• Journal of the Korean Society of Propulsion Engineers
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• v.19 no.2
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• pp.65-72
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• 2015

Performance tests of a turbopump for the developing 7-tonf liquid rocket engine were conducted. The performance of turbopump components and their power matching were measured and examined firstly under the LN2 and water environment. In the real propellant(LOX and kerosene) environment tests, design and off-design performances of turbopump were fully verified. During the off-design tests, turbopump running time was set the same as engine operating time and pump inlet pressure were set lower than nominal operating value in order to investigate pump suction capability. It have been verified that subject turbopump satisfies required performance - flow rate, head, suction performance and operational time - in the operating regime of developing liquid rocket engine.

• The KSFM Journal of Fluid Machinery
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• v.14 no.1
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• pp.61-65
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• 2011

A series of water tests of a fuel pump for liquid rocket engines are performed at a room temperature. According to the test results, the head coefficient of the pump follows the conventional similarity rule - unlike this, the pump shows better efficiency with higher rotational speed. Also, it is found that the pressure at the rear bearing outlet is higher than expected because the inlet of bypass pipe line is narrow. Furthermore, the cavitation performance of the fuel pump is found to be sufficient for the engine operation and is better at the lower flow ratio and higher rotational speed.

• 한국신재생에너지학회:학술대회논문집
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• 2006.06a
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• pp.509-512
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• 2006

국내 대형 기력발전단지에서 냉각수로 사용되고 방류되는 해수는 약 150cms로 (100Mwe 당 약 5cms) 약 3,000kW 이상의 수력에너지를 보유하고 있으나, 현재 활용되지 못하고 그대로 해양으로 방류되고 있다. 발전소 방수로는 흐름조건이 비교적 균일하고, 파랑 내습이 없으며 부유사 해조류, 부유물 충돌 등의 문제가 발생하지 않아 자연 해양조건보다 조류력 발전에 매우 유리하나 수심이 낮고, 순환수 계통에의 영향으로 다수의 수차를 설치하기는 어려운 조건을 지니고 있다. 따라서, 인공수로의 균일하고 양호한 흐름조건에 적합한 보다 경제적인 수차를 개발하고, 발전량을 증대하기 위한 수차 배치 기술, 수차 및 발전기 지지구조물의 설계 기술, 계통 연결기술 등을 개발할 필요가 있으며, 이를 위하여 시험용 조류식 발전시스템을 제작하여 수차의 성능 및 전체 발전시스템의 성능을 평가하여 발생되는 문제점을 해결하고자 한다. 본 연구에서는 시험용 조류식 발전시스템을 하동화력발전소 방수로에 적용하기 위하여 현장 특성 분석, 형식 선정, 발전량 산정 등의 시스템 설계를 수행하였다.

• Transactions of the Korean Society of Pressure Vessels and Piping
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• v.17 no.2
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• pp.75-82
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• 2021

The 3D printing technology is one of the fourth industrial revolution technology that drives innovation in the manufacturing process, and should be applied to nuclear industry for various purposes according to the manufacturing trend change. In nuclear industry, it can be applied to manufacture obsolete items and new designed parts in advanced reactors or small modular reactors (SMRs), replacing the traditional manufacturing technologies. A gate valve body was manufactured, which was obsolete in nuclear power plant, using DED(Directed Energy Deposition) metal 3D printing technology after restoring design characteristics including 3D design drawing by reverse engineering. The 3D printed valve body was assembled with commercial parts such as seat-ring, disk, stem, and actuator for performance test. For the valve assembly, including 3D printed valve body, several tests were performed, including pressure test, end-loading test, and seismic test according to KEPIC MGG and KEPIC MFC. In the pressure test, hydraulic pressure of 391kgf/cm² was applied to 3D printed valve body, and no leak was detected. Also the 3D printed valve assembly was performed well in end-loading and seismic tests.

• Transactions of the Korean Society of Mechanical Engineers B
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• v.40 no.12
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• pp.815-824
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• 2016

The fuel assembly for pressurized water reactor (PWR) consists of fuel rod bundle, spacer grid and bottom/top end fittings. The cooling water in high pressure and temperature is introduced in lower plenum of reactor core and directed to upper plenum through the subchannel which is formed between the fuel rods. The main thermal-hydraulic performance parameters for the PWR fuel are pressure drop and critical heat flux in normal operating condition, and quenching time in accident condition. The Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute (KAERI) has been developing an advanced PWR fuel, dual-cooled annular fuel and accident tolerant fuel for the enhancement of fuel performance and the localization. For the key thermal-hydraulic technology development of PWR fuel, the KAERI LWR fuel team has conducted the experiments for pressure drop, turbulent flow mixing and heat transfer, critical heat flux(CHF) and quenching. The computational fluid dynamics (CFD) analysis was also performed to predict flow and heat transfer in fuel assembly including the spent fuel assembly in dry cask for interim repository. In addition, the research cooperation with university and nuclear fuel company was also carried out to develop a basic thermal-hydraulic technology and the commercialization.

• Proceedings of the Korea Water Resources Association Conference
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• 2008.05a
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• pp.1599-1603
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• 2008

발전소 냉각수 배수로에는 유속 2 m/s 이상의 빠른 흐름의 수로가 존재하여 수력발전을 꾀할 수 있어, 하동화력의 경우 조류발전 수차인 헬리컬 수차를 이용한 수력 개발이 진행 중이다. 하동화력 배수로는 약 630 m의 암거와 약 250 m의 개수로로 이루어져 있는데, 현재 상업용 발전설비 개발을 위해 시험용 수차발전 설비를 개수로로 이어지는 암거 출구부에 설치하여 성능 시험을 추진하고 있다. 이에 본 연구에서는 발전 설비의 설치로 인한 수위 증가가 냉각수 순환 계통에 미치는 영향을 파악하기 위하여 배수로 구간의 수위변화 또는 압력변화를 수치해석을 통해 분석하였다. 배수로 암거 출구부에 가로 3.6 m ${\times}$ 세로 1.5 m 헬리컬 수차 1 set를 설치하는 경우 저조시에는 seal well 후단(하류측)의 수위가 seal well의 위어 정부표고를 넘지 않아 수차구조물에 의한 압력변화가 상류로 미치는 영향이 없었다. 그러나 고조시에는 seal well 전 후단이 만관 관수로 흐름이 되어 하류의 압력변화가 상류로 전파되었다. 단, 수차구조물을 설치한 경우 순환수 펌프를 처음 기동할 때 압력파의 전파로 인해 초기 약 10 분간 불안정한 압력변화가 발생하나 수차구조물 설치 전인 현상태에서 발생하는 압력변화 범위를 벗어나지는 않고 이내 안정되며, 수차구조물 설치로 인한 수위 증가분만큼의 펌프 양정고 증가로 소요 동력이 증가할 수 있으나 0.2 m 내외의 미약한 증가이므로 정상 운전에는 문제가 없을 것으로 판단되었다. 따라서 수차구조물 설치 시, 저조시에는 순환수계통에 영향을 주지 않으며, 고조시에도 일부 시간 동안 미약한 수두변화만 있을 뿐 순환수 계통의 안전에는 지장을 주지 않을 것으로 확인되었다.

• Journal of the Korean Society for Aeronautical & Space Sciences
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• v.35 no.11
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• pp.1022-1027
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• 2007

Experimental and computational studies on a turbopump inducer with and without a bearing strut were performed to evaluate the effects of a strut on the performance of an inducer. Head rise, efficiency and surface static pressures were measured and compared with computational results. Generally a good agreement is observed between experimental and computational results, but some discrepancies are observed due to complex flow features such as backflows at the inlet and strut/inducer interactions. For the flow rates where the backflow region is large, installing a strut enhanced the hydraulic performance of the inducer by diminishing the size of the backflows. The results also show that the strut has negligible effect on the suction performance of the inducer.

• Journal of Advanced Marine Engineering and Technology
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• v.38 no.4
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• pp.418-423
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• 2014

Small hydropower has been considered as a solution to resolve the problem of exhaustion of fossil fuel and industrial pollution. In this study, we developed and tested a Cross-Flow Turbine with two guide vanes to optimize the small hydropower for the site condition with large fluctuation of head and flow rate. Furthermore, in the condition of constant inlet head, CFD analysis was carried out to analyze the effect of air suction and valve position on the performance characteristics. The results showed that the air suction can minimize the hydraulic loss caused by the Recirculation flow in the runner passage and flow impact on main shaft so that it can increase the turbine efficiency and output power.

• Journal of the Korean Society of Propulsion Engineers
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• v.22 no.4
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• pp.18-23
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• 2018

For the control of pre-burner combustion pressure, the open angle of the TTR (Throttle for Thrust Regulation) valve was varied from $143^{\circ}$ to $185^{\circ}$ while testing cold flow, ignition, and combustion. The major performance variables of rocket engines and hydraulic performance of the TTR valve regarding the open angle were verified. However, the controllability of pre-burner combustion pressure was not verified due to the limitations of the test. Comprehensive research will be done after addressing these problems.

• The KSFM Journal of Fluid Machinery
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• v.14 no.1
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• pp.24-33
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• 2011

A circulating pump with installation space constraints was developed satisfying performance requirements such as flowrate, head and NPSHAv. The development procedures are composed of conceptual design, configuration design, performance analysis by CFD and performance test which were established in KIMM. The developed pump is OH4 type centrifugal pump which has a mixed-flow type impeller, a double volute and a rigid coupling. As a result of tests, the pump proved to meet all the requirements including space constraints and performance.