• 통상정보연구
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• 제11권2호
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• pp.127-145
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• 2009

With increase in oil demand owing to economic growth in Northeast Asia, the establishment of an oil hub in Korea is recently considered by policy and academic circles. This paper aims to suggest strategic schemes on the establishment of Korea's oil hub in Northeast Asia by comparing Korea's conditions as an oil logistics hub with Singapore which has been an oil hub in East Asia until recent year. Quantitative and qualitative analysis methods were employed in order to examine the competitiveness of Korea's oil hub. This research concludes that Korea is very competitive as an oil logistics hub in Northeast Asia, but so much improvements for realizing the project are necessary such as expansion of storage facilities for oil, institutional instruments for facilitating oil logistics and trading and preparation for incentive schemes on foreign investments in oil and its related industries.

• 무역학회지
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• 제44권6호
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• pp.105-118
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• 2019

In the past two decades, due to the rapid fluctuations in the oil supply and demand in Northeast Asia as well as a surge in oil prices in the early 2000s, Korea has been developing the Northeast Asia Oil Hub project as a national project. This project was promoted based on the policy consideration that the nation's energy security and regional development can be promoted by establishing an oil hub in Northeast Asia that can eventually replace Singapore as East Asia's oil logistics hub. Following the construction of a large-scale oil storage facility in Yeosu in 2013, the main project in Ulsan has suffered many difficulties due to environmental changes such as the supply and demand of oil and political factors. The survey, which investigated the performance, problems, and prospects of the oil hub project, illustrates that scores of all sectors are of average level. In terms of performance and prospects, policies such as facility investment, law, and system improvement were determined to be rather high while operational areas such as value-added activities, profitability, and marketing activities were perceived as having more serious problems by respondents. In conclusion, despite the strong potential of Korea's oil hub based on its geographical location, facilities, and oil product capacity, there are problems related to policies, institutions, and investment. In the future, the oil hub business should be reviewed by considering environmental factors, and a drastic improvement plan for attracting foreign investors and oil traders should be established.

• 수산해양교육연구
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• 제22권2호
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• pp.195-204
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• 2010

As the throughout of transshipment oil cargo in Korea has been increasing, the importance and competition of the oil hub port has also been increasing. The aim of this study is to suggest how the factors influence the competitiveness of the oil hub port based on the specialists' opinions. For doing this, the evaluating factors were obtained from both previous studies and brainstorming of the professionals from the oil hub port. These were divided into groups by the ‘KJ method' according to 5 criteria and were made into a 3 level hierarchy structure. The ‘AHP method' identified the relative importance of factors and trends from the preferences of the specialists. This study presents the factors influencing the competitiveness of the oil hub port.

• 통상정보연구
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• 제14권3호
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• pp.209-227
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• 2012

글로벌 금융위기의 진원지인 동북아시아 지역은 전통적으로 석유의 생산 및 소비 불균형이 심화된 지역이며, 최근에는 급증하는 석유거래로 인해 저장 및 수송설비의 부족현상까지 겪고 있어 안정적 석유 공급을 위협하고 있다. 따라서 동북아시아 지역 내 독립적인 석유물류허브 기능을 갖춘 시설과 석유거래의 기능까지 담당할 수 있는 시장의 형성이 요구되고 있다. 본 연구에서는 동북아 지역의 석유물류허브 구축 후보 국가를 대상으로 한 석유산업 관련 설비인 정제시설의 정태적 및 동태적 효율성 분석을 통해 시사점을 도출하였다. 동북아 역내 주요 국가들의 석유정제설비의 효율성은 우리나라가 가장 높은 것으로 나타났으며 우리나라가 동북아시아 지역의 석유물류거점의 역할을 수행하기 위해서는 정부의 적극적인 정책지원이 필요하다.

• 한국항만경제학회지
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• 제25권1호
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• pp.63-86
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• 2009

최근 세계 에너지시장의 불안정성이 심화되면서 에너지 안보 확립을 위한 국가 전략 수립의 중요성이 더욱 높아지고 있다. 터키, 싱가포르 등 에너지 자원을 가지고 있지 못한 국가들이 에너지 자원의 물류중심지를 구축함으로써 에너지 공급의 안정성을 확보하는 국가전략을 추진하고 있다. 싱가포르는 물리적, 제도적인 요인으로 동아시아 지역에서 오랜 기간 석유시장의 중심지 역할을 수행해 왔다. 그러나 최근 동북아 지역에서의 석유제품의 수출입이 증가하면서 지역내 경제적 석유확보와 석유안보 도모 및 유리한 개발 이익을 거두기 위해 동북아 지역에서의 석유물류 중심지의 구축 필요성이 대두되고 있다. 한국의 항만 여건을 포함한 지리적 요건과 전반적 기반 시설은 중국, 일본과 같은 동북아에 다른 국가들에 비해 석유중심지로서 높은 경쟁력을 갖고 있다. 이러한 점에서, 한국은 지금까지 아시아 석유중심지로 역할을 해온 싱가포르를 대신하여 동북아의 석유물류중심지로의 큰 잠재력과 기회를 갖고 있다. 동시에 충분한 상업적 저장 시설, 항만 배후지를 포함한 제한된 항만시설, 석유거래시장의 미발달, 비즈니스 친화적이지 못한 환경으로 인한 외국기업 활동의 어려움 등의 약점과 장애요인을 안고 있다. 전 세계적으로 잘 알려진 탱크터미널 회사로는 독일 함부르크(Hamburg)에 본부를 두고 있는 독일계 오일탱크(Oiltanking), 로테르담에 본부를 두고 있는 네덜란드계 보팍(Vopak), 그리고 오드펠(Odfjell)을 들 수 있다. 본 연구에서는 이들 기업을 대상으로 하며, 주요국의 석유물류중심지 구축을 위한 정책 및 이들 기업의 유치 전략 등에 관해 연구할 필요가 있다.

• East Asian Economic Review
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• 제16권4호
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• pp.395-410
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• 2012

For historical and political reasons, South Korea (hereafter Korea), Japan and China have not achieved much progress in regional energy cooperation for decades. However, the rising importance of Northeast Asia (NEA) in the world energy sphere, especially in the global oil market, is providing an opportunity to create an integrated oil market in the region. This study suggests the Northeast Asian Energy Corridor (NEAEC) Initiative as an effective conduit for raising the possibility of the Northeast Asian oil hub project. The NEAEC Initiative combines the model of Europe's Amsterdam-Rotterdam-Antwerp (ARA) with Singapore's AsiaClear as a form of financial collaboration. The study suggests that an electronically integrated Over-the-Counter (OTC) market clearing mechanism accompanied by other key financial instruments among Korea, Japan and China can be an effective means for promoting financial collaboration in the region.

• 한국항만경제학회지
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• 제39권1호
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• pp.149-172
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• 2023

한·중·일을 포함하는 동북아지역은 1990년대 이후 급속한 경제성장과 더불어 역내외 석유물류가 증대되고 있다. 우리나라는 이러한 대외적인 환경하에서 2000년대 중반 이후 동북아 석유물류허브화 정책을 추진해 왔다. 동북아 물류허브화를 위해서는 부가가치 석유물류의 비즈니스 활성화를 위한 비즈니스 모델의 구축과 촉진이 중요하다. 동북아 지역에서 우리나라 석유물류 비즈니스 모델을 분석함으로써 석유물류 활성화에 대한 정책적·실무적 시사점을 제시하는 데 목적이 있다. 전체 23개 탱키지 업체를 대상으로 면담조사에 의한 사례분석결과는 다음과 같다. 첫째, 면담조사한 대부분의 유류저장탱크터미널업체들은 블랜딩, 소분화, 집적화와 같은 부가가치 석유물류를 실시하고 있다. 둘째, 부가가치 석유물류의 발생은 주변국들간 수급의 불균형에 의해 발생하고 있는데 특히 일본, 오세아니아, 미국, 남미 등을 연결하는 소분화와 블랜딩 수요가 높다. 셋째, 부가가치 물류수요에 대응한 인프라, 제도 및 규제 등에 대한 개선을 통해 부가가치 석유물류의 활성화를 촉진해야 할 것이며 이는 우리나라의 동북아 오일허브 정책에 크게 기여하게 될 것이다.

• 설비공학논문집
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• 제29권3호
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• pp.127-133
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• 2017

Performance analysis has been carried out on a high side scroll compressor that had a fixed scroll equipped with a circular oil groove on its thrust surface. Oil was supplied to the oil groove through an intermittent opening from a high pressure oil reservoir formed inside the orbiting scroll hub. Oil in the groove was then delivered to both suction and back pressure chambers by pressure differentials and viscous pumping action of the orbiting scroll base plate. Mathematical modeling of this oil groove system was incorporated into a main compressor performance simulation program for an optimum oil groove design. The study findings were as follows. Pressure in the oil groove can be controlled by changing its configuration and the oil passage area. With an enlarged oil passage, the pressure in the oil groove heightens due to an increased flow rate, but the pressure elevation in the back pressure chamber is small, resulting in reduced friction loss at the thrust surface between the two scrolls. On the other hand, by increasing the oil passage area, the oil content in the refrigerant flow increases. Considering all these factors, the energy efficiency ratio could be improved by about 3.6% under the ARI condition by an optimal oil groove design.

• International Journal of Naval Architecture and Ocean Engineering
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• 제6권2호
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• pp.187-205
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• 2014

The global price of oil, which is both finite and limited in quantity, has been rising steadily because of the increasing requirements for energy in both developing and developed countries. Furthermore, regulations have been strengthened across all industries to address global warming. Many studies of hull resistance, propulsion and operation of ships have been performed to reduce fuel consumption and emissions. This study examined the design parameters of the propeller boss cap fin (PBCF) and hub cap for 6,000TEU container ships to improve the propulsion efficiency. The design parameters of PBCF have been selected based on the geometrical shape. Computational fluid dynamics (CFD) analysis with a propeller open water (POW) test was performed to check the validity of CFD analysis. The design of experiment (DOE) case was selected as a full factorial design, and the experiment was analyzed by POW and CFD analysis. Analysis of variance (ANOVA) was performed to determine the correlation among design parameters. Four design alternatives of PBCF were selected from the DOE. The shape of a propeller hub cap was selected as a divergent shape, and the divergent angle was determined by the DOE. Four design alternatives of PBCF were attached to the divergent hub cap, and the POW was estimated by CFD. As a result, the divergent hub cap with PBCF has a negative effect on the POW, which is induced by an increase in torque coefficient. A POW test and cavitation test were performed with a divergent hub cap with PBCF to verify the CFD result. The POW test result showed that the open water efficiency was increased approximately 2% with a divergent hub cap compared to a normal cap. The POW test result was similar to the CFD result, and the divergent hub cap with the PBCF models showed lower open water efficiency. This was attributed to an increase in the torque coefficient just like the CFD results. A cavitation test was performed using the 2 models selected. The test result showed that the hub vortex is increased downstream of the propeller.

• 대한조선학회논문집
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• 제51권2호
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• pp.171-177
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• 2014

A two-dimensional particle image velocimetry (2D PIV) system in a towing tank is employed to measure a wake field of a very large crude oil carrier model with rotating propeller in self propulsion condition, to identify characteristics of wake of a propeller working behind a ship. Phase-averaged and time-averaged flow fields are measured for a horizontal plane. Scale ratio of the model ship is 1/100 and Froude number is 0.142. By phase-averaging technique, trajectories of tip vortex and hub vortex are identified and characteristic secondary vortex distribution is observed in the hub vortex region. Propeller wake on the starboard side is more accelerated than that on the port side, due to the difference of inflow of propeller blades. The hub vortex trajectory tends to face the port side. With the fluctuation part of the phase-averaged velocity field, turbulent kinetic energy (TKE) is also derived. In the center of tip vortex and hub vortex region, high TKE concentration is observed. In addition, a time-averaged vector field is also measured and compared with phase-averaged vector field.