• 대한기계학회논문집A
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• 제20권6호
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• pp.1872-1881
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• 1996

LBB(Leak-Before-Break) analysis is performed for the highest stress location of each different type of mateerials in the nuclear piping line. In most cases, the highest stress occurs in the pipe and nozzle interface location. i.e. terminal end. The current finite element analysis approach utilizes the symmetry condition both for locations near the nozzle and for locationa away from the nozzle to minimize the size of the finite element model and to make analysis simple when calculating the J-integral values at the crack tip. In other words, the nozzle is not included in the finite element model. However, in reality, the symmetric condition is not applicable for the pipe-nozzle interface location. Because the pipe-nozzle interface location is asymmetric due to different stiffenss of the pipe and nozzle(both material and dimensions). The simplified analysis approach for pipe-nozzle interface locaiton is too conservative for a smaller diameter piping. In tlhis paper, various analyses are performed for the range of materials and crack sizes to evaluate the nozzle effect for a LBB anlaysis. This paper presents methodology for developing the piping evaluaiton diagram at the pipe-nozzle interface location.

• 한국수자원학회논문집
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• 제42권3호
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• pp.177-190
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• 2009

노후수도관 개량사업은 예산상, 시공상 등의 여러 제약조건에 의해서 장기적인 계획 하에 시행되게 된다. 본 연구에서는 연구대상지역에서 1992년부터 1997년 사이에 기록된 누수 위치좌표 약 8,000개를 이용하여 누수 위치들 간의 공간적 상관관계에 대한 계층적 군집분석을 수행한다. 계층적 군집분석방법 중 최단 연결법, 최장 연결법 및 평균 연결법을 적용하여 연구대상지역을 누수위치의 공간적 상관관계에 따라 분할하였으며, 각 군집 방법 별로 분할된 구역들을 비교하여 연구대상지역에 가장 적절한 군집 분석방법을 제시한다. 제시된 최적의 군집분석 방법을 이용하여 연구대상지역을 누수 위치들을 군집으로 분할한 후 군집으로 분할된 각 구역의 단위면적당 누수건수를 산정하고 이에 따라서 분할된 구역들에 대한 상수관망 유지관리 우선순위를 결정한다.

• 상하수도학회지
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• 제35권1호
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• pp.15-25
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• 2021

In this study, a method of leakage detection was proposed to locate leak position for a reservoir pipeline valve system using wavelet coherence analysis for an injected pressure wave. An unsteady flow analyzer handled nonlinear valve maneuver and corresponding experimental result were compared. Time series of pressure head were analyzed through wavelet coherence analysis both for no leak and leak conditions. The leak information can be obtained through either time domain reflectometry or the difference in wavelet coherence level, which provide predictions in terms of leak location. The reconstructed pressure signal facilitates the identification of leak presence comparing with existing wavelet coherence analysis.

• 상하수도학회지
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• 제32권5호
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• pp.461-470
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• 2018

In this study, the leak signal was measured by using an accelerometer to analyze the basic data and methodology for the development of the leak point estimation method in the water supply pipe. The measured results were analyzed by frequency analysis and cross-correlation analysis for leakage signals, and the error range was compared and analyzed with the actual leak point distance. As a result, it was confirmed that the vibration intensity due to leakage from the water leakage point was attenuated according to the distance. In the case of the ductile iron casting used in the experiment, the intensity of the signal at the 945 Hz, 1,500 Hz, 2,300 Hz band was increased with the change of the pressure in the pipe at 4mm of leakage hole. Also, it was confirmed that as the water pressure increases, the intensity of the leak signal increases but the similarity of the signal decreases. The results of this study confirm that the accelerometer sensor can be used efficiently for leak detection and it can be used as a basic data for the analysis for the development of leak point estimation method in the future.

• 한국신뢰성학회지:신뢰성응용연구
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• 제11권3호
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• pp.213-224
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• 2011

In this paper, we analyze statistically the data set of first leak time of water pipeline. We classify first the leak time data by pipe type, location, diameter of pipe and, length of pipe. We perform the analysis of variance to indicate that there are significant difference of mean of the time between levels of the factor and also compare the distribution of levels using the multiple box-plot. When there are the difference of the mean, we perform the least significant test to find out what levels of the facor has a different mean.

• 비파괴검사학회지
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• 제24권1호
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• pp.45-51
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• 2004

발전소 보일러튜브는 장시간 동안 고온고압하의 기혹한 조건으로 운전됨에 따라 크리프, 열피로와 같은 각종 열화에 의해 누설손상이 발생하고 있다. 이러한 누설손상을 실시간 감시하고 진단하기 위하여 음향방출기술을 이용한 현장적용 연구를 수행하였다. 또한 고장예측 진단기술, 튜브의 수명관리 및 설비 감시에 활용할 수 있도록 음향방출 진단시스템을 개발하여 현장에 설치하고, 보일러 운전상태에 따른 신호측정 및 평가, 누설위치 판별 등에 대해 고찰하였다. 누설감지는 저주파 및 고주파대역의 누설로 구분하여 음향방출신호를 각각 측정 및 평가하였다. 현장적용 연구결과로부터 실시간으로 보일러튜브 상태감시와 누설위치 추적이 가능하였으며, 향후 본 기술을 이용하면 발전설비 안전운전과 발전소 정지에 따른 경제적 손실 예방에 크게 기여할 것으로 기대된다.

• 설비공학논문집
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• 제26권2호
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• pp.91-96
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• 2014

An acoustical model for detecting the leak location in a buried gas pipeline has been developed. This model is divided into an experimental model for sound diagnosis, and a theoretical model for sound prediction, which is based on the transfer matrix method, representing the sound pressure and the volume velocity as state variables. The power spectrum is measured by attaching only one microphone to the closed end pipe. It has been shown that the response magnitude of acoustic pressure signals calculated by the acoustical model depends upon the thickness and diameter of a pinhole. The validity for the acoustical model has been verified through a comparison between the measured and calculated results.

• 설비공학논문집
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• 제28권5호
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• pp.171-177
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• 2016

Plate heat exchangers have been widely used in various fields because of their high heat transfer coefficients, small area of installation, and ease of maintenance compared to other heat exchangers. However, when plate heat exchanger is used for a long time, leak can occur due to inner crack. Therefore, it is important to understand the inner flow characteristics in plate heat exchangers. In this study, the inner flow characteristics and flow rate of plate heat exchanger were evaluated using various flow directions, pin-hole sizes, and Reynolds numbers. In downflow, initially most water flowed to the opposite of the inlet due to distribution region. Then it gradually had a uniform distribution due to chevron configuration. In upflow, it had a uniform flow consistently due to the dominant gravity effect. As the Reynolds number increased, the leak rate was decreased due to the inertia effect regardless of the flow direction.

• Nuclear Engineering and Technology
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• 제53권8호
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• pp.2547-2555
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• 2021

The frequency of reactor coolant leakage is expected to increase over the lifetime of a nuclear power plant owing to degradation mechanisms, such as flow-acceleration corrosion and stress corrosion cracking. When loss of coolant accidents (LOCAs) occur, several parameters change rapidly depending on the size and location of the cracks. In this study, leak flow during LOCAs is predicted using a deep fuzzy neural network (DFNN) model. The DFNN model is based on fuzzy neural network (FNN) modules and has a structure where the FNN modules are sequentially connected. Because the DFNN model is based on the FNN modules, the performance factors are the number of FNN modules and the parameters of the FNN module. These parameters are determined by a least-squares method combined with a genetic algorithm; the number of FNN modules is determined automatically by cross checking a fitness function using the verification dataset output to prevent an overfitting problem. To acquire the data of LOCAs, an optimized power reactor-1000 was simulated using a modular accident analysis program code. The predicted results of the DFNN model are found to be superior to those predicted in previous works. The leak flow prediction results obtained in this study will be useful to check the core integrity in nuclear power plant during LOCAs. This information is also expected to reduce the workload of the operators.

• 한국안전학회지
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• 제32권5호
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• pp.168-178
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• 2017

In order to prevent major and chemical accidents, some of the plants which would like to install and operate hazard chemicals handling facilities must submit Off-site Consequence Analysis due to recent arisen leak accidents since 2015. A lot of chemical industrials choose gas detectors as mitigation equipment to early detect gas vapor. The way of placement of gas detectors has two methods; Code-based Design(CBD) and Performance-based Design. The CBD has principles for gas detectors to be installed with consideration for the place that is expected to accumulate gas, and the leak locations according to legal standards and technical guidelines, and has a possibility to be unable to detect by these rules to locate gas detectors by vapor density information. The PBD has two methods; a Geographic Method and Scenario based Method. The Scenario-based Method has been suggested to make up for the Geographic Coverage Method. This Scenario-based Method draw the best optimum placement of gas detectors by considering leak locations, leak speed information, leak directions and etc. However, the domestic placement guidelines just refers to the CBD. Therefore, this study is to compare existing placement location of gas detectors by the domestic CBD with placement locations, coverages and the number of gas detectors in accordance with the Scenario-based Method. Also this study has measures for early detecting interest of Vapor Cloud and suitable placement of gas detectors to prevent chemical accidents. The Phast software was selected to simulate vapor cloud dispersion to predict the consequence. There are two cases; an accident hole size of leak(8 mm) from API which is the highst accident hole size less than 24.5 mm, and a normal leak hole size from KOSHA Guide (1.8 mm). Detect3D was also selected to locate gas detectors efficiently and compare CBD results and PBD results. Currently, domestic methods of gas detectors do not consider any risk, but just depend on domestic code methods which lead to placement of gas detectors not to make personnels recognize tolerable or intolerable risks. The results of the Scenario-based Method, however, analyze the leak estimated range by simulating leak dispersion, and then it is able to tell tolerable risks. Thus it is considered that individuals will be able to place gas detectors reasonably by making objectives and roles flexibly according to situations in a specific plant.