• Journal of the Korean Institute of Gas
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• v.9 no.2 s.27
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• pp.38-42
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• 2005

This study introduced concept of safety valve about development of valve for LP gas cylinders. LP gas cylinders are used more because of convenience of use, but a lot of accidents are occurred. Specially, it is used by purpose to injure glossary or others and is sometimes used to a demonstration tool. Korean government was making mandatory to use overuse cutoff valve to reduce accident, but it is real condition that product development is not following. In this study, introduce concept of safety valve that introduce more original safety concept than overuse cutoff valve. This was developed by method that insert module to present use valve and flowing of gas is controlled in state that hose or regulator un-connects to valve. Also, flowing of gas cut-off immediately if hose is cut or occurrence of overuse is produced even if is using normally.

• Journal of the Korean Society of Safety
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• v.21 no.1 s.73
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• pp.48-52
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• 2006

This study is a research of safety valve development for LP gas cylinder which use sintering metal. Re-searcher wishes to apply technology of sintering metal for safety valve development and do gas flow control. The basis of this study is most suitable fluid examination that to reduce gas accident. This research concluded following results. 1. When press pin length is 42mm to 45mm powder quantity is 0.25g, in case of press pin length 36mm to 42mm powder quantity is 0.2g, displayed fluid optimization. 2. When press pin length is 39mm and powder quantity is 0.25g, press pressure displayed fluid optimization at all interests from $1.2\;tons/cm^{2}\;to\;2\;tons/cm^{2}$. 3. When apparent density is about $5.0g/cm^{3}\;to\;4.5g/cm^{3}$, fluid optimization becomes.

• Journal of the Korean Institute of Gas
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• v.11 no.4
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• pp.79-84
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• 2007

In this paper, the finite element analysis of a valve screw for a LPG cylinder has been presented on the leakage safety and strength one, which are computed and investigated by a contact normal stress and von Mises stress between a female screw of a valve and a male screw of a neck ring in a LPG bombe. The LP gas charging pressure of a LPG bombe is $8{\sim}9kg/cm^2$, which is pressurized to the screw sealing contact areas between a valve and a LP gas cylinder. The peak failures of the screw tooth height due to a scratch wear and chipping loss of the contact area may decrease screw tooth strength and increase a leakage of a LP gas. These are strongly affect to the contact normal and von Mises stresses of the valve screws. The FEM computed results show that the tooth height loss due to a wear and chipping failure of the screw peak does not affect to the LP gas leak and strength of a valve screw theoretically. But if the tooth wear of the screw height of a brass valve overpasses the critical strength safety of the valve, the valve screw may be failed in fastening the valve and a LP gas bombe suddenly.

• Journal of the Korean Institute of Gas
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• v.19 no.6
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• pp.80-84
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• 2015

In this paper, the valves for a LPG gas cylinder have been investigated on the body height and weight by comparing design data between typical automatic shut-off vertical and newly developed horizontal valves. The height of an automatic shut-off horizontal valve is radically reduced by 41~42% compared with that of a typical automatic shut-off vertical valve. And, the body weight of a horizontal valve is also reduced by 29~40% compared with that of a vertical shut-off valve. This result is just achieved by a structural design modification from typical vertical valve to horizontal arrangement of various valve components.

• Journal of the Korean Institute of Gas
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• v.11 no.1 s.34
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• pp.23-28
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• 2007

This paper presents an experimental investigation on the sealing defects and cracks of O-rings and a valve packing of a gas valve for a LPG cylinder. O-ring in which stops a gas leakage of a liquefied petroleum gas is very important for a LPG valve safety. Valve packing is to open and close a gas flow port for supplying and charging a LPG fuel. The sealing performance of two sealing units ism related to the leak safety and long lift of a gas valve. The investigated results show that most of O-rings was failed due to a circumferential crack in which is caused by partial press bonding failure near the partition zone and an excess compression rate. Some of the O-ring failure was originated by an extrusion of an excessive leak pressure of a LP gas. Thus, this paper strongly recommends a tight quality control and a safety guarantee system of O-rings and valve packing to guarantee a leak safety and to extend a service lift of a gas valve. At the end, a warranty policy of the sealing units should be adopted for increasing a product quality and safety of a gas valve.

• Journal of the Korean Institute of Gas
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• v.11 no.1 s.34
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• pp.34-39
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• 2007

In this paper, the FEM result has been presented for a sealing safety between a valve packing and a valve seat during a open and close operation in a LPG cylinder. The sealing operation of a LPG valve is completed when the valve packing in which is made by a nylon-66 polymer is to stop a LP gas flow, which flows out from the outlet of a brass pipe in a LPG cylinder. The contact sealing mechanism of the valve may be classified by a flat contact of an unused valve packing and a circular groove contact of an used valve packing in a current LPG valve. Based on the FEM and experimental investigations the sealing force, 4.9 MPa for a flat contact mode of the unused valve packing is a little high compared to that of the used valve packing, which shows a circular groove contact geometry against a valve seat. But these sealing pressures for two contact modes are very low compared to the ultimate strenath 83 MPa of the nylon-66 and this may be designed with a excess strength of the valve.

• 한국가스학회:학술대회논문집
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• 2003.05a
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• pp.127-131
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• 2003

• Journal of the Korean Society of Safety
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• v.20 no.2 s.70
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• pp.158-161
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• 2005

This research is about overflow cutoff valve for liquefied petroleum gas cylinders. This valve was developed based on Bernoulli's equation and Newton's equation. The structure of overflow cutoff valve was made by insert module instead of the ordinary valve that is used at present. Recently, the increase in use of gas for fuel in houses has resulted to more frequent occurrences of gas related accidents. In Korea, the government has made a law for the obligatory use of the cutoff valves. This cutoff valve is not ya developed. This research focuses on the use of over flow cutoff valve for LPG cylinders. If this valve is adapted, many accidents can be prevented.

• Journal of the Korean Institute of Gas
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• v.22 no.4
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• pp.74-81
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• 2018

The Korean Government has proceeded petroleum gas pipeline construction business since 2014 for rural districts. The operating pressure of petroleum gas pipeline are from 25kPa to 75kPa which are different from that of natural gas pipeline. Petroleum gas pipeline pressure is ten or forty times higher than natural gas operating pressure. For this reason, petroleum gas pipeline has higher probability of accident occurrence from massive gas leakage. Korea Gas Safety Corporation begins to development excess flow valves and their performance testing equipment since 2017. The excess flow valves stop the gas flow when a overflow happened in gas pipeline. The excess flow valves are generally not installed in main pipeline, because that may block massive gas supply. So, the valves are installed in starting points of branch pipes. According to the number of house and amount of gas use, a shut-off point of exxcess flow valve is determined called as Trip Flow. The trip point is the most important thing of excess flow valve, so, it is required a equipment testing the performances of excess flow valve as trip point.

• Journal of the Korean Institute of Gas
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• v.11 no.2 s.35
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• pp.37-42
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• 2007

This paper presents the leakage safety of two O-rings, which are located at the rectangular groove between a valve body and a valve stem. The leakage safety analysis of 0-ring seals has been computed as functions of a compression set and a liquefied petroleum gas pressure of a LPG cylinder using a FEM program, MARC. The FEM computed results indicate that the loads from the filling pressure of $8kg/cm^2$ to the upper limit of the safety valve, $24.8kg/cm^2$ work safely according to the pressure vessel code. But two O-rings should consider the aging effects for an increased safety of the o-ring.