• 제목/요약/키워드: Nuclear reactor control

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원전 운전 유연성 향상을 위한 운전 조정기 개념의 개발 (Conceptual Development of the Plant Operations Regulator for Nuclear Power Plant Operating Flexibility)

  • Park, Jung-In;Lee, Myeong-Hoon;Song, In-Ho;Oh, Soo-Youl;Hah, Yung-Joon
    • Nuclear Engineering and Technology
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    • 제24권3호
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    • pp.285-296
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    • 1992
  • 가압경수로형 원전을 위한 운전조정기의 개념 설계를 수행하였다. 운전조정기는 디지탈 감시 제한 계통으로서, 원전의 주요 운전 인자들을 감지하여 운전 제한치를 벗어나지 않도록 조정한다. 이는 운전 유연성을 향상시켜서 원전이 전력망 요구에 효과적으로 대처할 수 있도록 한다. 운전 허용 범위를 넘어서는 전력망 요구에 대해서 이를 제한하거나 제어 체계를 변경함으로써 이용률에 영향을 주지 않으며 운전을 수행할 수 있도록 한다. 이 개념은 1000 MWe급 가압경수로인 영광 3,4호기의 거동 모의를 통하여 평가되었다. 그 모의 계산 결과 운전 조정기가 원전의 운전 유연성 향상을 위하여 유용하게 사용될 수 있음을 보여 주었다.

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사용후핵연료 파이로 처리공정 실증시설의 개념설계 연구 (A Conceptual Design Study for a Spent Fuel Pyroprocessing Facility of a Demonstration Scale)

  • 유재형;홍권표;이한수
    • 방사성폐기물학회지
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    • 제6권3호
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    • pp.233-244
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    • 2008
  • 본 연구에서는 경수로 사용후핵연료로부터 핵연료 물질(예: 차세대형 원자로의 연료)로 재사용할 수 있는 우라늄과 초우라늄원소군(TRU)을 분리, 회수하기 위한 파이로 처리공정(pyroprocess) 시설의 개념설계연구를 수행하였다. 이 시설의 목적은 공학적 실증시험을 통하여 상용 규모의 확대(scale-up) 자료를 확보하는 것과 운전 경험을 쌓을 수 있도록 하자는 것이고 그 용량은 비교적 작은 공학적 규모인 20 kg HM/batch 로 설정하였다. 처리 대상 핵연료로는 경수로의 전형적인 핵연료 형태인 3.5 % 농축우라늄, 35,000 MWd/tU 그리고 5년 냉각시킨 경수로 사용후핵연료를 선택하였다. 본 개념설계연구에서 고려한 주요 항목은 차폐셀을 포함한 파이로 처리공정 시설의 배치, 공정 운전에 대비한 시설 안전 관리, 방사선 안전, 차폐셀 내 불활성 분위기 관리, 연료 물질의 계량 관리, TRU 제품의 핵임계 관리 등이다.

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The Experiment of Flow Induced Vibration in PWR RCCAs

  • Kim, Sang-Nyung;Cheol Shin
    • Journal of Mechanical Science and Technology
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    • 제15권3호
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    • pp.291-299
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    • 2001
  • Recently, severe wear on the shutdown rod cladding of Ulchin Nuclear Power Plant #1, #2 were observed by the Eddy Current Test(E.C.T.). In particular, the wear at the sixth card location was up to 75%. The test results indicated that the Flow Induced Vibration(F.I.V.) might be the cause of the fretting wear resulting from the contact between Rod Cluster Control Assemblies(RCCAs) and their spacing cards(guide plates) arranged in the guide tube. From reviewing RCCAs fretting wear repots and analyzing the general characteristics of F.I.V. mechanism in the reactor, geometric layout and flow conditions around the control rod, it is concluded that the turbulence excitation is the most probable vibration mechanism of RCCA. To identify the governing mechanism of RCCA vibration, an experiment was performed for a representative rod position in which the most serious fretting wear experienced among the six rod positions. The experimental rig was designed and set up to satisfy the governing nondimensional numbers which are Reynolds number and mass damping parameter. The vibration amplitude measurement by the non-contact laser displacement sensor showed good agreements in the frequency and the maximum wearing(vibration) location with Ulchin E.C.T. results and Framatome report, respectively. The sudden increase in the vibration amplitude was sensed around the 6th guide plate with mass flow rate variation. Comparing the similitude rod behaviour with the idealized response of a cylinder in flow induced vibration, it was found that he dominant mechanism of vibration was transferred from turbulence excitation to periodic shedding at the mass flow ate 90ι/min. Also the critical velocity of the vibration in RCCAs was determined and the vibration can be prevented by reducing the bypass flow rate below the critical velocity.

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Study of the used deuterium absorption material disposal

  • Kim, Dong-Gyung;Kim, Myung-Chul;Lee, Bum-Sig;Lee, Sang-Gu
    • 한국방사성폐기물학회:학술대회논문집
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    • 한국방사성폐기물학회 2004년도 Proceedings of the 4th Korea-China Joint Workshop on Nuclear Waste Management
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    • pp.64-72
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    • 2004
  • The dryer (ten per unit) are operating to remove tritium in PHWR(Pressurized Heavy Water Reactor). There are coming out heavy water adsorbent from operating the dryer (95 drums for ten year per unit) The amount of radioactivity of heavy water adsorbent almost exceed ninety times more than disposal limit-in-itself showed by The Ministry of Science and Technology. It has to be disposed whole radioactive waste products, however there are problems of increase at the expense of their permanent disposal. In this research, We have studied how to remove kinds of nuclear materials and amount of tritium with in heavy water adsorbent. As the result we could develop disposal equipment and apply it. D20 adsorbent have to contain below Gamma nuclide O.3Bq/g and tritium 100Bq/g "The Regulation for disposal of the radioactivity wastes" showed by The Ministry of Science and Technology. There fore. So as to remove amount of tritium and kinds of nuclear materials (DTO) we needed a equipment. Also we have studied how to remove effectively radioactivity with in Adsorbent. As cleaning heavy water adsorbent and drying on each condition (temperature for drying and hours for cleaning). Because there is something to return heavy water adsorbent by removing impurities within adsorbent when it is dried o high temperature. After operating, we have been applying this research to the way to dispose heavy water adsorbent. Through this we could reduce solid waste products and the expense of permanent disposal of radioactive waste products and also we could contribute nuclear power plant run safely. According to the result we could keep the best condition of radiation safety super vision and we could help people believe in safety with Radioactivity wastes control for harmony with Environment.

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Economic Evaluation of Coupling APR1400 with a Desalination Plant in Saudi Arabia

  • Abdoelatef, M. Gomaa;Field, Robert M.;Lee, YongKwan
    • 시스템엔지니어링학술지
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    • 제12권1호
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    • pp.73-87
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    • 2016
  • Combining power generation and water production by desalination is economically advantageous. Most desalination projects use fossil fuels as an energy source, and thus contribute to increased levels of greenhouse gases. Environmental concerns have spurred researchers to find new sources of energy for desalination plants. The coupling of nuclear power production with desalination is one of the best options to achieve growth with lower environmental impact. In this paper, we will per-form a sensitivity study of coupling nuclear power to various combinations of desalination technology: {1} thermal (MSF [Multi-Stage Flashing], MED [Multi-Effect Distillation], and MED-TVC [Multi-Effect Distillation with Thermal Vapour Compression]); {2} membrane RO [Reverse Osmosis]; and {3} hybrid (MSF-RO [Multi-Stage Flashing & Reverse Osmosis] and MED-RO [Multi-Effect Distillation & Reverse Osmosis]). The Korean designed reactor plant, the APR1400 will be modeled as the energy production facility. The economical evaluation will then be executed using the computer program DEEP (Desalination Economic Evaluation Program) as developed by the IAEA. The program has capabilities to model several types of nuclear and fossil power plants, nuclear and fossil heat sources, and thermal distillation and membrane desalination technologies. The output of DEEP includes levelized water and power costs, breakdowns of cost components, energy consumption, and net saleable power for any selected option. In this study, we will examine the APR1400 coupled with a desalination power plant in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) as a prototypical example. The KSA currently has approximately 20% of the installed worldwide capacity for seawater desalination. Utilities such as power and water are constructed and run by the government. Per state practice, economic evaluation for these utilities do not consider or apply interest or carrying cost. Therefore, in this paper the evaluation results will be based on two scenarios. The first one assumes the water utility is under direct government control and in this case the interest and discount rate will be set to zero. The second scenario will assume that the water utility is controlled by a private enterprise and in this case we will consider different values of interest and discount rates (4%, 8%, & 12%).

혁신적인 중성자 속 분포 측정 시스템의 개발 (Development of Innovative Neutron Flux Mapping System)

  • 조병학;신창훈;변승현;박준영;양장범
    • 한국정밀공학회:학술대회논문집
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    • 한국정밀공학회 2004년도 추계학술대회 논문집
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    • pp.60-63
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    • 2004
  • An innovative in-core neutron flux mapping system has been developed and applied successfully for service in a commercial pressurized water reactor. With the benefit of double indexing path selector (Dip $s^{ⓡ}$) mechanism, the reliability of the detector drive system has been improved five times higher than that of conventional systems, and the problems caused by the serious friction generated between the detector cable and guide tubing has been solved completely because the Dip $s^{ⓡ}$ architecture allows the detector guide tubings to have larger curvature and shorter length in nature. The simple and fast maintenance is particularly emphasized in the detector drive system to secure minimum radiation exposure to the maintenance personnel by optimizing the number of components and providing easy access to the components. The programmable logic controller based digital controller with Window $s^{ⓡ}$ based operator s console provides fully automated and user friendly operation and maintenance support means.

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제어봉집합체 보호구조물의 랜덤진동해석 (Random Vibration Analysis of Control Element Assembly Shroud)

  • 정명조;김범식
    • 전산구조공학
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    • 제9권1호
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    • pp.47-54
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    • 1996
  • 원자로 내부구조물을 구성하고 있는 중요한 구조물 중의 하나인 제어봉집합체 보호구조물에 대한 랜덤진동의 응답을 구하였다. 제어봉집합체 보호구조물은 본래의 설계로부터 많은 설계변동이 있었고 이에 대하여 많은 우려가 제기되었던 바 본 논문에서는 정상상태에서의 랜덤하중에 대한 동적해석을 수행하여 그 응답을 구하였고 이들을 실험치와 비교, 검토하였으며 제어봉집합체 보호구조물이 구조적으로 안전함을 보였다.

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충격 신호의 포락선을 이용한 충격 위치 추정기법 (The Estimation Method of the Impact Position Using the Envelope of Impact Signal)

  • 이위혁;우경행;최원호;이재국
    • 제어로봇시스템학회논문지
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    • 제12권7호
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    • pp.650-657
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    • 2006
  • The LPMS (Loose Part Monitoring Systems) are used widely for detecting the impact position in the nuclear reactor. There are some major methods to detect impact position in LPMS such as the triangular method, the rectangular method, the circular intersection method and so on. The time difference of these methods are calculated using S0-mode and A0-mode waves of each sensor. In this paper, we propose a method to detect impact position using the enveloped waves of acquired signals. The result of this paper show that the position detecting accuracy and reducing the processing time are proposed method is improved than traditional methods.

프리스트레스트 콘크리트 원자로 격납고의 유한요소해석 (Finite Element Analysis of PSC Reactor Containment Vessels)

  • 송하원;최강룡;김경단;변근주
    • 한국전산구조공학회:학술대회논문집
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    • 한국전산구조공학회 2002년도 봄 학술발표회 논문집
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    • pp.377-384
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    • 2002
  • In this palter, a finite element technique is applied to both reinforced concrete and prestressed concrete containment vessels to predict the ultimate pressure capacity of the vessels subjected to internal pressure due to accident. The so-called volume-control technique is utilized to control the change in volume enclosed by the cylindrical containment vessels and layered shell elements equipped with a pressure node is utilizing to model the PSC vessels. The finite element analysis is carried out to obtain both global and local failure behavior of prestressed concrete nuclear containment vessels. nalytical results are verified by comparison with experimental data.

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계층 최적화 기법에 의한 비선형 계통의 최적 제어에 관한 연구 (A study on the hierachical optimization methods for the optimal control of nonlinear systems)

  • 천희영;박귀태;이종렬;이희정
    • 대한전기학회:학술대회논문집
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    • 대한전기학회 1987년도 전기.전자공학 학술대회 논문집(I)
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    • pp.129-134
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    • 1987
  • In this paper, "Revised two-level costate prediction method" is developed to optimize the quadratic performance of a class of nonlinear dynamic systems. To show the merit, of this algorithm, the proposed algorithm is compared With "The new prediction method" and "Two-level costate prediction method". Advantages of this algorithm are illustrated by applying it to three examples, turbine generator system, fermentation Process, power control system in nuclear reactor.

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