• 한국가스학회지
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• 제25권6호
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• pp.98-105
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• 2021

현재 정부의 「한국판 뉴딜 종합계획」발표('20.7.14, 관계부처 합동)에 따른 수소 생산 및 충전시설 보급 확대에 따라 주요 기업에서 액화수소 제조설비 건설계획 발표에 액화수소 플랜트, 충전소 등 관련시설 구축이 속도감 있게 진행되고 있다. 그러나 국내 액화수소 밸류체인에 따른 생산·저장시설·운송·활용 등에 대한 안전기준이 미흡한 실정이며, 액화수소 전주기에 걸친 안전 기술 및 안전기준 마련이 시급하다. 이에 한국가스안전공사는 액화수소 플랜트를 비롯한 전주기에 걸친 안전기준을 제·개정하고, 이를 통해 국내 안전한 수소 경제를 실현시키고자 한다.

• 한국수소및신에너지학회논문집
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• 제26권6호
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• pp.659-665
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• 2015

In this study, an experimental investigation is performed for evaluation of a liquid pool spreading model with continuous release. The model considered in this study was developed based on a concept which means that the liquid pool spreading is governed by a balance between an inertia force from gravity and a frictional force from friction with the ground under the whole base of the liquid pool. For evaluation of the model, experimental study is performed. Experimental apparatus is setup for measuring release rate, spreading velocity, and evaporation rate from a liquid pool. The experimental results are compared with results from the model. By applying release and evaporation rates obtained from experiments to solving the model, liquid pool radius variation according to time can be obtained. For evaluation of an effect of friction force in the spreading model, results obtained from the models with and without the friction force are compared with those obtained from the experiments. As a result, it is shown that there exists a large deviation between the results obtained from the model without the friction force and the experimental results. On the other hand, the tendency of liquid pool radius variation according to time is similar between the results obtained from the model without the friction force and the experimental results.

• 한국수소및신에너지학회논문집
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• 제24권6호
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• pp.487-494
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• 2013

In this study, solutions for a liquid pool spreading model with continuous and instantaneous release are discussed based on the model used in the FERC's report. The effects of the release time on the liquid pool volume and radius are investigated for the continuous release. For the continuous release with the frictional resistance force in the liquid pool spreading model, the vaporization time decreases as the release time increases. On the other hand, for the continuous release without the frictional resistance force in the liquid pool spreading model, the vaporization time increases as the release time increases. These phenomena are deeply related to the pool radius. In addition, the effects of the initial pool radius for the instantaneous release in the liquid pool spreading model are discussed. For the case with the frictional resistance force in the liquid pool spreading model, as reducing release time in the model with the frictional resistance force for the continuous release, the solution for a continuous release approaches to that for an instantaneous release. On the contrary to this, the pool volume and radius for the instantaneous release without the frictional resistance force are totally different from those for the continuous release without the frictional resistance force.

• Nuclear Engineering and Technology
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• 제56권3호
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• pp.893-899
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• 2024

In a secondary cooling system of a sodium-cooled fast reactor (SFR), rapid detection of hydrogen due to sodium-water reaction (SWR) caused by water leakage from a heat exchanger tube of a steam generator (SG) is important in terms of safety and property protection of the SFR. For hydrogen detection, the hydrogen detectors using atomic transmission phenomenon of hydrogen within Ni-membrane were used in Japanese proto-type SFR "Monju". However, during the plant operation, detection signals of water leakage were observed even in the situation without SWR concerning temperature up and down in the cooling system. For this reason, the study of a new hydrogen detector has been carried out to improve stability, accuracy and reliability. In this research, the authors focus on the difference in composition of hydrogen and the difference between the background hydrogen under normal plant operation and the one generated by SWR and theoretically estimate the hydrogen behavior in liquid sodium by using ultra-accelerated quantum chemical molecular dynamics (UA-QCMD). Based on the estimation, dissolved H or NaH, rather than molecular hydrogen (H₂), is the predominant form of the background hydrogen in liquid sodium in terms of energetical stability. On the other hand, it was found that hydrogen molecules produced by the sodium-water reaction can exist stably as a form of a fine bubble concerning some confinement mechanism such as a NaH layer on their surface. At the same time, we observed experimentally that the fine H₂ bubbles exist stably in the liquid sodium, longer than previously expected. This paper describes the comparison between the theoretical estimation and experimental results based on hydrogen form in sodium in the development of the new hydrogen detector in Japan.

• Nuclear Engineering and Technology
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• 제41권7호
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• pp.875-884
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• 2009

We present three nuclear/hydrogen-related R&D activities being performed at KAIST: air-ingressed LOCA analysis code development, gas turbine analysis tool development, and hydrogen-production system analysis model development. The ICE numerical technique widely used for the safety analysis of water-reactors is successfully implemented into GAMMA, with which we solve the basic equations for continuity, momentum conservation, energy conservation of the gas mixture, and mass conservation of 6 species (He, N2, O2, CO, CO2, and H2O). GAMMA has been extensively validated using data from 14 test facilities. We developed a tool to predict the characteristics of HTGR helium turbines based on the throughflow calculation with a Newton-Raphson method that overcomes the weakness of the conventional method based on the successive iteration scheme. It is found that the current method reaches stable and quick convergence even under the off-normal condition with the same degree of accuracy. The dynamic equations for the distillation column of HI process are described with 4 material components involved in the HI process: H2O, HI, I2, H2. For the HI process we improved the Neumann model based on the NRTL (Non-Random Two-Liquid) model. The improved Neumann model predicted a total pressure with 8.6% maximum relative deviation from the data and 2.5% mean relative deviation, and liquid-liquid-separation with 9.52% maximum relative deviation from the data.

• 한국가스학회지
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• 제21권5호
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• pp.56-63
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• 2017

전세계적으로 수소 충전 스테이션 구축에 많은 투자와 지원을 하고 있는 실정이다. 그러나 수소는 폭발범위가 넓고 확산이 빠른 기체이다. 본 연구에서는 액화수소를 취급하는 소규모~대규모 충전스테이션을 대상으로, 사고시 발생하는 VCE로 인한 피해영향범위를 산출하고, 프로빗 모델을 통해 주변의 인적, 물적 피해를 예측하였다. 더불어, 벤트스택 끝단에서 발생 가능한 Jet fire를 시나리오로 선정하여 최적 높이를 설정하였다. 피해영향범위는 관심과압 6.9kPa을 기준으로 하여, 소규모 저장시설의 경우 8.24m, 중규모 14.10m, 대규모 22.38m이다. 폐출혈로 인한 인체 피해는 소규모와 중규모가 각각 50m, 대규모 100m였으며, 구조물 손상에 따른 피해는 소규모 200m, 중규모 300m 및 대규모 500m이다. 벤트스택의 최적높이는 소규모 4.7m, 중규모 8.8m 및 대규모 16.9m이다.

• 유기물자원화
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• 제29권4호
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• pp.47-54
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• 2021

본 연구는 수소 경제 사회에서 누출·농축 수소에 대한 안전성 확보를 위해 Pd/TiO₂ 촉매를 허니컴 형태로 코팅하여 그 성능을 평가하였다. 열원에 노출되지 않는 액상환원법을 기반으로 촉매를 제조하였으며, 2~4 nm의 매우 작은 활성입자로 존재함을 H₂-chemisorption 분석을 통해 확인하였다. 또한 환원반응온도가 증가할수록 metal dispersion 감소 및 활성입자 크기가 증가함을 확인하였으며, 활성금속 입자 크기와 수소 산화 성능은 비례관계에 있음에 따라 수소 산화 성능 감소결과와 일치함을 확인하였다. 제조된 촉매를 실 공정에 적용할 수 있도록 허니컴 형태의 지지체에 코팅하였을 때, AS-40 바인더를 20 wt%이상 코팅하였을 때 저농도 수소 조건에서 90% 이상의 산화 성능을 관찰하였다. 이는 촉매의 부착강도를 증진시키고 촉매 탈리를 방지하여 장기적인 촉매 활성을 기대할 수 있음을 SEM 분석을 통해 확인하였다. 본 연구를 통해 가스화 등과 같은 유기물 자원화를 통해 수소 생산 및 수소 인프라 구축 사회에서 안전성을 확보할 수 있는 기초연구로, 추후 예측하지 못한 안전사고를 대응할 수 있는 시스템으로써 활용될 수 있을 것으로 판단된다.

• 한국수소및신에너지학회논문집
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• 제33권4호
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• pp.391-399
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• 2022

Hydrogen is one of the energy carriers and has high energy efficiency relative to mass. It is an eco-friendly fuel that makes only water (H₂O) as a by-product after use. In order to use hydrogen conveniently and safely, development of production, storage and transfer technologies is required and attempts are being made to apply hydrogen as an energy source in various fields through the development of the technology. For transporting and storing hydrogen include high-pressure hydrogen gas storage, a type of storage technologies consist of cryogenic hydrogen liquid storage, hydrogen storage alloy, chemical storage by adsorbents and high-pressure hydrogen storage containers have been developed in a total of four stages. The biggest issue in charging high-pressure hydrogen gas which is a combustible gas is safety and the backfire prevention device is that prevents external flames from entering the tank and prevents explosion and is essential to use hydrogen safely. This study conducted a numerical analysis to analyze the performance of suppressing flame propagation of 2, 3 inch flame arrestor. As a result, it is determined that, where the flame arrestor is attached, the temperature would be lowered below the temperature of spontaneous combustion of hydrogen to suppress flame propagation.

• 한국가스학회지
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• 제26권3호
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• pp.38-44
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• 2022

전세계적으로 저탄소 친환경에너지로 다변화 정책이 진행되고 있으며, 그 정책 중 하나가 수소경제 활성화이다. 수소경제 활성화 정책으로 수소 공급을 위한 수소충전소의 보급이 가속화됨에 따라 사고발생의 위험도 커지고 있다. 수소의 폭발사고는 대부분 대형사고로 이어지기 때문에 수소에너지를 사용함에 있어 안전성을 확보하는 것은 매우 중요하다. 수소에너지를 활용하기 위해서는 액화수소의 생산, 저장, 운송 등에 사용될 수소저장 용기의 안전성 확보는 반드시 필요하다. 본 논문에서는 수소충전용 압력용기의 구조안전성을 평가하기 위해 가스 압력에 대한 거동특성을 유한요소해석으로 분석하였다. 압력용기의 재료는 SA-372 Grade J / Class 70을 사용하였고, 해석모델은 압력용기가 축대칭 형상이므로 1/4 형상만 고려하여 6면체 메쉬를 적용하였다. 수소가스 압력용기를 사용 최고 압력에서 유한요소해석을 하였으며, 해석 결과인 용기의 von Mises Stress와 변형량, 변형률 에너지 밀도를 관찰하였다.

• 한국산업융합학회 논문집
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• 제26권5호
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• pp.875-884
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• 2023

Hydrogen infiltration into metals has been reported to induce alterations in their mechanical properties under load. In this study, we conducted CTOD (Crack Tip Opening Displacement) tests on steel specimens designed for use in liquid hydrogen storage systems. Electrochemical hydrogen charging was performed using both FCC series austenitic stainless steel and BCC series structural steel specimens, while CTOD testing was carried out using a 500kN-class material testing machine. Results indicate a notable divergence in behavior: SS400 test samples exhibited a higher susceptibility to failure compared to austenitic stainless steel counterparts, whereas SUS 316L test samples displayed minimal changes in displacement and maximum load due to hydrogen charging. However, SEM (Scanning Electron Microscopy) analysis results presented challenges in clearly explaining the mechanical degradation phenomenon in the tested materials. This study's resultant database holds significant promise for enhancing the safety design of liquid hydrogen storage systems, providing invaluable insights into the performance of various steel alloys under the influence of hydrogen embrittlement.