• Journal of Energy Engineering
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• v.26 no.3
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• pp.71-77
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• 2017

In the event of loss of coolant accident (LOCA) and station black out (SBO) in the primary system of a nuclear reactor, the coolant water should be injected to reactor coolant system (RCS) without any intervention of operators or active components. To satisfy the requirements, hybrid safety injection tank (Hybrid SIT) was suggested by Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute (KAERI). The pressure equalizing time of Hybrid SIT is an important parameter to determine the timing of coolant injection. To predict the pressure equalizing time of the Hybrid SIT, a separate effect test facility was constructed and sensitivity tests were conducted in various conditions. The main parameter determining the pressure equalizing time was obtained from separate effect test (SET) results. The wall of condensation on the inner wall of SIT and direct contact condensation on the water surface affected to the pressure equalizing time very much. In this study, the effect of each condensation phenomena on pressure equalizing time was quantitatively analyzed from results of SET and a prediction method of pressure equalizing time was proposed.

• Journal of the Computational Structural Engineering Institute of Korea
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• v.26 no.5
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• pp.327-333
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• 2013

The purpose of this study is to predict sloshing pressure of a actual tank by using measured pressure in scaled down tank and to evaluate with structural strength of LNG Corner Block. For this purpose, we performed sloshing analysis about 138K class tank by using Ansys CFX program, and were measured both average pressure and maximum peak pressure according to scaled tank ratio. Also, measured pressure was converted to pressure of the actual tank by Froude scale law, and we conducted the evaluation of structural strength about the conner block of actual size KC-1.

• Proceedings of the Korean Vacuum Society Conference
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• 2011.02a
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• pp.366-366
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• 2011

냉중성자원은 하나로 반사체탱크에 위치한 수직공에 설치되어 노심에서 발생하는 열중성자를 감속재인 액체수소층을 통과시켜 냉중성자를 생산하는 설비로 수소가를 충전하고 있는 수소계통이 있으며, 21K의 극저온 액체수소/기체수소 2상(ttwo-phase)을 유지하기 위해 외부에서 유입되는 열침입을 최소화하기 위해 진공계통이 설치되어 있다. 진공계통은 수조내기기 집합체(In-Pool Assembly : IPA)의 액체수소 열사이펀, 감속재 용기 등의 냉중성자원 극저온 부풀들의 단열을 위하여 진공용기 내부진공도를 공정진공도 이하로 유지하기 위한 계통으로 고진공펌프, 진공배기탱크 및 저진공펌프의 조합으로 두 개의 진공펌프시스템과 진공박스, 배기수집탱크 및 밸브박스를 포함한 연결배관으로 설계되었다. 저진공펌프를 이용하여 대기압에서 고진공펌프 작동압력까지 도달한 후 고진공펌프를 가동하여 공정진공도 이하의 진공도를 확보하고, 고진공펌프로부터 배기되는 배출가스는 고진공펌프 후단에 설치된 진공배기탱크에 포집되며, 필요 시 저진공펌프레 의하여 배기수집탱크로 배출된다. 진공펌프시스템은 진공용기 내부의 압력이 공정진동고 이하로 유지되도록 연속적으로 가동되어 진공단열이 가능하다. 본 논문은 감속재인 수소를 액화상태로 유지하며, 공정진공도 이하로 충분히 유지되어 운전되는 진공계통의 특성을 원자로 운전 주기별로 소개하고자 한다.

• Transactions of the Korean Society of Mechanical Engineers B
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• v.34 no.9
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• pp.875-883
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• 2010

The thermal performance of LNG fuel tanks of vehicles is determined by the time for non-venting storage of fuel and the amount of fuel supplied to the engine. In this study, we selected a double-walled vacuum-insulated fuel tank with a volume of 450 liter, and the properties of the fuel contained in it were assumed to be the same as those of the methane($CH_4$). For the increasing the non-venting fuel storage time, we propose the use of shielded penetration pipes in the tank. We compared the storage times of the tank used in our study with those of the conventional fuel tank. Further, the additional heat input required to maintain the fuel pressure necessary for an appropriate fuel supply rate was predicted. For these parameters, we derived a thermodynamic relationship that can be used to estimate the rate of increase in pressure for a known heat input, and we obtained equations for estimating the rate of heat leaked by using the established heat transfer model. From the results of numerical computation, we found the non-venting storage time of the tank with shielded pipes to be 25-30% higher than that of the tank with unshielded pipes. Further, we determined the appropriate operation conditions by taking into consideration the transfer rate of additional heat provided to the fuel tank.

• Proceedings of the Computational Structural Engineering Institute Conference
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• 2010.04a
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• pp.43-46
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• 2010

본 연구에서는 유체가 담긴 원통형 유체저장탱크의 지진에 의한 좌굴을 수행하였다. 해석에 사용된 유체 저장탱크는 바닥이 앵커로 고정된 3차원 유한요소모델로 모델링 하였으며, 탱크 벽체와 지붕은 쉘 요소로, 지붕보강재는 프레임요소를 사용하여 모델링 하였다. 유체-탱크 모델은 Veletsos와 Shivakumar의 추가 질량법에 근거하여 지진에 의한 유체 압력은 탱크 벽에 수직으로 작용하도록 모델링 하였다. 2007년 일본에서 발생한 지진가속도를 사용하여 범용 유한요소 프로그램인 ABAQUS로 좌굴해석을 수행하였다.

• Journal of the Korean Society for Nondestructive Testing
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• v.32 no.1
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• pp.1-6
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• 2012

This study is damage evaluation for CNG fuel tank during the burst test through the analysis of acoustic emission signals. Kaiser effect until the pressure 420 bar appears, but More than 420 bar by the creep effect appears significantly damaged vessels, and 480 bar pressure, the Kaiser effect of the rising phase was missing. Resonant transducer at 540 bar than 480 bar decreased activity such as energy and count Continually, but increased wideband transducer. In addition, through the rise time or frequency analysis of composite pressure vessels in order to observe the damage mechanisms wideband transducer is more effective than resonant transducer.

• Fire Science and Engineering
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• v.22 no.3
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• pp.239-245
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• 2008

In this study, we researched about characteristics of many kinds of tank cars for carrying hazard materials and performed structural strength evaluation using finite element analysis for tank of asphalt tank car to suggest the efficient analysis method that can develop accuracy regarding to characteristics of tank cars. For this, we analyzed the asphalt tank refer to JIS E 7102 (Design Method for Tanks of Tank Cars). As results, we could show that the maximum stress is applied at the area supported by saddle and the maximum stress is under a criterion suggested from JIS E 7102. Therefore we verified that this asphalt tank car had enough structural strength.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society of Propulsion Engineers Conference
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• 2006.11a
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• pp.54-58
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• 2006

There are many kinds of propellant tank for space systems, which should be designed and manufactured considering lots of conditions such as pressure of inside and outside, temperature and weight, etc. Among them, it is the one of the most important factors that the tanks could be designed to suspend and support the applied static and dynamic loads. Tank mounting, that installs and supports a tank in the structure, is a method that should be considered the rigid and tight jointing mechanism, including the manufacturing simplicity, the light weight and the economical budget. Methods and features for several propellant tank mountings are introduced in this paper with the applications for those in some foreign space program.

• Journal of the Society of Naval Architects of Korea
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• v.35 no.4
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• pp.27-37
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• 1998

The sloshing is very important in a safe transport of the liquid cargo by a ship. With the increasing number of supertanker and LNG carriers, this problem has become increasingly more important. In order to study the magnitude and characteristics of impact pressures due to sloshing, experiments ware performed with a rectangular tank and compared with numerical results. Structural responses of tank wall under impulsive pressures were measured. Structural vibrations induced by the sloshing load were analysed by including hydroelastic erects in terms of added mass and damping. To check the validity of the numerical model, the natural frequencies of plate in air and water were compared with measurements, and a good agreement was found. In the case that a plate vibrates under impulsive loads, the pressure on the flexible plate is larger than that on the rigid plate without hydroelastic effects, which was confirmed experimentally. The frequency of oscillatory pressure as well as accel%pion coincides with the natural frequency of plate in water.

• Journal of the Korean Institute of Gas
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• v.8 no.2 s.23
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• pp.54-60
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• 2004

In this paper, the maximum von Mises stress and maximum displacement of the corner protection and secondary bottom structures have been analyzed using a finite element analysis technique. The design criterion of the comer protection is 1,500Pa for a normal nitrogen gas purging process at the beginning stage of start-up procedure. This pressure is very safe for the structure safety of the comer protection and secondary bottom plates. The corner protection and secondary bottom plates fabricated by $9\%$ nickel steel sheet may plastically be distorted and fractured for the increased gas pressure of 8,475Pa, which produces the maximum von Mises stress of 833MPa and maximum displacement of 1.9m at the center of secondary bottom plate.