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Enhancement of the Life of Refractories through the Operational Experience of Plasma Torch Melter (플라즈마토치 용융로 운전경험을 통한 내화물 수명 증진 방안)

  • Moon, Young Pyo;Choi, Jang Young
    • Journal of Nuclear Fuel Cycle and Waste Technology(JNFCWT)
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    • v.14 no.2
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    • pp.169-178
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    • 2016
  • The properties of wastes for melting need to be considered to minimize the maintenance of refractory and to discharge the molten slags smoothly from a plasma torch melter. When the nonflammable wastes from nuclear facilities such as concrete debris, glass, sand, etc., are melted, they become acid slags with low basicity since the chemical composition has much more acid oxides than basic oxides. A molten slag does not have good characteristics of discharge and is mainly responsible for the refractory erosion due to its low liquidity. In case of a stationary plasma torch melter with a slant tapping port on the wall, a fixed amount of molten slags remains inside of tapping hole as well as the melter inside after tapping out. Nonmetallic slags keep the temperature higher than melting point of metal because metallic slags located on the bottom of melter by specific gravity difference are simultaneously melted when dual mode plasma torch operates in transferred mode. In order to minimize the refractory erosion, the compatible refractories are selected considering the temperature inside the melter and the melting behavior of slags whether to contact or noncontact with molten slags. An acidic refractory shall not be installed in adjacent to a basic refractory for the resistibility against corrosion.

An Experimental Study on Alkali-Silica Reaction of Alkali-Activated Ground Granulated Blast Furnace Slag Mortars (알칼리 활성 고로슬래그 미분말 모르터의 알칼리-실리카 반응에 관한 실험적 연구)

  • Kim, Young-Soo;Moon, Dong-Il;Lee, Dong-Woon
    • Journal of the Korea Institute of Building Construction
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    • v.11 no.4
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    • pp.345-352
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    • 2011
  • The purpose of this study was to investigate the expansion of alkali-activated mortar based on ground granulated blast furnace slag containing reactive aggregate due to alkali-silica reaction. In addition, this study was particularly concerned with the behavior of these alkaline materials in the presence of reactive aggregates. The experimental program included expansion measurement of the mortar bar specimens, as well as the determination of the morphology and composition of the alkali-silica reaction products by using scanning electron microscopy(SEM), and energy dispersive x-ray(EDX). The experiment showed that while alkali-activated ground granulated blast furnace slag mortars showed expansion due to the alkali-silica reaction, the expansion was 0.1% at Curing Day 14, showing that it is safe. After the accelerated test, SEM and BEM analysis showed the presence of alkali-silica gel and rim around the aggregate and cement paste. According to the EDX, the reaction products decreased markedly as alkali-activated ground granulated blast furnace slag was used. In addition, for the substitutive materials of mineral admixture, a further study on improving the quality of alkali-activated ground granulated blast furnace slag is needed to assure of the durability properties of concrete.

Long-Term Compressive Strength and Durability Properties of "CSG" Materials by Freezing-Thawing Test (동결융해시험에 의한 "CSG" 재료의 장기강도 및 내구 특성)

  • Jin, Guangri;Kim, Kiyoung;Moon, Hongduk;Quan, Hechun
    • Journal of the Korean GEO-environmental Society
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    • v.17 no.12
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    • pp.35-43
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    • 2016
  • With the development of construction technology, constructions of dam and levee (dike) as well as the environmental problems are becoming issues. Recently, many countries have tried to develop and used CSG (Cemented Sand and Gravel), which needs fewer requirements than others in aggregates, constructability and ground condition during the dam construction. Mixing up with small amount of cement, CSG is able to increase the strength and proceed accelerated construction without artificial gradation adjustment of riverbed aggregate and crushed rock on construction site. Thus, CSG can minimize environmental damage resulted from quarries mining and reduce cost of construction. Unlike heat of hydration condition that regular concrete usually met, CSG exposes to repeated dry-wet and freezing and thawing environment. Thus, consider the importance of structure of dam or levee, intensive study on the durability of CSG is needed. In this study, freezing and thawing experiment was carried out to evaluate the durability of CSG. In results, the durability factor of CSG is 30~40 or >40 when the amount of cement is $0.4{\sim}0.6kN/m^3$ or $0.8{\sim}1.0kN/m^3$, respectively. The unconfined compressive strength is reduced to 30~50% or 40~70% when the amount of cement is $0.4{\sim}0.6kN/m^3$ or $0.8{\sim}1.0kN/m^3$, respectively. Taken together, the strength and durability of CSG is reliable when the amount of cement is over $0.8kN/m^3$.

Changes of Hysteresis Loop Characteristics of the Tendon Under Tensile Stress (Tendon의 인장응력에 따른 자기이력특성 변화의 측정)

  • Kang, Sunju;Son, Derac;Joh, Changbin;Lee, Jungwoo
    • Journal of the Korean Magnetics Society
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    • v.25 no.4
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    • pp.123-128
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    • 2015
  • The iron is an element having a high yield strength, mechanical hardness, good electrical conductivity, and also it has been used in various fields because of ease machining. In bridges have been used tendon made of a steel wire for large loads and light weight. Tension measurement of tendon employed in PreStressed Concrete (PSC) bridge is very important for the bridge safety check. NDT (Non-Destructive Testing) is essential for the safety check, however, magnetic NDT is difficult to apply due to the non-linear magnetization curve and hysteresis loop in the magnetic properties. In this work, for basic study of magnetic NDT application, we have constructed a B-H loop measuring system for 7-strand tendon of which diameter is 15.5 mm, and which can apply tensile stress up to 2.0 GPa. We have measured hysteresis loops of two kinds of tendons under different tensile stress. Amplitude permeability and maximum magnetic induction near knee show the most sensitive and high linearity depends on tensile stress. Relative amplitude permeability was decreased from 500 to 200 and maximum magnetic flux density changed 0.6 T.

A Study on the Evaluating Method the most Favorable Mixture Proportion of Blended Fine Aggregate for Effective Application of Recycled Aggregate (재생골재의 효율적인 활용을 위한 혼합잔골재의 최적배합평가방법에 관한 연구)

  • Han, Cheon-Goo;Yoon, Gi-Won;Lee, Gun-Cheol;Park, Yong-Kyu
    • Journal of the Korean Recycled Construction Resources Institute
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    • v.2 no.1
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    • pp.113-119
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    • 2006
  • It is now established that more than two types of blended aggregate have beneficial effects on quality and supply of concrete in the long run. However, studies on blended aggregate have not widely been progressive and the evaluation method of its most favorable mixture proportion is still needed. Therefore this study investigated the most favorable mixture proportion through the physical experiment of fresh and hardened state's cement mortar, in response to three types of composite ratio, natural fine aggregate(Ns), crushed fine aggregate(Cs) and recycled fine aggregate(Rs). Test showed that increase of blending ratio of Ns and Cs improved fluidity of mot1ar. For the properties of compressive and flexural strength, mortar blending Ns and Cs properly, exhibited similar value to one using only Cs, while mortar mixing Rs showed lower strength value as less as 6% of control one. Mortar using only Rs exhibited the largest drying shrinkage value. In addition, even thought it is not a clear quantitative analysis, technical-imaging-skill presenting the most favorable mixture proportion 3-dimensionally is proposed in this research, in order to notify the proportion easily.

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Development of Insulation Sheet Materials and Their Sound Characterization

  • Ni, Qing-Qing;Lu, Enjie;Kurahashi, Naoya;Kurashiki, Ken;Kimura, Teruo
    • Advanced Composite Materials
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    • v.17 no.1
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    • pp.25-40
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    • 2008
  • The research and development in soundproof materials for preventing noise have attracted great attention due to their social impact. Noise insulation materials are especially important in the field of soundproofing. Since the insulation ability of most materials follows a mass rule, the heavy weight materials like concrete, lead and steel board are mainly used in the current noise insulation materials. To overcome some weak points in these materials, fiber reinforced composite materials with lightweight and other high performance characteristics are now being used. In this paper, innovative insulation sheet materials with carbon and/or glass fabrics and nano-silica hybrid PU resin are developed. The parameters related to sound performance, such as materials and fabric texture in base fabric, hybrid method of resin, size of silica particle and so on, are investigated. At the same time, the wave analysis code (PZFlex) is used to simulate some of experimental results. As a result, it is found that both bundle density and fabric texture in the base fabrics play an important role on the soundproof performance. Compared with the effect of base fabrics, the transmission loss in sheet materials increased more than 10 dB even though the thickness of the sample was only about 0.7 mm. The results show different values of transmission loss factor when the diameters of silica particles in coating materials changed. It is understood that the effect of the soundproof performance is different due to the change of hybrid method and the size of silica particles. Fillers occupying appropriate positions and with optimum size may achieve a better effect in soundproof performance. The effect of the particle content on the soundproof performance is confirmed, but there is a limit for the addition of the fillers. The optimization of silica content for the improvement of the sound insulation effect is important. It is observed that nano-particles will have better effect on the high soundproof performance. The sound insulation effect has been understood through a comparison between the experimental and analytical results. It is confirmed that the time-domain finite wave analysis (PZFlex) is effective for the prediction and design of soundproof performance materials. Both experimental and analytical results indicate that the developed materials have advantages in lightweight, flexibility, other mechanical properties and excellent soundproof performance.

A Fundamental Properties of the Concrete Using Coarse Particle Cement and Mineral Admixture (굵은입자 시멘트와 광물질 혼화재를 조합 사용하는 콘크리트의 기초적 특성)

  • Han, Cheon-Goo;Jang, Duk-Bae
    • Journal of the Korean Recycled Construction Resources Institute
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    • v.5 no.1
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    • pp.131-138
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    • 2010
  • This research intends to analyze the basic characteristics of cements(hereinafter "CC") with affordable price and particle distribution effective as hydration heat face which are discharged at the outlet of smashing process of ordinary portland cement(hereinafter "OPC") manufacturing process such as fluidity, rigidity, temporary insulation temperature increase amount etc to review the potential of developing "CC" to 3 ingredients low heat cement that substitutes fly ash and blast furnace slag(hereinafter "BS"). As a result of experiment, fluidity tended to decrease with increase in CC substitution rate, and increase with increase in FA+BS substitution rate. Air amount tended to slightly decrease with increase in CC substitution rate, and decrease with increase in FA+BS substitution rate. Condensation characteristics were such that condensation time was delayed with increase in CC and FA+BS substitution rate. As for the temperature rising amount by temporary insulation, peak temperature decreased with increase in CC substitution rate and increase in FA+BS substitution rate in general, and thereafter, temperature tended to decrease slowly. Compressive strength decreased with increase in CC and FA+BS substitution rate, and as aging goes on, long term strength was equivalent to plain or higher. By and large, when FA+BS was substituted to CC, fluidity and air amount tended to decrease, but hydration heat face showed good reduction effects, suggesting possibility of development to 3 ingredients low heat cement.

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The Study on the main viewpoints chosen for the landscape simulation evaluation (경관시뮬레이션 평가를 위한 주요 조망점 선정에 관한 연구)

  • Lee, Im jung;Choi, Joo youn
    • Journal of the Korea Academia-Industrial cooperation Society
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    • v.16 no.11
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    • pp.7534-7540
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    • 2015
  • In this paper, we set up a vista point overlooking the focus of new research center placed on the existing research literature and point to the selection of books, reports or studies actually suggested focusing on topics such as for landscape simulation evaluation. To re-organize and classify a number of items were presented to spill the evaluation items of this view point selection via the SPSS Statistics. Evaluation items 16 through a professional survey to establish a concrete and systematic plan with selected research results leaked technical characteristics of the view that detailed questions to the factors of technical characteristics and population-specific comparisons through factor analysis in the first, landscapes simulation The views were set out. Second, if you set 16 classified by type of view that considering a similar nature or characteristics depending on the properties of the view that publicity, overlooking castle, the castle was divided into three types of places. Third, the views point for the public good are three items, vista point at which the gender perspective has six items that gender point of view places is set to seven items, was set up to view the most appropriate place to point gender. These results provide a framework for analysis and future system reliability and landscape simulation evaluation study is expected to be used as reference material.

Durability Characteristics of Ternary Cement Matrix Using Ferronickel Slag According to the Alkali-Activators (알칼리 활성화제 종류별 페로니켈슬래그를 사용한 3성분계 시멘트 경화체의 내구특성)

  • Cho, Won-Jung;Park, Eon-Sang;Jung, Ho-Seop;Ann, Ki-Yong
    • Journal of the Korean Recycled Construction Resources Institute
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    • v.8 no.2
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    • pp.190-197
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    • 2020
  • This paper evaluates the mechanical properties and durability of cement matrix blended with mineral admixtures and ferronickel slag(FNS) powder which is an industrial b y-product during ferronickel smelting process. The hydration heat, pore structure, compressive strength, length change, rapid chloride penetration test(RCPT), and freezing and thawing resistance of ternary blended cement matrix were investigated and compared with ordinary portland cement matrix. The result showed that the compressive strength of ternary blended cement matrix using ferronickel slag powder and mineral mixture was low in strength compared to the reference concrete, but recovered to a certain extent by using alkali activator. Length change of cement mortar using FNS powder have shown less shrinkage occurs than the reference specimen. In addition, irrespective of using the alkali-activators, all ternary mix are indicative of the 'very low' range for chloride ion penetrability according to the ASTM C 1202, and the freeze-thaw resistance also showed excellent results.

Composting Effectiveness of A Sundry System with A Bin-type Composter for Recyle of Animal Wastes (축분뇨처리를 위한 Bin형 부숙조- Sundry 시스템의 퇴비화효율 평가)

  • 최홍림;김현태;정영윤
    • Magazine of the Korean Society of Agricultural Engineers
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    • v.35 no.2
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    • pp.92-103
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    • 1993
  • A sunday system with a horizontal bin-type composter was constructed and operated to evaluate its composting performance for four days for each test in October, 1992. A sundry system is one of popular systems for composting livestock manure, of which main benefit is to utilize unlimited, clean, and free solar radiation. A rectangular concrete bin(composter) with dimension of 300cm(length) X90cm(width) X60cm(height) was bedded alternatively with four lanes of aeration pipes and heating pipes, and was insulated at three walls with 50mm styrofoam. Each aeration pipe of a diameter of 25mm had 4mm perforated holes at every 15cm longitudinally, and supplied air of about 2m$^3$/min to the composter to maintain aerobic condition . A stirrer rotating at 1 rpm made one round trip every 20 minutes on the conveying chain along the the length of the composter. Five tests (Test 1~Test 5) were implemented to evaluate the composting effectiveness of a sundry system with a horizontal bin-type composter. Treatments of two levels of the mixture ratio of swine manure and paper sludge cakes(manure : paper sludge cakes= 1 : 4 and 1 : 2) and two levels of the water content(W/C ; 70% and 50%) were made to test the significance of the physicochemical properties for decomposition of the mixture materials. Temperature, C/N ratio, water content, microbial activity of the composting materials were taken measurements to evaluate its performance with the lapse of composting time for tests. A small-scale sundry system with a bin-type composter did not appear to be an appropriate system for composting livestock manure. Since heat generation by the composting materials could not overcome heat loss due to areation in a small-scale composter, a proper thermal enviroment could not be maintained to propagate massively thermopilic microorganism relatively in a short period of time. Different from the result of Chol et al.(1992) 6), a temperature variation of the composting materials did not show the peak clearly and C/N ratio didn't lower with time as expected. Mesophilic microoragnism seemed to play an important role for decomposition of the mixture materials. A sundry system with a bin-type composter may be good for a large-scale livestock farm household which may produce enough animal manure. Therefore a decision should be made very carefully to choose a system for composting livestock waste.

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