• Nuclear Engineering and Technology
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• 제52권11호
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• pp.2678-2685
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• 2020

The pipe bends and elbows in nuclear power plants (NPPs) are vulnerable to degradation mechanisms and can cause wall-thinning defects. As it is difficult to detect both the defects generated inside the wall-thinned pipes and the preliminary signs, the wall-thinning defects should be accurately estimated to maintain the integrity of NPPs. This paper proposes a deep fuzzy neural network (DFNN) method and estimates the collapse moment of wall-thinned pipe bends and elbows. The proposed model has a simplified structure in which the fuzzy neural network module is repeatedly connected, and it is optimized using the least squares method and genetic algorithm. Numerical data obtained through simulations on the pipe bends and elbows with extrados, intrados, and crown defects were applied to the DFNN model to estimate the collapse moment. The acquired databases were divided into training, optimization, and test datasets and used to train and verify the estimation model. Consequently, the relative root mean square (RMS) errors of the estimated collapse moment at all the defect locations were within 0.25% for the test data. Such a low RMS error indicates that the DFNN model is accurate in estimating the collapse moment for wall-thinned pipe bends and elbows.

• 물과 미래
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• 제27권4호
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• pp.59-67
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• 1994

본 연구에서는 설계기준에 합당한 제약조건을 고려하여 최저경비의 관망시스템을 설계함을 목적으로 비선형계획법(NLP)을 적용하였다. 경기도 고양군의 고양배수지를 급수원으로 하는 배수유역에 실제 적용하여 기존의 설계와 비교한 결과 기존 수리모의모형에서 사용되고 있는 반복계산 과정이 필요없이 설계가 가능함을 알 수 있었고, 설계의 최적화를 도모하는 동시에 수요절점에서의 유량 및 수압조건을 만족시킬 수 있었다. 이상의 결과와 같이, 본 연구에서의 비선형계획법(NLP)을 이용한 상수도 관망설계가 실무에서도 효과적으로 사용될 수 있음을 알 수 있었고 최적화 설계로 인하여 경제적 측면까지도 고려할 수 있음을 알 수 있었다.

• 상하수도학회지
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• 제29권3호
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• pp.415-425
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• 2015

Aging water pipe networks hinder efficient management of important water service indices such as revenue water and leakage ratio due to pipe breakage and malfunctioning of pipe appurtenance. In order to control leakage in water pipe networks, various methods such as the minimum night flow analysis and sound waves method have been used. However, the accuracy and efficiency of detecting water leak by these methods need to be improved due to the increase of water consumption at night. In this study the Principal Component Analysis (PCA) technique was applied to the night water flow data of 426 days collected from a water distribution system in the interval of one hour. Based on the PCA technique, computational algorithms were developed to narrow the time windows for efficient execution of leak detection job. The algorithms were programmed on computer using the MATLAB. The presented techniques are expected to contribute to the efficient management of water pipe networks by providing more effective time windows for the detection of the anomaly of pipe network such as leak or abnormal demand.

• 한국가스학회지
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• 제1권1호
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• pp.56-63
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• 1997

본 연구에서는 실제현장에 활용할 수 있는 가스파이프라인 네트워크의 최적화 모델을 개발하기 위해 먼저 구조 설계에 있어서 네트워크 알고리즘 중 MCST(Minimum Cost Spanning Tree) 알고리즘을 도입하여 전반적인 구조를 결정하고, 기존 방법의 단점을 보완하기 위해 Constrained Derivative 방법을 적용하였다. 또한 모델 개발 시, 압축기$\cdot$밸브등의 갑작스런 운전상태의 변화와 파이프의 파열 둥으로 인한 유동저해 현상을 예측할 수 있는 파이프라인 해석모델과 연계할 수 있도록 고려하여 설계하였다. 각 절점과 간선간의 압력 및 유량, 즉 파이프라인 배관망에서 필요한 수요량을 적절히 공급할 수 있는 파이프라인 망의 직경과 길이를 최소의 비용으로 결정하는 복합형 파이프라인 네트워크 최적설계 모델을 개발하였다 개발된 모델을 전형적인 천연가스 파이프라인 네트워크에 적용하여 최적설계를 수행한 결과, 보다 작은 파이프 직경과 낮은 절점 압력으로도 각 절점에서의 수요량을 공급할 수 있도록 설계할 수 있었으며, 원래의 시스템과 비교하여 약 $40\%$정도의 비용 절감효과를 볼 수 있었다. 또한, 기존의 국내 수도권 배관망에 대해 본 모델을 적용하여 새로운 설계모형을 제안함으로써 초기설계나 향우 추가 확장되는 부분의 배관망에 대해서도 경제성을 고려하여 최소비용의 네트워크 구성을 할 수 있음을 확인하였다.

• 한국물환경학회지
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• 제27권3호
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• pp.334-341
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• 2011

The free residual chlorine of tap water samples, collected from 266 faucets on the water pipe network in Daegu City, was between 0.1 and 0.79 mg/L. On microorganic tests, general bacteria and the coliform goup were not detected and thus the tap water was turned out to be fit to drink. In particular, samples of which free residual chlorine was 0.1 mg/L and over were cultured in R2A agar media at $25^{\circ}C$ for 7 days, and as a result heterotrophic bacteria were detected in 65.9% of samples; (1). The closer tap water got to the faucet from the stilling basin, the lower residual chlorine concentration became but the more the bacterial count became. And, more bacteria were detected in the R2A agar medium than in the PCA medium. (2). In the case of separated strains, most colonies were reddish or yellowish. 16S rRNA sequence was identified as Methylobacterium sp. and Williamsia sp., and yellow strain was identified as Sphingomonas sp., Sphingobium sp., Novosphingobium sp., Blastomonas sp., Rhodococcus sp. and Microbacterium sp. White strain was identified as Staphylococcus sp. (3). Sterilized tap water in polyethylene bottles was inoculated with separated strain and was left as it was for 2 months. As a result, bio-film was observed in tap water inoculated with Methylobacterium sp. and Sphingomonas sp. It was found that heterotrophic bacteria increased when free residual chlorine was removed from tap water in the water pipe network. Thus, there is a need to determine a base value for heterotrophic bacteria in order to check the cleanliness of tap water in the water pipe network.

• Korean Journal of Hydrosciences
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• 제6권
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• pp.107-118
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• 1995

The water distribution system problem consists of finding a minimum cost system design subject to hydraulic and operation constraints. The design of new branchin network in a paddy irrigation system is presented here. The program based on the linear programming formulation is aimed at finding the optimal economical combination of two main factors : the capital cost of pipe network and the energy cost. Two loading conditions and booster pumps for design of pipe network are considered to obtain the least cost design.

• 대한설비공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 대한설비공학회 2004년도 동계학술대회 논문집
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• pp.40-40
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• 2004

• 로봇학회논문지
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• 제16권3호
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• pp.223-231
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• 2021

In this paper describes the research and development of a pipe robot for pipe rehabilitation construction of old water pipes. After the water supply pipe construction, the pipe is leaking, damaged, and aging due to corrosion. Eventually, resistance to the flow of water in lower supply efficiency and contaminated water such as rusty water, finally in various consumer complaints. In order to solve this problem, rehabilitation construction robot technology is required to secure the construction quality of pipe rehabilitation construction and restore the function of the initial construction period. The developed pipe rehabilitation construction robot required a hydraulic actuator for high traction and was equipped with a small hydraulic supply device. In addition, we have developed a hydraulic cylinder and a link system that supports the pipe inner diameter to develop a single pipe robot corresponding to 500 to 800mm pipe diameter. The analysis and experimental verification of the driving performance and unit function of the developed pipe reconstruction robot are explained, and the result of the integrated performance test of the pipe reconstruction robot at the water supply pipe network site is explained.

• 한국수자원학회논문집
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• 제32권1호
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• pp.71-81
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• 1999

본 연구의 목적은 유전자 알고리즘 최적화기법을 이용하여 설계기준에 합당한 제약조건을 고려한 최소경비의 관망시스템의 설계를 목적으로 한다. 수리학적 제약조건들은 수리모의프로그램(KYPIPE)과 연계하여 가능해 영역을 수시로 검증하였다. 유전자 알고리즘은 비교적 새로운 최적화기법이다. 유전자 알고리즘은 매우 강력한 탐색능력을 가지고 있으며 특히 비선형 문제를 해결하는데 탁월한 성능을 가진다고 알려져 있다. 유전자 알고리즘은 계산결과로 제시되는 결정변수인 관경은 연속적인 수치가 아닌 이산적인 규격의 표준관경인 상업용 관경으로 제시되며 펌프용량까지 최적화시키는 효율적인 최적설계를 도모하고자 한다. 본 모형은 가상 및 실제 관망시스템에 적용하였다. 그 중 하나는 많은 다른 연구자들에 의한 간단한 관망에 사용된 논문들로부터 채택하였다. 그 결과의 비교는 이 연구에서 개발된 모형의 적합성을 보여준다. 또한, 본 모형은 최적펌프용량도 결정할 수 있으며 그 적용성을 검증하기 위하여 고양시에 적용시켜 보았다. 개발된 모형은 비교적 간단한 방법으로 관망시스템의 최적설계에 성공적으로 적용시킬 수 있음이 판명되어져 왔다.

• 상하수도학회지
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• 제26권2호
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• pp.249-256
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• 2012

The paper describes a design methodology that can select a proper reliability factor and apply the selected reliability factor into the real water distribution system. Reliability factors which are used for the assesment of water supply networks, can be categorized by a connectivity, a reachability, an expected shortage and an availability. Among these factors, an expected shortage is the most proper reliability factor in the aspect of economic evaluation. Therefore, the expected shortage is applied to draw a water supply reliability into Changwon water supply systems. And the economic pipe diameter can be determined as 600mm for a connection pipe in the pipe network from the estimation of the expected shortage. Also, a quantitative effect of the connection pipe can be expressed in terms of the reduction, which is estimated by the expected shortage of 30,269$m^{3}$ from 68,705$m^{3}$ at initial condition to 38,436$m^{3}$ under the connected condition with the diameter 600mm pipe.