• 제목/요약/키워드: Leak detection

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Macro fiber composite (MFC) 센서를 이용한 음향방출 기술 기반 배관 누수 감지 시스템 (Acoustic Emission (AE) Technology-based Leak Detection System Using Macro-fiber Composite (MFC) Sensor)

  • 박재현;이시맥;이범주;김선주;유형민
    • Composites Research
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    • 제36권6호
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    • pp.429-434
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    • 2023
  • 본 연구에서는 기존 배관 가스 누출 감지에 사용되던 음향방출 센서가 실시간 모니터링에 적용될 때 발생할 수 있는 문제들을 개선하기 위해, Macro-fiber composite (MFC) 트랜스듀서를 음향방출 센서로 사용하여 가스 누출 감지 시스템에 적용하였다. 적용 전 MFC의 구조를 최적화하기 위해 구조해석을 진행하여 제작하였고, 그 결과 MFC가 가지는 유연성으로 굴곡진 배관에 잘 밀착되어 AE 신호를 문제없이 수신할 수 있었다. AE 신호 분석 결과 고압 누출, 저압 누출 모두 파라미터 값 변화에 유의미한 결과를 보였으며, 특히, FFT 그래프의 파라미터에서 고압 누출의 경우 누출이 없는 경우 대비 120~626%의 변화량, 저압 누출의 경우 9~22%의 변화량을 보였다. 또한, 누출 발생 부위에서의 거리에 따라, 거리가 멀수록 이러한 파라미터 변화량이 줄어드는 경향을 보여, 추후 파라미터 변화량 감지를 통해 누출 감지가 가능할 뿐만 아니라, 변화량으로부터 누출 발생 위치를 파악할 수 있을 것으로 보인다.

상수관망 블록의 대표적인 용수사용 유형에 대한 최소 용수사용 시간의 결정 (Determining the Time of Least Water Use for the Major Water Usage Types in District Metered Areas)

  • 박수완;정소연
    • 상하수도학회지
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    • 제29권3호
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    • pp.415-425
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    • 2015
  • Aging water pipe networks hinder efficient management of important water service indices such as revenue water and leakage ratio due to pipe breakage and malfunctioning of pipe appurtenance. In order to control leakage in water pipe networks, various methods such as the minimum night flow analysis and sound waves method have been used. However, the accuracy and efficiency of detecting water leak by these methods need to be improved due to the increase of water consumption at night. In this study the Principal Component Analysis (PCA) technique was applied to the night water flow data of 426 days collected from a water distribution system in the interval of one hour. Based on the PCA technique, computational algorithms were developed to narrow the time windows for efficient execution of leak detection job. The algorithms were programmed on computer using the MATLAB. The presented techniques are expected to contribute to the efficient management of water pipe networks by providing more effective time windows for the detection of the anomaly of pipe network such as leak or abnormal demand.

Feasibility study of a resistive-type sodium aerosol detector with ZnO nanowires for sodium-cooled fast reactors

  • Jewhan Lee;Da-Young Gam;Ki Ean Nam;Seong J. Cho;Hyungmo Kim
    • Nuclear Engineering and Technology
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    • 제55권7호
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    • pp.2373-2379
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    • 2023
  • In sodium systems, leakage is one of the safety concerns; it can cause chemical reactions, which may result in fires. There are contact and non-contact types of leak detectors, and the conventional method of non-contact type detection is by gas sampling. Because of the complexity of this method, there has always been a need for a simple gas sensor, and the resistive-type nanostructure ZnO sensor is a promising option with various advantages. In this study, a ZnO sensor was fabricated, and the concept was tested as a leak detector using a dedicated experiment facility. The experiment results showed distinctive changes in resistance with the presence of sodium aerosol under various conditions. Replacing the conventional gas sampling with the ZnO sensors is expected to enable identification of the leakage location if used as a point-wise instrumentation and to greatly reduce the total cost, making the system simple, light, and effective. For further study, more tests will be performed to evaluate the sensitivity of key parameters under various conditions.