• 한국유체기계학회 논문집
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• 제17권1호
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• pp.5-11
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• 2014

The purpose of this paper is to investigate an analytical approach for opening performance evaluation of the nuclear pressure safety valve based on standard codes such as ASME or KEPIC. It is well-known that safety valve is considered as one of pressure relief valves for protecting a boiler or pressure vessel from exceeding the maximum allowable working pressure. When pressure in a container reaches its set pressure, the safety valve commences discharging the internal fluid by a sudden opening called as popping. Safety valve is usually evaluated by set pressure, full open, blow-down, leakage and flow capacity. The test procedure and technical requirement for performance evaluation is described in international code of ASME code such as BPVC. The opening characteristics of steam safety valve can be analyzed by computational fluid dynamics (CFD) and steam shaft dynamics. First, the flow analysis along opening process is simulated by running the CFD models of the ten types of opening steps from 0 to 100%. As a analysis result, the various CFD outputs of flow pattern, pressure, forces on the disc and mass flow at each simulation step is demonstrated. The lift force is calculated by using the forces applied on disc from static pressure and secondary flow. And, the effect of huddle chamber or control chamber is studied by dynamic analysis based on CFD simulation results such as lift force. As a result, dynamics analysis shows opening features according to the sizes of control chamber.

• 비파괴검사학회지
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• 제30권2호
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• pp.110-115
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• 2010

발전용 밸브 내부의 누설은 냉각 기능 상실 및 방사선물질 방출 동 안전계통의 성능 저하와 수많은 에너지 손실 등 발전소 운전에 막대한 손상 및 사고를 초래하게 된다. 본 논문은 신뢰성 높은 진단 방법 개발을 위하여 국내 원자력발전소 2차계통의 누설 발생 또는 내부 부품의 손상이 발생할 수 있는 밸브를 대상으로 현장시험 및 모의누설실험시의 적외선열화상 측정 실험을 수행함으로써 단일계측방식의 불확실성을 제거하고 향후 누설진단에 대한 확대 적용을 도모하고자 하였다. 발전소 현장시험 및 밸브 모의누설시험시의 밸브 누설 상태에 따른 적외선열화상 이미지 측정 실험을 통하여, 적외선열화상 측정 방법은 밸브 누설 상태의 과정을 신속하고 정밀하게 측정 가능하며 향후 많은 종류의 밸브 누설진단에 활용함으로써 누설에 따른 막대한 에너지 손실 및 사고 예방의 유용한 기법으로 확대 적용이 가능할 것으로 생각된다.