• 한국물환경학회지
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• 제24권6호
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• pp.793-800
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• 2008

Recently domestic drinking water industry has recognized membrane-based technology as a promising alternative for water treatment. To ensure successful application of membrane processes, the integrity of membrane systems should be maintained. According to US EPA guidance, the pressure decay test based on the bubble point theory is recommended to detect any membrane defection of which size is close to the smallest diameter of Cryptosporidium oocysts, $3{\mu}m$. Proper implementation of the pressure decay test is greatly affected by initial test pressure, and the interpretation of the test results is associated with upper control limit. This study is conducted to investigate various factors affecting determination of initial test prtessure and upper control limit, including membrane-based parameters such as pore shape correction factor, surface tension and contact angle, and system-based parameters, such as volumetric concentration factor and total volume of system. In this paper, three different hollow fibers were used to perform the pressure decay test. With identical initial test pressure applied, their pressure decay tendency were different from each other. This finding can be explained by the micro-structure disparity of those membranes which is verified by FESEM images of those membranes. More specifically, FESEM images revealed that three hollow fibers have asymmetry, deep finger, shallow finger pore shape, respectively. In addition, sensitivity analysis was conducted on five parameters mentioned above to elucidate their relation to determination of initial test pressure and upper control limit. In case of initial pressure calculation, the pore shape correction factor has the highest value of sensitivity. For upper control limit determination, system factors have greater impact compared to membrane-based parameters.

• 비파괴검사학회지
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• 제36권3호
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• pp.231-235
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• 2016

원자력발전소에서 격납건물 국부누설률시험(LLRT)에 사용되는 누설률 측정 방법에는 유량보충법과 압력감소법이 있으며, 대부분의 발전소에서는 유량보충법을 우선 적용하고 있다. 유량보충법은 누설되는 양만큼 보충되는 유량을 측정하여 누설률을 계산하는 방식이다. 그러나 과도한 누설이 발생하여 시험압력 유지가 어려울 경우 압력감소법이 보완적으로 사용될 수 있다. 압력감소법은 시험압력보다 낮은 압력을 적용하여 누설률을 측정할 수 있기 때문이다. 본 논문에서는 원자력발전소 격납건물 국부누설률시험에서 압력감소법을 이용한 과다누설 측정 방안을 연구하고자 하였다. 이에 따라 현장에서의 누설시험 조건과 유사하게 실험장치를 구성하여 실증실험을 수행하였다. 실험 결과 압력감소법에서의 누설률 변화 특성을 확인하였으며, 여러조건에서 측정된 누설량을 바탕으로 실제 누설률 계산에 필요한 보상비를 산출하였다.

• 멤브레인
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• 제27권4호
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• pp.367-373
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• 2017

중공사형 정밀여과(MF)와 한외여과(UF)를 포함한 가압식 막여과 시스템은 높은 수준의 병원균 제거 효율로 인해 음용수 처리에 점점 더 많이 사용되고 있다. 그러나 가압식 막여과 시스템에서 분리막의 손상으로 인한 막완결성의 문제가 발생시 병원체가 유출될 수 있으므로, 효과적인 온라인 또는 오프라인 방식의 막 완결성 모니터링 방법을 통해 수질의 안정성을 보장하여야 한다. 최근 막 완결성 시험 중 하나 인 압력손실시험(pressure decay test, PDT)이 가압식 분리막 모듈을 이용한 음용수 처리 시설에 적용되고 있다. 이 논문에서는 PDT의 기체 주입방법에 따른 세 가지 조건으로 원수 측, 여과수 측, 원수 여과수 양방향 측 세 가지 조건을 선정 후 이에 따른 감지감도를 이론값과 실험값을 적용하여 비교하였다. 실험결과 가압되는 측의 부피와 감도는 반비례함을 확인하였고, 주입부의 반대방향에 부압을 형성 시에도 감도가 증가함을 확인할 수 있다. 즉 막 손상의 감지감도는 주입되는 부분의 체적이 작아질수록, 분리막을 경계로 유입과 여과 측의 압력차가 클수록 높아짐을 알 수 있었다.

• 한국물환경학회지
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• 제24권4호
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• pp.423-429
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• 2008

Microfiltration (MF) and ultrafiltration (UF) processes for removal of particulate materials (i.e., turbidity, microorganisms and viruses) have been used to produce drinking water with higher quality. As membrane filtration technique has become widely applied for drinking water treatment, the importance of membrane integrity test (MIT) has also been increasingly emphasized. The results of pressure decay test (PDT) were presented in the paper to monitor membrane integrity. In this paper the PDT was carried out with deliberately-defected membrane fibers to evaluate the sensitivity of PDT on membrane fiber damage. Variation of pressure decay rate and removal rate were investigated to evaluate the impact of defection (defection ratio) and pore size of membrane. The membrane integrity could be successfully monitored by the PDT. The pressure decay rate varied from $0.002{\sim}0.189kg_f/cm^2hr$ with the initial pressure ranged from 0.2 to $1.0kg_f/cm^2hr$. Higher initial pressure which provided with higher pressure decay rate was preferred to evaluate the defection of membrane fiber. As for the particle removal rate, the Log Removal Rate (LRV) of kaolin solution decreased significantly from 3.78 to 2.31 when one fiber out of 3,200 fibers was cut. The membranes with different pore size were tested to evaluate virus removal efficiency. The virus removal rate of the MF membrane ($0.1{\mu}m$) was about 30% although the poliovirus was smaller than the pore size of the MF membrane, indicating that the removal rate was much lower than Korea Water Works Association (KWWA) certificate LRV of 1.5.

• 한국추진공학회지
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• 제13권5호
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• pp.15-20
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• 2009

분사기 배열 및 벽면 냉각 방식이 다르게 설계된 30톤급 재생냉각 두 연소기에 대한 연소시험이 수행되었다. 본 논문에서는 연소시험 결과 중 연소안정성에 대한 내용을 분석, 제시하였다. 연소안정성 평가를 위해 압력 섭동의 크기 및 SRT 결과를 검토하였으며, 두 연소기 모두 연소안정성 측면에서 매우 만족스러운 결과를 얻을 수 있었다. 압력 섭동의 RMS 값은 연소실 압력 대비 3% 미만의 값을 나타내었으며, SRT 결과에서도 외부 가진에 의한 압력 peak의 감쇠시간은 기준 감쇠시간의 10% 정도로 짧게 나타났다. 막냉각이 적용된 연소기의 경우 벽면 냉각용 분사기가 최외곽 열에 배치된 연소기에 비해 압력 섭동의 RMS 값이 감소하는 결과를 보였다.

• Coupled systems mechanics
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• 제7권4호
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• pp.395-406
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• 2018

This paper proposes a linear damping model of tire-soil system using semi-empirical method. A test rig was designed and developed to measure the vertical equivalent linear damping ratio of tire only and tire-soil system using Free-Vibration Logarithmic Decay Method. The test was performed with two kinds of tractor tires using a combination of five inflation pressure levels, two soil depths and four soil moisture contents in the paddy soil. The results revealed that the linear damping ratio of tires increased with decreasing tire inflation pressure; the linear damping ratio of tire-soil system also increased with decreasing tire inflation pressure and increased with the increasing soil depth (observed at 80 and 120 mm). It also increased with a relative increase of soil moisture contents (observed at 37.9%, 48.8%, 66.7% and 77.4%). The results also indicated that the damping ratio of tire-soil system was higher than that of tire only. A linear damping model of tire-soil system is proposed as a damping model in parallel which is established based on experimental results and vibration theory. This model will have a great significance in study of tractor vibration.

• 한국압력기기공학회 논문집
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• 제5권1호
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• pp.9-13
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• 2009

The containment local leakage rate testing in nuclear power plants is performed in accordance with ANSI/ANS-56.8(1994) in Korea. Two methods, the make-up flow rate and the pressure decay, are used for LLRT. Though ANSI/ANS-56.8 does not define clearly the minimum test duration for the make-up flow rate method, it requires obtaining the data after reaching the stable condition. Thus the prerequisite stable condition for data acquisition and the test period for type "C" LLRT is differently applied to each NPPs. Therefore, this study presents a unified test criteria for data stabilization and test duration through experiments to improve the test reliability for type "C".

• 한국압력기기공학회 논문집
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• 제8권2호
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• pp.42-47
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• 2012

The containment local leakage rate testing in nuclear power plants is performed in accordance with ANSI/ANS 56.8-1994 in Korea. Two methods, the make-up flow rate and the pressure decay, are used for local leakage rate testing. Though ANSI/ANS 56.8-1994 does not define clearly the minimum test duration for the make-up flow rate method, it requires obtaining the data after reaching the stable condition. Thus the prerequisite stable condition for data acquisition and the testing time is differently applied to each NPPs. Therefore, this study presents a standardized test procedure for data stabilization and testing time through experiments to improve the test reliability.

• 대한의용생체공학회:의공학회지
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• 제6권2호
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• pp.63-68
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• 1985

Air pressure decay(APD) rate and ultrafiltration rate(UFR) tests were performed on new and saline rinsed dialyzers as well as those roused in patients several times. C-DAK 4000 (Cordis Dow) and CF IS-11 (Baxter Travenol) reused dialyzers obtained from the dialysis clinic were used in the present study. The new dialyzers exhibited a relatively flat APD, whereas saline rinsed and reused dialyzers showed considerable amount of decay. C-DAH dialyzers had a larger APD(11.70$\pm$1.32mmHg/min)compared to CF dialyzers(4.32$\pm$0.55mmHg/min)(p<0.05). However, there was no observable difference in the UFR between the two dialyzers. Neither APD nor UFR showed any significant increase with an increasing number of reuses for up to more than 20reuses. A substantial number of failures observed in APD(larger than 20mmHe/min)on the reused dialyzers(2 out of 40 CP and S out 26 C-DAK) were attributed to the Possible damage on the fibers. The CF 15-11 HFDs which failed APD test did not show changes in the UFR compared to normal dialyzers indicating that APD is a more sensitive test than UFR test to evaluate the integrity of the fibers.

• 한국추진공학회지
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• 제19권3호
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• pp.1-8
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• 2015

70 N급 단일액체추진제 추력기 개발모델의 연소실 압력진동 강도와 추력응답특성이 갖는 상관도 도출을 위해 지상연소시험을 수행하였다. 단일추진제급 하이드라진이 연소시험용 추진제로 선정되었고, 연소실의 특성길이와 추진제 분사압력이 시험변수로 적용되었다. 시험조건 내에서의 추력실 직경 및 추진제 분사압력의 감소는 정체실의 압력진동을 증대시키고, 압력진동은 시험모델의 펄스 응답성능을 저해하는 요소로 작용하는 것이 확인되었다.