• Advances in aircraft and spacecraft science
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• 제5권4호
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• pp.499-513
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• 2018

One of the major problems in glass fiber reinforced epoxy (GFRE) composite pipes is the durability under water absorption. This condition is generally recognized to cause degradations in strength and mechanical properties. Therefore, there is a need for an intelligent system for detecting the absorption rate and computing the mass of water absorption (M%) as a function of absorption time (t). The present work represents a new non-destructive evaluation (NDE) technique for detecting the water absorption rate by evaluating the dielectric properties of glass fiber and epoxy resin composite pipes subjected to internal hydrostatic pressure at room temperature. The variation in the dielectric signatures is employed to design an electrical capacitance sensor (ECS) with high sensitivity to detect such defects. ECS consists of twelve electrodes mounted on the outer surface of the pipe. Radius-electrode ratio is defined as the ratio of inner and outer radius of pipe. A finite element (FE) simulation model is developed to measure the capacitance values and node potential distribution of ECS electrodes on the basis of water absorption rate in the pipe material as a function of absorption time. The arrangements for positioning12-electrode sensor parameters such as capacitance, capacitance change and change rate of capacitance are analyzed by ANSYS and MATLAB to plot the mass of water absorption curve against absorption time (t). An analytical model based on a Fickian diffusion model is conducted to predict the saturation level of water absorption ($M_S$) from the obtained mass of water absorption curve. The FE results are in excellent agreement with the analytical results and experimental results available in the literature, thus, validating the accuracy and reliability of the proposed expert system.

• Nuclear Engineering and Technology
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• 제54권12호
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• pp.4571-4584
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• 2022

The analysis of rapid flow transients in Reactor Coolant Pumps (RCP) is essential for a reactor safety study. An accurate and precise analysis of the RCP coastdown is necessary for the reactor design. The coastdown of RCP affects the coolant temperature and the colloidal crud in the primary coolant. A realistic and kinetic model has been used to investigate the behavior of activated colloidal crud in the primary coolant and steam generator that solves the pump speed analytically. The analytic solution of the non-dimensional flow rate has been determined by the energy ratio β. The kinetic energy of the coolant fluid and the kinetic energy stored in the rotating parts of a pump are two essential parameters in the form of β. Under normal operation, the pump's speed and moment of inertia are constant. However, in a coastdown situation, kinetic damping in the interval has been implemented. A dynamic model ACCP-SMART has been developed for System Integrated Modular and Advanced Reactor (SMART) to investigate the corrosion due to activated colloidal crud. The Fickian diffusion model has been implemented as the reference corrosion model for the constituent component of the primary loop of the SMART reactor. The activated colloidal crud activity in the primary coolant and steam generator of the SMART reactor has been studied for different equilibrium corrosion rates, linear increase in corrosion rate, and dynamic RCP coastdown situation energy ratio b. The coolant specific activity of SMART reactor equilibrium corrosion (4.0 mg s^-1) has been found 9.63×10^-3 µCi cm^-3, 3.53×10^-3 µC cm^-3, 2.39×10^-2 µC cm^-3, 8.10×10^-3 µC cm^-3, 6.77× 10^-3 µC cm^-3, 4.95×10^-4 µC cm^-3, 1.19×10^-3 µC cm^-3, and 7.87×10^-4 µC cm^-3 for ²⁴Na, ⁵⁴Mn, ⁵⁶Mn, ⁵⁹Fe, ⁵⁸Co, ⁶⁰Co, ⁹⁹Mo, and ⁵¹Cr which are 14.95%, 5.48%, 37.08%, 12.57%, 10.51%, 0.77%, 18.50%, and 0.12% respectively. For linear and exponential coastdown with a constant corrosion rate, the total coolant and steam generator activity approaches a higher saturation value than the normal values. The coolant and steam generator activity changes considerably with kinetic corrosion rate, equilibrium corrosion, growth of corrosion rate (ΔC/Δt), and RCP coastdown situations. The effect of the RCP coastdown on the specific activity of the steam generators is smeared by linearly rising corrosion rates, equilibrium corrosion, and rapid coasting down of the RCP. However, the time taken to reach the saturation activity is also influenced by the slope of corrosion rate, coastdown situation, equilibrium corrosion rate, and energy ratio β.

• 산업식품공학
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• 제23권1호
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• pp.7-15
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• 2019

연화 및 기능성 강화를 위한 함침기술 개발의 일환으로 돈육을 소금 용액에 함침시키는 공정에서 물과 용질의 이동에 미치는 함침 용액 농도의 영향과 Fickian model을 이용하여 이동 현상을 수식화하였고, 함침 후 시료의 전단력과 물성을 측정하였다. 소금 농도 6%를 기점으로 2.5%와 5%에서는 팽윤에 따른 수분의 이동으로 수화가 일어났으며, 10%에서는 수축이 동반되어 수화가 줄어들다가 결국 15%에서는 수분 이동 방향이 전환된 탈수가 확인되었다. 이러한 사실을 분석한 결과, 물질이동 방향은 11-14% 사이에서 전환되는 것으로 예측되었다. 즉, 5%에서 6시간 함침 후 수분함량은 12.68 g/100 g으로 가장 높았다. 용질의 이동은 함침액 농도와 함침 시간에 따라 증가하였다. 확산에 관한 Fick's의 제 2 법칙의 해석해를 이용하여 물과 용질에 대한 유효확산계수를 산출한 결과, 소금의 유효확산계수는 함침액 농도에 따라 증가하며 그 값은 2.43×10^-9에서 3.53×10^-9 m²/s 이었다. 반면 수분의 유효확산계수는 1.22×10^-9에서 1.88×10^-9 m²/s이었으나 농도에 따른 정확한 상관관계를 예측할 수 없었다. 즉, 확산모델은 용질의 이동에 대하여는 R²이 0.91 이상으로 잘 일치하지만 수분 이동에 관하여는 적합하지 못함을 알 수 있었다. 따라서 농도구배에 의한 구동력에 bulk flow의 원인이 되는 구동력을 포함하는 이론식이나 경험식의 연구가 필요하다고 사료된다. 함침 공정에 의해 대조군에 비하여 모든 농도에서 낮은 경도, 씹힘성 및 전단력 값을 나타내었고, 수분 보유가 가장 큰 5% 용액으로 함침 하였을 경우에 가장 낮은 값을 나타내어 함침 공정에 의한 연화 효과를 확인하였다.