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A Study on the Thermal Flux Estimation of Fireball (Fireball로 인한 Thermal flux 예측에 관한 연구)

  • Kim In-Tae;Kim In-Won;Song Hee-Oeul
    • Journal of the Korean Institute of Gas
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    • v.4 no.3 s.11
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    • pp.46-52
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    • 2000
  • In order to evaluate the risk assessment of Fireball, a program, FIRESTOR, was developed. With this program, thermal fluxes due to the fireball of propane and n-butane were predicted to analyze the damage of Puchen gas explosion accident and thermal fluxes compared with the BLEVE ESTIMATOR, and commercial program SAFER Dupont Co. Thermal fluxes with variation of distance from the explosion source by BLEVE ESTIMATOR, SAFER and FIRESTOR was made a comparative analysis each other for the constant pressure of propane and n-butane. The values calculated by FIRESTOR were between those by BLEVE ESTIMATOR and SAFER. Consequently FIRESTOR is proved to be an good program to analyze the damage of Fireball.

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Implementation of an Intelligent Video Surveillance System based on Digital Media Processor (디지털미디어프로세서 기반의 지능형 비디오 감시 시스템 구현)

  • Kim, Won-Ho
    • Journal of the Korea Academia-Industrial cooperation Society
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    • v.11 no.3
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    • pp.841-846
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    • 2010
  • This paper presents design and implementation of an intelligent video surveillance system. The proposed system has advantages of management efficiency and operation robustness unrelated to working condition compared to conventional CCTV based system. The system hardware is designed and implemented by using commercial chips such as digital media processor and video encoder, video decoder and the functions of software are to analyze temperature distribution of a infrared image and to detect disaster situation such as fire. The required functions are confirmed by testing of the prototype and we verified practicality of the system.

A Study on the Planning Direction for Social Communication in a High-density Residential Environment (고밀 주거환경에서의 사회적 소통을 위한 계획 방향 연구)

  • Lee, Jae-Young;Jeon, Yong-Han
    • Journal of the Korea Safety Management & Science
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    • v.24 no.1
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    • pp.73-80
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    • 2022
  • The purpose of this study is to present the direction of the plan to transform the residential complex into a space that can provide an open residential environment that can lead to social communication and exchange without being closed to the urban residential environment, especially in the apartment complex environment, which is becoming more dense. As a result of the Openness analysis of the 'Codan Shinonome Canal Court', the overall accessibility was good in terms of space utilization, and the openness was low in terms of the spatial composition, which is a physical environment due to the dense block type. When looking at the overall openness of the Codan Sinonome complex in terms of analysis by block, the corrected openness index (C.O.I) for all six blocks was 0.245, the corrected accessibility index (C.A.I) was 1.447 and the openness composite index (O.C.I) was assessed at 1.692. This was due to the formation of high-density block-type urban dwellings and the introduction of S-shaped streets and the layout of low-rise urban support facilities and commercial facilities. The Codan Sinonome Canal Court, which is considered an "open city residence," quantitatively confirmed that it embodies macro-space structure and human-scale space environment even in high-precision environments.

Nonlinear Analysis Models to Predict the Hysteretic Behavior of Existing RC Column Members (기존 RC 기둥 부재의 이력거동 예측을 위한 비선형 해석모델)

  • Choi, Myeong-Ho;Lee, Chang-Hwan
    • Journal of Korean Association for Spatial Structures
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    • v.22 no.4
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    • pp.89-98
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    • 2022
  • The recent earthquake in Korea caused a lot of damage to reinforced concrete (RC) columns with non-seismic details. The nonlinear analysis enables predicting the hysteresis behavior of RC columns under earthquakes, but the analytical model used for the columns must be accurate and practical. This paper studied the nonlinear analysis models built into a commercial structural analysis program for the existing RC columns. The load-displacement relationships, maximum strength, initial stiffness, and energy dissipation predicted by the three analysis models were compared and analyzed. The results were similar to those tested in the order of the fiber, Pivot, and Takeda models, whereas the fiber model took the most time to build. For columns subjected to axial load, the Pivot model could predict the behavior at a similar level to that of the fiber model. Based on the above, it is expected that the Pivot model can be applied most practically for existing RC columns.

Deriving the Priority of Emergency Vehicle Dispatch Delay Factors Using Spatial Regression Analysis - Focusing on Seoul - (공간 회귀분석을 활용한 긴급차량 출동 지연요소의 우선순위 도출 - 서울시를 중심으로 -)

  • Park, Jun-Sang;Lee, Su-Bin;Kim, Jung-Ok
    • Journal of Cadastre & Land InformatiX
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    • v.53 no.2
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    • pp.67-77
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    • 2023
  • As cities become overcrowded and concentrated, the demand for public services continues to increase due to the improvement of the living standards of urban residents. Among them, fire service can be seen as one of the important public services by reducing damage caused by accidents in emergency situations and affecting the improvement of access to medical services for urban residents. Rapid movement of patients and medical institutions within golden time and proper first aid are essential elements in emergency situations, and Seoul is a super-large city with a large population of about 10 million people and has a large number of emergency medical patients. Therefore, this study used spatial regression analysis to examine the factors affecting the delay factors of emergency dispatch in Seoul to secure golden time, and derived management priorities, and suggested implications for the management of emergency vehicle dispatch delay factors. As a result of the main analysis, land-use characteristics were the most influential factor in emergency vehicle dispatch time, and land-use mixing, commercial area density, average patient age, and average road length were found to affect emergency vehicle dispatch time in order. This study can be used as important basic data for an accurate understanding of the delay factors for emergency dispatch and preparing countermeasures according to priorities.

Strategies for Development of Seafloor Polymetallic Sulphides in Consideration of International Progress (해저열수광상 개발동향과 우리나라의 대응방안)

  • Park, Seong-Wook;Yang, Hee-Cheol;Jeong, Hyeong-Su
    • The Sea:JOURNAL OF THE KOREAN SOCIETY OF OCEANOGRAPHY
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    • v.13 no.3
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    • pp.271-279
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    • 2008
  • Polymetallic sulphides means hydrothermally formed deposits of sulphide minerals which contain concentrations of metals including, inter alia, copper, lead, zinc, gold and silver. Nautilus is the first company to commercially explore the seafloor polymetallic sulphide deposits. The Company holds exploration licences and exploration applications for more than 370,000 $km^2$ in the jurisdictional seas of Papua New Guinea, Fiji, Tonga, the Solomon Islands and New Zealand along the western Pacific Ocean's Rim of Fire. Neptune Minerals is also a leading explorer and developer in this field, with exploration licences awarded totalling more than 270,000 $km^2$ in the territorial seas or EEZ of New Zealand, Papua New Guinea and the Federated States of Micronesia. These two companies now carry out the most active investment activities for seafloor polymetallic sulphide deposits with a goal of commercial production by 2010. China and Japan carry out exploration activities for the seafloor polymetallic sulphide deposits to secure supplies of strategic metals. China carries out national R&D projects relating to deep sea mineral resources in the world ocean through China Ocean Mineral Resources R&D Association(COMRA). And Japan investigates her own EEZ for exploration of the seafloor polymetallic sulphide deposits. In consideration of aforementioned international activities of coastal nations as well as private companies for exploring the sulphide deposits, Korea shall prepare strategic plans : First, consolidation of the authorities concerned and legislative support; second, determination of main entity of the project; third, securing government's decisive investment of sufficient budget; and lastly, establishment of the mid, long-term plan for development of seafloor polymetallic sulphides deposits.

A Study on Freezing Assessment of the Water in the Z-Trap of Sewage Bay (PVC 오수받이 내부 Z형 트랩의 동결성 평가에 관한 연구)

  • Lee, Changwoo;Oh, Seungju
    • Journal of the Society of Disaster Information
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    • v.12 no.1
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    • pp.98-104
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    • 2016
  • This study clarifies the simulation on freezing of remaining water in the Z-trap set up in the PVC sewage bay to control malodor. It made use of commercial FEM LAB program(ver. 3.2) well known as a solution of the problems arising in the flow of various fluid, heat transfer and mass transfer. Simulation results under the temperature $-20^{\circ}C$ outwards show that the water in the Z-trap set up in the sewage bay to control malodor freeze in the 60cm under the ground level after 14 days in the wet ground, and after 17 days in the regular ground. On the other hand, if the soil is dry even after the 42 days does not go down below freezing. Therefore, the water in the Z-trap was confirmed that it does not freeze.

Application of CFD-FEM Coupling Methodology to Thermal Analysis on the Large-size Marine Diesel Engine (선박용 대형 디젤 엔진 열 해석을 위한 CFD-FEM 연계 방법의 적용)

  • Kim, Han-Sang;Min, Kyoung-Doug
    • Transactions of the Korean Society of Automotive Engineers
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    • v.16 no.1
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    • pp.64-70
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    • 2008
  • Temperatures of engine head and liner depend on many factors such as spray and combustion process, coolant passage flow and engine related structures. To estimate the temperature distribution of engine structure, multi-dimensional computational fluid dynamics (CFD) codes have been mainly adopted. In this case, it is of great importance to obtain the realistic wall temperature distribution of entire engine structure. In the present work, a CFD-FEM coupling methodology was presented to address this demand. This approach was applied to a real large-size marine diesel engine. CFD combustion and coolant flow simulations were coupled to FEM temperature analysis. Wall heat flux and wall temperature data were interfaced between combustion simulation and solid component temperature analysis via translator by a commercial CFD package named FIRE by AVL. Heat transfer coefficient and surface temperature data were exchanged and mapped between coolant flow simulation and FEM temperature analysis. Results indicate that there exists the optimum cell thickness near combustion chamber wall to reasonably predict the wall heat flux during combustion period. The present study also shows that the effect of cell refining on predicting in-cylinder pressure during combustion is negligible. Hence, the basic guidance on obtaining the wall heat flux needed for the reasonable CFD-FEM coupling analysis has been established. It is expected that this coupling methodology is a robust tool for practical engine design and can be applied to further assessment of the temperature distribution of other engine components.

Hazard Evaluation of Runaway Reaction in Deboronation Process Using H2O2 in DIET Synthesis of Pharmaceutical Raw Material (의약품 원료 DIET 합성 중 H2O2를 이용한 붕소제거 반응공정에서의 폭주반응 위험성 평가)

  • Kim, Won Sung;Lee, Keun Won
    • Journal of the Korean Institute of Gas
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    • v.22 no.4
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    • pp.49-54
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    • 2018
  • In the Active Pharmaceutical Ingredient(API) manufacturing company, since the product is produced by the chemical reaction, fire and explosion are frequently occurred in the process of inputting the raw powder as the chemical reaction stage. There are not many studies on safety measures through analysis of cause of accident in the actual chemical reaction stage. In this study, we investigated the heat flow in the boron removal reaction process to investigate the risk in the chemical reaction stage. The study reaction process was performed by using the reaction calorimeter for the products synthesized at the actual raw material in pharmaceutical factory. The risk was estimated by comparing the maximum temperature of the synthesis reaction, which can generate heat due to the failure of cooling in the actual manufacturing process, and the technical temperature. These results are applied to commercial manufacturing sites and safety measures to control the risk of runaway reaction due to reaction heat are suggested.

A Study on Ignition Hazard Caused by Electrostatic Discharge of Gasoline Used in the Gas Station (주유소에서 사용하는 휘발유의 정전기 방전으로 인한 점화위험성에 관한 연구)

  • Moon, Kyoon-Tae;Chung, Jae-Hee;Mizuki, Yamaguma;Choi, Kwang-Seok
    • Journal of the Korean Society of Safety
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    • v.25 no.4
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    • pp.13-18
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    • 2010
  • To investigate electrostatic ignition hazards of commercial gasoline used in the gas station, experiments were conducted dealing with the minimum ignition energy(MIE) of several kinds of gasoline under the various temperature. The conductivity of gasoline that was required for an accurate risk assessment as well as the MIE were also examined. The solvent ignitability apparatus which can heat up the inside of the vessels up to $210^{\circ}C$ was used in this study. Four kinds of premium gasoline and four kinds of regular gasoline, differing with respect to the companies, were used as test specimens. The following results were obtained: (1) all gasoline specimens were so sensitive that even an electrostatic discharge with a very low energy, such as about 0.5mJ, could ignite them. The ignitability of premium gasoline was constant irrespective of the companies. On the other hand, the ignitability of regular gasoline was variable depending on the company. (2) The MIE of all specimens depended markedly on the temperature; in other words, an increase in temperature decreases the ignition energy value. (3) The conductivity values of all specimens were low. Those must be taken into consideration in electrostatic risk assessment.