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Assessment of $13{\sim}19%Cr$ Ferritic Oxide Dispersion Strengthened Steels for Fuel Cladding Applications

  • Lee, J.S.;Kim, I.S.;Kimura, A.;Choo, K.N.;Kim, B.G.;Choo, Y.S.;Kang, Y.H.
    • Proceedings of the Korean Nuclear Society Conference
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    • 2004.10a
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    • pp.911-912
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    • 2004
  • 1. Cathodic hydrogen charging considerably reduced the tensile ductility of ODS steels and a 9Cr-2W RMS. The hydrogen embrittlement of ODS steels was strongly affected by specimen sampling orientation, showing significant embrittlement in the T-direction. This comes from the microstructural anisotropy caused by elongated grains of ODS steels in L-direction. 2. The ODS steels contained a higher concentration of hydrogen than 9Cr-2W RMS at the same cathodic charging condition, and the critical hydrogen concentration required to transition from ductile to brittle fracture was in the range of $10{\sim}12$ wppm, which approximately 10 times larger than that of a 9Cr-2W martensitic steel. 3. The ODS steels showed a typical ductile to brittle transition behavior and it strongly depended on the specimen sampling direction, namely L- and T-direction. In T-direction, the SP-DBTT was about 170 L, irrespective of the ODS materials, and L-direction showed a lower SP-DBTT than that of T-direction.

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Recent Advances in Titania-based Composites for Photocatalytic Degradation of Indoor Volatile Organic Compounds

  • Raza, Nadeem;Kim, Ki-Hyun;Agbe, Henry;Kailasa, Suresh Kumar;Szulejko, Jan E.;Brown, Richard J.C.
    • Asian Journal of Atmospheric Environment
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    • v.11 no.4
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    • pp.217-234
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    • 2017
  • Indoor air pollutants can cause severe health problems, specifically in terms of toxicological impacts on human. Every day, a complex mixture of many air pollutants is emitted from various sources and subject to atmospheric processes that can create varied classes of pollutants such as carboxylic acids, aldehydes, ketones, peroxyacetyl nitrate, and hydrocarbons. To adhere to indoor air quality standards, a number of techniques such as photocatalytic oxidation of various volatile organic compounds (VOCs) have been employed. Among these techniques, titania ($TiO_2$) based photocatalytic reactions have proven to be the best benchmark standard approach in the field of environmental applications. Over the last 45 years, $TiO_2$-based photocatalytic reactions have been explored for the degradation of various pollutants. This review discusses the indoor air quality profile, types of indoor pollutants, available indoor air cleaning approaches, and performance of $TiO_2$-based catalysts. Finally, we have presented the perspectives on the progress of $TiO_2$ induced photocatalysis for the purification of indoor air.

Effect of operating conditions of high voltage impulse on generation of hydroxyl radical (고전압 펄스의 수중인가 조건이 하이드록실 라디칼 생성에 미치는 영향)

  • Cho, Seung-Yeon;Chang, In-Soung
    • Journal of Korean Society of Water and Wastewater
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    • v.31 no.6
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    • pp.611-618
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    • 2017
  • Recently, applications of high voltage impulse (hereafter HVI) technique to desalting, sludge solubilization and disinfection have gained great attention. However, information on how the operating condition of HVI changes the water qualities, particularly production of hydroxyl radical (${\cdot}OH$) is not sufficient yet. The aim of this study is to investigate the effect of operating conditions of the HVI on the generation of hydroxyl radical. Indirect quantification of hydroxyl radical using RNO which react with hydroxyl radical was used. The higher HVI voltage applied up to 15 kV, the more RNO decreased. However, 5 kV was not enough to produce hydroxyl radical, indicating there might be an critical voltage triggering hydroxyl radical generation. The concentration of RNO under the condition of high conductivity decreased more than those of the low conductivities. Moreover, the higher the air supplies to the HVI reactor, the greater RNO decreased. The conditions with high conductivity and/or air supply might encourage the corona discharge on the electrode surfaces, which can produce the hydroxyl radical more easily. The pH and conductivity of the sample water changed little during the course of HVI induction.

A Study on the Drag Reduction by Shear-thinning Fluid in Turbulent Flow Fields (난류유동장에서 Shear - thinning 유체에 의한 마찰저항 감소에 관한 연구)

  • 차경옥;김재근;오율권
    • Journal of Advanced Marine Engineering and Technology
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    • v.21 no.2
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    • pp.126-135
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    • 1997
  • Drag reduction in polymer solutions is the phenomenon where by extremely dilute solutions of high molecular weight polymers exhibit frictional resistance to flow much lower than the pure solvent. This effect, largely unexplained as yet, has attracted the attention of polymer scientists and fluid flow specialists. Although applications are beginning to appear, the principle interest to data has been in attempting to relate the effect to the fluid mechanics of turbulent flow. Drag reduction in two phase flow can be applied to the transport of crude oil, phase change system such as chemical reactor, and pool and boiling flow. But the research on drag reduction in two phase flow is not intensively investigated. Therefore, experimental investigations have been carried out to analyze the drag reduction produced by polymer addition in the single phase and two phase flow system. The objectives of the proposed investigation are primarily in identifying and developing high performance polymer additives for fluid transportations with the benefits of turbulent drag. Also we want to is to evaluate the drag reduction in horizontal flow by measuring pressure drop and mean velocity. Experimental results show higher drag reduction using co - polymer(A611P) then using polyacrylamide (PAAM) and faster degradation using PAAM than using A611P under the same superficial velocity.

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Vibration Related Branch Line Fatigue Failure (분기관 진동에 의한 피로파괴)

  • 전형식;박보용
    • Proceedings of the Korean Society for Noise and Vibration Engineering Conference
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    • 1990.10a
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    • pp.113-124
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    • 1990
  • Tap lines are small branch piping generally less than two inches in diameter. They typically branch off of header piping having a much larger diameter. An example of a common tap line is a 3/4 inch size high point vent or low point drain. Most tap lines have at least one valve near the header tap connection to provide isolation. Two valves are often required for double isolation. A light water reactor(LWR) nuclear power plant will have several hundred tap lines. These lines come in many sizes and shapes and serve numerous functions. A single process piping valve may have three different tap lines associated with it (figure 1). Table 1 delineates the different categories of tap lines. Vibration failures of tap lines are a common occurrence in all industrial plants including nuclear and fossil power plants. These types of failures constitute a significant percentage of all piping related failures. An unscheduled plant shutdown or outage resulting from the failure of a tap line decreases plant reliability and may have a detrimental effect on plant safety. Most tap line vibration failures can be avoided through the use of appropriate routing and support techniques. Standardized designs can be developed for use in a myriad of applications. These designs will not only minimize failures but will also reduce the necessary analysis and installation efforts.

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Electrochemical Ceramic Membrane Reactors (이온전도성 세라믹 기반 고온 전기화학 멤브레인 반응기 응용기술)

  • Uhm, Sunghyun;Park, Jae Layng;Seo, Minhye
    • Applied Chemistry for Engineering
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    • v.24 no.4
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    • pp.337-343
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    • 2013
  • Membrane reactors have been showing a promising future and attracted increasing attention in the scientific community as they possess advantages in terms of enhanced catalytic activity and selectivity, combination of processes (reaction and separation), simplicity in process design, and safety in operation. In particular, solid electrolyte membrane reactor principles are realized in fuel cells, electrolyzers and reactors for hydrogenation of carbon dioxide and other economically viable reactions. In this review, as a young generation of ion conducting materials, high temperature proton conductors are discussed in terms of the current status of material development and their various applications.

Effect of Scale and Fuel Type on Heat-recirculating Swiss-roll Combustor Performance for Fuel Cell Reformer Applications (연료전지 개질기로 활용을 위한 스위스 롤 연소기의 크기와 연료의 종류에 따른 특성연구)

  • Kim, Youn-Ho;Huh, Hwan-Il;Ronney, Paul D.
    • Journal of the Korean Society of Propulsion Engineers
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    • v.15 no.1
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    • pp.11-18
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    • 2011
  • The geometrically similar swiss roll reactors of different physical sizes were tested with the aim of independently determining the effects of Re and Da. It is found that the difference between catalytic and non-catalytic combustions extinction limits are narrowed as scale decreases. In addition to assess the importance of fuel chemistry, different families of fuels including alkanes and ethers were tested. From these results the effect of scale and fuel type on microscale reactor performance and implications for practical micro combustion devices are discussed.

ASSESSMENT OF MARS FOR DIRECT CONTACT CONDENSATION IN THE CORE MAKE-UP TANK (노심보충수탱크의 직접접촉응축에 대한 MARS의 계산능력평가)

  • Park, Keun Tae;Park, Ik Kyu;Lee, Seung Wook;Park, Hyun Sik
    • Journal of computational fluids engineering
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    • v.19 no.1
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    • pp.64-72
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    • 2014
  • This study aimed at assessing the analysis capability of thermal-hydraulic computer code, MARS for the behaviors of the core make-up tank (CMT). The sensitivity study on the nodalization to simulate the CMT was conducted, and the MARS calculations were compared with KAIST experimental data and RELAP5/MOD3.3 calculations. The 12-node model was fixed through a nodalization study to investigate the effect of the number of nodes in the CMT (2-, 4-, 8-, 12-, 16-node). The sensitivity studies on various parameters, such as water subcooling of the CMT, steam pressure, and natural circulation flow were done. MARS calculations were reasonable in the injection time and the effects of several parameters on the CMT behaviors even though the mesh-dependency should be properly treated for reactor applications.

The failure analysis of patch bonded repair on Al 6061-T6 alloy structures with cracked bolt hole (볼트 균열 홀을 갖는 알루미늄 6061-T6 합금의 패치 본딩 보수/보강 부위에 대한 파괴역학적 해석에 관한 연구)

  • Yoon, Young-Ki;Kim, Guk-Gi;Park, Jong-Jun;Yoon, Hi-Seak
    • Proceedings of the KSME Conference
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    • 2000.04a
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    • pp.148-152
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    • 2000
  • The aluminum alloy 6061-T6 has been successfully used in structural applications especially the pressure vessel of the Advanced Neutron Source research reactor. And aluminum alloys, including 6061-T6, have a face-centered-cubic crystals structure. Under normal circumstances face-centered-cubic crystal structures do not exhibit cleavage fractures even at very lo9w temperatures. In aluminum-based structures, plates frequently find use as connecting links. Mechanical fasteners are often utilized in instances where ease of application, familiarity with fabrication processes, and severe dynamic loading are of concern. Plates frequently find use as connecting elements in structures built from aluminum alloys. Many structural elements employ mechanical fasteners. Twenty and twenty aluminum alloy 6061-T6 plates, representing four different bolt patterns, were mechanically deformed. And variable materials such as A1 6061-T6, Al 2024-T3, Carbon/Epoxy, Glass/Epoxy Composite and Woven fiber composite, are used as patch materials. From this experiment, it has been shown that the strength of patch-repaired specimens is different with the patch materials.

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Preliminary Investigation on Joining Performance of Intermediate Heat Exchanger Candidate Materials of Very High Temperature Reactor(VHTR) by Vacuum Brazing (진공 브레이징을 이용한 고온가스냉각로 중간 열교환기 후보재료의 접합성능에 관한 예비시험)

  • Kim, Gyeong-Ho;Kim, Gwang-Ho;Lee, Min-Gu;Kim, Heung-Hoe;Kim, Seong-Uk;Kim, Suk-Hwan
    • Proceedings of the KWS Conference
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    • 2005.11a
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    • pp.195-197
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    • 2005
  • An intermediate heat exchanger(IHX) is a key component in a next-generation VHTR with process heat applications such as hydrogen production and also for an indirect gas turbine system. Therefore, high temperature brazing with nickel-based filler metal(MBF-15) was carried out to study the joining characteristic(microstucture, joining strength) of nickel-based superalloy(Haynes 230) by vacuum brazing. The experimental brazing was carried out at the brazing process, an applied pressure of about 0.74Mpa and the three kinds of brazing temperatures were 1100, 1150, and $1190^{\circ}C$ with holding time 5 minute. It's joining phenomena were analyzed by optical microscopy and scanning electron microscopy with EPMA. The results of microstructure in the centre-line region of a joint brazed with MBF-15 show a typical ternary eutectic of v-nickel, nickel boride and chromium boride.

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