• Journal of the Korean Wood Science and Technology
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• 제35권2호
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• pp.23-28
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• 2007

Wood fuel must be dried before combustion to minimize the energy loss. Sawdust of Japanese red pine was dried in a direct contact thermal screw dryer to investigate the drying characteristics of sawdust as a raw material for bio-fuel. Average drying rate and energy efficiency was 1.4%/min and 69.23% at $100^{\circ}C$, respectively, and those at $120^{\circ}C$ was 2.1%/min and 71.03%, respectively.

• Nuclear Engineering and Technology
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• 제48권1호
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• pp.1-15
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• 2016

For a long time, a top priority in the nuclear industry was the safe, reliable, and economic operation of light water reactors. However, the development of accident-tolerant fuel (ATF) became a hot topic in the nuclear research field after the March 2011 events at Fukushima, Japan. In Korea, innovative concepts of ATF have been developing to increase fuel safety and reliability during normal operations, operational transients, and also accident events. The microcell $UO_2$ and high-density composite pellet concepts are being developed as ATF pellets. A microcell $UO_2$ pellet is envisaged to have the enhanced retention capabilities of highly radioactive and corrosive fission products. High-density pellets are expected to be used in combination with the particular ATF cladding concepts. Two concepts-surface-modified Zr-based alloy and SiC composite material-are being developed as ATF cladding, as these innovative concepts can effectively suppress hydrogen explosions and the release of radionuclides into the environment.

• 한국소음진동공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국소음진동공학회 2007년도 추계학술대회논문집
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• pp.281-286
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• 2007

Needs of fuel's performance evaluation for the dual-cooled fuel pellet (annular shape) necessitate the irradiation test in the test reactor. Irradiation test rig for the HARARO reactor, which is a special-purposed equipment used for material, irradiation and creep test, must satisfy the operational requirement on the hydraulic characteristics and structural integrity. In this paper, pressure drop and flow-induced vibration test for the newly developed non-instrumented test rig were carried out using FIVPET as a out-pile evaluation test. The test results show that the new test rig satisfy the HANARO operational requirement with sufficient margin. The spectral response characteristics of the flow-induced vibration of the test rid were also discussed.

• 한국대기환경학회지
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• 제30권3호
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• pp.251-260
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• 2014

Biomass burning is one of the significant emission source of PM and CO, but a few studies are reported in Korea. Air pollutants emission from biomass burning such as wood stove and boiler, and wood-pellet stove and boiler were estimated in this study. Activity levels related to biomass burning such as fuel types, amount of fuel loading, and location and temporal variation were investigated by field survey over Korea. Fuel loadings were 14.9 kg/day for wood stove, 31.3 kg/day for wood boiler, 12.8 kg/day for wood-pellet stove, 32.5 kg/day for wood-pellet boiler during the season of active use. These were mostly burned in winter season from october to april of next year. Estimated annual emissions from wood stove & boiler were CO 76,677, $NO_x$ 710, $SO_x$ 70, VOC 20,941, TSP 6,605, PM10 2,921, PM2.5 1,851, and NH3 7 ton/yr, respectively. Emissions from wood-pellet stove and boiler were CO 32,798, $NO_x$ 1,830, $SO_x$ 25, VOCs 5,673, TSP 629, PM10 457, PM2.5 344, and $NH_3$ 2 ton/yr, respectively. When the emission estimates are compared with total emissions of the national emission inventory (CAPSS: Clean Air Policy Support System), Those occupy 12.5%, 2.8% of total national emission for CO and PM10, respectively. These results show wood and wood-pellet burning appliances were one of the major source of air pollution in Korea. In future, these types of heaters need to be regulated to reduce air pollution, especially in suburb area.

• Nuclear Engineering and Technology
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• 제29권3호
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• pp.201-210
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• 1997

A thermal conductivity correlation has been proposed which can be applied to high turnup fuel by considering both of thermal conductivity with turnup across fuel pellet and additional degradation at pellet rim due to very high porosity. In addition, a correlation has been developed that can estimate the porosity of rim region as a function of rim burnup under the assumptions that all the produced fission gases are retained in the in porosity and threshold pellet average burnup required for the formation of rim region is 40 MWD/㎏U. Rim width is correlated to rim burnup using measured data. For the RISO experimental data obtained at pellet average turnup of 43.5 MWD/㎏U for three linear heat generation rates of 30, 35 and 40 ㎾/m, radial temperature distributions ore calculated using the present correlation and compared with the measured ones. This comparison shows that the present correlation gives the best agreement with the measured data when it is combined with the HALDEN's correlation for thermal conductivity considering its degradation with burnup. Another comparison with the HALDEN's measured fuel centerline temperature as a function of burnup at 25 ㎾/m up to about 44 MWD/㎾U also suggest that the present correlation yields the best agreement when it is combined with the HALDEN's thermal conductivity.

• 한국원자력학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국원자력학회 1999년도 춘계학술발표회요약집
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• pp.267-267
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• 1999

• 한국분말재료학회지
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• 제15권2호
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• pp.87-94
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• 2008

In order to investigate a nitriding process of spent oxide fuel and the subsequent change in thermal properties after nitriding, simulated spent fuel powder was converted into a nitride pellet with simulated fission product elements through a carbothermic reduction process. Nitriding rate of simulated spent fuel was decreased with increasing of the amount of fission products. Contents of Ba and Sr in simulated spent fuel were decreased after the carbothermic reduction process. The thermal conductivity of the nitride pellet was decreased by an addition of fission product element but was higher than that of the oxide fuel containing fission product elements.

• Nuclear Engineering and Technology
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• 제20권2호
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• pp.88-104
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• 1988

이차원의 유한요소법을 이용하여 axisymmetric R-$\theta$system으로 나누어서 정상과 부하추종 운전시에 핵연료 페렛트와 피복관의 열역학적 거동을 분석하기 위해서 FURA전산코드를 개발하였다. 온도분포와 내부압력을 정확히 계산하기 위해서 페렛트와 피복관의 변형과 핵분열의 기체방출을 전체 핵연료봉 길이로 고려하였다. 열역학적 평 형방정식을 얻기 위해서 Galerkin's Technique과 가상일의 원리를 사용하였고 역학적 해석을 위해서 탄성-소성, 크리프뿐만아니라 스엘링, 재배열, 고밀화 현상등을 고려하였다. 기하학적 모델에서는 4-결점 요소라 페레트 길이의 1/2만을 택하였다. 비선형식을 안정하게 해석하기 위해서 음해법을 도입하여 뉴튼-랩손 반복법을 적용하였다 이 코드의 검증은 해석해와 실험데이타로 비교하였다. 핵연료봉의 일반적인 거동은 axisymmetry system으로 계산하였고 균열된 페레트에 접촉하는 피복관의 거동은 R-$\theta$system을 사용하였다. 부하추종에 의한 피복관의 변형시효의 민감도는 출력율, 진동수, 진폭등으로 비교하였다.

• 에너지공학
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• 제24권3호
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• pp.13-19
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• 2015

본 연구는 숲가꾸기 사업시 솎아내는 나무(소경간벌재), 벌채 수확 후 남긴 잔재물인 가지, 목재가공 후에 남긴 폐기 대상목재, 갱신지 벌채림 및 왕겨 등을 활용하여 펠릿 제조가 가능한 이동식 펠릿 제조 장비를 개발하는 것으로, 초기함수율이 약 32%인 도로변 가지치기 나무를 재료로 최종함수율이 약 10%인 펠릿을 생산할 경우 시간당 생산량은 약 309kg이며, 하루 약 8시간 작업시 약 2ton의 생산량이 가능하고, 펠릿 생산(시간당 약 309kg)에 필요한 평균소요동력은 약 122.4PS이며, 생산비용과 판매비용을 비교하면 1일 작업기준으로 약 268,000원의 수익이 예상되어 향후 사업성이 기대된다.

• 한국신재생에너지학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국신재생에너지학회 2006년도 추계학술대회
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• pp.521-524
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• 2006

Recently, densified pollet fuel from wood biomass is widely used at North America and Europe as a regenerable and clean carbon neutral bioenergy. High-pressure compaction of sawdust of several species of wood to form a densified fuel was studied. Calorific and elemental analysis were carried out to assess pellet fuels Hot-press process was adopted for compact ion of sawdust and compaction was performed under prescribed condition. Densified fuels were evaluated by its oven-dry density and fines after 5-minute shaking test. The target density and fines of densified fuels were over $1.2g/cm^3$ and below 0.5%, respectively. When the press-temperature is over $60^{\circ}C$ densified fuels with density over $1.2g/cm^3$ and with fines below 0.5% can be produced. And the pressure over $1000kgf/cm^2$ was effect ive for this production.