• Water Engineering Research
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• 제4권2호
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• pp.69-85
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• 2003

Previously developed empirical equations used to calculate the parameters of the transient storage model are analyzed in depth in order to evaluate their behavior in representing solute transport in the natural streams with storage zone. A comparative analysis of the existing theoretical and experimental equations used to predict parameters of the transient storage (TS) model is reported. New simplified equations for predicting 4 key parameters of the TS model using hydraulic data sets that are easily obtained in the natural streams are also developed. The weighted one-step Huber method, which is one of the nonlinear multi-regression methods, is applied to derive new parameters equation. These equations are proven to be superior in explaining mixing characteristics of natural streams with the transient storage zone more precisely than the other existing equations.

• Nuclear Engineering and Technology
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• 제49권3호
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• pp.466-475
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• 2017

Coolant mixing under natural circulation flow regime constitutes a key parameter that may play a role in the course of an accidental transient in a nuclear pressurized water reactor. This issue has motivated some experimental investigations carried out within the OECD/NEA PKL projects. The aim was to assess the coolant mixing phenomenon in the reactor pressure vessel downcomer and the core lower plenum under several asymmetric steady and unsteady flow conditions, and to provide experimental data for code validations. Former studies addressed the mixing phenomenon using, on the one hand, one-dimensional computational approaches with cross flows that are not fully validated under transient conditions and, on the other hand, expensive computational fluid dynamic tools that are not always justified for large-scale macroscopic phenomena. In the current framework, an unsteady coolant mixing experiment carried out in the Rossendorf coolant mixing test facility is simulated using the three-dimensional porous media capabilities of the thermal-hydraulic system CATHARE code. The current study allows highlighting the current capabilities of these codes and their suitability for reproducing the main phenomena occurring during asymmetric transient natural circulation mixing conditions.

• 한국수소및신에너지학회논문집
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• 제23권6호
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• pp.678-687
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• 2012

Concentration fields of solid powder in a liquid fuel were quantitatively measured by a visualization technique. The measurement system consists of a camcoder and three LCD monitors. The solid powder (glass powder) were filled in a head tank which was installed over a main mixing tank ($D{\times}H$, $310{\times}370mm$). The main mixing tank was filled with JetA1 fuel oil. With a sudden opening of the upper tank by pressurized nitrogen gas with 1.9 bar, the solid powder were poured into the JetA1 oil. An impeller type agitator was being rotated in the mixing with 700 rpm for the enhancements of mixing. Uniform visualization for the mixing flow field was made by the light from the three LCD monitors, and the visualized images were captured by the camcoder. The color images captured by the camcoder The color information of the captured images was decoded into three principle colors R, G, and B to get quantitattive relations between the concentrations of the solid powder and the colors. To get better fitting for the strong non-linearity between the concentration and the color, a neural network which has strong fitting performances was used. Analyses on the transient mixing of the solid powders were quantitatively made.

• 대한토목학회논문집
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• 제26권6B호
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• pp.623-631
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• 2006

본 연구에서는 하상변화가 존재하는 자연하천에서의 물질거동을 해석하기 위한 주기적저장대모형을 개발하였다. 저장대 구조에 따른 저장효과를 살펴보기 위하여 자연하천의 특성을 고려한 4개의 주기적 여울-소 구조를 갖는 와 흐름에서 소금물과 염료를 이용하여 실험한 모형실험결과를 이용하였다. 염료실험 결과, 물질이동 및 혼합거동은 하상 및 하안의 구조에 영향을 받는 것으로 나타났다. 기존의 저장대분산모형이 주기적으로 변화하는 저장대 구조에 의한 이동 및 질량교환 효과를 정확히 재현하지 못하는 것에 비해서 경계변화에 따른 질량교환 효과를 보다 효과적으로 재현할 수 있는 주기적저장대모형은 모형 실험 결과를 잘 재현하는 것으로 나타났다. 새로운 저장대모형을 미국 텍사스주의 Sabin River에 적용하였으며, 그 결과는 실험을 통해서 수집된 농도분포를 잘 재현하는 것으로 나타났다.

• 한국수소및신에너지학회논문집
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• 제23권4호
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• pp.364-372
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• 2012

Transient mixing states of two different fuel oils, dimethylformamide (DMF) oil and JetA1 oil, were investigated by using a color image processing and a neural network. A tank ($D{\times}H$, $310{\times}370mm$) was filled with JetA1 oil. The DMF oil was filled at a top tank, and was mixed with the JetA1 oil in the tank mixing tank via a sudden opening which was performed by nitrogen gas with 1.9 bar. An impeller was rotated with 700 rpm for mixing enhancements of the two fuel oils. To visualize the mixing state of the DMF oil with the JetA1 oil, the DMF oil was coated with Rhodamine B whose color was red. A LCD monitor was used for uniform illumination. The color changes of the DMF oil were captured by a camcoder and the images were transferred to a host computer for quantifying the information of color changes. The color images of two mixed oils were captured with the camcoder. The R, G, B color information of the captured images was used to quantify the concentration of the DMF oil. To quantify the concentration of the DMF oil in the JetA1 oil, a calibration of color-to-concentration was carried out before the main experiment was done. Transient mixing states of DMF oil with the JetA1 oil since after the sudden infiltration were quantified and characterized with the constructed visualization technique.

• 한국전산유체공학회지
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• 제14권4호
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• pp.1-6
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• 2009

In the present study, numerical simulations were performed in a stirred solid/liquid system by using Eulerian multi-phase model. The transient flow field of liquid and distribution of solid particles were predicted in the stirred tank with pitched paddle impeller and baffles. The Frozen rotor method is adopted to consider the rotating motion of the impeller. The effects of number and width of baffles on the mixing time and the quality of solid suspension in the stirred tank are presented numerically. The result shows that the mixing time decreases as the width and number of baffles increase. The present numerical methodology can be applied to optimizing mixing condition of industrial mixer.

• Nuclear Engineering and Technology
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• 제32권6호
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• pp.549-558
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• 2000

A transient model for hydrogen generation in molten metal-water interactions was developed with separate models for two stages of coarse mixing and stratification. The model selves the mechanistic equations (heat and mass transfer correlation, heat conduction equation and the concentration diffusion equation) of each stage with non-zero boundary conditions. Using this model, numerical simulations were performed for single droplet experiments in the Argonne National Laboratory tests and for FITS tests that simulated dynamic fragmentation and stratification. The calculation results of hydrogen generation showed better agreement to the experiment data than those of previous works. It was found from the analyses that the steam concentration to be reached at the reaction front might be the main constraint to the extent of the metal droplet oxidized. Also, the hydrogen generation rate in the coarse mixing stage was the higher than that in the stratification stage. The particle size was the most important factor in the coarse mixing stage to predict the amount of hydrogen generation.

• 한국물환경학회지
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• 제30권2호
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• pp.166-174
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• 2014

Velocity gradient, G, a measure of the average velocity gradient in the fluid has been applied for complete mixing of chemicals in mechanical mixing devices. G values were calculated by the power input transferred to fluid in turbulent and transient range. Chemical reactions occur so fast that total mass transfer time required for even distribution of the chemicals determine the overall reaction time. The total mass transfer time is composed of the time for complete mixing through the reactor and for diffusion of the chemicals into the eddy. Complete mixing time was calculated by CFD (computer fluid dynamics) and evaluated by tracer tests in 2 liter jars at different rotating speeds. Turbulent range, Reynolds number above 10,000 in regular 2 liter jars occurred at revolution speed above 100 rpm (revolution per minute), while laminar range occurred at revolution speed below 10 rpm. A typical range of rotating speed used in jar tests for water and wastewater treatment was between 10 and 300 rpm, which covered both transient and turbulent range. G values supplied from a commercial jar test apparatus showed big difference from those calculated with power number specially in turbulent range. Diffusion time through eddy decreased 1.5 power-law of rotating speed. Complete mixing time determined by pumping number decreased increases in rotating speed. Total mass transfer time, finally, decreases as rotating speed increases, and it becomes 1 sec at rotating speed of 1,000 rpm. Complete mixing times evaluated from tracer tests showed higher than those calculated by power number at higher rotating speed. Complete mixing times, however, calculated by CFD showed similar to those of experimentally evaluated ones.

• 한국진공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국진공학회 1999년도 제16회 학술발표회 논문개요집
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• pp.185-185
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• 1999

• Nuclear Engineering and Technology
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• 제26권1호
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• pp.63-77
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• 1994

이 연구는 가압경수로의 원자로 다운커머내에서 과도냉각시 직접용기주입에 따른 유체혼합현상을 가압열충격의 견지에서 시험모델을 사용하여 조사한 것이다. 시험모델은 ABB-CE System80＋ 원자로 구조에 근거하여 설계되었다. 이 원자로에 대한 가능성 있는 가압열충격 사고로서 콜드레그 소형파단 냉각재 상실사고와 주중기관 판단 사고가 선정되었다. 시험은 두 부분으로 구성되는데 첫째 부분은 원자로 다운커머에서 직접용기 주입수와 기존냉각재간의 유체혼합을 가시화법에 의하여 시험한 것이고, 둘째 부분은 별도의 시험모델에서 직접용기주입에 따른 열적혼합을 시험한 것이다. 가시화 시험에서는 과도적 냉각기간중 직접용기 주입수와 1차 냉각재간의 물리적 상호작용이 밝혀졌다. 열적혼합시험에서는 소형파단 냉각재 상실사고시 직접용기주입에 의한 심한 냉각현상이 다운커머내서 관찰되었다. 측정된 온도곡선은 소형파단 냉각재 상실사고에 대하여 REMIX 로드, 증기관 파단사고에 대하여는 COM-MIX-1B 코드에 의한 계산과 비교되었다.