• Journal of Advanced Marine Engineering and Technology
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• v.36 no.8
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• pp.1076-1082
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• 2012

Today the welding for LNG carrier is known to be possible using arc and plasma arc welding process. But because of the lower energy density, arc welding is inevitable to multi-pass welding for thick plate and has a limit of welding speed compared to laser which is high energy density heat source. When thick plate is welded, weld defect by multi-pass welding and heat-affected zone by high heat-input were formed. Therefore one-pass welding by key-hole has been considered to work out the problems. It is possible for Laser, electron beam, plasma process to do key-hole welding. Nowadays, plasma process has been used for welding membrane of cargo tank for LNG carrier instead of arc process. Recently, many studies have examined to apply laser process to welding of membrane. In this paper, weldability, microstructure and mechanical properties of stainless steel for LNG carrier welded by fiber laser were compared to those by plasma. As a result, although the laser welding has several times faster speed, similar properties and smaller weld and heat affected zone were obtained. Consequently, this study proves the superiority of fiber laser welding for LNG carrier.

• 한국가스학회:학술대회논문집
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• 2005.10a
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• pp.193-198
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• 2005

An investigation was made on the fatigue characteristics of type 304 stainless steel membrane manufactured by plastic working. To investigate the effect of plastic deformation, tests were performed with 5 types of specimens having different amount of plastic deformation. Fatigue tests were executed under both room and LNG temperatures ($-162^{\circ}C$). All the test results were compared with the fatigue data provided by RPIS(Recommended Practice for Inground LNG Storage Tank). On the basis of these results, it was confirmed that RPIS's design fatigue curve could be applied to evaluate fatigue lift of KOGAS membrane manufactured by pressing.

• Proceedings of the KWS Conference
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• 2005.11a
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• pp.138-140
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• 2005

Plasma arc welding(PAW) technology is a proven process that has already been adopted by other industrial fields and recently has been considered to join the tank structure of LNG carrier. The purpose of this study is to introduce PAW process for the root welding of stainless steel pipes instead of TIG welding. There are distinctive features of the PAW compared to TIG welding; higher energy density that can increase welding speed by more than twofold, and longer arc length that can be controlled to trace seam line easily because of allowable gap between workpiece and torch. However, PAW process is also very sensitive to the root gap and misalignment due to the characteristics of long and narrow arc shape. So, we have done various experiments to establish the allowable fit-up condition by changing welding parameters including arc length, with or without filler metal, groove shape, and obtained satisfactory result.

• Proceedings of the Korea Society for Energy Engineering kosee Conference
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• 2004.05a
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• pp.219-224
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• 2004

The present study was to investigate the heat transfer enhancement effect of coil wire fins in an ice storage system. For the two cases of tubes with internal brine flows, a finned tube with coil wires on its outer surface and a smooth tube, the rates of ice layer were tested and compared for both the icing processes. The coil fins were made of a stainless steel wire with a dia. of 2.0(mm), and the coil had an outer dia. of 10(mm) and a helix angle of 60($^{\circ}$). The experimental results showed that the coil fins could substantially reduce the thermal resistance of the ice layer, and enhance the heat flow rates between the water in the storage tank and the brine. The ice storing time was found to be shortened by 13(%) for the coil fins to get the same amount of ice layer that was built on the smooth tube wall for 10 hours of operation when the same thermal conditions were provided.

• Journal of Welding and Joining
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• v.2 no.2
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• pp.13-21
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• 1984

Chemical tanker의 Crago tank는 화학제품에 대한 내식성, 내산성 등이 요구되는 재료로서 스테인레스강이나, 스테인레스 클래드강이 주로 사용되고 있다. 이러한 스테인레스강을 사용한다 하더라도 사용시 국부적인 결함 및 부식의 문제점이 발생되고 있다. 특히 스테인레스 클래드강을 사용했을 경우 부식 및 기타 요인에 의해 결함이 발생했을 때, 클래드재(앞대기재)의 두께가 약 2.5mm 정도에 불과하므로 보수작업이 어려우며, 보수작업에 의한 산화피막의 파괴는 부식을 촉진시킨다. 이들 결함 및 부식 발생의 여러요인 중 특히 용접 시공상의 문제점이 가장 크게 영향을 미친다. 또한 용접 시공상의 문제점 중 스팻터를 제거하기 위해서는 많은 공수가 소모될 뿐 아니라 품질면에서도 나쁜 영향을 주고 있다. 본 고에서는 스팻터 생성기구의 검토와 스팻터가 모제에 미치는 영향을 다루고자 한다. 또한 용접조건 및 용접재료의 변화에 의한 스팻터 생성량 변화, 입도에 따른 비행거리 등을 검토하는데 목적을 두었다.

• Special Issue of the Society of Naval Architects of Korea
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• 2015.09a
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• pp.20-27
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• 2015

The juice carrier is the first ship built in korea. Special refrigerator system and cargo hold insulation with stainless steel tank were equipped on cargo hold. We studied optimum design of cargo hold insulation for reducing of ship building schedule and cost including good quality with refrigerating efficiency. From this study, general and newly specified juice carrier, technical method of cargo hold insulation system, air flow with division air wall, K-value calculation have been investigated.

• Transactions of the Korean Society of Mechanical Engineers A
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• v.38 no.8
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• pp.831-836
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• 2014

In this study, high temperature integrity evaluation on a pressure vessel of the expansion tank operating at elevated temperature of $510^{\circ}C$ in the sodium test facility of the SEFLA(Sodium Thermal-hydraulic Experiment Loop for Finned-tube Sodium-to-Air heat exchanger) to be constructed at KAERI has been performed. Evaluations of creep-fatigue damage based on a full 3D finite element analyses were conducted for the expansion tank according to the recent elevated temperature design codes of ASME Section III Subsection NH and French RCC-MRx. It was shown that the expansion tank maintains its integrity under the intended creep-fatigue loads. Quantitative code comparisons were conducted for the pressure vessel of austenitic stainless steel 316L.

• Journal of Korean Society on Water Environment
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• v.16 no.4
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• pp.469-477
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• 2000

Bisphenol-A (BPA), a known endocrine disruptor, is a main building block of epoxy resin which is widely used as a coating agent in residential water storage tanks. Therefore, BPA leaching from the epoxy resin may have adverse effects on human health. The possibility of BPA leaching from three epoxy resins were tested with a modified KS D 8502 method at 20, 50, 75 and $100^{\circ}C$ in deionized water and the specified test water, respectively. BPA leached to the test water was identified using GC-MS and quantified with GC-FID after a sequential extraction and concentration. The results showed that BPA leaching has occurred in all three samples tested. The quantify of BPA leaching from unit area of epoxy resin coating was in the range of $10.677{\sim}273.120{\mu}g/m^2$ for sample A, 29.737~1734.045 for sample B and 52.857~548.778 for sample C depending on the test temperature, respectively. In general, the amount of BPA leaching increased as the water temperature increases. This result implies a higher risk of BPA leaching to drinking water during a hot summer season. In addition, microbial growth, measured by colony forming units, in epoxy coated water tanks was higher than that in a stainless steel tank suggesting that compounds leaching from epoxy resin may support the growth of microorganisms in a residential water holding tank.

• Journal of Environmental Science International
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• v.18 no.12
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• pp.1339-1347
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• 2009

This study tried to investigate and analyze the actual state such as the regional, classified, and material characteristics of the water quality in order to research the several factors by which the filtrated water of the total 250 cases can be polluted in the water tank. The 215 points (86%) clean the water tanks twice a year regularly and J-city has done the best job of cleaning the water tanks. The fifty points (20%) of the total 250 investigation points examine the water quality of the water tanks every year, however, the 175 investigation points (70%) do not execute the inspection of water quality. In the case of the regional characteristics in the water quality, the 23 points (46%) in H-county, the 17 points (34%) in S-county, and the 16 points (32%) in G-city are incongruent in the standard, and the incongruity ratio of the water quality in J-city is the lowest. The result of the classified incongruity shows that total coliforms were found at the 61 investigation points, mesophilic bacteria were found at the 27 points, and turbidity was found at the 12 points. In the case of the material incongruity, concrete was found at the 63 investigation points as the most distinguished factor, and FRP (fiberglass reinforced plastic) at the 23 points, SMC (sheet molding compound) at the 12 points, and stainless steel was found at the 2 points.

• Journal of Advanced Marine Engineering and Technology
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• v.35 no.6
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• pp.802-808
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• 2011

One of the important mechanical properties of cryogenic temperature structure material is fracture toughness. Research on normalization of fracture toughness test method is becoming very important issue with development of cryogenic structural elements. Specially, mechanical properties estimation by each micro-structure of welding department is important because it can cause unstable fracture when use under cryogenic environment in case of welding department. In this study, fracture toughness estimation test was carried out to unloading compliance method and sensitization heat-tread minimized test specimen at liquid nitrogen (77K), liquid helium (4K), 293K temperature to STS-316L base metal and weld metal.