The government declared ‘2050 carbon neutrality’ as a national vision in October 2020 and subsequently pursued the establishment of a ‘2050 carbon neutrality scenario’ as a follow-up response. Hydrogen is considered as one of the most promising future energy carriers due to its noteworthy advantages of renewable, environmentally friendly and high calorific value. Liquid hydrogen is thus more advantageous for large-scale storage and transportation. However, due to the large difference between the liquid hydrogen temperature and the environment temperature, an inevitable heat leak into the storage tanks of liquid hydrogen occurs, causing boil-off losses and vent of hydrogen gas. Researches on insulation materials for liquid hydrogen are actively being conducted, but research on support design for minimal heat transfer and enhanced rigidity remains insufficient. In this study, to design support structures for liquid hydrogen storage tanks, a thermal-structural coupled analysis technique was developed using Ansys Workbench. Analytical models were created based on the number and arrangement of supports to propose structurally safe support designs.

Hydrogen is considered as one of the most promising future energy carriers due to its noteworthy advantages of renewable, environmentally friendly and high calorific value. However, the low density of hydrogen makes its storage an urgent technical problem for hydrogen energy development. Compared with the density of gas hydrogen, the density of liquid hydrogen is more than 1.5 times higher. Liquid hydrogen is thus more advantageous for large-scale storage and transportation. However, due to the large difference between the liquid hydrogen temperature and the environment temperature, an inevitable heat leak into the storage tanks of liquid hydrogen occurs, causing boil-off losses and vent of hydrogen gas. Researches on insulation materials for liquid hydrogen are actively being conducted, but research on support design for minimal heat transfer and enhanced rigidity remains insufficient. In this study, to design support for liquid hydrogen storage tank, technique of thermal-structural coupled analysis including geometry, mesh, and boundary condition were developed using Ansys workbench, and equivalent stress and deformation distributions were analyzed.

Decarbonization plays an important role in future energy systems for establishing a zero-carbon society. Hydrogen is believed to be a promising energy source that can be converted, stored, and utilized efficiently, leading to a broad range of possibilities for future applications. Hydrogen can be stored in various forms, including compressed gas, liquid hydrogen, hydrides, adsorbed hydrogen. Among these, liquid hydrogen has high gravimetric and volumetric hydrogen densities. There are a lot of previous studies on thermal behavior of MLI and VCS and optimization insulation system, but research on the insulation performance by varying the head shape of the tank has not been conducted. In this study, thermal-structural coupled analysis was conducted on the insulation system with VCS positioned between two layers of MLI for a liquid hydrogen storage tank. The analysis considered dome shapes (torispherical, circle, ellipses), and heat flux and temperature were derived from thermal analysis to predict insulation performance. Maximum equivalent stress and deformation were calculated from the structural analysis, and the optimal dome shape was proposed.

As a result of an analysis of a damper system, a solution to a fire damper is developed using the continuity equation of damper control and orthogonal array. The fire damping device is made with a CAE software. Additionally, new H-120 grade fire damper is designed for the optimal offshore structure. This device will soon be tested on an actual offshore structure. An optimized fire temper is finally achieved using an orthogonal array. Using the result of present study will provide an environment friendly fire damper for offshore plants by choosing the optimum fire damper conditions

본 논문은 교량 하부에서 발생된 화재에 대한 강-콘크리트 합성구조의 전반적·국부적 손상평가를 위한 수치해석적 연구이다. 수치해석의 정확성 및 효율성을 높이기 위해 구성재료의 과도 비선형 열적·열역학적 특성이 고려된 열-구조 연성병렬 화재해석 기법이 제안되고, ANSYS solver와 연결되어 해석이 수행되며, 표준화재시험과 비교·검증된다. 검증된 해석기법을 통해 국내에서 발생된 부천고가교 합성구조에 대한 화재손상해석이 수행된다. 해석결과 강박스 거더의 하부 플랜지 및 복부의 경우 임계온도를 초과하였고 구조적 처짐과 변형 형상이 화재사고 결과와 비교적 잘 일치하였다.

By thermal-structural coupled stress analysis, the equivalent stress and total deformation of girder under the influence of the temperature of the liquid within pipeline of pipe-rack structure is studied. Firstly, steady-state thermal analysis is carried out using a commercial software. Then, to perform a thermal-structural coupled stress solution, structural analysis is linked to the thermal model at the Solution level. The simulation results showed that the stress ratio that considers the pipe’s temperature for thermal-structural coupled stress analysis is higher than the stress ratio that consider only the pipe’s weight for structural analysis. The thermal stress caused by temperature convection is found to be influential on the pipe rack structure.