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http://dx.doi.org/10.7843/kgs.2022.38.3.17

Thermo-hydraulic Numerical Analysis for the Leakage of Buried District Heating Pipe  

Shin, Hosung (Dept. of Civil & Environmental Engrg., Univ. of Ulsan)
Hong, Seung-Seo (Dept. of Geotechnical Engrg. Research, Korea Institute of Civil Engrg. and Building Technology)
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Journal of the Korean Geotechnical Society / v.38, no.3, 2022 , pp. 17-26 More about this Journal
Abstract
Domestic district heating system needs safety management guidelines using the change of surface temperature to detect damages to buried heat pipes. This paper performed numerical analyses on the temperature change of ground surface due to the burial and leakage of heat pipes. Temperature difference between the ground surface above the buried heat pipes and the surrounding surface rises to a crescendo between 3 am and 8 am. It is more significant in winter rather than in summer. Low groundwater level magnifies the temperature increase of the ground surface by the heat pipe, which is smaller in the asphalt pavement than in the bare soil. Without leakage of the buried heat pipe, the temperature increment on the ground surface by the heat pipe is within 3.0℃ in the bare soil and 3.5℃ in the asphalt pavement. Leakage of the supply heat pipe in the bare soil increases the temperature on the ground surface gradually in the summer but rapidly in the winter. Asphalt pavement shows a lower increment and increasing rate of the temperature on the ground surface due to pipe leakage than bare soil surface. And leakage on both sides of the supply pipe takes 1-2 days for the temperature difference from the surrounding soil surface to reach 10℃.
Keywords
Buried district heating pipe; Pipe leakage; Thermo-hydraulic numerical analysis; FEM;
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