Canada’s Pickering Unit 3 was performed a three-stage decontamination from June to August 1989 in preparation for pressure tube replacement. The first step was a reducing CAN-DECON treatment to dissolve the magnetic film inside the reactor, which was applied following partial defueling of the reactor core. The second step was an oxidative dilute alkaline permanganate treatment to remove the chromium-rich oxides of the stainless steel parts. And the final CAN-DECON step was applied continuously after completely removing fuel from the reactor core. In situ pipe gamma-ray spectroscopy techniques were applied to measure radioactivity within feeder piping during various stages of Pickering Unit 3 decontamination. Measurements were performed at a maximum dose rate of 5 mSv/h, and both the detector and the scanned feeder pipe were properly shielded from other neighboring pipes. 60Co was the dominant radionuclide in feeder piping prior to decontamination. And radionuclides 103Ru, 95Zr, 95Nb, 59Fe, 140La and 124Sb were detected. The Co-60 radioactivity was 2.09×105 Bq/cm2 before decontamination and 3.11×103 Bq/cm2 after decontamination in the inlet feeder pipe T18. And in the outlet feeder pipe P21, it is 2.56×104 Bq/cm2 before decontamination and 2.04×103 Bq/cm2 after decontamination.

배관 시스템은 기체 및 액체 등의 에너지원을 수송하기 위해 사용되며 주로 건물 내부에 설치되거나 지반에 매립되 어 설치된다. 매립된 배관 시스템은 지진이나 지반침하와 같은 큰 상대변위를 받을 수 있으며 이는 배관의 연결부에 손상을 야 기할 수 있다. 벨로우즈는 기하학적 특성으로 축방향 및 회전 변형을 일부 허용한다. 그러므로 벨로우즈 신축관이음을 적용하면 큰 상대변위에 의한 손상을 줄일 수 있는 것으로 예상된다. 하지만 벨로우즈의 성형과정에서 회선의 벽 두께 감소가 발생할 수 있으며 이는 휨 및 인장 성능에 영향을 미칠 수 있다. 본 연구는 단조하중을 받는 벨로우즈 신축관이음의 성능을 분석하기 위 한 실험적 연구를 수행하였다. 또한 단조하중 실험 결과를 바탕으로 벨로우즈 신축관이음의 유한요소모델을 구축하였으며 실험 결과와 비교하여 검증하였다. 검증된 유한요소 모델을 이용하여 회선의 두께 감소에 의한 성능 변화를 분석하였다. 벽 두께 감 소율은 5%, 10%, 15%, 20%, 25%로 가정하였다. 해석 결과 인장 및 휨 하중에 따른 하중-변위 관계의 전체적인 강성과 최대 하 중이 감소하는 것으로 나타났다. 벽 두께 감소율이 25%일 때 인장 및 휨 하중에 따른 최대 하중은 각각 14%, 26% 감소하는 것 으로 나타났다.

밸브의 내부 누설 현상은 밸브의 내부 부품의 손상에 의해 발생하며 배관 시스템의 사고와 운전정지를 일으키는 주요 요인이 다. 본 연구는 버터플라이형 밸브의 내부 누설에 따라 배관계에서 발생하는 음향방출 신호를 이용하여 배관 가동 중 실시간 누설 진단의 가능성을 검토하였다. 이를 위해 밸브의 작동 모드별로 측정한 시간영역의 AE 원시신호를 취득하였으며 이로부터 구축한 데이터셋은 데 이터 기반의 인공지능 알고리즘에 적용하여 밸브의 내부 누설 유무를 진단하는 모델을 생성하였다. 누설 유무진단을 분류의 문제로 정의 하여 SVM 기반의 머신러닝과 CNN 기반의 딥러닝 분류 알고리즘을 적용하였다. 데이터의 특징 추출에 기반한 SVM 분류 모델의 경우, 이 진분류 모델에서 구축된 모델에 따라 83~90%의 정확도를 나타냈으며, 다중 클래스인 경우 분류 정확도가 66%로 감소하였다. 반면, CNN 기반의 다중 클래스 분류 모델의 경우 99.85%의 분류 정확도를 얻을 수 있었다. 결론적으로 밸브 내부 누설 진단을 위한 SVM 분류모델은 다중 클래스의 정확도 향상을 위해 적절한 특징 추출이 필요하며, CNN 기반의 분류모델은 프로세서의 성능 저하만 없다면 누설진단과 밸브 개도 분류에 효율적인 접근방법임을 확인하였다.

Many piping systems installed in the power plant are directly related to the safety and operation of the plant. Various dampers have been applied to the piping system to reduce the damage caused by earthquakes. In order to reduce the vibration of the piping system, this study developed a steel coil damper (SCD) with a straightforward structure but excellent damping performance. SCD reduces the vibration of the objective structure by hysteretic damping. The new SCD damper can be applied to high-temperature environments since it consists of steel members. The paper introduces a design method for the elastoplastic coil spring, which is the critical element of SCD. The practical applicability of the design procedure was validated by comparing the nonlinear force-displacement curves calculated by design equations with the results obtained from nonlinear finite element analysis and repeated loading test. It was found that the designed SCD’s have a damping ratio higher than 25%. In addition, this study performed a set of seismic tests using a shaking table with an existing piping system to verify the vibration control capacity on the piping system by SCD. Test results prove that the SCD can effectively control the displacement vibration of the piping system up to 80%.

배관 시스템은 다양한 산업영역에서 액체 및 기체로 이루어진 에너지를 수송을 담당하는 중요한 비구조요소로 지진과 같은 외부하중에 의해 손상될 경우 누수로 인한 홍수 및 가연성 가스 누출로 인한 화재 등의 2차피해가 발생할 수 있다. 배관 시스템은 구조물 내부에 설치되는 경우도 있으며 지반에 매립되어 설치되는 경우도 있다. 지반에 매립될 경우 지진으로 인한 과도한 상대변위에 의해 연결부의 손상을 초래할 수 있어 종종 벨로우즈 신축이음관을 적용하여 이러한 피해를 저감시킬 수 있다. 따라서 본 연구에서는 벨로우즈 신축이음관의 반복가력 실험을 기반으로 유한요소 모델을 구축 하여 내진성능을 검토하였다. 반복가력실험은 ±28mm 변위에서 최대 ±123.4mm까지 증가시켜 변위제어를 통해 수행되었으며 추가적으로 유한요소 모델의 신뢰성을 높이기 위해 벨로우즈 배관에 사용된 재료인 STS304의 재료 인장실험을 수행하여 탄성계수 및 항복응력을 결정하였다. 에너지 소산량과 등가 점성 감쇠를 비교하여 개발된 모델의 타당성을 검토하였으며 적용되는 변위가 커짐에 따라 최대 10% 미만의 오차가 발생하여 실험 및 해석결과가 잘 일치하는 것으로 나타났다.

In actual seawater desalination plant, the pressure loss due to frictional force of pipe is about 3~5 bar. Also, the pressure loss at pipe connection about 1~3 bar. Therefore, the total pressure loss in the pipe is expected to be about 4~8 bar, which translates into 0.111 to 0.222 kWh/m3 of energy when converted into the Specific Energy Consumption(SEC). Reducing energy consumption is the most important factor in ensuring the economics of seawater desalination processes, but pressure loss in piping is often not considered in plant design. It is difficult to prevent pressure loss due to friction inside the pipe, but pressure loss at the pipe connection can be reduced by proper pipe design. In this study, seawater desalination plant piping analysis was performed using a commercial network program. The pressure loss and SEC for each case were calculated and compared by seawater desalination plant size.

Recently, the incidence and magnitude of earthquakes have been continuously increasing. NFPA 13 requires that hydroponics fire extinguishing system pipelines apply seismic isolation. Stainless steel joints have been newly developed to replace these seismic isolation joints. Therefore, in this study, a nonlinear finite element model of a pipeline with Stainless Power Joint was developed based on experimental data, and finite element analysis was performed by applying hydrostatic pressure and cyclic loading.

본 연구는 냉동공조용 열교환기 내 스케일 형성으로 열전달 과정에서 열저항으로 작용하여 냉동공조시스템의 냉각성능이 떨어져 이를 해결하기 위해 전기분해 원리를 이용하여 배관 내 스케일을 자동 제거하는 시스템을 개발하여 그 성능을 실험을 통해 확인하고자 한다. 이전까지는 배관 내 스케일을 2∼3 년에 한번씩 브러시나 분사 노즐에 의해 기계적으로 배관 내를 청소를 하거나 화학약품을 이용하여 세관하였다. 이러한 세관은 시간이 경과하면 또 관이 오염되어 전열성능이 떨어지고 냉각장치의 운전을 정지하여 반복해야하는 여러 가지 문제점을 안고 있었다. 따라서 시스템의 정지없이 전기분해 원리를 이용하여 만들어진 처리수를 순환시킴으로서 스케일의 원인물질은 Ca, Mg, SiO2를 고형물 형태로 석출시켜 배관계 외부로 배출시킴으로서 배관내 스케일 발생을 차단하고 기 형성된 스케일을 제거하여 배관의 전열 성능을 유지하고자 하는 것이다. 실험한 결과, 새 배관의 열전달율을 100으로 기준할 경우, 스케일이 형성된 배관의 열전달율은 86.66%이었으며, 스케일이 형성된 배관을 1개월 동안 처리수를 가동했을 경우 열전달율은 90.5%의 수준까지 회복되었으며, 2개월간 운전한 경우 97.86%의 수준까지, 3개월 운전했을 경우 98.72% 까지 열전달율이 회복되었다. 비교적 짧은 실험기간이지만 배관내 형성된 스케일의 제거효과를 파악하였으며, 전열성능에도 영향을 미치고 있음을 확인하였다.

This study explored the risk assessment framework of multi-story piping system installed in critical facilities, in particular, seismically base-isolated building systems. In order to understand the seismic performance of multi-story piping system, OpenSees platform was used in this study. Also, Triple Friction Pendulum Bearing as a seismic base isolator was conducted in OpenSees. The focus of this study was on the development of seismic fragility or vulnerability of seismically isolated piping system.

A methodology to evaluate the seismic performance of interface piping systems that cross the isolation interface in the seismically isolated nuclear power plant (NPP) was developed. The developed methodology was applied to the safety-related interface piping system to demonstrate the seismic performance of the target piping system. Not only the seismic performance for the design level earthquakes but also the performance for the beyond design level earthquakes were evaluated. Two artificial seismic ground input motions which were matched to the design response spectra and two historical earthquake ground motions were used for the seismic analysis of piping system. The preliminary performance evaluation results show that the excessive relative displacements can occur in the seismically isolated piping system. If the input ground motion contained relatively high energy in the low frequency region, we could find that the stress response of the piping system exceed the allowable stress level even though the intensity of the input ground motion is equal to the design level earthquake. The structural responses and seismic performances of piping system were varied sensitively with respect to the intensities and frequency contents of input ground motions. Therefore, for the application of isolation system to NPPs and the verification of the safety of piping system, the seismic performance of the piping system subjected to the earthquake at the target NPP site should be evaluated firstly.

The construction costs for nonstructural systems such as mechanical/electrical equipment, ceiling system, and piping system occupy a significant proportion of the total cost. These nonstructural systems can also cause considerable economic losses and loss of life during and after an earthquake. Therefore, reduction of seismic risk of nonstructural components has been emerging as a key aspect of research in recent year. The primary objective of this study was to evaluate the seismic performance of a single-story and multi-story piping system installed in low-rise building and to identify the seismic vulnerability of the current piping systems. The seismic performance evaluation of the piping systems was conducted with 5 different earthquakes to account for the ground motion uncertainty and the preliminary results demonstrated that the maximum displacements of each floor in the multi-story piping system increased linearly with increasing floor level in the building system. This study revealed that the current design piping systems are significantly sensitive to the effect of floor height, which stress the necessity to improve the seismic performance of the current piping systems by, for example, strengthening with seismic sway bracing using transverse/longitudinal bracing cables or hangers.

In this study, dynamic characteristics and seismic capacity of the nuclear power plant piping system are evaluated by model test results using multi-platform shake table. The model is 21.2 m long and consists of straight pipes, elbows, and reducers. The stainless steel pipe diameters are 60.3 mm (2 in.) and 88.9 mm (3 in.) and the system was assembled in accordance with ASME code criteria. The dynamic characteristics such as natural frequency, damping and acceleration responses of the piping system were estimated using the measured acceleration, displacement and strain data. The natural frequencies of the specimen were not changed significantly before and after the testing and the failure and leakage of the piping system was not observed until the final excitation. The damping ratio was estimated in the range of 3.13 ~ 4.98 % and it is found that the allowable stress(345 MPa) according to ASME criteria is 2.5 times larger than the measured maximum stress(138 MPa) of the piping system even under the maximum excitation level of this test.

The flow rate analysis for sanitary fixtures has been studied to determine the water supply piping system and size. The study has been carried out to analyze for a various water supply pressure and piping size theoretically. Also, the study has been carried out to analyze for a various water supply piping system experimentally. The water supply pressure is varied from 0.01MPa to 0.07MPa, and the piping size is varied from 6mm to 15mm. The water supply piping systems are one-to-one, all-loop-type, and bathroom-loop-type water supply piping system. The results indicate that the piping size is able to supply water fully in case of smaller than 15mm if the water supply pressure keep an necessary minimum pressure. And the gap of flow rate is very little for the various water supply piping systems

To improve the practical application of the thermal expansion of closed long pipeline exposing to external heating sources such as solar energy, safety engineering and system optimization for relief valve in the closed piping system are suggested through theoretical approach, correlation in view of temperature and pressure increase caused by external solar energy in the closed piping system. The profile for thermal relief valve including relieving capacity, influx heat energy, sizing criteria, set pressure, selection against back pressure is also presented. It is noted that following topic on solar relief valve should be applied to engineering, installation and commissioning.