• Nuclear Engineering and Technology
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• 제56권2호
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• pp.611-623
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• 2024

The ISP-47 TOSQAN experiment was analyzed with containmentFOAM which is an open-source CFD code based on OpenFOAM. The containment phenomena taking place during the experiment are gas mixing, stratification and wall condensation in a mixture composed of steam and non-condensable gas. The k-ω SST turbulence model was adopted with buoyancy turbulence models. The wall condensation model used is based on the diffusion layer approach. We have simulated the full TOSQAN experiment which had a duration 20000 s. Sensitivity studies were conducted for the buoyancy turbulence models with SGDH and GGDH and there were not significant differences. All the main features of the experiments namely pressure history, temperature, velocity and gas species evolution were well predicted by containemntFOAM. The simulation results confirmed the formation of two large flow stream circulations and a mixing zone resulting by the combined effects of the condensation flow and natural convection flow. It was found that the natural convection in lower region of the vessel devotes to maintain two large circulations and to be varied the height of the mixing zone as result of sensitivity analysis of non-condensing wall temperature. The computational results obtained with the 2D mesh grid approach were comparable to the experimental results.

• 한국안전학회지
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• 제6권1호
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• pp.26-30
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• 1991

Flammability, and released toxic halogen gases during combustion about two kinds of flame-retardant flexible foam(F.R. flexible PV foam) were investigated. One of the above was F.R. flexible PU foam with the containment of halogen and the other was manufactured with pure flexible PU foam in aqueous solution of alumina trihydrate(ATH) and dried 4 hours at 10$0^{\circ}C$. Flammability by L.O.I and UL94 HF-1 of the two materials were similarly shown. And combustion gases were analyzed with GC-Mass. HCI, CI$_2$ and HF were detected at both halogen being contained F.R. flexible PU foam and ATH dolng one The reason, to find halogen gases from burning ATH-containing F, R. flexible PU foam which wasn't used for any halogenated F.R., could be considered as by using trichlorofluoromethane with blowing agent to make PU foam. The relative quanity of relesed halogen gases of F.R. flexible PU foam with the containment of halogen had been indicated tree times HCI and CI$_2$, two times HF than ATH containing, respectively.

• International Journal of Ocean System Engineering
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• 제1권4호
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• pp.230-235
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• 2011

Reinforced polyurethane foam (RPUF) is one of the important materials of Mark III type insulation systems used in liquefied natural gas (LNG) cargo containment systems. However, RPUF is the most difficult material to use with regard to its safety assessment, because there is little public and reliable data on its mechanical properties, and even some public data show relatively large differences. In this study, to investigate the structural response of the system under compressive loads such as sloshing action, time-dependent characteristics of RPUF were examined. A series of compressive load tests of the insulation system including RPUF under various temperature conditions was carried out using specimens with rectangular section. As a result, the relationship between deformation of RPUF and time is linear and dependent on the loading rate, so the concept of strain rate could be applied to the analysis of the insulation system. Also, we found that the spring constant tends to converge to a value as the loading rate increases and that the convergence level is dependent on temperature.

• Journal of Advanced Marine Engineering and Technology
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• 제40권6호
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• pp.493-498
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• 2016

본 연구에서는 영하 $163^{\circ}C$의 극저온 환경에서 저장되는 액화천연가스 운반선 방열시스템에 적용되는 폴리우레탄 폼 단열재의 기계적 강도를 향상시키기 위한 연구의 일환으로 폴리우레탄 폼 합성 시 산화그래핀을 첨가한 산화그래핀-폴리우레탄폼을 개발하였다. 우선 Hummers 방법을 이용하여 산화그래핀을 합성하였으며, 폴리올과 이소시아네이트의 중합반응 시 산화그래핀의 중량비를 다르게 첨가하여 산화그래핀-폴리우레탄 폼 벌크를 제작하였다. 미세구조 분석을 통해 산화그래핀의 양에 의존한 산화그래핀-폴리우레탄 폼의 셀 안정성에 대해 분석 하였으며, 이와 동시에 산화그래핀이 폴리우레탄 폼 셀에 미치는 영향에 대해 분석하고자 하였다. 또한, 기계적 강도를 계측하기 위해 극저온용 챔버를 탑재한 만능재료시험기의 온도를 제어하여 상온 및 영하 $163^{\circ}C$의 극저온 환경에서 압축시험을 수행하여 기계적 거동 및 파손 특성에 대해 규명하였다. 시험 결과 산화그래핀의 양이 증가 할수록 기계적 강도는 향상되지만, 일정량 이상이 되면 셀형성을 방해하여 셀 구조의 안정성이 저하되고 기계적 강도 또한 저하되는 현상을 관찰하였다.

• 한국가스학회지
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• 제18권1호
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• pp.17-24
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• 2014

LNG 저장탱크는 초저온($-162^{\circ}C$)의 액화천연가스(LNG)를 저장하는 시설로서 안전성이 크게 요구되는 시설물이다. LNG를 저장하는 내조에 문제가 일어나 LNG 누출이 발생했을 경우를 대비하여 종래에는 LNG 저장탱크 외부에 방류둑을 설치하게 되어 있었다. 하지만 이는 부지 활용도를 떨어뜨리고 저장탱크 건설비를 증가시키는 등의 문제점이 있어 근래 들어 저장탱크 벽체를 초저온에 견딜 수 있는 구조로 바꾸는 완전방호식 저장탱크를 제작함으로서 방류둑 설치를 하지 않고 있다. 탱크 벽체를 초저온에 견딜 수 있는 구조로 만드는 방법은 크게 두 가지가 있다. 하나는 초저온에 견딜 수 있는 철근을사용하여 LNG 탱크 벽체 콘크리트를 제작하는 방법이며 다른 하나는 LNG 탱크 벽체 콘크리트 내부 표면에 초저온에 견딜 수 있는 스프레이 폴리우레탄 폼 등의 제품을 적용하여 내조로부터 LNG의 누출이 발생하여도 콘크리트 표면온도가 정해진 기간 동안 일정 온도 이하로 낮아지지 않도록 하는 방법이다. 최근 국내에 서 건설하는 모든 LNG 저장탱크는 경제적이고 적용방법이 간단한 스프레이 폼을 사용하여 LNG 저장탱크 벽체의 저온 안전성을 강화하고 있다.

• 대한조선학회논문집
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• 제59권4호
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• pp.207-213
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• 2022

LNG CCS which is a special type of cargo hold operated at -163℃ for transporting liquefied LNG is composed of a primary barrier, plywood, insulation panel, secondary barrier, and mastic. Currently, glass fiber is used to reinforce polyurethane foam. In this paper, we evaluated the possibility of replacing glass fiber-reinforced polyurethane foam with basalt fiber-reinforced polyurethane foam. We conducted a thermal conductivity test to confirm thermal performance at room temperature. To evaluate the mechanical properties between basalt and glass-fiber-reinforced polyurethane foam which is fiber content of 5 wt% and 10 wt%, tensile and an impact test was performed repeatedly. All of the tests were performed at room temperature and cryogenic temperature(-163℃) in consideration of the temperature gradient in the LNG CCS. As a result of the thermal conductivity test, the insulating performance of glass fiber reinforced polyurethane foam and basalt fiber reinforced polyurethane foam presented similar results. The tensile test results represent that the strength of basalt fiber-reinforced polyurethane foam is superior to glass fiber at room temperature, and there is a clear difference. However, the strength is similar to each other at cryogenic temperatures. In the impact test, the strength of PUR-B5 is the highest, but in common, the strength decreases as the weight ratio of the two fibers increases. In conclusion, basalt fiber-reinforced polyurethane foam has sufficient potential to replace glass fiber-reinforced polyurethane foam.

• 한국해양공학회지
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• 제36권4호
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• pp.217-231
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• 2022

Reinforced polyurethane foam (R-PUF), a material for liquefied natural gas cargo containment systems, is expected to have different mechanical properties depending on its stacking position of foaming as the glass fiber reinforcement of R-PUF sinks inside R-PUF under the influence of gravity. In addition, since R-PUF is not a homogeneous material, it is also expected that the coordinate direction within this material has a great correlation with the mechanical properties. So, this study was conducted to confirm this correlation with the one between the mechanical properties and the stacking position. In particular, in this study, R-PUF of 3 different densities (130, 170, and 210 kg/m³) was used, and tensile, compression, and shear tests of this material were performed under 5 temperatures. As a result of the tests, it was confirmed that the strength and modulus of elasticity of the material increased as the temperature decreased. Specifically, the strength and modulus of elasticity in the Z direction, which was the lamination direction, tended to be lower than those in the other directions. Finally, the strength and elastic modulus of different specimens of the material found at the bottom of their lamination compared to the specimens with these properties found at positions other than their lamination bottom were evaluated. Further analysis confirmed that as the temperature decreased, hardening of R-PUF occurred, indicating that the strength and modulus of elasticity increased. On the other hand, as the density of R-PUF increased, a sharp increase in strength and elastic modulus of R-PUF was observed.

• 대한조선학회논문집
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• 제56권6호
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• pp.515-522
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• 2019

Since Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) is normally carried at 1.1 bar pressure and at -163℃, special Cargo Containment System (CCS) are used. As LNG carrier is becoming larger, typical LNG insulation systems adopt a method to increase the thickness of insulation panel to reduce sloshing load and Boil-off Rate (BOR). However, this will decrease LNG cargo volume and increase insulation material costs. In this paper, silica aerogel, glass bubble were synthesized in polyurethane foam to increase volumetric efficiency by improving mechanical and thermal performance of insulation. In order to increase dispersibility of particles, ultrasonic dispersion was used. Dynamic impact test, quasi-static compression test at room temperature (20℃) and cryogenic temperature (-163℃) was evaluated. To evaluate the thermal performance, the thermal conductivity at room temperature (20℃) was measured. As a result, specimens without ultrasonic dispersion have a little effect on strength under the compressive load, although they show high mechanical performance under the impact load. In contrast, specimens with ultrasonic dispersion have significantly increased impact strength and compressive strength. Recently, as the density of Polyurethane foam (PUF) has been increasing, these results can be a method for improving the mechanical and thermal performance of insulation panel.

• Journal of Advanced Research in Ocean Engineering
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• 제1권4호
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• pp.211-226
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• 2015

Membrane type Mark III cargo containment system (CCS) is considered in this study to investigate its strength capability under applied loads due to liquefied natural gas (LNG) cargo. A rectangular plated structure supported by inner hull structure is exemplified from Mark III CCS according to classification society's guidance and it is assumed as multi-layered structure by stacking plywood, triplex, reinforced polyurethane (PU) foam and series of mastic upon inner hull structure. Commercially available general purpose finite element analysis package is used to have reliable FE models of Mark III CCS plate. The FE models and anisotropic failure criteria such as maximum stress, Hoffman, Hill, Tsai-Wu and Hashin taking into account the direction dependent material properties of Mark III CCS plate components and their material properties considering a wide variation of temperature due to the nature of LNG together form the strength analysis procedure of Mark III CCS plate. Strength capability of Mark III CCS plate is understood by its initial failure and post-initial failure states. Results are represented in terms of failure loads and locations when initial failure and post-initial failures are occurred respectively. From the results the basic design information of Mark III CCS plate is given.

• 한국해양환경ㆍ에너지학회지
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• 제2권1호
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• pp.49-62
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• 1999

해상에서의 선박의 충돌이나 좌초로 인한 유출사고시 오일붐은 기름의 확산을 방지하고 유출된 기름을 일정한 두께로 모아 유회수기(oil skimmer)의 회수효율을 높이는 목적으로 사용되고 있다. 해상에 설치된 오일붐은 조류속도, 파고, 풍속 등 다양한 해상조건에 따라 보유성능(oil-containment capability)에 영향을 받는다. 본 연구에서는 오일붐의 성능평가 기법 개발의 일환으로 1998년 4월 20일부터 30일까지 10일 동안 여수 우암 앞바다에서 고형식, 총기팽창식, 자동팽창식 오일붐 등 3종류를 대상으로 실해역에서의 조류속도, 풍속, 파고, 선박의 예인속도 등 해양조건에 따른 오일붐의 거동 및 월파현상을 분석하고, gap ratio에 따른 오일붐의 장력을 계측하였다.