• 한국재료학회지
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• 제10권1호
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• pp.55-61
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• 2000

$UO_2$분말에 PVA-Al(III) 착물과 AlOOH를 각각 0.03~1.0wt%를 첨가하여 소결체를 제조한 후 소결체 특성을 비교하였다. PVA-Al(III) 착물과 AlOOH는 $1000^{\circ}C$의 소소분위기에서 열분해하는 경우 생성상은 $\theta-Al_2O_3$이었다. 순수 $UO_2$분말에 비해 AlOOH가 첨가된 혼합 분말의 곁보기 밀도는 더 높았고, PVA-Al(III) 착물이 첨가된 혼합 분말은 더 낮은 겉보기 밀도를 보였다. AlOOH가 첨가된 소결체의 경우 약 $800^{\circ}C$ 부근에서 치밀화가 시작되었지만, PVA-Al(III) 착물이 첨가된 소결체의 경우에는 약 $900^{\circ}C$에서 치밀화가 시작되었다. 기공 크기 분포는 AlOOH가 첨가된 $UO_2$소결체의 경우에 monomodal 형태로, 그리고 PVA-Al(III) 착물의 첨가된 소결체의 경우에는 bimodal 형태로 나타났다. 결정립 크기는 1wt% 첨가시 AlOOH가 첨가된 $UO_2$소결체의 경우에 약 $13\mu\textrm{m}$이었지만, PVA-Al(III) 착물의 첨가된 소결체의 경우에는 약 $\36mu\textrm{m}$까지 성장하는 현저한 효과를 확인하였다.

• Corrosion Science and Technology
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• 제6권4호
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• pp.193-197
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• 2007

It is well known that the development of Advanced High Strength Steels (AHSS) is very important for the automotive industry in order to improve fuel efficiency and the reduction of material costs. However, it is particularly difficult to improve the surface quality of AHSS because the high amount of Si, Al, Mn and Ti etc. in AHSS promote selective oxidation, resulting in surface defects. The reheating process in the hot strip mill would cause severe oxidation because it is carried out at elevated temperatures under aggressive environments. In this study a reheating furnace simulator was developed to investigate oxidation phenomena in the reheating process. The environmental gas for the reheating furnace was made by burning coke oven gas with air in the simulator. The air/fuel ratio is precisely controlled by MFC. Ti oxides are easily formed on grain boundaries and Mn and Si oxides are usually formed in inner grains near the steel surface with a small round shape.

• Nuclear Engineering and Technology
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• 제47권5호
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• pp.608-616
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• 2015

The migration of silver (Ag) in silicon carbide (SiC) and $^{110m}Ag$ through SiC of irradiated tristructural isotropic (TRISO) fuel has been studied for the past three to four decades. However, there is no satisfactory explanation for the transport mechanism of Ag in SiC. In this work, the diffusion coefficients of Ag measured and/or estimated in previous studies were reviewed, and then pre-exponential factors and activation energies from the previous experiments were evaluated using Arrhenius equation. The activation energy is $247.4kJ{\cdot}mol^{-1}$ from Ag paste experiments between two SiC layers produced using fluidized-bed chemical vapor deposition (FBCVD), $125.3kJ{\cdot}mol^{-1}$ from integral release experiments (annealing of irradiated TRISO fuel), $121.8kJ{\cdot}mol^{-1}$ from fractional Ag release during irradiation of TRISO fuel in high flux reactor (HFR), and $274.8kJ{\cdot}mol^{-1}$ from Ag ion implantation experiments, respectively. The activation energy from ion implantation experiments is greater than that from Ag paste, fractional release and integral release, and the activation energy from Ag paste experiments is approximately two times greater than that from integral release experiments and fractional Ag release during the irradiation of TRISO fuel in HFR. The pre-exponential factors are also very different depending on the experimental methods and estimation. From a comparison of the pre-exponential factors and activation energies, it can be analogized that the diffusion mechanism of Ag using ion implantation experiment is different from other experiments, such as a Ag paste experiment, integral release experiments, and heating experiments after irradiating TRISO fuel in HFR. However, the results of this work do not support the long held assumption that Ag release from FBCVD-SiC, used for the coating layer in TRISO fuel, is dominated by grain boundary diffusion. In order to understand in detail the transport mechanism of Ag through the coating layer, FBCVD-SiC in TRISO fuel, a microstructural change caused by neutron irradiation during operation has to be fully considered.

• 한국추진공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국추진공학회 2010년도 제35회 추계학술대회논문집
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• pp.474-478
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• 2010

순수 파라핀에 10 wt%의 LDPE를 첨가한 용융성 혼합 연료로 제작한 다이아프램을 장착한 연료를 사용하여 하이브리드 로켓 연소 실험을 수행하였고 다이아프램이 없는 파라핀 연료의 결과와 비교하였다. 용융성 다이아프램을 설치한 경우 강화된 난류와 열전달로 인해 다이어프램 후방의 연료 후퇴율이 크게 증가하였으며 특성속도와 비추력이 증가하였다. 연소 불안정 해석에서는 심각한 연소 불안정이 관찰되지 않았다. 이를 통해 용융성 다이어프램이 용융성 연료를 사용하는 하이브리드 로켓의 낮은 연소 효율 개선에 효과적임을 확인하였다.

• 한국추진공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국추진공학회 2008년도 제31회 추계학술대회논문집
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• pp.207-210
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• 2008

고체 추진기관을 빠르고 정확하게 설계하기 위해 통합 설계 시스템을 개발하였다. 이 시스템에는 체계 요구 조건으로부터 전체적인 크기를 결정하는 사이징 설계 모듈과 구조체 설계, 그레인 설계, 성능 예측 모듈과 같이 네 개의 모듈로 구성되어 고체 추진 기관의 기본설계를 수행할 수 있게 개발 되었다. 본 연구에서 개발된 시스템을 사용하여 고체 추진기관의 기본 설계를 하는 과정은 다음과 같다. 먼저, 체계 요구 조건으로부터 전체적인 크기를 결정한 후 구조체 및 그레인 설계에 이용한다. 구조체설계 모듈로 구조체의 기본 설계를 수행 한 후 이를 이용해 그레인 설계 모듈로 그레인 기본 설계와 이 후 성능 계산에 필요한 데이터를 생성할 수 있다. 성능 해석 모듈은 기본 설계가 완료된 추진 기관의 성능을 예측하여 체계 요구 조건에 부합되는지를 확인하여 재설계 여부를 결정한다.

• 한국항공우주학회지
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• 제34권12호
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• pp.59-66
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• 2006

하이브리드 로켓 연료의 연소율 향상을 위한 나선형 홈이 유동 특성에 미치는 영향을 규명하기 위하여 난류 증가와 선회 유동 발생에 대한 수치계산을 수행하였다. 나선형 튜브의 열전달 관계식을 이용하여 여러 형상의 나선형 홈이 있는 연료의 열전달 향상을 예측하였으며 연소율 측정값과 비교하여 상호 연관성을 확인하였다. 실험 결과와 열전달 향상 예측 값은 동일한 경향을 나타내더라도 수치는 큰 차이를 나타냈는데 이것은 연료가 연소하기 위하여 기화할 때 발생하는 분출속도가 존재하기 때문이다. 분출효과를 고려하여 RANS 계산을 수행한 결과, 난류에너지는 상당히 증가한 반면 선회 수는 조금 증가하는 결과를 보여 주었다. 그럼에도 불구하고 나선형 홈에 의한 난류 증가 또는 선회유동 생성은 연소율을 증가시키는 중요한 메커니즘임이 밝혀졌다. 그러나 분출로 인하여 난류에너지가 증가되어도 열전달 향상에 기여하지 못하는 것으로 확인되었는데 이것은 분출 속도가 표면의 경계층을 밀어내어 대류 열전달이 증가되는 것을 차단하기 때문인 것으로 밝혀졌다.

• 한국세라믹학회지
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• 제52권6호
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• pp.441-448
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• 2015

Silicon carbide (SiC) coatings for tri-isotropic (TRISO) nuclear fuel particles were fabricated using a chemical vapor deposition (CVD) process onto graphite. A micro-tensile-testing system was developed for the mechanical characterization of SiC coatings at high temperatures. The fracture strength of the SiC coatings was characterized by the developed micro-tensile test in the range of $25^{\circ}C$ to $1000^{\circ}C$. Two types of CVD-SiC films were prepared for the micro-tensile test. SiC-A exhibited a large grain size (0.4 ~ 0.6 m) and the [111] preferred orientation, while SiC-B had a small grain size (0.2 ~ 0.3 mm) and the [220] preferred orientation. Free silicon (Si) was co-deposited onto SiC-B, and stacking faults also existed in the SiC-B structure. The fracture strengths of the CVD-SiC coatings, as measured by the high-temperature micro-tensile test, decreased with the testing temperature. The high-temperature fracture strengths of CVD-SiC coatings were related to the microstructure and defects of the CVD-SiC coatings.

• 한국세라믹학회지
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• 제44권12호
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• pp.696-702
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• 2007

The family of (Sr,Mg)-doped $LaGaO_3$ compounds, which exhibit high ionic conductivity at $600-800^{\circ}C$ over a wide range of oxygen partial pressure, appears to be promising as the electrolyte for intermediate temperature solid oxide fuel cells. Conventional synthesis routes of (Sr,Mg)-doped $LaGaO_3$ compounds based on solid state reaction have some problems such as the formation of impurity phases, long sintering time and Ga loss during high temperature sintering. Phase stability problem especially, the formation of additional phases at the grain boundary is detrimental to the electrical properties of the electrolyte. From this point of view, we focused to synthesize single phase (Sr,Mg)-doped $LaGaO_3$ electrolyte at the stage of powder synthesis and to apply relatively low heat-treatment temperature using novel synthesis route based on combustion method. The synthesized powder and sintered bulk electrolytes were characterized by XRD, TG-DTA, FT-IR and SEM. AC impedance spectroscopy was used to characterize the electrical transport properties of the electrolyte with the consideration of the contribution of the bulk lattice and grain boundary to the total conductivity. Finally, relationship between synthesis condition and electrical properties of the (Sr, Mg)-doped $LaGaO_3$ electrolytes was discussed with the consideration of phase analysis results.

• 한국추진공학회지
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• 제11권2호
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• pp.79-85
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• 2007

Polyethylene-GOX (PE-GOX) 조합의 추진제를 사용하는 하이브리드 모터의 성능 예측 모델을 제시하였다. 성능에 영향을 미치는 인자들에 대해 자세한 고찰이 이루어 졌으며, 연료의 후퇴율과 산화제 조절 밸브의 개폐 응답 특성을 고려한 비정상 지배방정식을 구성하고 연소 중 O/F(산화제/연료)비에 따라 변화하는 열역학 데이터를 고려한 4차 Runge-Kutta 수치기법으로 해를 구하여 실험결과와 비교하여 잘 일치함을 확인하였다. 또한 연소 중 그레인의 후퇴율과 O/F비등의 성능 변수들의 영향을 분석하였다.

• Nuclear Engineering and Technology
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• 제50권2호
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• pp.268-279
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• 2018

The ALCYONE multidimensional fuel performance code codeveloped by the CEA, EDF, and AREVA NP within the PLEIADES software environment models the behavior of fuel rods during irradiation in commercial pressurized water reactors (PWRs), power ramps in experimental reactors, or accidental conditions such as loss of coolant accidents or reactivity-initiated accidents (RIAs). As regards the latter case of transient in particular, ALCYONE is intended to predictively simulate the response of a fuel rod by taking account of mechanisms in a way that models the physics as closely as possible, encompassing all possible stages of the transient as well as various fuel/cladding material types and irradiation conditions of interest. On the way to complying with these objectives, ALCYONE development and validation shall include tests on $PWR-UO_2$ fuel rods with advanced claddings such as M5(R) under "low pressure-low temperature" or "high pressure-high temperature" water coolant conditions. This article first presents ALCYONE V1.4 RIA-related features and modeling. It especially focuses on recent developments dedicated on the one hand to nonsteady water heat and mass transport and on the other hand to the modeling of grain boundary cracking-induced fission gas release and swelling. This article then compares some simulations of RIA transients performed on $UO_2$-M5(R) fuel rods in flowing sodium or stagnant water coolant conditions to the relevant experimental results gained from tests performed in either the French CABRI or the Japanese NSRR nuclear transient reactor facilities. It shows in particular to what extent ALCYONE-starting from base irradiation conditions it itself computes-is currently able to handle both the first stage of the transient, namely the pellet-cladding mechanical interaction phase, and the second stage of the transient, should a boiling crisis occur. Areas of improvement are finally discussed with a view to simulating and analyzing further tests to be performed under prototypical PWR conditions within the CABRI International Program. M5(R) is a trademark or a registered trademark of AREVA NP in the USA or other countries.