• International Journal of Railway
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• 제2권1호
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• pp.18-21
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• 2009

The basis of modem risk-based safety management is to focus on what might happen and ensure it is designed out of the system by robust hazard identification and risk analysis. However, in the real world things go wrong and it is essential to be prepared for the worst so that the response can minimise harm and loss of property and damage to the environment. Whilst some hazard mitigation measures are aimed at preventing incidents, others are venting escalation. The results of the tests concluded that the most effective means by the control room, both with and without, local station staff assistance using directive public address announcements and CCTV surveillance.

• 한국화재소방학회논문지
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• 제30권2호
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• pp.106-113
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• 2016

초고압 용적형 펌프는 로터의 회전에 의한 주기적인 용적의 변화를 이용하는 펌프로 고압, 고유량을 동시에 만족하며 로터의 저속 및 고속 회전에 따라 변화 없이 일정하게 상대적으로 높은 펌프 효율을 유지할 수 있는 장점을 가진다. 많이 사용되고 있는 원심펌프와는 달리 별도의 진공펌프가 없이도 자흡 성능을 가지고 있으며, 비교적 단순한 구조로 인하여 경량화, 소형화가 가능한 특성을 자기고 있다. 유체를 높은 압력으로 이송할 수 있으며, 압력의 변동에 따라 유량의 변동이 적은 정량 토출이 가능하다. 이러한 용적형 펌프를 사용하는 이유는 흡입된 유체가 유량의 변화 없이 토출되는 장점이 있기 때문이다. 본 연구에서는 유량의 변화가 없다는 장점이 있는 용적형 펌프의 체절시스템을 개발하여 펌프의 고압 운전시의 안전성을 확보하고자 하였다. 체절시스템은 컨트롤러 프로그램, 전자클러치, 릴리프밸브의 3가지로 이루어져, 한 가지 시스템이 작동하지 않아도 다른 시스템이 작동하는 시스템으로 이루어져 있다. 컨트롤러 프로그램과 전자 클러치의 작동을 확인하기 위한 과속도 시험과 릴리프 밸브의 유체유동해석, venting 실험을 통해 현재 개발한 초고압 용적형 펌프의 체절시스템이 작동됨을 확인하였다.

• 한국지하수토양환경학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국지하수토양환경학회 2002년도 총회 및 춘계학술발표회
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• pp.66-69
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• 2002

In this work, cost effective venting is considered by comparing flow rates of 5$m\ell$/min, 10$m\ell$/min, and 20$m\ell$/min. Studies were performed on a soil artificially contaminated with diesel oil (the initial TPH(Total Petroleum Hydrocarbon) concentration of 7098mg/kg), and nutrient condition was C:N:P rate of 100:10:1. The soil has a sandy texture with pH of 6.8, 2.16 ~2.38% organic matter, a total porosity of 47~52% and field capacity 16.2~ 17.2%. The column experiments was made of glass column of 60cm length and 10cm I.D. at controlled temperature of 2$0^{\circ}C$($\pm$2.5$^{\circ}C$). The efficiency of continuous flow rate of 5, 10 and 20$m\ell$/min resulted in separately 61.3%, 58.1%, and 55% reduction of initial TPH concentration(7098mg/kg). Hydrocarbon utilizing microbial count and dehydrogenase activity in air flow of 5$m\ell$/min were higher than those of the others. The first order degradation rate of n-alkanes ranging from C10 to C28 was higher than that of pristane and phytane as isoprenoids. The $C_{17}$/pristane and $C_{18}$phytane ratios for monitoring the degree of biodegradation were useful only during the early stages of oil degradation. Degradation contributed from about 89% to 93% of TPH removal. Volatilization loss of diesel oil in contaminated soil was about 7% to 11%, which was significantly small compared to degradation.n.

• 한국신재생에너지학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국신재생에너지학회 2011년도 추계학술대회 초록집
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• pp.87.2-87.2
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• 2011

Many type of fuel cell stacks have been developed to improve the efficiency of reactants usage. The cascade type fuel cell stack using dead end operation is able to attain above 99% usage of hydrogen and oxygen. It is sectionalized to several parts and the residual reactants which are used previous parts would be supplied again to next parts which have less number of cells in dead end operation stack. The oversupply of reactants which is usually 120%~150% of the theoretical amount to generate current for preventing the flooding effect could be provided to each part except the last one. The final section which is called monitoring cells is supposed to be supplied insufficient the fuel or oxidant that would have some accumulated inert gas from former parts. It makes some voltage drop in the part and the fresh reactants must be supplied to the part for recovering it by venting the residual gas. So the usage of fuel and oxidant is depend on the time and frequency of opening valves for venting of residual gas and it is important to optimize the vent logic for achieving higher usage of hydrogen and oxygen. In this research, many experiments are performed to find optimal condition by evaluating the effect of time and frequency under several power conditions using over 100kW class fuel cell module. And the characteristics of the monitoring cells are studied to know the proper cell voltage which decide the condition of opening the vent valve for stable performance of the cascade type fuel cell module.

• 한국초전도ㆍ저온공학회논문지
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• 제16권4호
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• pp.71-77
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• 2014

For a long-term space mission, filling process of cryogenic liquid propellant is operated on a space vehicle in space. A vent process during transfer and filling of cryogenic propellant is needed to maintain the fuel tank pressure at a safe level due to its volatile characteristic. It is possible that both liquid and vapor phases of the cryogenic propellant are released simultaneously to outer space when the vent process occurs under low gravity environment. As a result, the existing filling process with venting not only accompanies wasting liquid propellant, but also consumes extra fuel to compensate for the unexpected momentum originated from the vent process. No-Vent Fill (NVF) method, a filling procedure without a venting process of cryogenic liquid propellant, is an attractive technology to perform a long-term space mission. In this paper, the preliminary experimental results of the NVF process are described. The experimental set-up consists of a 9-liter cryogenic liquid receiver tank and a supply tank. Liquid nitrogen ($LN_2$) is used to simulate the behavior of cryogenic propellant. The whole situation in the receiver tank during NVF is monitored. The major experimental parameter in the experiment is the mass flow rate of the liquid nitrogen. The experimental results demonstrate that as the mass flow rate is increased, NVF process is conducted successfully. The quality and the inlet temperature of the injected $LN_2$ are affected by the mass flow rate. These parameters determine success of NVF.

• Nuclear Engineering and Technology
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• 제47권1호
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• pp.11-25
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• 2015

The accident at Japan's Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant in March 2011, caused by an earthquake and a subsequent tsunami, resulted in a failure of the power systems that are needed to cool the reactors at the plant. The accident progression in the absence of heat removal systems caused Units 1-3 to undergo fuel melting. Containment pressurization and hydrogen explosions ultimately resulted in the escape of radioactivity from reactor containments into the atmosphere and ocean. Problems in containment venting operation, leakage from primary containment boundary to the reactor building, improper functioning of standby gas treatment system (SGTS), unmitigated hydrogen accumulation in the reactor building were identified as some of the reasons those added-up in the severity of the accident. The Fukushima accident not only initiated worldwide demand for installation of adequate control and mitigation measures to minimize the potential source term to the environment but also advocated assessment of the existing mitigation systems performance behavior under a wide range of postulated accident scenarios. The uncertainty in estimating the released fraction of the radionuclides due to the Fukushima accident also underlined the need for comprehensive understanding of fission product behavior as a function of the thermal hydraulic conditions and the type of gaseous, aqueous, and solid materials available for interaction, e.g., gas components, decontamination paint, aerosols, and water pools. In the light of the Fukushima accident, additional experimental needs identified for hydrogen and fission product issues need to be investigated in an integrated and optimized way. Additionally, as more and more passive safety systems, such as passive autocatalytic recombiners and filtered containment venting systems are being retrofitted in current reactors and also planned for future reactors, identified hydrogen and fission product issues will need to be coupled with the operation of passive safety systems in phenomena oriented and coupled effects experiments. In the present paper, potential hydrogen and fission product issues raised by the Fukushima accident are discussed. The discussion focuses on hydrogen and fission product behavior inside nuclear power plant containments under severe accident conditions. The relevant experimental investigations conducted in the technical scale containment THAI (thermal hydraulics, hydrogen, aerosols, and iodine) test facility (9.2 m high, 3.2 m in diameter, and $60m^3$ volume) are discussed in the light of the Fukushima accident.

• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• 제25권4호
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• pp.423-430
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• 2015

Aerobic CH₄ oxidation is an important CH₄ sink in landfills. To investigate the distribution and community diversity of methanotrophs and link with soil characteristics and operational parameters (e.g., concentrations of O₂, CH₄), cover soil samples were collected at different locations and depths from the Mengzi semi-aerobic landfill (SAL) in Yunnan Province of southern China. Specific PCR followed by denaturing gradient gel electrophoresis and realtime PCR were used to examine methanotrophs in the landfill cover soils. The results showed that different locations did harbor distinct methanotroph communities. Methanotrophs were more abundant in areas near the venting pipes because of the higher O₂ concentrations. The depth of 20-25 cm, where the ratio of the CH₄ to O₂ was within the range from 1.3 to 8.6, was more conducive to the growth of CH₄-oxidizing bacteria. Type II methanotrophs dominated in all samples compared with Type I methanotrophs, as evidenced by the high ratio of Type II to Type I methanotrophic copy numbers (from 1.76 to 11.60). The total copy numbers of methanotrophs detected were similar to other ecosystems, although the CH₄ concentration was much higher in SAL cover soil. Methylobacter and Methylocystis were the most abundant Type I and Type II methanotrophs genera, respectively, in the Mengzi SAL. The results suggested that SALs could provide a special environment with both high concentrations of CH₄ and O₂ for methanotrophs, especially around the vertical venting pipes.

• 대한기계학회논문집B
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• 제36권1호
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• pp.67-74
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• 2012

본 논문은 응축기의 비 응축 가스 배출 타입에 따른 틈 간격의 비율이 응축기의 성능에 미치는 영향에 관하여 다공성 매질 개념을 적용한 수치적 연구에 관한 것이다. 다공성 매질의 개념을 이용한 응축기의 성능 해석에서는 응축기기 내부의 다관군을 다공성 매질로 간주하며, 다관군에 의한 압력 강하는 상관식으로 반영한다. 상용수치해석 프로그램인 Fluent 와 user-defined functions 를 이용하여 McAllister 응축기에 다공성 매질 개념을 적용하여 3 차원 응축량을 해석하였다. 순수증기의 해석에서는 틈 간격이 응축량에 미치는 영향이 거의 없었다. 그러나 비 응축가스가 포함되어 있으며, 외부 배출의 경우 틈 간격은 응축량에 매우 큰 영향을 미쳤는데, 틈 간격이 줄어듦에 따라 응축량이 매우 증가하는 결과를 얻었다.

• 항공우주기술
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• 제1권2호
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• pp.123-131
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• 2002

본 논문에서는 KSR-III 주 엔진 연소시험설비를 활용한 수류시험 및 연소시험 과정에서 극저온 추진제인 액체산소의 냉각단계, 충진단계, 연소시험 공급 단계에서 액체산소의 상태량을 시험설비의 각 위치에서 분석함으로써 향후 안정된 공급을 위한 설비 및 운용조건을 선정하는데 주안점을 두었다. 이를 위해 각 단계에서 기체와 극저온 추진제의 상호 작용이 발생하는 가압탱크에서의 가압기체 및 액체산소의 상태량을 파악하였으며, 연소시험시 엔진 메니폴드에서의 액체산소의 상태량을 분석하였다. 또한 냉각 및 충진시에 대기압 vent에 액체산소의 거동을 파악함으로서 냉각을 효율적으로 할 수 있는 방안을 분석하였다. 또한 산소 공급 설비와 로켓엔진 매니폴드에 정압센서와 동압센서를 장착하여 1KHz의 sampling rate로 측정하였다. 오리피스 사이즈는 지름 32.5mm 38mm, 가압 압력 23Bar, 29Bar, 41Bar에 대해 시험을 수행하였다. 오리피스 사이즈를 증가시키고 가압 압력을 낮춘 결과 엔진 내에 공급되는 액체산소의 섭동량이 감소하는 것이 관찰되었다.

• Nuclear Engineering and Technology
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• 제55권1호
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• pp.169-179
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• 2023

Filtered containment system is a passive safety system that controls the over-pressurization of containment in case of a design-based accidents by venting high pressure gaseous mixture, consisting of air, steam and radioactive particulate and gases like iodine, via a scrubbing system. An indigenous lab scale facility was developed for research on iodine removal by venturi scrubber by simulating the accidental scenario. A mixture of 0.2 % sodium thiosulphate and 0.5 % sodium hydroxide, was used in scrubbing column. A modified mathematical model was presented for iodine removal in venturi scrubber. Improvement in model was made by addition of important parameters like jet penetration length, bubble rise velocity and gas holdup which were not considered previously. Experiments were performed by varying hydrodynamic parameters like liquid level height and gas flow rates to see their effect on removal efficiency of iodine. Gas holdup was also measured for various liquid level heights and gas flowrates. Removal efficiency increased with increase in liquid level height and gas flowrate up to an optimum point beyond that efficiency was decreased. Experimental results of removal efficiency were compared with the predicted results, and they were found to be in good agreement. Maximum removal efficiency of 99.8% was obtained.