• Proceedings of the Korean Nuclear Society Conference
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• 1997.10a
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• pp.457-462
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• 1997

현재 국내외 대부분 원자력발전소(이하 원전)의 안전주입방식은 저온관 주입방식을 채택하고 있으며, 안전주입시 노심의 온도와 압력분포가 주요 관심 대상이었다. 하지만 향후 개발될 원전의 안전주입방식은 저온관주입이 아닌 안전주입의 신뢰성을 한단계 높인 원자로용기 직접주입방식인 DVI(Direct Vessel Injection)방식을 채택하고 있는 추세인데, 이 경우 관심분야는 원자로용기 dowmcomer지역까지 확대된다. 즉 저온의 안전주입수가 고온 고압의 원자로용기 downcomer지역으로 직접 주입됨으로 인해 이 지역의 유체유동과 혼합상태 및 온도분포가 주요관심 대상이 되며 이는 원자로용기의 PTS(Pressurized Thermal Shock)해석에 연결된다. 본 연구에서는 LOCA 사고시 DVI방식을 적응한 안전주입수 유입에 의한 원자로용기 downcomer지역의 유제유동과 유체혼합상태 및 온도분포를 열유체 해석 code인 FLUENT를 이용하여 해석하였다. 해석결과에 의하면 사고시 DVI에 의해 유입되는 약55℉인 저온 안전주입수는 유입과 동시에 넓은 지역으로 퍼지면서 dowmcomer지역의 고온 원자로냉각재와 적절히 혼합되어 하향유로를 따라 흐르며 PTS의 발생 원인인 국부적 유체비혼합 현상이나 온도 급하강현상은 발생하지 않는 것으로 나타났다.

• Proceedings of the Korea Society for Energy Engineering kosee Conference
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• 1998.10a
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• pp.193-208
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• 1998

본 논문에서는 써모싸이폰식 히트파이프의 열수송한계와 작동유체의 주입량이 파이프의 직경, 가열량 및 증발부와 응축부의 길이비 등에 따라 변화하므로 이러한 인자에 따른 적정 작동유체의 주입량과 가열량의 한계에 대해 고찰하였다. 특히 각종 전자부품의 냉각에 사용되는 히트파이프가 써모사이폰식이므로 사용작동유체에 대해 가열량에 따라 파이프의 직경예측이 가능토록 열수송한계특성에 대해 검토하고, 싸이리스터용은 증발부와 응축부의 길이비 변동이 심하므로 작동유체의 주입량이 중요한 성능인자로 작용하므로 길이비에 따른 작동유체의 주입량범위에 대해 기술하였다. 그리고 최적의 작동유체범위와 히트파이프의 증발열전달계수 및 응축열전달계수에 대한 실험으로부터 성능자료를 도출하여 이론해석과 비교검토하였다.

• Korean Chemical Engineering Research
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• v.53 no.4
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• pp.472-477
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• 2015

This study presents modified microfluidic picoinjector combined Faraday moat with silver nanoparticle electrode to increase electrical efficiency and fabrication yield. We perform simple dropping procedure of silver nanoparticles near the picoinjection channel, which solve complicate fabrication process of electrode deposition onto the microfluidic picoinjector. Based on this approach, the microfluidic picoinjector can be reliably operated at 180 V while conventional Faraday moat usually have performed above 260 V. Thus, we can reduce the operation voltage and increase safety. Furthermore, the microfluidic picoinjector is able to precisely control injection volume from 7.5 pL to 27.5 pL. We believe that the microfluidic picoinjector will be useful platform for microchemical reaction, biological assay, drug screening, cell culture device, and toxicology.

• Economic and Environmental Geology
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• v.52 no.1
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• pp.37-48
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• 2019

In geological $CO_2$ sequestration, the behavior of $CO_2$ within a reservoir can be characterized as two-phase flow in a porous media. For two phase flow, these processes include drainage, when a wetting fluid is displaced by a non-wetting fluid and imbibition, when a non-wetting fluid is displaced by a wetting fluid. In $CO_2$ sequestration, an understanding of drainage and imbibition processes and the resulting NW phase residual trapping are of critical importance to evaluate the impacts and efficiencies of these displacement process. This study aimed to observe migration and residual trapping of immiscible fluids in porous media via cyclic injection of drainage-imbibition. For this purpose, cyclic injection experiments by applying n-hexane and deionized water used as proxy fluid of $scCO_2$ and pore water were conducted in the two dimensional micromodel. The images from experiment were used to estimate the saturation and observed distribution of n-hexane and deionized water over the course drainage-imbibition cycles. Experimental results showed that n-hexane and deionized water are trapped by wettability, capillarity, dead end zone, entrapment and bypassing during $1^{st}$ drainage-imbibition cycle. Also, as cyclic injection proceeds, the flow path is simplified around the main flow path in the micromodel, and the saturation of injection fluid converges to remain constant. Experimental observation results can be used to predict the migration and distribution of $CO_2$ and pore water by reservoir environmental conditions and drainage-imbibition cycles.

• Tunnel and Underground Space
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• v.32 no.3
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• pp.203-218
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• 2022

A hydro-mechanical study was performed to analyze the relationship between the magnitude of injection-induced seismicity and shut-in. In hydraulic analysis, the suspension of fluid injection makes the pore pressure gradient smaller while the pore pressure at the pressure front can reach the critical value for several hours after shut-in, which leads to the additional slip with wider area than during injection. The hydro-mechanical numerical analysis was performed to model the simplified fault system, and simulated the largest magnitude earthquake during shut-in stage. The effect of the abrupt suspension of fluid injection on the large magnitude earthquake was investigated in comparison with the continuous injection. In addition to the pore pressure distribution, it was found that the geometry of multiple faults and the stress redistribution are also important in evaluating the magnitude of the induced seismicity.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society for Agricultural Machinery Conference
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• 2002.02a
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• pp.139-144
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• 2002

본 연구에서 열발생탱크, 모타, 로타와 스탯, 순환펌프, 열교환기로 구성된 풍력-열변환시스템을 제작하여 열교환에 미치는 몇 가지 요인에 대하여 시험하였다. 주요결과는 다음과 같다. 가. 풍력열교환시스템은 발열부, 구동부, 열교환부로 구성하였다. 나. 열교환성능시험에서 열교환에 미치는 요인은 유체주입량 3수준, 점성유체의 종류 2수준, 로타의 졸류 3수준, 로타와 스텟의 간격 3수준으로 정하여 열교환시험을 하였다. 다. SAS GLM procedure를 사용하여 열교환량에 대한 각 처리의 효과에 대해 조사해본바 유체주입량이 열 교환량에 가장 큰 영향을 미친다는 것을 발견했다. 라. 최고열교환량은 처리조건 R3 로타, 유체주입량 110 L, 로타와 스텟의 간격 17mm, A 오일에서 발생했으며 7,800 kcal/h 가 되었다. 마. 열 변환효율을 극대화하려면 열발생탱크의 직경보다는 높이를 크게 하고 유체를 최대 높이까지 주입하는 것이 바람직하리라 사료된다.

• Tunnel and Underground Space
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• v.27 no.5
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• pp.324-332
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• 2017

In this paper, a numerical analysis of one-dimensional viscous fluid flow in a rock joint using UDEC code is performed to evaluate the effect of design parameters on injection performance. We consider injection pressure, fluid compressibility, time dependence of yield strength and viscosity of injected grout fluid, and mechanical deformation of joint as the design parameters, and penetration length and flow rate of injection are investigated as the injection performance. Numerical estimations of penetration length and flow rate were compared to analytical solution and were well comparable with each other. We showed that cumulative injection volume can be over-estimated by 1.2 times than the case that the time-dependent viscosity evolution is not considered. We also carried out a coupled fluid flow and mechanical deformation analysis and demonstrated that injection-induced joint opening may result in the increment of cumulative volume by 4.4 times of that from the flow only analysis in which joint aperture is kept constant.

• The Journal of Engineering Geology
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• v.32 no.4
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• pp.643-659
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• 2022

Geologic sequestration technologies such as CCS (carbon capture and storage), EGS (enhanced geothermal systems), and EOR (enhanced oil recovery) have been widely implemented in recent years, prompting evaluation of the mechanical stability of storage sites. As fluid injection can stimulate mechanical instability in storage layers by perturbing the stress state and pore pressure, poroelastic models considering various injection scenarios are required. In this study, we calculate the pore pressure, stress distribution, and vertical displacement along a surface using commercial finite element software (COMSOL); fault slips are subsequently simulated using PyLith, an open-source finite element software. The displacement fields, are obtained from PyLith is transferred back to COMSOL to determine changes in coseismic stresses and surface displacements. Our sequential use of COMSOL-PyLith-COMSOL for poroelastic modeling of fluid-injection and induced-earthquakes reveals large variations of pore pressure, vertical displacement, and Coulomb failure stress change during injection periods. On the other hand, the residual stress diffuses into the remote field after injection stops. This flow pattern suggests the necessity of numerical modeling and long-term monitoring, even after injection has stopped. We found that the time at which the Coulomb failure stress reaches the critical point greatly varies with the hydraulic and poroelastic properties (e.g., permeability and Biot-Willis coefficient) of the fault and injection layer. We suggest that an understanding of the detailed physical properties of the surrounding layer is important in selecting the injection site. Our numerical results showing the surface displacement and deviatoric stress distribution with different amounts of fault slip highlight the need to test more variable fault slip scenarios.

• Tunnel and Underground Space
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• v.24 no.6
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• pp.418-429
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• 2014

Induced seismicity related to four energy development technologies that involve fluid injection or withdrawal: geothermal energy, conventional oil and gas development including enhanced oil recovery (EOR), shale gas recovery, and carbon capture and storage (CCS) is reviewed by literature investigation. The largest induced seismic events reported in the technical literature are associated with projects that did not balance the large volume of fluids injected into, or extracted from the underground reservoir. A statistical observation shows that the net volume of fluid injected and/or extracted may serve as a proxy for changes in subsurface stress conditions and pore pressure, and other factors. Energy technology projects that are designed to maintain a balance between the amount of fluid being injected and the amount of fluid being withdrawn, such as geothermal and most oil and gas development, may produce fewer induced seismic events than technologies that do not maintain fluid balance, such as long-term wastewater disposal wells and CCS projects.

• Journal of the Korean Institute of Gas
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• v.26 no.2
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• pp.1-8
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• 2022

The purpose of this study is to prepare GPTMS((3-Glycidoxypropyl) trimethoxysilane)-SiO₂ nanofluid and analyze the effect of nanofluid injection on carbonate reservoirs. Structural analysis of silica nanoparticles modified by GPTMS was investigated by FTIR(Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy). C-H stretching vibrations at 2,950 cm^-1 indicating the silica surface modification with GPTMS were observed when the silane feed was over 0.5 mmol/g. Also, the coreflooding test by nanofluid injection on the aged limestone and dolomite plug samples was carried out with different particle concentration and flow rate. The incremental oil recovery was up to 18.9%, and contact angle and permeability of carbonate samples were changed by the effect of nanoparticle adsorption on pore which caused wettability alteration and pore size change. Therefore, the prepared nanofluid will be utilized as an injection fluid for enhancing oil recovery and modifying fluid flow properties such as change of rock wettability and permeability in carbonate reservoirs.