Confirmation of the thermal behavior of spent fuel is one of the important points in the management of high-level radioactive waste. This is because various fission products exist in spent nuclear fuel, and a management plan according to their behavior is required. Among the fission products, epsilon particles exist in the form of metal deposits and have a great influence on their physical and chemical properties. However, observing the thermal behavior of epsilon particles is important for understanding spent fuel behavior in thermally environment, but it is difficult to maintain a consistent thermal environment. In this work, we report the thermal behaviors study of uranium oxide with epsilon particle using in situ high temperature X-ray diffraction. We measured the variation of temperature on the size of crystalline, which is a cell parameter in the reaction process. And then, the change of lattice parameters is calculated by Rietveld refinement.

High-temperature oxidation of a Ni-based superalloy was analyzed with samples taken from gas turbine blades, where the samples were heat-treated and thermally exposed. The effect of Cr/Ti/Al elements in the alloy on high temperature oxidation was investigated using an optical microscope, SEM/EDS, and TEM. A high-Cr/high-Ti oxide layer was formed on the blade surface under the heat-treated state considered to be the initial stage of high-temperature oxidation. In addition, a PFZ (γ’ precipitate free zone) accompanied by Cr carbide of Cr23C6 and high Cr-Co phase as a kind of TCP precipitation was formed under the surface layer. Pits of several μm depth containing high-Al content oxide was observed at the boundary between the oxide layer and PFZ. However, high temperature oxidation formed on the thermally exposed blade surface consisted of the following steps: ① Ti-oxide formation in the center of the oxide layer, ② Cr-oxide formation surrounding the inner oxide layer, and ③ Al-oxide formation in the pits directly under the Cr oxide layer. It is estimated that the Cr content of Ni-based superalloys improves the oxidation resistance of the alloy by forming dense oxide layer, but produced the σ or μ phase of TCP precipitation with the high-Cr component resulting in material brittleness.

High-pressure sodium (HPS) lamps have been widely used as a useful supplemental light source to emit sufficient photosynthetically active radiation and provide a radiant heat, which contribute the heat requirement in greenhouses. The objective of this study to analyze the thermal characteristics of HPS lamp and thermal behavior in supplemented greenhouse, and evaluate the performance of a horizontal leaf temperature of sweet pepper plants using computational fluid dynamics (CFD) simulation. We simulated horizontal leaf temperature on upper canopy according to three growth stage scenarios, which represented 1.0, 1.6, and 2.2 plant height, respectively. We also measured vertical leaf and air temperature accompanied by heat generation of HPS lamps. There was large leaf to air temperature differential due to non-uniformity in temperature. In our numerical calculation, thermal energy of HPS lamps contributed of 50.1% the total heat requirement on Dec. 2022. The CFD model was validated by comparing measured and simulated data at the same operating condition. Mean absolute error and root mean square error were below 0.5, which means the CFD simulation values were highly accurate. Our result about vertical leaf and air temperature can be used in decision making for efficient thermal energy management and crop growth.

Uranium-235, used in nuclear power generation, produces a lot of radioactive waste. Among radioactive waste nuclides, I-129 is problematic due to its long half-life (1.57×107 y) with high mobility in the environment. It should be captured and immobilized into a geological disposal environment through a stable waste form. In this study, various additives including Al, Bi, Pb, V, Mo and W were added to silver tellurite glass to prepare a matrix for immobilizing iodine, and its thermal and leaching properties were evaluated. To prepare glass, the glass precursor mixture was placed in alumina crucibles and heated at 800°C for 1 h. Except for aluminum, there was no significant loss of constituent elements. The loading of iodine in the matrix was approximately 11-15% by weigh, excluding oxygen. The normalized releases of all the elements obtained by PCT-A were below the order of 10-1 g/m2, which satisfies US regulation (2 g/m2). Differential scanning calorimetry was performed to evaluate the thermal properties of the glass samples. The glass transition temperature (Tg) increased by adding such as V2O5, MoO3, or WO3. The similar relative electrostatic field values of V2O5, MoO3, and WO3 could provide sufficient electro static field to the TeO2 interacting with the non-bridging oxygen forming Te-O-M (M = V, Mo, W) links. The addition of MoO3 or WO3 in the silver tellurite glass system increased glass transition temperature (Tg) and crystallization temperature (Tc) while maintaining the glass stability.

The conventional research trend on spent fuel was safety analysis based on mechanical perspective. Analysis of spent fuel cladding is based on the temperature of cladding and pressure inside cladding. To improve fuel cladding analysis, precise and accurate thermal safety evaluation is required. In this study a database which is about thermal conductivity and emissivity for the thermal modeling was established for a long-term safety analysis of spent fuel. As a result, we confirmed that the thermal conductivity of zirconium hydride was not accounted in conventional model such as FRAPCON and MATPRO. The conductivity of zirconium and its oxide was evaluated only as a function of temperature. However, the behavior of heat conductivity and emissivity is determined by the change of the material properties. The material properties depend on the microstructural characteristic. It can be seen that this conventional approach does not consider the microstructure change behavior according to vacuum drying process or burn-up induced degradation phenomena. To improve the thermal properties of spent nuclear fuel cladding, the measurement experiments of heat conduction and emissivity are required according to spent fuel experience and status such as the number of vacuum drying, cooling rate, burn up, hydrogen concentration and oxidation degree. In previous domestic reports and papers, we found that relative data between thermal properties and spent fuel experience and status does not exist. Recently, in order to understand the failure mechanism of hydrogen embrittlement, many studies have been conducted by accounting and spent fuel experience and status in a mechanical perspective. If microstructure information could be obtained from these studies, the modeling of thermal conductivity and emissivity will be possible indirectly. According to a recent abroad paper, it was confirmed that the thermal conductivity decreased by about 30% due to irradiation damage. The radiation damage effects on thermal conductivity also has not been studied in zirconium oxide and hydride. These un-revealed phenomena will be considered for the thermal safety model of spent fuel.

본 연구는 손상된 선박용 절탄기 핀튜브에 대하여 보수를 목적으로 Inconel 625 아크 열용사 코팅기술 적용 후 실링처리를 실시하였다. 모재(Substrate), 열용사 코팅(Thermal Srpay Coating; TSC) 그리고 열용사 코팅+실링처리(TSC+Sealing) 시편에 대하여 내구성을 평가하기 위해 ASTM G76-05에 의거하여 고상입자 침식(Solid Particle Erosion; SPE) 실험을 실시하였다. 표면 손상 형상은 주사전자현미경과 3D 레이져 현미경을 통해 관찰했으며, 무게 감소량과 표면 거칠기 분석을 실시하여 내구성을 평가하였다. 그 결과 내구성은 TSC와 TSC+Sealing에 비해 Substrate가 우수하게 나타났으며, 이는 TSC 층 내에 존재하는 다수의 기공 결함에 기인한 것으로 판단된다. 또한 고상 입자 침식 손상 메카니즘은 Substrate의 경우 연성 재질 특성인 소성변형과 피로에 의한 균열 생성이 동반되었으며, TSC와 TSC+Sealing의 경우 취성파괴 경향이 확인되었다.

In this study, the thermal behavior characteristics of flange case interior were analyzed by the numerical method. The boundary conditions at the inlet port of flange case were the heat flux and heat flux time. As the heat flux time at inlet of case increased, the temperature values gradually increased, and the degree of increase was very small. If the heat flux of the melted iron increases to 2,000,000 W/m2, the temperature change at the case interior will occur largely, causing heat deformation. As a result, in order to reduce thermal defects at the case interior, the heat flux and heat flux time of the melted iron should be set within 500,000 W/m2 and 5 seconds, respectively.

In this study, MgO–CaO–Al2O3–SiO2 (MCAS) nanocomposite glass powder having a mean particle size of 50 nm and a specific surface area of 40 m2/g is used as a sintering additive for AlN ceramics. Densification behaviors and thermal properties of AlN with 5 wt% MCAS nano-glass additive are investigated. Dilatometric analysis and isothermal sintering of AlN-5wt% MCAS compact demonstrates that the shrinkage of the AlN specimen increases significantly above 1,300oC via liquid phase sintering of MCAS additive, and complete densification could be achieved after sintering at 1,600oC, which is a reduction in sintering temperature by 200oC compared to conventional AlN-Y2O3 systems. The MCAS glass phase is satisfactorily distributed between AlN particles after sintering at 1,600oC, existing as an amorphous secondary phase. The AlN specimen attained a thermal conductivity of 82.6 W/m·K at 1,600oC.

This study investigates changes in the mechanical behaviors, especially hardness and indentation load-displacement curves, of thermal barrier coatings (TBCs) brought about by thermal shock. The TBCs on the Nickel-based bondcoat/superalloy was prepared with diameters of 25.4 mm and 600 μm thickness. The results of thermal shock cycling test from 1100 oC of the highest temperature indicate that the thermal shock do not influence on the mechanical behavior, but a continuous decrease in porosity and increase in hardness were observed after 1200 thermal shock cycles; these changes are believed to be due to sintering of thermal barrier coating materials. The results that no degradation in the indentation load-displacement curves indicate that the coating shows good thermal shock resistance up to 1200 cycles at 1100 oC in air.

In this study, TiO2 powders are synthesized from ammonium hexafluoride titanate (AHFT, (NH4)2TiF6) as a precursor by heat treatment. First, we evaluate the physical properties of AHFT using X-ray diffraction (XRD), particle size analysis (PSA), thermogravimetric analysis (TGA), and field-emission scanning electron microscopy (FESEM). Then, to prepare the TiO2 powders, is heat-treated at 300-1300oC for 1 h. The ratio of anatase to rutile phase in TiO2 is estimated by XRD. The anatase phase forms at 500oC and phase transformation to the rutile phase occurs at 1200oC. Increase in the particle size is observed upon increasing the reaction temperature, and the phase ratio of the rutile phase is determined from a comparison with the calculated XRD data. Thus, we show that anatase and rutile TiO2 powders could be synthesized using AHFT as a raw material, and the obtained data are utilized for developing a new process for producing high-quality TiO2 powder.

Temperature as a major environmental factor affects on organisms on various levels including molecular, physiological, behavioral and ecological levels. Transient receptor potential channels (TRPs) are a cation channel family. Among them, thermo-TRPs are known as a thermosensor. The potential role of thermo-TRPs have been identified in the fruit fly, Drosophila melanogaster, in thermotaxis and in thermal acclimation. With RNA interference (RNAi) technique, the role of thermo-TRPs in the red flour beetle, Tribolium castaneum, was identified by measuring thermal avoidance behavior in a behavioral assay. RNAi of trpA1 reduced high temperature avoidance, 39 and 42 °C. Moreover, the effects of RNAi of thermo-TRPs on the heat-induced knockout and the death after short exposure to high temperature was measured after one minute exposure at 52 °C, either with or without a 42 °C 10-minute thermal acclimation period. Even though it was relatively short time exposure to high temperature, it was enough to induce high temperature thermal acclimation. RNAi of trpA1 made faster knockout at 52 °C. With RNAi of painless, the recovery rates from heat-induced knockout after thermal acclimation. RNAi of pyrexia reduced long-term total survivorship without thermal acclimation.

최근들어 철근콘크리트 슬래브와 벽의 연결부에 적용 가능한 열교차단장치에 대한 연구가 다수 수행되고 있다. 이에 본 연구에서는 열교차단장치가 적용된 슬래브의 균열 전 탄성거동, 균열 후 항복거동 및 극한강도까지 적용이 가능한 해석모델을 제안하고, 실험결과와의 비교를 통하여 제안 모델의 정확도를 검증하고자 하였다. 해석모델은 변형률 적합조건과 힘의 평형개념을 적용하였으며, 이 때 구성 재료의 응력-변형률 관계는 재료실험 결과를 적용하였다. 해석모델의 신뢰성 검증을 위해 모멘트-곡률 관계, 하중단계에 따른 중립축을 실험결과와 비교하였으며, 제안된 해석모델은 실험결과로 획득한 전체적인 휨거동 양상과 거의 일치함을 확인할 수 있었다.

본 연구에서는 고준위폐기물 처분시 완충재로 사용되는 벤토나이트의 열적 거동을 평가하기 위해 실내실험장치를 제작하 였다. 그리고 실험 결과를 검증하기 위해 유한요소해석 프로그램인 ABAQUS를 이용한 열해석을 실시하였다. 그리고 실험 기간 동안의 계절변화를 감안하여 외부대기 온도에 따른 벤토나이트의 열적거동을 평가하였다. 해석결과, 스테인리스스틸 이 포함된 case3 해석모델의 결과가 실험결과와 1℃ 내외의 오차를 보이며 거의 일치함을 볼 수 있었다. 그리고 계절에 따 른 벤토나이트 온도 해석을 수행한 결과, 시간에 따른 온도분포 경향이 일치함을 확인하였다. 이러한 열해석을 통해 완충재 를 둘러싸고 있는 물질의 열전도도와 외부대기의 온도가 벤토나이트 완충재의 열적 거동에 큰 영향을 주는 요소임을 확인할 수 있었다. 향후 열원을 포함한 벤토나이트 완충재의 수분 포화 특성 실험이 실시 될 예정이므로, 실험에 대한 검증과 예측 을 위해 보다 적합한 수치해석모델 개발에 대한 연구가 필요할 것이다.

현재까지 개발된 고준위폐기물 심지층처분장의 열-수리-역학적 복합거동 해석을 위한 전산 코드의 현황을 조사하고, 문헌에 보고된 각 코드에 의한 계산치와 현장실험 측정치의 비교 결과를 이용하여, 기존 전산 코드들의 신뢰도를 분석하였다. 개발된 전산코드들은 완충재가 없는 처분장에서는 붕괴열에 따른 암반의 열-수리-역학적 거동을 비교적 잘 모사하였으나, 포화 경암층에 위치한 완충재가 존재하는 처분장의 공학적방벽시스템 내에서 일어나는 열-수리-역학적 복합거동의 예측은 만족스럽지 못하였다. 현재 제안된 열-수리-역학적 복합거동 해석모델을 고준위폐기물 처분장 공학적방벽시스템의 거동 해석에 적용하기위해서는 완충재 내의 수분함량 및 전 압력 분포를 보다 정교하게 모사할 수 있도록 수학적 모델의 개선이 필요하다.

The effects of thermal properties on the crystallization behavior of CaMgSi2O6 glass-ceramics were investigated as a function of sintering temperature from 800˚C to 900˚C. The crystallization behavior of the specimens depended on the sintering temperature, which could be evaluated from the differential thermal analysis, X-ray diffraction and Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy. With increasing sintering temperature, the thermal conductivity of the sintered specimens increased, while the coefficient of thermal expansion (CTE) of the sintered specimens decreased. These results could be attributed to the increase of crystallization, confirmed from the estimation by density measurements. Also, the thermal diffusivity and specific heat capacity of the sintered specimens were discussed with relation to the sintering temperature. Typically, a thermal conductivity of 3.084 W/m˚C, CTE of 8.049 ppm/˚C, thermal diffusivity of 1.389 mm2/s and specific heat capacity of 0.752 J/g˚C were obtained for CaMgSi2O6 specimens sintered at 900˚C for 5 h.