• 대한기계학회:학술대회논문집
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• 대한기계학회 2001년도 춘계학술대회논문집D
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• pp.807-812
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• 2001

This paper represents the wall thinning analysis results for secondary side piping of two types of domestic nuclear power plants based on the DB establishment and F AC analysis study for NPP secondary system piping. CHECWORKS code utilized in this study has been applied world widely to wall thinning analyses for secondary side piping and its reliability has also been proved. The predicted wear rates for several piping systems of a pressurized water reactor NPP are compared with those of a pressurized heavy water reactor NPP and with the measured wear rates. On the basis of comparison results of the predicted and measured wear rates, the analysis results can be effectively applied to the development of a standard thinned pipe management program targeted all domestic nuclear power plants.

• 대한기계학회:학술대회논문집
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• 대한기계학회 2001년도 춘계학술대회논문집A
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• pp.616-621
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• 2001

Flow-accelerated corrosion(FAC) is a phenomenon that results in metal loss from piping, vessels, and equipment made of carbon steel. FAC occurs only under certain conditions of flow, chemistry, geometry, and material. Unfortunately, those conditions are in much of the high-energy piping in nuclear and fossil-fueled power plants. Also, for domestic NPP secondary pipings whose operating time become longer, more evidences of FAC have been reported. The authors are studying on FAC management using CHECWORKS, computer code developed by EPRI. This paper is on the prediction results of metal loss by FAC in the one of CANDU type NPP secondary piping systems.

• Nuclear Engineering and Technology
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• 제48권6호
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• pp.1404-1411
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• 2016

Pipe wall thinning in the secondary piping system of a nuclear power plant is currently a major problem that typically affects the safety and reliability of the nuclear power plant directly. Regular in-service inspections are carried out to manage the piping system only during the overhaul. Online thickness monitoring is necessary to avoid abrupt breakage due to wall thinning. To this end, a transducer that can withstand a high-temperature environment and should be installed under the insulation layer. We propose a thin plate type of embedded ultrasonic transducer based on magnetostriction. The transducer was designed and fabricated to measure the thickness of a pipe under a high-temperature condition. A number of experimental results confirmed the validity of the present transducer.

• Corrosion Science and Technology
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• 제15권1호
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• pp.6-12
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• 2016

Flow-Accelerated Corrosion (FAC) is a well-known degradation mechanism that attacks the secondary piping in nuclear power plants. Since the Surry Unit 2 event in 1986, most nuclear power plants have implemented management programs to deal with damages in carbon and low-alloy steel piping. Despite the utmost efforts, damage induced by FAC still occurs in power plants around the world. In order to predict FAC wear, some computer programs were developed such as CHECWORKS, CICERO, and COMSY. Various data need to be input to these programs; the chemical composition of secondary piping, flow operating conditions and piping geometries. CHECWORKS, developed by the Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI), uses a geometry code to calculate geometry effects. Such a relatively simple geometry code is limited in acquiring the accuracy of FAC prediction. Recently, EPRI revisited the geometry code with the intention of updating it. In this study, numerical simulations were performed for two adjacent $90^{\circ}$ elbows and the results were analysed in terms of the proximity effect between the two adjacent elbows.

• 플랜트 저널
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• 제15권4호
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• pp.43-51
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• 2019

배관계를 지지하는 목적으로 자주 사용되는 일체형 용접부착물은 응력집중효과로 인한 국부응력을 유발시켜 종종배관의 파손을 일으키기 때문에 사용에 각별한 주의를 요구하고 있다. 국내 원자력 발전소 배관 곡관부에 부착된 원형관의 국부응력 평가는 EPRI TR-107453에 따라 평가하고 있지만, 이의 적용에는 배관과 부착물의 크기에 관한 특정 매개변수 범위의 제한사항이 있다. 이 논문에서는 유한요소해석을 활용하여 모델들의 치수를 기반으로 한 매개변수 연구를 수행하여 기술적 근거를 확립하고 연구 결과에 대한 회귀분석을 통해 확장된 매개변수 범위를 갖는 곡관부에 부착된 원형관 이음부의 이차응력지수 산출 상관관계식을 도출하였다. 본 연구를 통해 개발된 새로운 상관관계식에 대한 검증을 통해 현재 평가기준의 대체 기준으로써 적용할 것을 제안한다.

• 에너지공학
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• 제11권1호
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• pp.18-25
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• 2002

침부식 (FAC, Flow-Accelerated Corrosion)에 의한 감육 문제는 원자력 발전소 배관관리에 있어서 매우 중요하다. 특히 FAC는 배관 내부 유체의 pH, 용존산소 농도, 유체 온도, 유속 및 습증기 분율 등과 배관의 형상 및 재료 등의 특정 조건에서만 발생하므로, FAC 문제를 관리하기 위해서는 체계적인 접근이 필요하다. 본 연구에서는 국내 특정 CANDU원전의 2차계통 배관을 대상으로 관련 데이터베이스 구축, 구축된 데이터베이스를 이용한 FAC감육율의 예측 및 배관 잔여수명의 평가 등을 수행하였다. 또한 FAC 발생기구 및 FAC에 영향을 주는 요인에 대해서도 조사하였다. 습분분리기와 플래시탱크 사이 배관 라인의 해석 예로부터 FAC 문제를 관리하는 방안을 제시하였다. 제시된 방안은 국내 다른 원자력발전소의 배관 관리에도 활용될 수 있을 것이다.

• 한국압력기기공학회 논문집
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• 제10권1호
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• pp.96-99
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• 2014

The aim of the study was to evaluate the water treatment of pressurized water reactor secondary side by the mixed amine of ammonia and ethanolamine, from the standpoint of corrosion control, as compared with all volatile treatment of ammonia. The pressurized water reactor systems have switched a secondary side pH control agent to minimize the corrosion in the moisture separator/reheater and feedwater heater systems and the transport of corrosion products into steam generator. As results of field test, pH was increased in the steam generator and the wet steam area of moisture separator/reheater and the concentration of Fe were decreased by more than 50% as compared with water treatment of ammonia.

• Nuclear Engineering and Technology
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• 제29권4호
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• pp.310-319
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• 1997

A finite element analysis of a trunnion pipe anchor is presented. The structure is analyzed for the case of internal pressure and moment loadings. The stress results are categorized into the average (membrane) stress, the linearly varying (bending) stress and the peak stress through the thickness. The resulting stresses are interpreted per Section III of the ASME Boiler and Pressure Vessel Code from which the Primary(B$_1$), Secondary(C$_1$) and Peak(K$_1$) stress indices for pressure, the Primary (B$_2$), Secondary(C$_2$) and Peak(K$_2$) stress indices for moment are developed. Based on the comparison between stress value by stress indices derived in this paper and stress value represented by the ASME Code Case N-391-1, the empirical equations for stress indices are effectively used in the piping stress analysis. Therefore, the use of empirical equations can simplify the procedure of evaluating the local stress in the piping design stage.

• 대한기계학회논문집A
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• 제29권8호
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• pp.1102-1108
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• 2005

The integrity of nuclear piping systems has to be maintained sufficiently all the times during operation. In order to maintain the integrity, reliable assessment procedures including fracture mechanics analysis, etc, are required. Up to now, the integrity assessment has been performed using conventional deterministic approach even though there are lots of uncertainties to hinder a rational evaluation. In this respect, probabilistic approach is considered as an appropriate method for piping system evaluation. The objectives of this paper are to develop a probabilistic assessment program using reliability index and simulation technique and to estimate the damage probability of wall-thinned pipes in secondary systems. The probabilistic assessment program consists of three evaluation modules which are first order reliability method, second order reliability method and Monte Carlo simulation method. The developed program has been applied to evaluate damage probabilities of wall-thinned pipes subjected to internal pressure, global bending moment and combined loading. The sensitivity analysis results as well as prototypal evaluation results showed a promising applicability of the probabilistic integrity assessment program.

• 한국원자력학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국원자력학회 2002년도 춘계공동학술발표회요약집
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• pp.266.1-266
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• 2002