한국해양공학회지)

Korean Society of Ocean Engineers (한국해양공학회)
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Study on Performance of Radiant Heat Shields for Offshore Installations

해양플랜트 복사열 차폐막의 차폐성능에 관한 연구

  • Kim, Bong Ju (The Korea Ship and Offshore Research Institute, Pusan National University)
  • 김봉주 (부산대학교 선박해양플랜트기술연구원)
  • Received : 2019.04.30
  • Accepted : 2019.06.13
  • Published : 2019.08.31
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Abstract

Radiant heat shields are normally installed on offshore oil and gas platforms to protect personnel, equipment, and structures from the thermal radiation emitted by a flare system. A heat shield should be individually designed to reduce the thermal radiation to the target level, and then manufactured and installed after the performance verification. However, in general, a heat shield is designed and manufactured by trial and error based on the performance test. For this reason, it is difficult to develop and design radiant heat shields in the Korean shipbuilding and marine equipment industry because of the lack of performance test data and limited experience. In the present study, the results of experiments conducted to verify the performances of radiant heat shields were analyzed, and the thermal radiation characteristics and performance characteristics of the radiant heat shields were investigated. The insights and conclusions developed in the present study will be useful in terms of the design and development of radiant heat shield, as well as in their performance verification tests.

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