• 원자력산업
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• 제18권11호통권189호
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• pp.76-90
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• 1998

• 한국기계가공학회지
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• 제18권12호
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• pp.52-58
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• 2019

This study numerically analyzed the icing process in a U-shaped pipe exposed to the outside by considering the mushy zone of freezing water. Numerical results showed that the flow was pulled outward due to the U-shaped bend in the freezing section exposed to the outside, which resulted in the ice wave formation on the wall of the bended pipe behind. At the same time, the formation of a corrugated ice layer became apparent due to the venturi effect caused by the ice. The factors affecting the freezing were investigated, including the change of the pipe wall temperature, the water inflow velocity, and the pipe bend spacing. It was found that, as a whole, the thickness of the freezing layer increased as the pipe wall temperature decreased. It was also found that the freezing layer became relatively thin when the inflow rate of water was increased, and that the spacing of the pipe bends did not significantly impact the change in the freezing layer.

• 대한기계학회논문집B
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• 제25권3호
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• pp.366-372
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• 2001

The ice plugging process consists of placing liquid nitrogen around a pipe and removing heat until the water in the pipe freezes and provides a solid plug or seal against fluid movement. This technique enables us to repair or inspect a pipe system without shutdown of entire system. A set of test apparatus for investigation of the liquid freezing phenomena during ice plugging is prepared. This study shows the characteristics of the liquid freezing and the heat transfer with various pipe and freezing jacket conditions. And in case there is flow of the fluid inside the pipe, the flow rate which can be able to form the ice plug is identified with the effect of the pipe diameter and freezing jacket length on the plug formation. The permissible maximum flow rate for the complete plug formation is approximately proportional to the freezing jacket length at the same pipe diameter condition.

• 대한기계학회논문집A
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• 제22권1호
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• pp.227-237
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• 1998

In case the systems have radioactivity, toxic liquid or expensive fluid, and have to be performed repair work at one point of the system pipe, the formation of an internal ice plug by the removal of heat from the pipe is often consideredas a useful method. In this procedure, an annular jacket is placed around the pipe, and the jacket is then filled with liquid Nitrogen(-196.deg. C). Thermal analysis by the finite element method based on the laboratory experiments has been constructed. The result of the finite element analysis on the experimental model shows to be reasonable, and thus the finite element analysis for different pipe size, material and thickness has been performed to see if the ice plugging procedure in various applications can be safely performed without possibility of damage to the pipe. It has been confirmed that in carbon steel pipes the maximum stress is found around the boundary of the freezing jacket, and the stress increases as pipe thickness increases, but the maximum stress shows no consistency along the increment of the pipe diameter. The maximum stresses appear lower than yield stress in carbon steel. It has been also shown that in stainless steel pipes the maximum stresses are also found around the boundary of the freezing jacket, but almost the same value in spite of different pipe size an thickness, and the maximum stresses show slightly higher than the yield stress of the stainless steel.

• 대한기계학회:학술대회논문집
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• 대한기계학회 2004년도 춘계학술대회
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• pp.1201-1206
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• 2004

This paper deals with the numerical analysis of natural convection flow induced by the density inversion effect of water inside horizontal pipe. The numerical method is based on SIMPLE/PWIM in general coordinate for its wide applicabilities. The numerical tool was validated through the comparison with the previous results concerning the density inversion effect of water It is shown that the developed numerical tool could predict the flow pattern and the heat transfer phenomena qualitatively And it is also found that the density inversion effect of water has significant effects on the flow pattern.

• 대한기계학회논문집A
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• 제23권7호
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• pp.1094-1103
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• 1999

Ice-plugging of tube in nuclear power plant has been widely used for the purpose of preventing flow of the tube temporarily like a valve. Most common plugging method employs Liquid Nitrogen Gas of $-196^{\circ}C$. According to the change of tube materials and its dimension, the thermal stress caused from the application of the frozen gas can be varied. In this research, a series of experiments have been carried out to inspect the effect of tube geometry on thermal stresses induced due to ice-plugging. Two typical dimension of stainless and mild steels of 3 and 6 inch diameters were used for the experiments. Each critical spots were checked using strain rosette gages. Another inspection was made on the pressure and temperature of the fluid. It is shown that significant thermal stress level which can cause plastic deformation of failure has not been noticed in this series of experiments.

• 한국기계가공학회지
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• 제17권6호
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• pp.144-150
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• 2018

In this study, the freezing process of L-shaped pipe exposed to the outside was investigated numerically by considering the mushy zone of freezing water. From the numerical results, it was found that the flow was outwardly directed due to the influence of the L-shaped bending part in the outside exposed part of the pipe, and the ice was formed in the shape of longitudinal corrugation on the wall surface of the pipe after the bending part. It is confirmed that this phenomenon is caused by the venturi effect due to the freezing as seen in connection with the velocity distribution in the pipe. It is found that the remelting phenomenon at the end of the freezing section occur simultaneously during the process of forming the ice in the pipe section. In regard of the factors affecting freezing, it was found that the thickness of the freezing layer is increased as the exposed pipe surface temperature is decreased, and the pipe surface temperature had a significant effect on the change of the freezing layer thickness. At the same time, it was found that the freezing layer becomes relatively thin when the water inflow rate is increased. This phenomenon was caused by reducing the exposure time of freezing water due to the vigorous flow convection of the water fluid.

• 한국가스학회지
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• 제5권3호
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• pp.1-8
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• 2001

본 연구는 한국가스공사에서 운영중인 천연가스 공급관리소의 가스히터를 대상으로 겨울철 히터 가동 중단시, 가스히터 내부의 열전달 매체액 (Bath Water)이 빙점에 도달하는 시간을 계산하여 보수주기에 대한 결정 및 동파 취약 부위에 대한 영향을 판단하기 위해 가스히터의 체적을 고려한 비선형 3차원 전산모사를 수행하였다. 이용된 시뮬레이터는 미국 FLUENT사의 FLUENT V 5.0으로서 열유체 유동해석 범용 Code이다. 본 문제는 열전도에 관한 문제로 에너지 방정식을 푸는 방식으로 진행되지만 가스히터의 체적을 고려한 3차원 계산을 수행하기 위해 현장의 가스히터 형상 및 축적을 거의 유사하게 모델링하였고 표면에서 공기에 의한 대류 (Convection)문제와 단열재 사이의 전달 (Conduction)문제, 히터내부 액체의 자연대류 (Natural Convection) 그리고 배관을 통한 열손실의 문제를 고려한 복합적인 열전달 현상을 분석하였다.