• Nuclear Engineering and Technology
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• 제56권3호
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• pp.1081-1090
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• 2024

The liquid Lead-bismuth eutectic is used as the coolant for Gen-IV reactor concepts. However, due to its strong corrosive and high operating temperature, it is difficult to accurately measure the flow rate in long-term operating conditions. Venturi flowmeter is a simple structured flowmeter, which plays a very important role in the flow measurement of high-temperature liquid metals, especially since the existing flowmeters are difficult to be competent. It has the advantages of easy maintenance and stable operation. Therefore, it is necessary to study the operating conditions of the venturi flowmeter under high-temperature conditions. This work performs a series of simulations of the fluid-solid interaction between the flow liquid metal and venturi flowmeter with COMSOL software, including the dimensional sensitivity analysis of the venturi flowmeter to explore the most suitable structure and parameters for liquid heavy metal, the sensitivity analysis of the geometric parameters of the venturi tube on the varying conditions. It shows that when the contraction angle of the venturi flowmeter is 33°, the diffusion angle is 13°, the diameter of the throat is 8 mm, and the temperature of the lead-bismuth eutectic is 733.15 K, it is most suitable for the measurement in the lead-bismuth circuit.

• 한국전산유체공학회지
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• 제21권2호
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• pp.40-46
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• 2016

In the paper, a study on the analysis of fouling effect of the venturi flowmeter is described. In the research flow field solutions about the venturi flowmeter with fouling are obtained and then the effects on fouling states by inserting a ring into the throat of venturi flowmeter are studied. As the result shows, it is found that the inserted ring reduces the fouling effect due to the flow separation occurring at the ring. Consequently, a venturi flowmeter with ring shows smaller pressure loss differences than the original configuration with no ring on fouling state. This research suggests an efficient and economic method of inserting a ring to reduce the pressure loss effects due to fouling.

• 한국전산유체공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국전산유체공학회 1997년도 추계 학술대회논문집
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• pp.143-148
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• 1997

Differential pressure Venturi cone flowmeter is an advanced flowmeter which has many advantages such as wide range of measurement, high accuracy, excellent flow turndown ratio, low headless, and short installation pipe length requirement, etc. Like other differential pressure flowmeter, Venturi cone flowmeter uses the law of energy conservation, but its shape and position make it perform better than others. The cone acts as its own flow conditioner and mixer, fully conditioning and mixing the flow prior to measurement. For the analysis, we use Reynolds-averaged Navier-Stokes equations and $k-{\omega}$ turbulence model. The equations are fully trans-formed in the computational coordinates, the pressure-velocity coupling is made through SIMPLER algorithm, and the equations are discretized using analytic solutions of the linearized equations(Finite Analytic Method). At the end of the paper, using the result of analysis, We propose a new shape of cone with the hope of drag reduction and high performance.

• 설비공학논문집
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• 제10권6호
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• pp.714-720
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• 1998

The differential pressure venturi-cone flowmeter is an advanced flowmeter which has many advantages such as wide range of measurement, high accuracy, excellent flow turn-down ratio, low headless, short installation pipe length requirement, and etc. Like other differential pressure flowmeters, the venturi-cone flowmeter uses the law of energy conservation, but its shape and position make it perform better than others. The cone acts as its own flow conditioner and mixer, fully conditioning and mixing the flow prior to measurement. For the analysis, we used Reynolds-averaged Wavier-Stokes equations and k-$\omega$ turbulence model. The equations were fully transformed into the computational domain, the pressure-velocity coupling was made through SIMPLER algorithm, and the equations were discretized using finite analytic solutions of the liberalized equations(Finite Analytic Method). To control the separation phenomenon on the cone surface, we proposed a new shape of cone, and analyzed the flowfield in the new flowmeter system, and found the improvement on the performance of the new cone flowmeter.

• 한국유체기계학회 논문집
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• 제13권6호
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• pp.36-41
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• 2010

Design, manufacture and calibration procedures of a venturi pipe flowmeter for airflow measurement in altitude engine test were discussed. Altitude engine test using venturi pipe was given as an example. The venturi was designed per the ISO standard of ISO5167, and was intented to include the entire airflow range in the test envelope of the gas turbine engine. Measurement uncertainty analysis was performed in the design procedure to investigate the effect of venturi geometry and sensor specification upon the measurement uncertainty. Manufacturing process was designed to minimize the deviation from the geometry of design. Calibration was performed to get the relationship between the discharge coefficient and the pipe Reynolds number. Then the uncertainty was assessed again using real data acquired during engine test. Through these procedures, it was possible to maintain the uncertainty of airflow measurement under 1 % for most of the operating envelope of the gas turbine engine. The discharge coefficient of the venturi pipe showed agreement with the value suggested in the ISO standard ISO5167-4 within 0.6 %.

• 한국유체기계학회 논문집
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• 제6권1호
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• pp.57-65
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• 2003

The measurement uncertainties of an ultrasonic flowmeter were analyzed to evaluate its applicability to the measurement of the steam generator feedwater flow-rate in a nuclear power plant. The analyses of measurement uncertainties of a reactor power were also performed with the analyses of feedwater flow measurement uncertainties. Two ultrasonic flowmeters based on a cross-correlation technique and a transit time method were used in this study. The ultrasonic flowmeters were installed on a feedwater pipe line of a typical 1000 MWe Korea-standardized nuclear power plant to take the necessary data. The results have shown that the measurement uncertainties of the ultrasonic flowmeters are adequately smaller than those or a venturi meter. The research has also indicated that the measurement uncertainties of the reactor power based on the ultrasonic flowmeter uncertainties are sufficiently bounded by the uncertainty range usually assumed in nuclear safety analyses.

• 비파괴검사학회지
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• 제22권3호
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• pp.246-253
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• 2002

제철공정에서 발생하는 열악한 환경의 가스를 계측하기 위해서 개발한 초음파 가스 유량계와 현장 적용 결과에 대해서 기술한다. 개발된 초음파 유량계는 제철공정에 생산되는 부생가스인 LDG, COG, BFG 등의 활용에 적합하도록 개발했다. 그리고 본 초음파 유량계는 초음파 전달시간차 방식을 채택하고 있다. 전달 시간차 방식의 초음파 유량계를 구현하기 위한 초음파 신호의 송수신 알고리즘 및 초음파 신호처리 알고리즘을 개발했다. 유량계의 성능을 검증하기 위해서 대용량 유량 검 교정 장치를 자체 제작하여 유량계 검 교정 실험을 행했고 Venturi Type의 기준유량계와 비교실험을 통해서 측정오차를 평가했다. 실제 제철공정에 1년 이상의 적용 테스터를 통해 초음파 유량계의 신뢰성을 확인했으며 현재 상업화 모델이 개발되어 현장에서 활용 중에 있다.

• 한국화재소방학회논문지
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• 제29권3호
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• pp.48-52
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• 2015

이 연구는 기존의 미터링 오리피스보다 유량계수가 작은 미터링 벤츄리를 이용하여 포소화약제 혼합장치를 실무에서 주로 사용하는 직경으로 제작하여 혼합비가 적정한지를 평가한 연구로써 3%용 혼합비의 경우 가압수 직경 76.2 mm(포원액 직경 31.75 mm)는 3.1~3.5%의 혼합비의 변화를 나타내었고, 가압수 직경 101.6 mm(포원액 직경 38.1 mm)는 3.3~3.7%의 변화를 나타내어 포소화약제혼합장치등의 성능인증 및 제품검사의 기술기준인 3.0~3.9%를 만족하는 것을 알 수 있었다. 6% 혼합비의 경우 가압수 직경 76.2 mm는 6.4~6.8%의 혼합비의 변화를 나타내었고, 가압수 직경 101.6 mm는 6.25~6.5%의 변화를 나타내어 포소화약제혼합장치등의 성능인증 및 제품검사의 기술기준인 6.0~7.0%를 만족하는 것을 알 수 있었다.