• 한국지반공학회논문집
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• 제39권9호
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• pp.5-11
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• 2023

지반구조물의 해석에 있어서 해석의 고려 대상과 분야가 점점 다변화되고 있으며, 특히 지반동결과 관련된 분야에서 지반재료의 열적거동 특성에 대한 예측의 필요성이 중요해지고 있다. 신뢰성 있는 지반의 동결거동 평가를 위해서는 다양한 조건에서의 시료의 유효 열전도도 변화에 대한 고려가 필요하다. 본 논문에서는 시료의 간극률, 초기 포화도, Read time 설정을 달리하여 탐침 실험을 수행하였고, 이를 통해 동결 사질토의 유효 열전도도에 영향을 미치는 인자들을 평가하였다. 서로 다른 간극률 조건에서 실험을 수행한 결과, 시료의 간극률이 작을수록 동결토의 유효 열전도도는 증가하는 경향이 나타났다. 반면, 시료의 포화도가 증가할수록 동결토의 유효 열전도도는 증가하였다. 유효 열전도도 측정에 대한 계측기 Read time 설정의 민감도가 존재하였는데, Read time을 1분으로 설정하여 측정하였을 때 측정값의 범위가 국내의 선행연구결과와 유사하게 나타났다.

• 한국태양에너지학회 논문집
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• 제32권5호
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• pp.68-74
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• 2012

Investigation of the effective soil thermal conductivity($k$) is the first step in designing the ground loop heat exchanger(borehole) of a geothermal heat pump system. Another important factor is the borehole thermal resistance($R_b$). Thermal response tests offer a good method to determine the ground thermal properties for the total heat transport in the ground. The first step is measured for initial soil temperature. This is done by supplying a only pump power into a borehole heat exchanger. They need to supply into water unload heat power more than 30 minutes. In this study, the initial soil temperature was found to analysis $14.1{\sim}16.0^{\circ}C$,the ratio was 68.7% represented. In this case of $k$, was 2.1~3.0 $W/m{\cdot}k$, $R_b$ was 0.11~0.20 $m{\cdot}K/W$. In this work, it is also shown that the distribution of a soil thermal conductivity and borehole thermal resistance were on the influence of initial soil temperature. And soil thermal conductivity was related with factors of equation by linear least square method, borehole thermal resistance was on the influence of composite factors.

• Geomechanics and Engineering
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• 제11권6호
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• pp.771-785
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• 2016

The thermal conductivity of soils is an important property in energy-related geotechnical structures, such as underground heat pumps and underground electric power cable tunnels. This study explores the effects of geotechnical engineering properties on the thermal conductivity of soils. The thermal conductivities of quartz sands and Korean weathered silty sands were documented via a series of laboratory experiments, and its variations with effective stress, porosity, and water saturation were examined. While thermal conductivity was found to increase with an increase in the effective stress and water saturation and with a decrease in porosity, replacing air by water in pores the most predominantly enhanced the thermal conductivity by almost one order of magnitude. In addition, we have suggested an improved model for thermal conductivity prediction, based on water saturation, dry thermal conductivity, saturated thermal conductivity, and a fitting parameter that represents the curvature of the thermal conductivity-water saturation relation.

• 한국지반공학회논문집
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• 제29권1호
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• pp.93-107
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• 2013

입상체의 열전도도 산정에 관한 연구는 다공질 매질이나 지반공학에서 다양하게 사용될 수 있다. 입상체의 열전도도 산정은 입자들 사이의 에너지 관계에 대한 모사를 통해 "유효 열전도도"를 획득하는 것으로 발전하였다. 본 연구는 불포화토의 유효 열전도도를 산정하기 위해 3차원 개별 요소법을 이용하여 입자를 생성하고 기존 네트워크 모델을 수정하여 적용하였다. 수정된 네트워크 모델을 검증하기 위해 3가지 다른 크기의 글라스 비즈와 주문진사를 이용하여 실내시험을 통해 흙-수분 특성 곡선과 포화도에 따른 시료의 열전도도를 산정하였다. 수정된 네트워크 모델에서는 흙-수분 특성 곡선을 사용하여 입자 사이의 평균 유효 열전달 실린더 반경을 조정하고 모델에 적용하였다. 일련의 실내시험과 수정된 네트워크 모델을 사용하여 결과를 비교한 결과, 흙-수분 특성 곡선을 적용한 네트워크 모델은 주어진 불포화 조건에서 입상체 시료의 유효 열전도도를 합리적으로 모사할 수 있는 것으로 나타났다. 또한, 포화상태의 유효 열전달 실린더 반경 계수로 정규화한 예측식을 제안하였다. 제안한 예측식을 통해 기존 네트워크 모델을 사용하여 불포화 상태에서 입상체의 유효 열전도도를 산정할 수 있다.

• 한국태양에너지학회 논문집
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• 제31권4호
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• pp.80-86
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• 2011

Investigation of the effective soil thermal conductivity(k) is the first step in designing the ground loop heat exchanger(borehole) of a geothermal heat pump system. Another important factor is the borehole thermal resistance($R_b$). Thermal response tests offer a good method to determine the ground thermal properties for the total heat transport in the ground. This is done by supplying a constant heat power into a borehole heat exchanger. There are two methods to supply a constant heat power. One is to employ the electricity provided by Korea Electric Power Corporation(KEPCO). The other is to use electricity generated by a generator. In this study, the power supply regulation was found to reduce when the electricity generated by the generator was used. This is because the generator evaluated with the power supply characteristically reduces the power supply regulation between an overload and a complex using. But it sometimes occurs a power supply regulation in In-situ thermal response test. In this case getting of k,$R_b$ requires delay times and restored normal state. However, the effect of the delay times and restored normal state on the soil thermal conductivity and borehole thermal resistance is very small. Therefore it is possible to use a generally accepted delay times and restored normal state in the analysis. In this work, it is also shown that an acceptable range of ${\Delta}k$, ${\Delta}R_b$ for normal state and regulation state might be approximately 0.01-0.16W/m k, and -0.004-0.007m K/W, respectively. Thus, restored normal state of power supply regulation is valuable to recommend.

• 한국지하수토양환경학회지:지하수토양환경
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• 제15권6호
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• pp.91-98
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• 2010

The effective thermal conductivity of porous materials is usually determined by porosity, water content, and the conductivity of the matrix. In addition, it is also affected by the internal structure of the materials such as the size, arrangement, and connectivity of the matrix-forming grains. Based on the structural models for multi-phase materials, thermal conductivities of soils and sands measured with varying the water content were analyzed. Thermal conductivities of dry samples were likely to fall in the region between the Maxwell-Eucken model with air as the continuous phase and the matrix as the dispersed phase ($ME_{air}$) and the co-continuous (CC) model. However, water-saturated samples moved down to the region between the $ME_{wat}$ model and the series model. The predictive inconsistency of the structural models for dry and water-saturated samples may be caused by the increase of porosity for water-saturated samples, which leads to decrease of connectivity among the grains of matrix. In cases of variably saturated samples with a uniform grain size, the thermal conductivity showed progressive changes of the structural models from the $ME_{air}$ model to the $ME_{wat}$ model depending on the water content. Especially, an abrupt increase found in 0-20% of the water content, showing transition from the $ME_{air}$ model to the CC model, can be attributed to change of water from the dispersed to continuous phase. On the contrary, the undisturbed soil samples with various sizes of grains showed a gradual increase of conductivity during the transition from the $ME_{air}$ model to the CC model.

• 한국태양에너지학회 논문집
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• 제30권4호
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• pp.71-78
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• 2010

Investigation of the effective soil thermal conductivity(k) is the first step in designing the ground loop heat exchanger(borehole) of a geothermal heat pump system. The line source method is required by New and Renewable Energy Center of Korea Energy Management Corporation in analyzing data obtained from thermal response tests. Another important factor in designing the ground loop heat exchanger is the borehole thermal resistance($R_b$). There are two methods to evaluate $R_b$ : one is to use a line source method, and the other is to use a shape factor of the borehole. In this study, we demonstrated that the line source method produces better results than the shape factor method in evaluating $R_b$. This is because the borehole thermal resistance evaluated with the line source method characteristically reduces the temperature differences between an actual and a theoretical thermal behaviors of the borehole. Evaluation of $R_b$ requires soil volumetric heat capacity. However, the effect of the soil volumetric heat capacity on the borehole thermal resistance is very small. Therefore, it is possible to use a generally accepted average value of soil volumetric heat capacity($=2MJ/m^3{\cdot}K$) in the analysis. In this work, it is also shown that an acceptable range of the initial ignoring time should be in the range of 8~16hrs. Thus, a mean value of 12 hrs is recommended.

• 한국태양에너지학회 논문집
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• 제25권1호
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• pp.97-104
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• 2005

A one-dimensional heat transfer model for the vertical borehole system is derived in this study to predict the thermal behavior of the system and surrounding soil. In this model the U-tube is replaced with one effective tube of effective diameter which is surrounded by concentric grout region. All thermal resistances of borehole are counted in the grout region with effective thermal conductivity of grout. Effective thermal conductivity of grout and sand are calculated through parameter estimation. The validity of this model is accomplished through comparison of the predicted temperature profiles of the model with experimental data.

• 한국태양에너지학회 논문집
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• 제29권5호
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• pp.20-27
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• 2009

The effect of borehole thermal resistance on the borehole length is studied. In performing this work a new concept BLRR(borehole length reduction rate) is developed based on the line source model. The solution of line source model is shown to be valid through the comparison with the data of thermal response test. It is shown that BLRR is a function of soil thermal conductivity(k) and borehole thermal resistance($R_b$). The value of BLRR increases with increasing k, which means reducing $R_b$ is more effective when k is high. The reduction of borehole length with change of $R_b$ is easily estimated with BLRR. The validity of BLRR is also examined with EED analysis.

• 한국지반환경공학회 논문집
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• 제13권3호
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• pp.21-27
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• 2012

동토를 대상으로 건설되는 지반구조물과 방사능 폐기물 처리장의 점토벽체의 성능을 결정하기 위해서는 정확한 세립토의 열전도계수 산정이 중요하다. 그러나 세립토의 경우 시료 성형과정에서의 교란, 포화상태 유지, 그리고 측정 장치의 장기발열로 인해 함수비 구배 발생과 같은 기존 열전도계수 측정 장비의 문제점으로 인해 열전도계수 측정에 오차가 발생한다. 본 연구에서는 압밀장비를 개조하여 열전도계수 측정용 니들프로브를 삽입한 상태에서 압밀시험을 활용하여 하중조건과 건조밀도의 변화에 따른 열전도계수를 연속적으로 측정하였다. 또한 실내실험 결과를 토대로 흙입자 구성성분의 열전도계수를 고려한 예측 모델의 신뢰성을 분석하였다.