• Journal of Energy Engineering
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• v.20 no.4
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• pp.292-297
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• 2011

Gas pipeline safety management and risk prediction are recognized as a very important issue. And the effort to prevent accidents is essential. So, in this study, it was studied through correlation of pressure changes for leak point detection in real-time. It experimented by installing the five leakage valves in the pipe of 378 m and compared the actual leak points with simulation results. The results showed that experimental leak points and the actual leak points have differences within the 6 m. And this technology has to be commercialized by the demonstration in dangerous zone.

• Proceedings of the KSEEG Conference
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• 1999.04a
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• pp.260-264
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• 1999

• Composites Research
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• v.36 no.6
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• pp.429-434
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• 2023

In this study, aimed at improving the existing acoustic emission sensor for real time monitoring, a macro-fiber composite (MFC) transducer was employed as the acoustic emission sensor in the gas leak detection system. Prior to implementation, structural analysis was conducted to optimize the MFC's design. Consequently, the flexibility of the MFC facilitated excellent adherence to curved pipes, enabling the reception of acoustic emission (AE) signals without complications. Analysis of AE signals revealed substantial variations in parameter values for both high-pressure and low-pressure leaks. Notably, in the parameters of the Fast Fourier Transform (FFT) graph, the change amounted to 120% to 626% for high-pressure leaks compared to the case without leaks, and approximately 9% to 22% for low-pressure leaks. Furthermore, depending on the distance from the leak site, the magnitude of change in parameters tended to decrease as the distance increased. As the results, in the future, not only will it be possible to detect a leak by detecting the amount of parameter change in the future, but it will also be possible to identify the location of the leak from the amount of change.

• Korean Journal of Soil Science and Fertilizer
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• v.45 no.2
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• pp.293-300
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• 2012

This study was to investigate the unsuitable rate of the storage facilities, the changes in corrosion process over time after installation according to the status, the time to install the facilities, years elapsed after facilities installation, inspection of methods and motivation, and so on, based on the results of the inspection at the petroleum storage facilities conducted by domestic soil-relate specialized agency to derive optimal management plans which meet the status of soil contamination facilities. The results showed that the facilities more than 5 years after the initial leak test at the time of the installation need to be inspected periodically by considering costs of leak test and remediation of polluted soil. The inspection period can be decided by cost and leak test methods showing discrepancies for the results obtained from individual test whether it was direct or indirect. To compensate these matters, we suggested that the direct inspection method on regular schedule is recommended. On the other hand, the inspection can be voluntarily completed to ease burden of the results by inspection or equivalent level to this inspection method. Also, it may need improved construction supervision and performance test system to minimize the occurrence of the nature defects in installing the facilities as well as the upgrade program for the facilities during intervals of inspection period.

• Proceedings of the Korean Information Science Society Conference
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• 2010.06d
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• pp.388-392
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• 2010

지하 배관 구조물은 국가 주요 자원의 수송망을 책임지는 핵심적인 기능을 수행하는 시설물로써, 배관구조물의 노후화와 부식, 균열, 조인트 풀림 등의 손상으로 인한 누출사고 발생 시 막대한 사회 경제적 손실을 초래할 우려가 있다. 특히, 지중배관 및 노출배관 경우에는, 현장 작업상황이 지속적으로 변화하고 있는 상황에서 24시간 안전관리에 대한 감시체계가 미흡한 것이 현실이다. 고가의 센서설치 및 배관의 유지관리 비용 등의 문제를 극복하려는 센서개발 연구 및 센서로부터 취득된 계측데이터를 현장에서 분석하여 실시간으로 배관의 이상상태를 판정하여 원격으로 그 판정결과를 알려주는 유비쿼터스 원격감시기법에 대한 연구 및 기술개발이 요구된다. 본 논문에서는 USN 기술을 활용한 배관안전진단 기술을 소개하고 임피던스 기반의 자가 감지 기법을 활용한 다양한 구조의 배관에 대해 진단 연구를 수행 하였다.

• The KSFM Journal of Fluid Machinery
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• v.11 no.1
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• pp.26-32
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• 2008

The safe operation of high pressure pipe line systems is of significant importance. Leaks due to faulty operation from the pipelines can lead to considerable product losses and to exposure of community to dangerous gases. There are several leak detection methods of pipeline network which have recently been suggested. The negative pressure wave detection technology, which has advantages of short time detection availability, accurate leaking location estimate capability and cost effective, is concentrated in this study. Theoretical analysis of the flow characteristics for leaking through a hole on the pipe wall has been performed by using Fluent 6.3, commercial CFD package. The results of 3-dimensional analysis near leaking hole confirm the occurrence of negative pressure wave, and the results of 2-dimensional analysis verify the characteristics of propagation of the wave which travels with speed equal to the speed of sound in the pipeline contents. Characteristics of leakage and pressure in a pipe with a hole have been analyzed for the various pipe and hole sizes.

• Journal of the Korean Institute of Gas
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• v.3 no.2 s.7
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• pp.43-52
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• 1999

An experimental chamber was fabricated to observe the gas diffusion behavior of leak gas from underground city-gas pipeline. It was made of acryl so that feeding of gas and the measuring points of the gas could be varied in each experiment. The MOS sensors were used to measure the concentrations of leak gas. The soil media such as the Jumunjin standard sand and the granite weathered soil were used to measure the gas diffusion and the change of leak gas concentrations was measured with time for various gas flow rate. As the distance between the leak point of gas and the measuring point of MOS sensor decreases, or the leak rate increases, the detection time of gas at a measuring points decreases and the gas concentration increases quickly and the concentration of the gas at steady state also increases. As the density of granite weathered soil is higher than that of Jumunjin standard sand for compaction, the detection time of leak gas in the granite weathered soil was longer than that in the Jumunjin standard soil. The leak gas concentrations in the granite weathered soil were lower than those in the Jumunjin standard sand at the beginning of gas leaking from a pipe, but inverse phenomenon was occured at steady state.

• Journal of Soil and Groundwater Environment
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• v.7 no.4
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• pp.40-47
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• 2002

The practices of the construction and management of the petroleum and hazardous chemical compound storage facilities in Korea were investigated extensively, and the problems were identified. The advanced technologies in the U.S.A were comparatively studied. Considering the effectiveness of leak prevention and applicability, the following measures were suggested. To prevent corrosion of a tank, a clad tank, an interior lining tank, or a double-wall tank were thought to be the most cost effective. For piping. use of non-metalic materials was suggested. A catchment basin seemed to be effective for preventing spills. For monitoring of leaks, constructions of more than one of detection systems, such as an automatic leak detection device. a vapor detection system, a groundwater monitoring system, or a double-wall monitoring system, were recommended.

• Journal of the Korean Institute of Gas
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• v.27 no.3
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• pp.72-76
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• 2023

Among urban gas-using facilities, more and more cases are using gas meters for leakage inspection instead of inspection ports for concealment pipes. Leak alarm alarms were continuously generated according to the boiler's special usage pattern in an environment where there was no actual gas leakage among some households where this meter was installed. It does not perform its original function of detecting actual gas leakage. Based on these problems, this study analyzed the conditions under which the gas meter for leakage inspection generates leakage alarms according to the boiler's special gas use pattern, and sought a set value that can generate an alarm only in the case of actual gas leakage. Through this, it is intended to relieve citizens' anxiety about gas use due to malfunction of the alarm and at the same time perform the original function of the meter that can detect leaking gas.

• Journal of the Korean Institute of Gas
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• v.12 no.2
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• pp.85-91
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• 2008

The deviation of measured pressures in pipeline networks from normal or reference pressures is useful information for judging the operation of the pipeline networks. A cost-effective monitoring of pipeline networks including a leak detection capability can be realized when transient pressure variation is accurately predicted using measured conditions at supply- and demand-sides of the networks. In this study, a pipeline network analysis program was developed based on one-dimensional flow equations for compressible fluids. The validity of the present analysis was demonstrated by simulating the flow in a straight pipeline and comparing the results with the previously reported ones. Pressure and flow rate transients in several simple city-gas pipeline networks were also analyzed to show the usefulness of the developed program.