• Nuclear Engineering and Technology
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• 제53권12호
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• pp.3892-3901
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• 2021

The pressure drop of a moisture separator in a steam generator is the important design parameter to ensure the successful performance of a nuclear power plant. The moisture separators have a wide range of operating conditions based on the arrangement of them. The prediction of the pressure drop in a moisture separator is challenging due to the complexity of the multi-dimensional two-phase vortex flow. In this study, the moisture separator test facility using the air/water two-phase flow was used to predict the pressure drop of a moisture separator in a Korean OPR-1000 reactor. The prototypical steam/water two-phase flow conditions in a steam generator were simulated as air/water two-phase flow conditions by preserving the centrifugal force and vapor quality. A series of experiments were carried out to investigate the effect of hydraulic characteristics such as the quality and liquid mass flux on the two-phase pressure drop. A new prediction model based on the scaling law was suggested and validated experimentally using the full and half scale of separators. The suggested prediction model showed good agreement with the steam/water experimental results, and it can be extended to predict the steam/water two-phase pressure drop for moisture separators.

• 대한기계학회:학술대회논문집
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• 대한기계학회 2008년도 추계학술대회A
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• pp.1367-1372
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• 2008

A plate type supporting structure of a tube bundle in axial flow generates a certain band of a high frequency periodic excitation of a vortex shedding and/or a flow separation due to sharp edge of the plate thickness and a severe pressure drop due to a cross-sectional area of the supports. With a design consideration of the low vibration and a small flow resistance, the analysis method is uniquely confined to an experimental approach because a complex geometry of a cylindrical tube bundle and/or physical phenomena related to the fluid-structure interaction of tube bundle in a flow impede a theoretical or a numerical approach. A 5x5 cylindrical tube bundle with 5 supports which were discretely located along the bundle's axis was tested in the FIVPET hydraulic test loop for a design evaluation and an analysis perspectives. A high frequency flow-induced vibration of the supporting structures of the cylindrical tube bundle was measured at a outer surface of a supporting structure through a transparent flow housing by the laser dopper vibrometer. Pressure drop in-between three measurement distances was measured by the differential pressure transmitter. High frequency vibration and pressure drop fairly depends on the geometric design of supporting structure. So, these two parameters would be used as a qualitative design variables for design evaluation and analysis.

• 한국지반환경공학회 논문집
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• 제10권2호
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• pp.61-68
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• 2009

본 논문은 수리학적 현장 주입시험 기간 동안 고려될 필요가 있는 수리역학적 상호작용에 따른 균열암반매질의 수리학적 거동에 대한 수치적 연구이다. 이러한 주입시험은 굴착정 내에 설치된 개구간(open hole section)을 따라 높은 압력을 가진 유량을 주입하며, 이를 통해 굴착정을 가로지르는 균열로부터 유량을 측정하는 것이다. 시간에 따라 변화되는 유량측정결과는 수리역학적 상호작용에 대한 분석 및 예측을 위해 개발된 수치모형의 현장 적용성을 평가하기 위해 사용되었다. 유량측정결과 전도성이 있는 균열들은 상호의존적인 균열망을 형성하며, 이로 인해 균열망을 구성하는 개별적인 균열요소들은 독립적인 시스템으로서 적절하게 모형화 될 수 없음을 보여주었다. 또한 간극수압이 굴착정 주위에 작용하는 최소주응력을 초과할 때 새로운 유체유입영역이 발생되며, 이러한 최소주응력보다 훨씬 큰 간극수압은 굴착정 주위의 균열들에 의해 유지될 수 있다는 것을 보여주었다. 본 연구에서 이러한 특성들이 자연 상태의 균열망의 구성형태에 따라 어떻게 영향을 미치게 되는지 이산 균열망 모형을 통해 수치적으로 분석되었다.

• Nuclear Engineering and Technology
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• 제44권7호
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• pp.735-744
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• 2012

In order to quantify the flow distribution characteristics of APR+ reactor, a test was performed on a test facility, ACOP ($\underline{A}$PR+ $\underline{C}$ore Flow & $\underline{P}$ressure Test Facility), having a length scale of 1/5 referring to the prototype plant. The major parameters are core inlet flow and outlet pressure distribution and sectional pressure drops along the major flow path inside reactor vessel. To preserve the flow characteristics of prototype plant, the test facility was designed based on a preservation of major flow path geometry. An Euler number is considered as primary dimensionless parameter, which is conserved with a 1/40.9 of Reynolds number scaling ratio. ACOP simplifies each fuel assembly into a hydraulic simulator having the same axial flow resistance and lateral cross flow characteristics. In order to supply boundary condition to estimate thermal margins of the reactor, the distribution of inlet core flow and core exit pressure were measured in each of 257 fuel assembly simulators. In total, 584 points of static pressure and differential pressures were measured with a limited number of differential pressure transmitters by developing a sequential operation system of valves. In the current study, reactor flow characteristics under the balanced four-cold leg flow conditions at each of the cold legs were quantified, which is a part of the test matrix composing the APR+ flow distribution test program. The final identification of the reactor flow distribution was obtained by ensemble averaging 15 independent test data. The details of the design of the test facility, experiment, and data analysis are included in the current paper.

• 대한기계학회:학술대회논문집
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• 대한기계학회 2001년도 춘계학술대회논문집D
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• pp.858-863
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• 2001

In this paper, the test and result of flow and combustion for 21AFR lean fuel models are described. The necessity to develop the low emission combustor has been issued from the concern on the increase of green house and the destruction of ozone layer. To evaluate the flow and combustion performance of new designed 21AFR lean modules, the hydraulic tests in stereo lithographic airflows models, the low pressure combustion tests in three injectors model for weak extinction and ignition and the high pressure combustion tests in single sector for NOx, SAE and efficiency are performed. The low pressure tests reveal that the governing parameters in weak extinction and ignition at atmospheric condition are prefilmer length, swirl flow rotation direction, secondary swirl angle and flow split. As a results of combustion test at high pressure, the efficiency and smoke level are satisfied with performance targets, but EINOx of 17.8 is higher than target value of 13.1. The high pressure tests show that the main parameters influenced on NOx are primary swirl angle, swirl flow rotation direction, heatshield exit angle and liner mixing hole location.

• 대한기계학회논문집B
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• 제26권8호
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• pp.1132-1137
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• 2002

In this paper, the test results of the combustion for 2 IAFR lean fuel models are described. The need for the low emission combustor has been issued from the concern on the increase of green house and the destruction of ozone layer. To evaluate the flow and combustion performance of newly designed 21AFR lean modules, the hydraulic tests in stereolithographic airflows models, the low pressure combustion tests in three injectors model for weak extinction and ignition and the high pressure combustion tests in single sector for NOx, SAE and efficiency are performed. The low pressure tests reveal that the governing parameters in weak extinction and ignition at atmospheric condition are prefilmer length, swirl flow rotation direction, secondary swirl angle and flow split. As a result of combustion test at high pressure, the efficiency and smoke level are satisfied with performance targets, but EINOx of 17.8 is higher than target value of 13.1 The high pressure tests show that the main parameters influenced on NOx are primary swirl angle, swirl flow rotation direction, heatshield exit angle and liner mixing hole location.

• 한국정밀공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국정밀공학회 2003년도 춘계학술대회 논문집
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• pp.1139-1143
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• 2003

HILS(Hardware-In-the-Loop Simulation) is a scheme that incorporates hardware components of primary concern in the numerical simulation environment. Due to its advantages over actual vehicle test and pure simulation, HILS is being widely accepted in automotive industries as test benches for vehicle control units. Developed in this study is a HILS system for EHB(Electro-Hydraulic Brake) systems that include a high pressure generator and a valve control system that independently modulates the brake pressures at four wheels. An EHB control logic was tested in the HILS system. Test results under various driving conditions are presented and compared with the VDC logic.

• 한국해안·해양공학회논문집
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• 제32권6호
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• pp.575-586
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• 2020

본 연구에서는 단면2차원수리모형실험을 통하여 파랑과 바람이 공존할 경우 호안주변에서 발생되는 수리현상을 검토하였다. 최근의 호안 보수·보강실례를 토대로 서로 다른 4가지의 대표적 호안형상에 대하여 호안전면에 소파블록을 거치한 조건으로 실험단면을 구성하였고 외력변화에 따른 수면변동, 반사율, 월파 및 파압특성을 검토하였다. 호안의 상치형상은 호안전면에 나타나는 수리특성의 가장 중요한 요소이며 바람이 작용할 경우에는 그 경향이 더욱 뚜렷이 나타나는 것을 확인하였다. 실험결과 직립호안의 경우만 보더라도 3 m/s~5 m/s의 바람이 발생할 경우 월파량은 약 5%~12% 증가되었으며 파압의 경우 상치 마루부에서 1.5~2.2배까지 증가되는 것을 확인 할 수 있었으며 상치형상이 다른 3가지의 경우에 바람의 작용이 추가될 경우 호안전면의 수리특성은 변화폭이 보다 크게 나타나는 것을 확인할 수 있었다. 따라서 새로운 상치형상의 호안 설계 시에는 이러한 실험결과를 토대로 파랑과 바람 공존장에 대한 보다 상세한 수리특성 검토가 수반되어야 할 것이다.

• Biomaterials and Biomechanics in Bioengineering
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• 제2권2호
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• pp.111-125
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• 2015

For engineers, generating a mesh in porous media (PMs) sometimes represents a smaller computational load than generating realistic stent geometries with computer fluid dynamics (CFD). For this reason, PMs have recently become attractive to mimic flow-diverter stents (FDs), which are used to treat intracranial aneurysms. PMs function by introducing a hydraulic resistance using Darcy's law; therefore, the pressure drop may be computed by test sections parallel and perpendicular to the main flow direction. However, in previous studies, the pressure drop parallel to the flow may have depended on the width of the gap between the stent and the wall of the test section. Furthermore, the influence of parameters such as the test section geometry and the distance over which the pressure drops was not clear. Given these problems, computing the pressure drop parallel to the flow becomes extremely difficult. The aim of the present study is to resolve this lack of information for stent modeling using PM and to compute the pressure drop using several methods to estimate the influence of the relevant parameters. To determine the pressure drop as a function of distance, an FD was placed parallel and perpendicular to the flow in test sections with rectangular geometries. The inclined angle method was employed to extrapolate the flow patterns in the parallel direction. A similar approach was applied with a cylindrical geometry to estimate loss due to pipe friction. Additionally, the pressure drops were computed by using CFD. To determine if the balance of pressure drops (parallel vs perpendicular) affects flow patterns, we calculated the flow patterns for an ideal aneurysm using PMs with various ratios of parallel pressure drop to perpendicular pressure drop. The results show that pressure drop in the parallel direction depends on test section. The PM thickness and the ratio of parallel permeability to perpendicular permeability affect the flow pattern in an ideal aneurysm. Based on the permeability ratio and the flow patterns, the pressure drop in the parallel direction can be determined.

• 한국토양비료학회지
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• 제41권4호
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• pp.273-278
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• 2008

이 연구는 Tempe 압력셀에서 1-단계 유출법을 이용하여 불포화수리전도도 추정모형인 van Genchten 모형과 Campbell 모형을 비교하고자 수행하였다. 토양 코아(컬럼)는 서울대학교 농업생명과학대학 부속 사과 과수원에 위치한 송정통 (the fine loamy, mesic family of Typic Hapludults) 의 Ap1, B1, C 층에서 채취하였다. 각 층위의 컬럼들에 대해 포화수리전도도를 측정하고 Tempe 압력셀에서 수분보유곡선을 측정한 후 최소좌승법으로 모형의 변수를 도출하였다. 수분보유곡선에서 모형과 측정치는 잘 적합하였고 포화근처에서 Campbell 모형의 적합도가 van Genchten 모형보다 약간 더 좋았다. Campbell 모형의 불포화수리전도도가 van Genchten 모형보다 높게 추정되었으며 1-단계 유출법의 불포화수리전도도는 C층에서 van Genchten 모형과 잘 적합하였고 Ap1층, B1층에서는 두 모형의 중간에서 van Genchten에 약간 더 가까웠다. 따라서 불포화수리전도도 측정범위-10~-75kPa에서 van Genuchten 모형이 실측치와 더 적합하다 할 수 있었고, 포화근처에서는 수분보유곡선과의 적합도가 Campbell 모형이 더 높은 것으로 보아 상대적으로 수리전도도함수의 정확도가 높을 것으로 추측할 수 있었다.