• Journal of the Korean Institute of Gas
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• v.25 no.5
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• pp.30-36
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• 2021

Residual life assessment of reformer tubes of mod HP steel used in the refinery and petrochemical industry were investigated by quantitative metallographic evaluation method. Area fractions of precipitated carbides were measured by using surface replication and its relationship with the remaining life of the tube was investigated. The microstructures of the virgin and other tubes were examined using optical microscopy (OM) for service periods of 1.8, 6.0, 7.2, 8.5, 9.7, and 16.2 years at 950 ℃ and the area fractions of the precipitates were measured by image analysis using ImageJ software. As the area fraction of the precipitates increased, the residual life was decreased accordingly. The results showed that the LMP was the highest in the virgin and the LMP decreased as the service time increased and the residual life decreased. A regressional equation showing the relation between the area fraction of carbides and LMP was experimentally derived. The obtained relationship can be used with the surface replication method for on-site residual life assessment.

• Proceedings of the Korean Nuclear Society Conference
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• 1996.05b
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• pp.441-446
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• 1996

INEL에서 가압 경수로에서 일어날 수 있는 가상 사고 해석을 위해 개발된 Relap5/Mod3.2를 PC Version으로 변환 설치하였다. CPU Time 비교 및 검증 계산을 수행했으며 중요 변수 비교를 통해 변환의 적절함을 확인했다. Accumulator 주입에 의한 Numerical Oscillation이 일어나는 부분에서 서로 다른 시간 간격 제어를 함으로써 HP Version 결과와 차이가 있는 것을 제외하고 대체적으로 유사한 결과를 보임을 알 수 있었다. 경제적 측면과 Microprocessor의 발전 속도 측면에서 볼 때 PC Version 사용이 매우 유리한 선택이 될 수 있을 것이다.

• Korean Journal of Materials Research
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• v.23 no.5
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• pp.293-298
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• 2013

In this study, an HP-mod. type(KHR-45A), which is used as a heater tube material in the pyrolysis process, was evaluated for its carburizing properties. It was confirmed from the microstructural observation of the tubes that the volume fraction of carbide increased and that the coarsening of Cr-carbide generated as a degree of carburization increased. The depth of the hardened layer, which is similar to the thickness of the carburized region of each specimen, due to carburization is confirmed by measurement of the micro-Vickers hardness of the cross section tube, which thickness is similar to that of the carburized region of each specimen. Two types of chromium carbides were identified from the EBSD (electron back-scattered diffraction) image and the EDS (energy-dispersive spectroscopy) analysis: Cr-rich $M_{23}C_6$ in the outer region and Cr-rich $M_7C_3$ in the inner region of tubes. The EDS analysis revealed a correlation between the ferromagnetic behavior of the tubes and the chromium depletion in the matrix. The chromium depletion in the austenite matrix is the main cause of the magnetization of the carburized tube. The method used currently for the measurement of the carburization of the tubes is confirmed; carburizing evaluation is useful for magnetic flux density measurement. The volume fraction of the carbide increased as the measuring point moved into the carburized side; this was determined from the calculation of the volume fraction in the cross-section image of the tubes. These results are similar to the trends of carburization measurement when those trends were evaluated by measurement of the magnetic flux density.