• Journal of Mechanical Science and Technology
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• 제19권5호
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• pp.1206-1215
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• 2005

The thermal stratification phenomena, frequently occurring in the component of nuclear power plant system such as pressurizer surge line, steam generator inlet nozzle, safety injection system (SIS), and chemical and volume control system (CVCS), can cause through-wall cracks, thermal fatigue, unexpected piping displacement and dislocation, and pipe support damage. The phenomenon is one of the unaccounted load in the design stage. However, the load have been found to be serious as nuclear power plant operation experience accumulates. In particular, the thermal stratification by the turbulent penetration or valve leak in the SIS and SCS pipe line can lead these safety systems to failure by the thermal fatigue. Therefore in this study an 1/10 scaledowned experimental rig had been designed and installed. And a series of experimental works had been executed to measure the temperature distribution (thermal stratification) in these systems by the turbulent penetration, valve leak, and heat transfer through valve. The results provide very valuable informations such as turbulent penetration depth, the possibility of thermal stratification by the heat transfer through valve, etc. Also the results are expected to be useful to understand the thermal stratification in these systems, establish the thermal strati­fication criteria and validate the calculation results by CFD Codes such as Fluent, Phenix, CFX.

• Nuclear Engineering and Technology
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• 제51권2호
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• pp.561-572
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• 2019

In the design criterion for the nuclear power plant piping system, the limit state of the piping against an earthquake is assumed to be plastic collapse. The failure of a common piping system, however, means the leakage caused by the cracks. Therefore, for the seismic fragility analysis of a nuclear power plant, a method capable of quantitatively expressing the failure of an actual piping system is required. In this study, it was conducted to propose a quantitative failure criterion for piping system, which is required for the seismic fragility analysis of nuclear power plants against critical accidents. The in-plane cyclic loading test was conducted to propose a quantitative failure criterion for steel pipe elbows in the nuclear power plant piping system. Nonlinear analysis was conducted using a finite element model, and the results were compared with the test results to verify the effectiveness of the finite element model. The collapse load point derived from the experiment and analysis results and the damage index based on the stress-strain relationship were defined as failure criteria, and seismic fragility analysis was conducted for the piping system of the BNL (Brookhaven National Laboratory) - NRC (Nuclear Regulatory Commission) benchmark model.

• 융합정보논문지
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• 제9권5호
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• pp.21-26
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• 2019

도심지에는 상 하수관로, 가스관, 수소관 등 필요에 따라 여러 가지 배관이 매설된다. 매설된 배관은 시간이 경과됨에 따라 균열 등으로 노후화되면서 폭발, 누수 등의 사고 발생 위험을 가지게 된다. 이러한 위험을 방지하기 위해 많은 노후 배관 수리, 교체되지만, 배관의 위치 또한 변경될 수 있다. 변경된 배관의 위치를 확인하지 못하면 배관을 건드려서 사고가 발생할 수 있다. 본 논문에서는 GPR을 사용하여 지하 단면 영상을 얻고, Faster R-CNN을 활용하여 지하 배관의 위치를 추정해보고, augmentation을 적용하여 부족한 데이터를 늘려서 실험을 진행하였다.

• Corrosion Science and Technology
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• 제21권4호
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• pp.243-249
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• 2022

The objective of the present study was to perform failure analysis of double-layered bellow (expansion joint), a core part of stress reliever, used to relieve axial stresses induced by thermal expansion of heat-transport pipes in a district heating system. The bellow underwent tensile or compressive stresses due to its structure in terms of position. A leaked position sufferred a fatigue with a tensile component for decades. A cracked bellow contained a higher fraction of martensitic phase because of manufacturing and usage histories, which induced more brittleness on the component. Inclusions in the inner layer of the bellow acted as a site of stress concentration, from which cracks initiated and then propagated along the hoop direction from the inner surface of the inner layer under fatigue loading conditions. As the crack reached critical thickness, the crack propagated to the outer surface at a higher rate, resulting in leakage of the stress reliever.

• 한국지반신소재학회논문집
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• 제23권2호
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• pp.63-75
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• 2024

마시는 물은 인간의 기본적인 생활권 보장을 위한 필수적 요소로 깨끗한 물에 대한 품질은 항상 확보되어야 한다. 하지만 국내 수도시설을 집중 설치하였던 2000년 초반을 기점으로 현재 노후 상수도 시설이 증가하고 있으며, 색도 및 탁도와 같은 물의 변색, 이물질 누출 등의 사고가 빈번히 발생하고 있다. 실제로 모든 관의 교체는 불가능하기 때문에 2021년 제정된 상수관망시설 유지관리업무 세부기준에서는 상수관 세척을 의무화 하였으며, 다양한 세척 공법들을 통해 유지관리가 이루어지고 있는 실정이다. 상수관 세척 공법 중 스왑피그 공법은 관 내 이물질을 물리적으로 제거하는 방법으로 세척 효율이 가장 높은 것으로 평가 받고 있다. 하지만, 세척과정에서 스왑피그의 파손 및 변형에 따라 세척 효율은 변화하며, 분실의 가능성이 존재한다. 따라서 본 연구에서는 피그 자체의 재료를 변경하여, 압축력 및 관 내벽과의 밀착력을 향상시키고자 하며, 세척 효율 극대화를 위해 회전 블레이드를 삽입된 회전식 스왑피그를 개발하였다. 또한, 분실 가능성을 제거하고, 피그의 위치 파악을 위해 고강도 와이어 및 권취 장치를 추가적으로 개발하여, 투입구부터 토출구까지를 연결하였다. 각 세부 기술의 성능 검증 이후에는 30m 구간의 테스트베드에서 본 기술을 적용하였으며, 현장 적용성 평가와 더불어 공정 시간을 측정하여 기술의 성능을 검증하였다.

• Journal of Welding and Joining
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• 제19권3호
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• pp.285-291
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• 2001

Large steel water pipes are joined prevalently by the bell end method, and are welded both at inside and outside of lapped parts. In practice, welded joints of water pipes are very critical, because in most cases failure of pipes causing leakage occurs at the welded joint. Therefore some methods have been developed to ensure the soundness of welded joints of water pipes, like leakage tests and nondestructive tests (NDTs). But one of the major characteristics that affects the soundness of welded Joints is the stress distribution caused by welding and external forces. Some studies have been carried out on the residual stress of steel water popes, but complex stress distributions by welding and external forces are rarely studied. In this study, temperature and stress distributions in steel water pipes produced by welding are predicted by a three-dimensional finite element method(FEM). Also, stress values are measured from real steel water pipes by the hole-drilling methods, and compared with predicted ones. The influence of some typical post weld treatments on residual stress distribution was also investigated by residual stress measurements.

• 설비공학논문집
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• 제26권8호
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• pp.351-356
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• 2014

Typical trouble patterns in solar thermal systems include working fluid leakage and freezing other than breakdown of pump. A fluid sensor for measuring electric resistance of fluid was developed and installed at the top of the collector piping in order to check the fault of solar system. Working fluid level in the pipe was determined by measuring electric resistance from a fluid sensor. On the base of this, it was confirmed that the fluid sensor diagnoses leakage of fluid. Electric resistance of propylene glycol aqueous solution was measured in the range of $0{\sim}70^{\circ}C$ and 0~40% of concentration. The response surface analysis was performed by using a central composite design, and the regression equation was derived from the relationship between electric resistance, temperature, and concentration. Through the experiment in a real solar system, we can estimate a concentration of working fluid when a pump is not operating and predict a possibility of freezing. Finally, an effective algorithm for trouble shooting was proposed to operate and maintain the solar system.

• 한국멀티미디어학회논문지
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• 제14권11호
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• pp.1450-1457
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• 2011

현재, 일반적인 누수감지 모니터링 시스템은 라이선스를 지불하는 전자 지도를 이용하기에, 시스템 구축비용과 관리 주체인 지자체의 재정 지출을 높이며 유지보수, 기능 확장, 타 시스템과의 호환 등 비효율적인 문제점을 안고 있다. 이에 본 논문에서는 인터넷 범용 지도를 이용해 저비용과 고효율을 지향하는 상수도 관망 모니터링 시스템을 개발한다. 이 시스템은 호환성이 높은 무료 지도를 활용하기에 기존의 시스템보다 구축비용과 하드웨어 요구 사항은 낮아지며, 결과적으로 전체 모니터링 시스템의 성능은 향상되고, 구축 원가는 급격히 절감된다. 시공과 함께 구축할 수 있는 파이프라인 DB 구축 방식도 함께 제안하여 전반적인 시스템의 현장 적용성도 높이는 결과를 도출한다.

• 상하수도학회지
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• 제26권5호
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• pp.609-617
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• 2012

A dynamic water quality model is presented in order to simulate water quality under slowly varying flow conditions over time. To improve numerical accuracy, the proposed model uses a lumped system approach instead of extended period simulation, unlike the other available models. This approach can achieve computational efficiency by assuming liquid and pipe walls to be rigid, unlike the method of characteristics, which has been successfully implemented in rapidly varying flows. The discrete volume method is applied to resolve the advection and reaction terms of the transport equation for water quality constituents in pipes. Numerical applications are implemented to the pipe network examples under steady and unsteady conditions as well as hydraulic and water quality simulations. The numerical results are compared with EPANET2, which is a widely used simulation model for a water distribution system. The model results are in good agreement with EPANET2 for steady-state simulation. However, the hydraulic simulation results under unsteady flows differ from those of EPANET2, which causes a deviation in water quality prediction. The proposed model is expected to be a component of an integrated operation model for a water distribution system if it is combined with a computational model for rapidly varying flows to estimate leakage, pipe roughness, and intensive water quality.

• 대한안전경영과학회지
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• 제20권3호
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• pp.27-36
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• 2018

The steel pipe manufacturing industry deals with facilities and materials. Especially thermal facilities are close to vapor cloud explosion (VCE) and may cause secondary damage to facilities because they deal with corrosive substances such as hydrofluoric acid, sulfuric acid and acid, fire, explosion, leakage etc. It is in danger. In this study, hazard identification method was conducted using HAZOP techniques and quantitative risk analysis was conducted using e-CA, a program that supports accident impact analysis. Equipment in the influence range of ERPG - 3 was determined to be a facility requiring replacement. It was decided that neutralization is necessary using slaked lime. Based on the cost of loss, We presented the proper replacement which is the timing of the dangerous facility. As a result, It was ideal to replace the facilities with 20 years of heat treatment facilities, one year of hydrofluoric acid storage tank, 20 years of sulfuric acid storage tank, and 5 years of hydrochloric acid storage tank.