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Analysis of Insulation Diagnostic Test for High Voltage motor (II) (고압전동기 절연진단 해석 (II))

  • Lee, Young-Jun
    • Proceedings of the KIEE Conference
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    • 1999.07e
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    • pp.2107-2109
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    • 1999
  • The insulation diagnostic tests was performed at local thermal power plants high voltage motor. The insulation diagnostic tests include measurements of insulation resistance, polarization index, AC current, $tan{\delta}$, partial discharges. This paper describes Insulation characteristics for high voltage motor which located by inside and outside.

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Protective Coatings for the Elements of Ships Power Plants which Use Sea Water

  • Minaev, Alexander N.;Gnedenkov, S.V.;Sinebryukhov, S.L.;Mashtalar, D.V.
    • Journal of Advanced Marine Engineering and Technology
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    • v.36 no.3
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    • pp.341-350
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    • 2012
  • In this paper we observe the protective coatings carbon for steel, aluminium and titanium alloys were obtained by plasma electrolytic oxidation (PEO) under unipolar and bipolar conditions. The anticorrosion properties and the thermal stability of the surface layers were studied by electrochemical impedance spectroscopy and potentiodynamic polarization. It was found that the application of the bipolar PEO mode enables one to synthesize the surface layers that possess enhanced anticorrosion and mechanical properties. results of research of antiscale PEO - coatings for marine power equipment are presented. The combined method of prevention of corrosion and scale formation was tested at the industrial plants of Russian Shipyard "Zvezda".

Simulation Study on Measuring Pulverized Coal Concentration in Power Plant Boiler

  • Chen, Lijun;Wang, Yang;Su, Cheng
    • Journal of Information Processing Systems
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    • v.15 no.1
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    • pp.189-202
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    • 2019
  • During thermal power coal-fired boiler operation, it is very important to detect the pulverized coal concentration in the air pipeline for the boiler combustion stability and economic security. Because the current measurement methods used by power plants are often involved with large measurement errors and unable to monitor the pulverized coal concentration in real-time, a new method is needed. In this paper, a new method based on microwave circular waveguide is presented. High Frequency Electromagnetic Simulation (HFSS) software was used to construct a simulation model for measuring pulverized coal concentration in power plant pipeline. Theoretical analysis and simulation experiments were done to find the effective microwave emission frequency, installation angle, the type of antenna probe, antenna installation distance and other important parameters. Finally, field experiment in Jilin Thermal Power Plant proved that with selected parameters, the measuring device accurately reflected the changes in the concentration of pulverized coal.

Inspection of Calandria Reactor Area of Wolsung NPP using Thermal Infrared and CCD Images

  • Cho, Jai-Wan;Kim, Chang-Hoi;Seo, Yong-Chil;Park, Young-Soo;Kim, Seung-Ho
    • 제어로봇시스템학회:학술대회논문집
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    • 2002.10a
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    • pp.96.4-96
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    • 2002
  • Thermal infrared imaging is a highly promising technology for condition monitoring and predictive maintenance of electronic, electrical and mechanical elements in nuclear power plants. However, conventional low-cost infrared imaging systems suffer from poor spatial resolution compared to commercial CCD cameras. This paper describes an approach to enhance inspection performances for calandria reactor area of Wolsung nuclear power plant through the technique of superimposing thermal infrared image into real CCD image. In the occurrence of thermal abnormalities on observation points and areas of calandria reactor area, unusual hot image taken from thermal infrared camera is mapped upon re...

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A Basic Study on the Air Circulation System for Heating using Solar and Geothermal Heat - Focused on Trombe Wall Thermal Storage Performance using Solar Heat - (태양열과 지열을 이용한 난방용 공기순환시스템 기초연구 - 태양열을 이용한 트롬월식의 축열성능 중심으로 -)

  • Kim, Byung-Yun;Choi, Yong-Seok
    • Journal of the Korean Institute of Rural Architecture
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    • v.19 no.4
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    • pp.49-56
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    • 2017
  • Each country in the world currently concentrates on shifting into clean energy, which can be alternative energy, for global environment protection and solution to the problem of fossil fuel depletion. The Korean government is predicted to develop renewable energy, such as solar power, ground power, and offshore wind power, and to increase their supply ratios by ending the use of coals and nuclear power plants. This study conducted experiments on thermal storage performance of Trombe wall thermal storage materials using solar power and simulations in order to offer baseline data for the development of a hybrid air circulation system for heating that can maximize efficiency by simultaneously using solar and geothermal power. The study results are as follows: (1) In all the specimens with 3m, 5m, and 7m in the length of thermal storage pipe, $5.7^{\circ}C$, $7.8^{\circ}C$, and $10.5^{\circ}C$ rose, respectively, as the thermal storage effect of the specimens attaching insulation film and black tape to the general funnel. They were most excellent in terms of thermal storage effect. (2) As a result of thermal performance evaluation on the II type specimens, II-3 ($7.8^{\circ}C$ rise) > II-4 ($5.3^{\circ}C$ rise) > II-1 ($3.9^{\circ}C$ rise) > II-2 ($2.3^{\circ}C$ rise) was revealed, and thus II-3 (insulation film + black tape) was most effective as shown in the I type. (3) This study analyzed air current and temperature distribution inside of the greenhouse by linking actually measured values and simulation interpretation results through the interpretation of CFD (computational fluid dynamics). As a result, the parts absorbing heat and discharging heat around the thermal storage pipe could be visibly classified, and temperature distribution inside of the greenhouse around the thermal storage pipe could be figured out.

Application of Chernoff bound to passive system reliability evaluation for probabilistic safety assessment of nuclear power plants

  • So, Eunseo;Kim, Man Cheol
    • Nuclear Engineering and Technology
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    • v.54 no.8
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    • pp.2915-2923
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    • 2022
  • There is an increasing interest in passive safety systems to minimize the need for operator intervention or external power sources in nuclear power plants. Because a passive system has a weak driving force, there is greater uncertainty in the performance compared with an active system. In previous studies, several methods have been suggested to evaluate passive system reliability, and many of them estimated the failure probability using thermal-hydraulic analyses and the Monte Carlo method. However, if the functional failure of a passive system is rare, it is difficult to estimate the failure probability using conventional methods owing to their high computational time. In this paper, a procedure for the application of the Chernoff bound to the evaluation of passive system reliability is proposed. A feasibility study of the procedure was conducted on a passive decay heat removal system of a micro modular reactor in its conceptual design phase, and it was demonstrated that the passive system reliability can be evaluated without performing a large number of thermal-hydraulic analyses or Monte Carlo simulations when the system has a small failure probability. Accordingly, the advantages and constraints of applying the Chernoff bound for passive system reliability evaluation are discussed in this paper.

A Study on Consumers' Perception and Willingness to Pay for Fruits and Vegetables Using Renewable Energy (신재생에너지 이용 과채류에 대한 소비자 인식 및 지불의사에 관한 연구)

  • Kim, Seong-Hwi;Lee, Choon-Soo
    • Korean Journal of Organic Agriculture
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    • v.29 no.4
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    • pp.485-505
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    • 2021
  • This study investigated consumers' perceptions and willingness to pay (WTP) for fruit and vegetables grown using renewable energy such as solar power, geothermal, waste heat from incinerators, hot water from thermal power plants. To this end, this study conducted an online survey of 1,050 consumers in Seoul, Gyeonggi, and the six metropolitan cities, and the main findings are as follows. First, most of the consumers perceived climate change as a serious problem, and 82.8% recognized the government's declaration of carbon zero was appropriate, which means that the government's active response to climate change is important. Second, on the pros and cons of the use of renewable energy when cultivating fruits and vegetables, opinions in favor of solar power were the highest, followed by geothermal heat, waste heat from waste incineration plants, and thermal power generation hot drainage. Third, at least 28.0% to 41.7% of consumers were willing to purchase fruits and vegetables using renewable energy more expensive than fruits grown using fossil energy such as kerosene. This means that the fruit and vegetable market using renewable energy is valuable as a niche market.

Seismic Fragility Evaluation of Chimney Structure in Power Plant by Finite Element Analysis (유한요소 해석을 통한 발전소 연돌 구조물의 지진취약도 분석)

  • Kwon, Gyu-Bin;Kim, Jin-Sup;Kwon, Min-Ho;Park, Kwan-Soo
    • Journal of the Korea Academia-Industrial cooperation Society
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    • v.20 no.3
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    • pp.276-284
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    • 2019
  • Seismic research on bridges, dams and nuclear power plants, which are infrastructure in Korea, has been carried out since early on, but in the case of structures in thermal power plants, research is insufficient. In this study, a total of 192 dynamic analyzes were performed for 16 actual seismic waves and 12 PGAs. As a result, the probability of failure increased as the PGA value increased for each applied seismic wave, but it was different for each seismic wave. As a result, at 0.22G, the ratio of the compressive limit reached to the limit state was 25% and the ratio of the relative displacement reached the limit state was 13%. So, the probability of collapse due to compressive failure Is higher. Therefore, the fragility curve of the chimney which is the subject of this study can be used as a quantitative basis to determine the limit state of the target structure when an earthquake occurs and to be used for the safety design of the thermal power plants.

Economic Evaluation of Alternatives for CO2 Reduction of Thermal Power Generation Companies using ROPM: Comparing CCS with RPS Implementation (실물옵션을 활용한 화력발전회사의 CO2 감축대안의 경제성 평가: CCS와 RPS 이행의 비교)

  • Lee, Dong Su;Jeong, Kiho
    • Environmental and Resource Economics Review
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    • v.20 no.1
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    • pp.61-98
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    • 2011
  • This study conducts economic evaluation of alternatives for $CO_2$ reduction of thermal power plants. Two alternatives in reducing $CO_2$ emission are considered for the evaluation under the RPS(Renewable Portfolio Standard) system; one is to perform renewable energy quotas and another is to construct green thermal power plants using CCS(Carbon Capture and Sequestration). As evaluation methods, DCF(Discount Cash Flow) and ROPM(Real Options Pricing Method) are employed. At a discount rate of 7.5% applied to the Electricity Supply and Demand Plan, it is shown that green thermal power generation has economic dominance under both evaluation methods.

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Effects of Construction and Operation of Nuclear Power Plants on Benthic Marine Algae (원자력발전소의 건설과 가동이 저서 해조류에 미치는 영향)

  • 김영환
    • Korean Journal of Environmental Biology
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    • v.17 no.4
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    • pp.379-387
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    • 1999
  • During the past several decades, electricity generating plant increased with remarkable rapidity in Korea. Recently the increase has been much more rapid as the rate of industrialization has accelerated. Construction of nuclear power plants in coastal areas inevitably caused the perturbation of critical coastal habitats and thus influenced marine algal species composition. Particularly, an increase in the building of nuclear power plants led the amounts of heat discharged to increase exponentially. As far as the effects of cooling water and thermal discharges are concerned, benthic marine algae are likely to be vulnerable to a discharge. Heated effluents from nuclear power plants, with the temperature rises of 7~12$^{\circ}C$ under normal operating and design conditions, are discharged through the discharge canal and into natural water bodies. It is clear that the characteristic marine algal community is developed in the area affected by the thermal discharges; i.e. low species richness and low species diversity. Nevertheless, it is worthwhile to note that elevated temperatures exert differential effects depending on the algal populations. Benthic marine algae grown at the discharge canal can be regarded as warm tolerant species. 35 species (4 blue-green, 9 green, 8 brown and 14 red algae) of marine algae occurred more than 20eye frequency at discharge canal of three nuclear power plants in the east coast during 1992 ~ 1998 and thus can be categorized as warm tolerant species in Korea. To minimize the ecological impacts of waste heat on benthic marine algae, it is recommended that, in the future, nuclear power plants will have to employ some form of closed-cycle cooling for the condensers.

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