• Congress of the korean instutite of fire investigation
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• 2011.04a
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• pp.137-160
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• 2011

본 사고분석을 통해 154 kV 절연부싱에서의 폭발사고에 대한 원인을 규명하였다. 결과적으로, 절연부싱의 사양은 국제표준에 적합하였다. 사고당일 기록된 자료에 의하면 R상과 S상에서 거의 동시에 지락사고가 발생하였으며, 지락지속시간은 약 75 ms로써 사고의 영향을 준 시간은 약 67 ms인 것으로 나타났다. R상은 아크에 의한 탄화 흔적, S상은 아크에 의한 탄화흔적과 외부열에 의한 탄화흔적, T상은 외부열에 의한 탄화흔적, 용융흔적은 R상과 S상의 케이블접속부와 플랜지에서 각각 발생하였다. S상의 절연부싱을 이용하여 탄화패턴 중 아크에 의한 것과 일반 열에 의한 것을 분류하여 연면방전이 발생한 것을 입증하였다. 사고추정 시나리오는 현장조사과정에서 나타난 현상과 목격자 진술, 사고원인 분석자료 등을 토대로 하여 작성되었다. 따라서 사고추정을 통해 분석된 자료는 아크생성단계, 열폭주 단계, 폭발단계, 화재단계로 구성하였다. 사고원인 가능성은 사고의 원인, 형태, 영향을 통해 나타난 연결고리를 검토하여 가능성이 낮은 부분을 배제하는 방식으로 진행되었다. 절연부싱의 사고원인은 표면의 오염물질 부착 가능성이 가장 높았다. 이를 근거로 하여 제조, 시공, 관리적 측면에서의 방지대책을 고려하는 것이 바람직할 것으로 판단된다.

• Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Industrial Safety Conference
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• 1997.11a
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• pp.129-134
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• 1997

가스폭발사고를 방지하기 위하여 사용하는 방폭형 전기기기중에서 본질안전 방폭구조는 폭발위험장소에 설치되는 전기기기 및 배선의 어떤 부분에서 정상동작 및 사고시(단락, 지락, 단선 등)에 발생하는 불꽃, 아크, 과열이 주위에 있는 폭발성 가스에 점화되지 않도록 한 구조로서, 회로의 전압과 전류를 폭발성 가스의 점화한계 이하가 되도록 구성하는 원리이며 국내외에서 사용이 증가추세에 있다. (중략)

• Journal of Energy Engineering
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• v.24 no.3
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• pp.20-26
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• 2015

For the reliability of the combustible properties of arylic acid, this study was investigated the explosion limits of acrylic acid in the reference data. The flash points and AITs(auto-ignition temperatures) by ignition delay time were experimented. The lower flash points of acrylic acid by using Setaflash and Pensky-Martens closed-cup testers were experimented in $48^{\circ}C$ and $51^{\circ}C$, respectively. The lower flash points of arylic acid by using Tag and Cleveland open cup testers were experimented in $56^{\circ}C$. This study measured relationship between the AITs and the ignition delay times by using ASTM E659 tester for acrylic acid. The AIT of acrylic acid was experimented as $417^{\circ}C$. The lower explosion limit(LEL) and the upper explosion limit(UEL) by the measured the lower flash point and the upper flash point of acrylic acid were calculated as 2.2 Vol% and 7.9 Vol%, respectively.

• Proceedings of the KSME Conference
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• 2004.04a
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• pp.1171-1176
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• 2004

To develop and improve a switchgear, the prediction of the pressure rising within the switchgear is very important. This study investigates the pressure rising characteristics of switchgear in order to evaluate the result of arc fault test. The pressure rising time at the four points of measurement calculated by CFD is well accord with the experimental results. The maximum pressure within the switchgear estimated by CFD is about 1.0bar, the pressure from experiment is 0.7 bar. The results of this study are able to be used to improve the performance of existing switchgear and to develop a new type switchgear.

• 한국가스학회:학술대회논문집
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• 2006.11a
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• pp.191-195
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• 2006

Because of the continuous growth of energy consumption and also the tendency to site gas pipeline and power line along the same route, the close proximity of power lines and buried metallic pipelines has become more and more frequent. The lightning strokes collected by an electric substation or power line tower might cause arcing through the soil to an adjacent gas pipeline. This paper gives the outline of the resistance coupling and the standards of distance between gas pipeline and tower ground.

• Journal of the Korean Institute of Gas
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• v.11 no.1 s.34
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• pp.18-22
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• 2007

The fault current through the earth originated from a power line ground fault might cause arcing through the soil to an adjacent pipeline, which might bring about not only a catastrophic accident such as gas explosion and oil leakage but also a hazard to the safety of workers responsible for the maintenance and repair of the pipeline. In this paper we investigated the arcing phenomena through soil between a power line tower and a pipeline and outlined the standards for the separation distance of a buried pipeline adjacent to the power line tower.

• Fire Science and Engineering
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• v.31 no.6
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• pp.112-117
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• 2017

This research discusses the correlation about fire mechanism based on real fire cases. Electric power condenser failure mechanism is classified into 7 steps and fire mechanism is classified into 12 steps. In the 5th step, the procedure of operating a protection channel of a protection relay was identical in the case of the failure and fire. As the fire occurrence mechanism was applied from the 6th step, internal pressure was increased because of gas generation produced by internal combustion phenomenon and arc. This caused explosion in 10st step of fire occurrence mechanism. In 11th step, the flame such as arc gushed out with insulating oil which caused fire and leaded to second accident. This kind of step correlation could play an important part to examine fire.

• Fire Science and Engineering
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• v.23 no.3
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• pp.17-22
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• 2009

Epoxy powder is being in use for insulation materials widely. Especially, in cause of coating insulation can be caused electrical fire and explosion by Joul's heat. This study has been compared and examined around breakdown, arc discharge, and V-t about insulation of Epoxy powder. Also, it has been researched about insulation which is cause of electrical fire and its basic data. According to temperature change, sample KS was stable before the Tg to be about $8{\sim}10%$ decrease in the breakdown test. In case of V-t and arc discharge, it had been kept up suitable characteristic. Also, in case of electrical characteristic, sample KS has excellent capacity.

• Journal of the Korea Academia-Industrial cooperation Society
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• v.21 no.3
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• pp.129-136
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• 2020

A Cut Out Switch (COS) is used for line protection and pole transformer protection in power systems. The COS used to protect the pole transformer is installed on the power side of the pole transformer to protect the electric equipment from fault currents. The COS is composed largely of a body and a fuse holder, and when the fault current is energized, the element of the fuse link in the fuse holder is melted to block the fault current. The arc generated when the COS fuse link is blown causes fire and noise, causing discomfort to residents in the surrounding area, and the arc flame can cause secondary damage to the peripheral device. In this study, a current-limiting COS fuse with improved overcurrent blocking performance rather than explosion type was developed to solve the arc and noise problems during COS operation. The overcurrent breaking performance of the current-limiting COS improves the reliability by developing a striker and COS fuse bracket. In addition, this study aimed to verify the performance of the developed current-limiting COS fuse through a test at an authorized institution.

• Congress of the korean instutite of fire investigation
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• 2010.12a
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• pp.63-79
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• 2010

It is found to the arc trace on the junction termination of 345kV cable. According to the analysis of the cable material is judged to be good. Manufacturing and design problems are not considered. In construction defects, it was estimated to the low level of insulation oil. In the majority of the arc trace appeared XLPE is found. However, there is no Soots mark, yellow band has not been confirmed, not associated with a radial arc of the spider leg is not evidence. In other opinions, void, contamination or jut are not found on the inside of XLPE. Thus, by the attachment of the impurities in surface of XLPE insulation is judged to the breakdown.