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Lab scale electrochemical codeposition experiments for comparison to computational predictions

  • Lafreniere, Philip;Zhang, Chao;Simpson, Michael;Blandford, Edward D.
    • Nuclear Engineering and Technology
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    • v.52 no.9
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    • pp.2025-2033
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    • 2020
  • Signature-based safeguards (SBS) is being developed to assist tradition nuclear material accountancy methods in tracking material in pyroprocessing facilities. SBS involves identifying off-normal scenarios that would result in improper movement of material in a pyroprocessing facilities and determining associated sensor response signatures. SBS investigations are undertaken in the computational space utilizing an electrochemical transport code known as enhanced REFIN with anodic dissolution (ERAD) to calculate the affect of off-normal conditions in the electrorefiner (ER) on material movement. Work is undertaken to experimentally validate the predictions and assumptions made by ERAD for off-normal occurrences. These experiments were undertaken on a benchtop scale and involved operating an electrochemical cell at 10 separate current densities for constant current operations to deposit U and Gd at a W cathode. These experiments were then modeled using ERAD to compare calculated predictions versus analytical experimental results it was found. It was discovered both the experimental and calculated results reflect a trend of increased codeposition of U and Gd with increasing current density. ERAD was thus demonstrated to be useful for predicting trends from anomalous operation but will require further optimization to be utilized as a quantitative design tool.

A Experiment Study for the Standard Performance and Test of Surface Finishing Material for Parking Slab (주차장 바닥용 표면 마감재의 안전성 평가 및 성능기준에 관한 연구)

  • Kim Gue-Tae;Kwon Shi-Won;Kwak Kyu-Sung;Oh Sang-Keun
    • Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Building Construction Conference
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    • 2005.05a
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    • pp.125-131
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    • 2005
  • Recently, to improve condition car park, using surface finishing material for variety color and property epoxy resin, urethane, cement mixed resin mortar or polymeric resin, and so on. However, it is frequent noise and wear out of tier and waterproofing materials, when the car slip or stop in car park, To minimize these cases, It is necessary that reduction of repair cost through performance long term durability of surface finishing material, improvement inside condition such as reduce dirty and car accident and ensurance the expected life of concrete slab in car park. Especially, we have not any tech for quality control, construction tech, production technology for car park surface materials, that's why park slab is not safety and suffer a loss. For this problems, this paper is to test surface finishing materials and as that result, suggest quality standard in the car park.

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Multi-Stress Aging Test Technology for Suspension Polymer Insulator (폴리머 현수애자의 복합가속열화 평가기술)

  • Park, Hoy-Yul;Kang, Dong-Pil;Kim, Ik-Soo;Shin, Young-Jun
    • Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Electrical and Electronic Material Engineers Conference
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    • 2003.07a
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    • pp.481-484
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    • 2003
  • Recently polymer insulators are being used for outdoor high voltage applications. Polymer insulators have significant advantages over porcelain and glass insulators. With the gradual improvement of their design and material, their reliability has also increased. It is however difficult to establish how they will perform after several years of service. Aging of the insulator weathershed may lead to damages such as excessive chalking and crazing, erosion and tracking which affect the insulator performance. In service insulator are subjected to aging stresses such as humidity, pollution and electrical field which act singly or in combination. There have been numerous accelerated laboratory tests developed with the intention of evaluating suitability of polymeric materials. Some of these are strictly material tests, where as, others evaluate full scale devices. Service experience plays a key role in the utility selection of polymer insulator, but is time consuming, and may not always be available. Hence there is a need for a meaningful and reliable accelerated aging test for polymer insulator. This paper describes multi-stress aging test for reliability of polymer insulator This paper presents the rule of multi-stress aging test and test chamber for polymer insulator in korea electrotechnology research institute.

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Analysis of Particle Rearrangement during Sintering by Micro Focus Computed Tomography $({\mu}CT)$

  • Nothe, M.;Schulze, M.;Grupp, R.;Kieback, B.;Haibel, A.;Banhart, J.
    • Proceedings of the Korean Powder Metallurgy Institute Conference
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    • 2006.09b
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    • pp.808-809
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    • 2006
  • The decrease of the distance between particle centers due to the growth of the sinter necks can be explained by the well known two-particle model. Unfortunately this model fails to provide a comprehensive description of the processes for 3D specimens. Furthermore, there is a significant discrepancy between the calculated and the measured shrinkage because particle rearrangements are not considered. Only the recently developed analysis of the particle movements inside of 3D specimens using micro focus computed tomography $({\mu}CT)$, combined with photogrammetric image analysis, can deliver the necessary experimental data to improve existing sintering theories. In this work, ${\mu}CT$ analysis was applied to spherical copper powders. Based on photogrammetric image analysis, it is possible to determine the positions of all particle centers for tracking the particles over the entire sintering process and to follow the formation and breaking of the particle bonds. In this paper, we present an in-depth analysis of the obtained data. In the future, high resolution synchrotron radiation tomography will be utilized to obtain in-situ data and images of higher resolution.

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NUMERICAL SIMULATION OF THREE-DIMENSIONAL DENDRITIC GROWTH WITH FLUID CONVECTION (유체 유동을 동반한 수치상결정 미세구조의 3차원 성장에 대한 수치해석적 연구)

  • Yoon, Ik-Roh;Shin, Seung-Won
    • 한국전산유체공학회:학술대회논문집
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    • 2009.04a
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    • pp.355-362
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    • 2009
  • Most material of engineering interest undergoes solidification process from liquid to solid state. Identifying the underlying mechanism during solidification process is essential to determine the microstructure of material which governs the physical properties of final product. In this paper, we expand our previous two-dimensional numerical technique to three-dimensional simulation for computing dendritic solidification process with fluid convection. We used Level Contour Reconstruction Method to track the moving liquid-solid interface and Sharp Interface Technique to correctly implement phase changing boundary condition. Three-dimensional results showed clear difference compared to two-dimensional simulation on tip growth rate and velocity.

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A Consideration of Degradation Mechanism of a Effect of the Nitric Solution on the Aging Characteristics of the Outdoor Silicone Rubber (열화 메커니즘 규명을 위한 옥외용 실리콘고무의 산성비 성분 열화특성 연구)

  • Lee, J.H.
    • Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Electrical and Electronic Material Engineers Conference
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    • 2002.05b
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    • pp.132-136
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    • 2002
  • In this paper, aging characteristics of outdoor silicone rubber insulator resulting from the acid rain have been investigated with regards to nitrate ion $({NO_{3}}^{-1})$. For this purpose, silicone rubber was aged by immersing into the nitric solutions with different level pH during 1500 hours and various tests (tracking, $tan{\delta}$, breakdown voltage, SEM, EDS, contact angle) were performed. It was observed that the degradation was increased to pH 2.5 slightly and at pH 1.5 highly. And thus, it could be expected that there is certain critical point between pH 1.5 and 2.5, which leads to throught degradation.

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The Comparison of EPDM and Silicone in Housing Materials of Polymeric Suspension Insulators (EPDM 및 실리콘 재질의 폴리머현수애자의 특성 비교)

  • Lee, Byung-Sung;Lee, Jae-Bong;Song, Il-Keun;Han, Sang-Ok
    • Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Electrical and Electronic Material Engineers Conference
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    • 2003.05e
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    • pp.6-10
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    • 2003
  • In our country, the housing materials of polymeric outdoor insulators have mainly been used EPDM or silicone rubber. EPDM housing materials had been widely used in the field for the first time. The reason why silicone has the high cost of production. But recently, most of the manufacturers that newly developed polymeric insulators make its choice of silicone housing. EPDM showed a good resistance to tracking. We compared the various characteristics for EPDM and silicone insulators that have similar type and design. Silicone insulators have more performance in flashover voltage test and leakage current measurement because of a good water repellent than EPDM ones. Also, the property of EPDM compared with silicone insulators greatly decreased after aging test in combined acceleration ageing facilities for 1000 hours.

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An Experimental Investigation of a Effect of the Nitric Solution on the Aging Characteristics of the Outdoor Silicone Rubber Insulator (산성비 중 질산 성분에 의한 옥외용 실리콘고무 애자의 열화특성 연구)

  • Lee, J.H.
    • Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Electrical and Electronic Material Engineers Conference
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    • 2001.09a
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    • pp.28-33
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    • 2001
  • In this paper, aging characteristics of outdoor silicone rubber insulator resulting from the acid rain have been investigated with regards to nitrate ion ($NO^{-1}_{3}$ ). For this purpose, silicone rubber was aged by immersing into the nitric solutions with different level pH during 1500 hours and various tests (tracking, tan $\delta$, breakdown voltage, SEM, EDS, contact angle) were performed. It was observed that the degradation was increased to pH 2.5 slightly and at pH 1.5 highly. And thus, it could be expected that there is certain critical point between pH 1.5 and 2.5, which leads to throught degradation.

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The Effect of Discoloration on the Electrical Properties of Alumina Filled Epoxy (Alumina Filler가 충진된 에폭시 경화물(硬化物)의 변색(變色)이 전기적(電氣的) 특성(特性)에 미치는 영향(影響))

  • Hahn, K.M.;Kim, D.W.;Oh, M.W.;Kweon, H.S.;Kim, Y.S.
    • Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Electrical and Electronic Material Engineers Conference
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    • 1993.05a
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    • pp.59-62
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    • 1993
  • This Paper studies on thermal oxidation of alumina filled epoxy network polymer used in Extra-High voltage application. The thermal oxidation of surface has investigated by yellow index variation and various electrical properties which are surface resistivity, tracking resistance and AC dielectric strength are estimated by yellow index.

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Numerical Simulation of Dendritic Growth of the Multiple Seeds with Fluid Flow (유체 유동을 동반한 다핵 수치상결정의 미세구조성장에 대한 수치해석적 연구)

  • Yoon, Ik-Roh;Shin, Seung-Won
    • Transactions of the Korean Society of Mechanical Engineers B
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    • v.33 no.7
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    • pp.469-476
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    • 2009
  • Most material of engineering interest undergoes solidification process from liquid state. Identifying the underlying mechanism during solidification process is essential to determine the microstructure of material thus the physical properties of final product. In this paper, effect of fluid convection on the dendrite solidification morphology is studied using Level Contour Reconstruction Method. Sharp interface technique is used to implement correct boundary condition for moving solid interface. The results showed good agreement with exact boundary integral solution and compared well with other numerical techniques. Effects of Peclet number and undercooling on growth of dendrite tip of both single and multiple seeds have been also investigated.