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Analysis of Internal Flow for Component Cooling Water Heat Exchanger in CANDU Nuclear Power Plants (중수로 기기냉각수 열교환기 내부 유동 해석)

  • Song, Seok-Yoon
    • Transactions of the Korean Society of Pressure Vessels and Piping
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    • v.8 no.2
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    • pp.33-41
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    • 2012
  • The component cooling water heat exchangers are critical components in a nuclear power plant. As the operation years of the heat exchanger go by, the maintenance costs required for continuous operation also increase. Most heat exchangers have carbon steel shells, tube support plates and flow baffles. The titanium tube is susceptible to flow induced vibration. The damage on carbon steel tube support rod and titanium tube around cooling water entrance area is inevitable. Therefore, analysis of internal flow around the component cooling water entrance and tube channel is a good opportunity to seek for failure prevention practice and maintenance method. The numerical study was carried out by FLUENT code to find out the causes of tube failure and its location.

Fault Prediction and Diagnosis Using Fuzzy Expert System (퍼지 전문가 시스템을 이용한 고장 예측 및 진단)

  • 최성운;이영석
    • Journal of the Korea Safety Management & Science
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    • v.1 no.1
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    • pp.7-17
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    • 1999
  • As the loss from break-downs and errors, which became more frequent with the growth of elaborateness, complexity and in scale of the plant and equipments, are enormous, the improvement in the reliability, maintenance, safety, and qualify become to have interest. The fault diagnosis is a systematic and unified method to find errors, which is based on the interpretation that data, subconsciously, have noises. But, as most of the methods are inferences based on binomial logic, the uncertainty is not correctly reflected. In this study, we suggest, to manage the uncertainty in the system efficiently on the point of predictive maintenance, We should use fuzzy expert system, which make the decision considering uncertainty possible by taking linguistical variable and fixed quantity by using the fuzzy theory concepts on the basis of an expert's direct observation and experience.

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On Line Monitoring and Diagnosis Technique for the Array of Photovoltaic Energy System (태양광 발전시스템 전지모듈의 온라인 감시 진단 시스템 개발)

  • Lee, Jong-Pil;Ji, Pyeong-Shik;Byun, Sang-Zoon;Lim, Jae-Yoon
    • The Transactions of the Korean Institute of Electrical Engineers P
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    • v.56 no.4
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    • pp.168-172
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    • 2007
  • The global environment deteriorating which originated from using of fossil fuel is an serious problem for human being to solve. The photovoltaic energy has been considered as a solution. In advanced countries, research and development for photovoltaic(PV) energy system is carrying on. Once installed, a PV array requires maintenance and fault diagnosis other than an occasional cleaning. In this research, the proposed system monitor and diagnosis the output of PV array by on-line for maintenance of PV power plant. The validity of proposed system is verified using sample system.

A Case Study of the Breakdown Evaluation to the Rotary Machine (회전기계의 고장안전진단 사례연구)

  • Hong, Tae-Yong;Park, Soo-Hong
    • The Journal of the Korea institute of electronic communication sciences
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    • v.10 no.2
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    • pp.189-194
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    • 2015
  • In this paper, We study case for rotary machine with a breakdown analysis. Also We analyze the solution of the safety and the future breakdown of the each rotary machine through vibration analysis using measurement data. The implementation of the measurement and the test results are discussed. The result that is applied condition Monitoring & Diagnostics on this paper show the future breakdown of rotary machine.

A Case Study of the Breakdown Evaluation to the Machine at the Steel Company (철강회사에서 기계 고장 진단 사례연구)

  • Hong, Tae-Yong;Park, Soo-Hong
    • The Journal of the Korea institute of electronic communication sciences
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    • v.10 no.2
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    • pp.195-202
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    • 2015
  • Rotating equipment seldom fails without notice, so breakdowns can usually be predicted and avoided by watching for signs of failure. In this paper, We study case for rotary machine with a breakdown analysis. Also We analyze the solution of the safety and the future breakdown of the each rotary machine through vibration analysis using measurement data. The implementation of the measurement and the test results are discussed. The result with suggested method showed netter stable Condition Monitoring & Diagnostics.

An Experimental Study on Prediction of Compressive Strength of the In situ Mass Concrete with Fly-ash (플라이애쉬를 혼입한 현장타설 매스콘크리트의 압축강도 추정에 관한 실험적 연구)

  • Khil, Bae-Su;Chae, Young-Suk;Nam, Jae-Hyun
    • Journal of the Korea institute for structural maintenance and inspection
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    • v.3 no.1
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    • pp.163-169
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    • 1999
  • The object of this study is to compare properties of massive fly-ash concrete with plain concrete. Two concrete mixtures comprising two batch each $1.0m^3$ in volume, were made from ready mixed concrete batch plant. The water-to-cementitious materials ratio was kept constant at 51.4%. Therefore, massive concrete specimen($W800{\times}D800{\times}H800mm$) was cast from ready mixed concrete to analyze history of temperature and core strength properties. Bleeding, time of slump loss and time of setting of the fresh concrete were measured. In order to estimate the properties of massive fly-ash concrete in hardened concrete, non-destructive tests such as rebound hardness, ultrasonic pulse velocity and maturity were performed and analyzed.

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Analysis of Cool-down Operation of Liquid Hydrogen Tank (액체수소 저장탱크의 냉각 방법 분석)

  • HWALONG YOU;BYUNGIL CHOI;KYUHYUNG DO;TAEHOON KIM;CHANGHYUN KIM;MINCHANG KIM;YONGSHIK HAN
    • Transactions of the Korean hydrogen and new energy society
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    • v.34 no.6
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    • pp.641-649
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    • 2023
  • This study analyzes the cool-down process of liquid hydrogen storage tanks, which have advantages in terms of large-capacity transfer, storage, and utilization as hydrogen demand increases. A hydrogen liquefaction plant is selected for analysis and an efficient tank cooling method is sought by comparing the time required for the cool-down process with the gas consumption in connection with the gassing-up process required for the operation of the liquid hydrogen storage tank. The results of this study can be referred to in the operation process after the initial start-up and maintenance of the hydrogen liquefaction plant.

A Study for Monitoring & Prognostic Technology of Nuclear Power Plant Critical Equipments (원자력발전소 주요기기에 대한 감시 및 예측진단 기술 적용성 고찰)

  • Jo, Sung-Han;Lee, Jae-Ki;Kim, Hyoung-Gwan
    • Journal of Institute of Control, Robotics and Systems
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    • v.17 no.11
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    • pp.1090-1094
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    • 2011
  • The major goal of nuclear power industries during past 10 years has been increasing reliability and utility capacity factor. But as capacity factors crept upward, it became harder and harder to attain next percentage of improvement. Therefore, other innovative technologies and method are required. The monitoring, diagnostic and prognostic technologies have been applied to the fossil power plants and contributed a lot on improving their reliability and performance. However nuclear industries are still reluctant to apply the technology by several reasons. In this paper, current preventive maintenance status of nuclear power plants and industrial practice of monitoring, diagnostic and prognostic technologies are investigated. In addition, the restriction in the implementation of the technologies to the nuclear power plants are defined. Finally, we suggest appropriate methods of implementing the technology to nuclear industries for improving current reliability and performance.

Diagnosis and Control System of Wastewater Treatment Processes Using Intelligent Approaches (지능형 기법을 이용한 축산폐수처리장의 진단ㆍ제어 시스템)

  • Bae, Hyeon;Seo, Hyun-Yong;Jun, Byong-Hee;Kim, Sung-Shin;Kim, Ye-Jin
    • Proceedings of the IEEK Conference
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    • 2003.07d
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    • pp.1315-1318
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    • 2003
  • Wastewater treatment processes are usually located in the outskirts of cities. But these processes should be dealt with continuous maintenance by expert operators. Therefore, in this paper, unmaned and automated control system is designed for the SBR(Sequencing Batch Reactor) plant. This plant is constructed in Gimhae city. Networks and wireless modules are employed for the data transmission. A local controller is in the SBR plant as a client and a monitoring system is located in the other place as a server. Remote control and monitoring system are constructed at the laboratory of ours. Measured data from plant sensors are translated to the remote site using communication modules, and then the data could be displayed and analyzed by means of remote monitoring and control systems.

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Analysis on Appropriate Plants of Infiltration Swale for Road Runoff (도로변 LID 시설인 침투도랑에 적합한 식물 선정에 관한 연구)

  • Lee, Eun Yeob;Hyun, Kyoung hak;Jung, Jong Suk
    • Journal of the Korean Society of Environmental Restoration Technology
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    • v.19 no.5
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    • pp.19-27
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    • 2016
  • This study is to find appropriate plant for infiltration swale (which is natural LID infrastructure) and suggest basic research database for building infrastructure of LID facilities. Through the research inside, it first selects the plant strong to flooding and salt tolerance. Also, the research built infiltration swale along the road, planted those strong plants and monitored how well those plants adapted into the environment. Particularly, it showered 72mm/hr-speed artificial shower, also with natural shower, given that plants were vulnerable to flood because of influx of the rain. As a result of field applicability monitoring, Pennisetum alopecuroides and Equisetum hyemale (which degrade the pollutant well and adapt into rainy environment) are planting individually, or Juncus effusus var. decipiens, Liriope platyphylla, Miscanthus sinensis Andersson, Euonymus japonica (which are strong to rainy environment) and Pennisetum alopecuroides and Equisetum hyemale are mixed planting. The research should have monitored the plant for more than one year to study them, but the research only lasted five months. Therefore, it is hard to generalize. After all, through the long term research, it should pursue study more on appropriate plant materials and database that can be the reference for infrastructure establishment and maintenance.