• Solar Energy
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• v.12 no.1
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• pp.48-58
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• 1992

In the present investigation, experimental analysis was performed to research heat transfer phenomena generated by means of conduction and natural convection at a succession of tube-inclimations relative to the vertical tube during inward melting process of a phase change material. The phase change material used in the experiments is 99 percent pure n-docosane paraffin($C_{22}H_{46}$). When the tube is vertical, the dominant mode of energy transfer between the tube wall and the melting interface is natural convection. On the other hand, when the tube is inclined to the vertical, the melting solid is brought into direct contact with the tube wall by the action of gravity. In the experimental results, direct contact gave rise to substantial enhancements in the amount of melted mass, relative to those for natural-convection-dominated melting.

• Journal of Energy Engineering
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• v.23 no.3
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• pp.21-26
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• 2014

EU-APR1400, the Korean nuclear reactor design for European market adopts a so-called core catcher for ex-vessel molten corium retention and cooling as a severe-accident mitigation system. Sacrificial material, which controls melt properties and modifies melt conditions favorable for corium cooling and retention, is usually employed to protect core catcher body from molten corium. Since molten corium can be ejected through a breach of a reactor pressure vessel and impinged on the sacrificial material with enhanced heat transfer at a severe accident, it is very important to predict ablation rate of sacrificial material due to corium jet impingement accurately for core catcher design. In this paper, sacrificial-material ablation model based on boundary layer theory is suggested and compared with the experimental results by KAERI.

• Journal of the Korean Crystal Growth and Crystal Technology
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• v.10 no.3
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• pp.177-184
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• 2000

The effect of the buyancy and thermocapillarity for differnent aspect ratio of flow field on melt motion and mass transfer has been numerically investigated in magnetic Czochralski crystal growth of silicon. During the process of crystal growth, the melt depth of crucible reduces so the aspect ratio of flow field also reduces. Therefore the shape of magnetic field of the flow field changes and the flow pattern also changes significantly. Together with the melt flow which forms the Marangoni convection (or thermocapillary flow) that comes from the inside the flow field, a flow circulation is observed near the corner close both to the crucible wall and the free surface. Due to this circulation, buoyancy effect has been turned out to be local rather than global. As the aspect ratio decreases, the radial component of the magnetic field prevails compared with the axial component in the flow field. Under the influence of this magnetic field, the melt flow and the temperature distribution in a meridional plane tend to depend on the radial position. As the aspect ratio decreases, the temperature gradient near the edge of the crystal decreases yielding smaller thermocapillarity, and the oxygen concentration near the crystal and the oxygen incorporation rate also decrease.

• Proceedings of the Korean Nuclear Society Conference
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• 1996.11a
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• pp.435-440
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• 1996

PHEBUS FPT0 노내실험의 핵연료 다발에 대한 실험후 비파괴 검사 및 파괴 검사 결과를 분석하여 노심손상 후기과정을 정alf 분석하였다. 분석한 비파괴 검사결과는 gamma scanning, radiography, tomographies 였으며 파괴 검사 결과는 정밀사진, metallography, Electron Probe Micro Analysis(EPMA)였다. 그 결과, PHEBUS-FPT0 실험에 사용한 핵연료다발은 기존에 수행된 어떤 다른 노내실험의 핵연료다발보다 많이 용융되었으며 용융 pool 및 피막충의 형성, 용융물 내부의 자연대류 열전달과 이에 따른 shroud 물질 손상, 핵연료다발 물질들간의 eutectic 형성 등을 보여주었다. 특히 Ag-In-Cd 제어봉 물질과 stainless-steel이 핵연료봉 물질과 반응하여 이들의 용융온도를 낮게하여 실험 예측값보다 많이 핵연료다발이 손상되어 기존 중대사고 해석 전산코드의 개선이 요구되었다.

• Proceedings of the Korean Radioactive Waste Society Conference
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• 2004.06a
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• pp.339-339
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• 2004

원자로를 이용하여 장수명핵종(long lived nucleus)을 소멸처리하는 과정에서 초우라늄(TRU, transuranium)과 희토류(RE, rare earth) 금속에 포함되어 있는 소량의 핵분열성(fissile) 물질인 우라늄을 제거할 필요가 있다. 본 실험은 LiCl-KCl 용융염계에서 전해제련법(Electrowinning)을 이용하여 용융염욕에 존재하는 우라늄을 제거하기 위하여 필요한 Cd-Li 양전극 물질을 제조하였고, 제조된 금속을 이용하여 우라늄 및 란탄족(Dy, Ce, Y, Nd, Gd) 금속의 환원 특성을 파악하였다.(중략)

• Journal of Conservation Science
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• v.26 no.2
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• pp.157-169
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• 2010

This study focused on the material characteristics and archaeometric relationship between the molten glass and bronze materials within the crucibles and gilt-bronze Bodhisattva statue excavated from the Ssangbukri site in Buyeo, Korea. Yellowish green to red brown vitreous material in the crucibles was identified as lead glass which contained scarce amount of BaO, and low $Al_2O_3$ and CaO. Metallic molten material was identified as bronze of copper-tin-lead alloy with low amount of impurities that indicated well-refined materials. Also, cassiterite was used for raw metal ore of tin. The Bodhisattva statue consisted of major copper with trace impurities in the core metal, and gold amalgam in the gilded layer. Though lead isotopic analysis showed contradictory results in each lead glass, bronze and Bodhisattva statue that required further examination, it could be stated that the statue was made in the Ssangbukri site based on the high-level technical skills of bronze production.

• Transactions of the Korean Society of Mechanical Engineers B
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• v.34 no.12
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• pp.1051-1060
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• 2010

The effect of materials on fuel coolant interactions (FCIs) was analyzed on the basis of a solidified particle size response for TROI experiments.$^{(1)}$ The solidified particle size response can provide an understanding of the relationship among the initial condition, the mixing, and an explosion. Through a comparison of the size distributions of the solidified particles in the case of explosive and non-explosive FCIs, it is revealed that an explosive FCI results in the production of a large amount of fine particles and a small amount of large particles. The material effect of the size of solidified particles was analyzed using non-explosive FCIs without losing the information on the mixing. This analysis indicates that an explosive melt includes large particles that participate in the steam explosion, whereas a nonexplosive melt includes smaller particles and finer particles.

• Proceedings of the KWS Conference
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• 2004.05a
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• pp.15-17
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• 2004

철강재의 산소절단은 연료가스의 연소열 및 철의 산화 반응열을 이용하여 강재를 절단하는 방법이다. 연료가스의 연소열을 이용하여 강재를 가열 및 용융시키고, 여기에 고순도의 산소를 취입하면 강재의 용융물질 중 철의 급격한 산화반응이 발생된다. (중략)

• Proceedings of the Korean Nuclear Society Conference
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• 1998.05b
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• pp.403-408
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• 1998

비가연성 방사성 폐기물로 발생되는 물질은 큰크리트, 유리, 석고, 철재류, 토사류 및 원자력발전소 계통에서 발생하는 필터류 등이며, 이들 폐기물 중 금속류를 제외한 물질들의 성분은 SiO$_2$가 60%이상, CaO 3～12%, $Al_2$O$_3$ 10% 미만으로 일반 유리의 성분과 유사하다. 따라서 이들 비가연성 방사성 폐기물을 최적의 흔합비로 용융하였을 경우 안정한 유리질의 고화체를 생성시킬 수 있다. 본 연구에서는 시료별로 조성이 다른 비가연성 모의 폐기물을 플라즈마 토치(60kW)와 용융로 등이 장착된, 시스템에서의 용융 실험을 통해 약 20%정도의 부피 감용효과가 있음을 밝혀냈고, 생성된 웅융 고화체에 대한 침출실험을 통하여 EPA의 규제치를 안정적으로 만족하는 건전성을 확인하였다.

• Proceedings of the Korea Society for Energy Engineering kosee Conference
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• 2003.05a
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• pp.617-620
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• 2003

열분해를 이용한 폐기물의 처리가 여러 유해물질을 저감시킬 수 있다는 기대감으로 국내에서도 열분해를 이용한 폐기물 처리 관련 연구가 많이 진행되고 있다. 아울러 폐기물을 열분해 한 후에 산소를 공급하여 가스화와 동시에 잔재를 용융시키는 열분해 가스화 용융이나 예열공기와 혼합하여 고온으로 연소시키면서 잔재를 용융하는 열분해 연소 용융 등의 방식이 개발되면서 다이옥신과 소각재의 발생을 차단하는, 환경적으로는 제로 에미션(zero-emission)에 근접하는 기술에 대한 관심도 높아지고 있다.(중략)