• KSCE Journal of Civil and Environmental Engineering Research
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• v.26 no.5B
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• pp.459-467
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• 2006

In this study, hydraulic and numerical model experiments were performed to analyze and improve the effects of flow-rate increase in the intake canal of Boryeong Thermal Power Plants on the flow condition in the circulation water pump (CWP) chambers. Based on the numerical simulation results, when the flow-rate increased in the circulation water intake canal, the velocity in the canal and vertical vorticities in the circulation water pump chambers increased and hence the vortex occurrence potential would be greatly increased. It was found by performing hydraulic model experiments that the velocity distribution near the bottom in the inlet of the circulation water pump chambers was highly non-uniform while the velocity distribution near the water surface was nearly uniform. To reduce the non-uniformity in the velocity distribution, triangular flow deflectors were devised. The installation of the flow deflectors in the inlet of circulation water pump chambers was successfully to reduce velocity non-uniformities and to remove flow reversal problems.

• Journal of Korea Water Resources Association
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• v.38 no.8 s.157
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• pp.631-643
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• 2005

The objective of this study is to perform hydraulic and numerical model experiments of the flows in circulation-water-pump(CWP) chambers of combined cycle power plants (CCPP) to be built and to suggest improvement plans if the flows might cause a serious problem on the operation of CWPs. Hydraulic model was constructed in a scale of 1 to 20 using acrylic sheets and a two dimensional numerical model used was RMA2. To evaluate results of Hydraulic and numerical model experiments, evaluation criteria of flow conditions in the intake canal and CWP chambers were determined. Vertical vorticities obtained from numerical simulations for the initial plan of CCPPs were qualitatively compared with results of hydraulic model experiments and the formation possibility of a large scale vortex, one of the flow evaluation criteria, was evaluated. The initial plan was found not to satisfy the flow evaluation. Nine improvement plans were devised and numerically simulated. Four alternative plans among nine improvement plans were selected and hydraulically experimented. On the ground of the results of hydraulic model experiments, a final improvement plan, one of four improvement plants, was suggested. When CWP chambers and intake canals were designed with spatial constraints, flow separating wall and guide walls were found to improve flow conditions in CWP chambers.

• KSCE Journal of Civil and Environmental Engineering Research
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• v.42 no.6
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• pp.815-824
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• 2022

Among the main facilities of the power plant, the circulating water used for cooling the power generation system is supplied through the Circulation Water Intake Basin (CWIB). The vortexes of various types generated in the Pump Sump (PS) of CWIB adversely affect the Circulation Water Pump (CWP) and pipelines. In particular, the free surface vortex accompanied by air intake brings about vibration, noise, cavitation etc. and these are the causes of degradation of CWP performance, damage to pipelines. Then power generation is interrupted by the causes. Therefore, it is necessary to investigate the hydraulic characteristics of CWIB through the hydraulic model experiment and apply an appropriate Anti Vortex Device (AVD) that can control the vortex to enable smooth operation of the power plant. In general, free surface vortex is controlled by Curtain Wall (CW) and the submerged vortex is by the anti vortex device of the curtain wall. The detailed specifications are described in the American National Standard for Pump Intake Design. In this study, the circulating water intake part of the Tripoli West 4×350 MW power plant in Libya was targeted, the actual operating conditions were applied, and the vortex reduction effect of the anti vortex device generated in the suction tank among the circulating water intake part was analyzed through a hydraulic model experiment. In addition, a floor splitter was basically applied to control the submerged vortex, and a new type of column curtain wall was additionally applied to control the vortex generated on the free surface to confirm the effect. As a result of analyzing the hydraulic characteristics by additionally applying the newly developed Column Curtain Wall (CCW) to the existing curtain wall, we have found that the vortex was controlled by forming a uniform flow. In addition, the vortex angle generated in the circulating water pump pipeline was 5° or less, which is the design standard of ANSI/HI 9.8, confirming the stability of the flow.

• 열병합발전
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• s.69
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• pp.15-20
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• 2009

소수력 계획 시 개발지점에 대하여 수많은 자료와 정보 등을 필요로 하게 되는데 특히 해당지역내의 유량분포에 대한 유황자료는 개발의 판단여부를 결정케 하는 중요한 요소이다. 소수력발전소의 설비용량에 직접 관계되는 설계유량의 결정과 재해방지를 위한 유출의 예측을 가능케 하고 발전소운영 시 가동률 및 경제성에도 직접적인 영향을 미치는 중용한 요소이나 여기서 논하는 소수력개발은 하천이나 댐과 같은 유형이 아니라 일정한 유량을 확보하여 배출하기 때문에 문제는 없다. 그러나 계절별 부하에 따른 냉각수량의 변화 및 소수력 발전유량의 변동, 조위(해수면) 변화 등에 따라 달라진다. 그러므로 수위조절을 위한 수문은 이들의 변화에 따라 자동운전이 가능해야 하지만 운전시 발전정격수위를 맞출 수 있도록 수문을 조절한 다음 Turbine Governor에 의해 유량 및 수위를 제어할 수 있도록 설계하여 냉각수 순환수 계통에 영향이 미치지 않게 언제나 적정수위를 유지시킬 수 있는 운전모드로 구축하는 것이 안정이라 볼 수 있다. 소수력발전설비 및 수문의 오작동 및 고장이 발생할 때 수위가 상승하여 냉각계통에 손실수두 증가, 취수펌프의 양정고 증가와 Surge 발생 등으로 발전소의 정상 운전에 미치는 영향이 없어야 하므로 세밀한 검토가 필요하기 때문에 폐쇄시간과 수압상승 값 등 요인 분석후 설계하여야 한다. Figure A와 같이 국내 화력발전단지에서 냉각수로 사용되고 방류되는 해수는 발전소에 따라 ca.70~150 CMS로 ca.2,000~5000 kW 이상의 수력에너지(H=4m 형성 기준)를 보유하고 있으나, 현재 활용되지 못하고 그대로 해양으로 방류되고 있어 이 수력에너지의 개발 방안을 오래전부터 검토하여 왔다. 발전소 온배수의 원활한 배수를 위한 설계 낙차와 함께 남서해안의 조위변화에 따른 낙차를 이용하는 것으로 소수력 발전 방식과 조력발전 방식의 특징을 동시에 활용할 수 있다.

• Journal of the Korea Academia-Industrial cooperation Society
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• v.20 no.4
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• pp.580-589
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• 2019

Indonesia has a very short supply of electricity. As a solution to this problem, plans for construction of thermal power plants are increasing. Thermal power plant require the cooling water system to cool the overheated engine and equipment that accompany power generation, and the circulation water pump chamber among the cooling water system are generally designed according to the ANSI (1998) standard. In this study, the design criterion $20^{\circ}$ for the spreading angle of the ANSI (1998) of the layout of the circulating water pump chamber can not be satisfied on the K-coal thermal power plant site condition in Indonesia. Therefore, 3-D numerical model experiment was carried out to obtain a hydraulically stable flow and stable structure. The Flow-3D model was used as numerical model. In order to examine the applicability of the Flow-3D model, the flow study results around the rectangular structure of Rodi (1997) and the numerical analysis results were compared around the rectangular structures. The longitudinal velocity distribution derived from numerical analysis show good agreement. In order to satisfy the design velocity in the circulating water pump chamber, a rectangular baffle favoring velocity reduction was applied. When the approach velocity into the circulating water pump chamber was occurred 1.5 m/s ~ 2.5 m/s, the angle of the separation flow on the baffle was occurred about $15^{\circ}{\sim}20^{\circ}$. By placing the baffle below the separation flow angle downstream, the design velocity of less than 0.5 m/s was satisfied at inlet bay.