Given the limited terrestrial reserves of uranium (approximately 4.6 million tons), exploring alternative resources is necessary to secure a sustainable, long-term supply of nuclear energy. Uranium extraction from seawater (UES) is a potential solution since the amount of uranium dissolved in seawater (approximately 4.5 billion tons) is about 1,000 times that of terrestrial reserves. However, due to the ultra-low concentration of uranium in seawater (approximately 3.3 ppb), making UES economically viable is a challenging task. In this paper, we explore the potential of using thermal discharge from domestic nuclear power plants for uranium extraction. The motivation for this comes from previous research showing that the adsorption capacity of amidoxime-based adsorbents is proportional to the temperature of the seawater in which they are deployed. Specifically, a study conducted in Japan found that a 10°C increase in seawater temperature resulted in a 1.5-fold increase in adsorption capacity.

Seawater containing metals such as lithium and manganese is a “treasure trove” of infinite energy resources. Numerous domestic and foreign institutions are developing technologies to economically extract these resources from seawater. One method for extracting metal ions dissolved in seawater is the development of adsorbents with negative functional groups. Generally, adsorbents have adsorption performance that depends on factors such as seawater pH and temperature, but controlling the pH and temperature of seawater is practically impossible. On the other hand, thermal effluent discharged from power plants tends to be slightly higher in temperature than the surrounding environment. Therefore, this study investigates the potential for utilizing power plant effluent to extract dissolved resources in seawater. Results of investigations into several items related to the effluent from the Gori, Wolsong, Hanbit, and Hanul power plants are presented.

The purpose of this study was to compare the efficiency of air and oxygen injected into the underwater non-thermal dielectric barrier discharge plasma (DBD plasma) device used to remove five types of antibiotics (tetracycline, doxycycline, oxytetracycline, clindamycin, and erythromycin) artificially contained in the fish farm discharge water. The voltage given to generate DBD plasma was 27.8 kV, and the measurement intervals were 0, 0.5, 1, 2, 4, 8, 16 and 32 minutes. Tetracycline antibiotics significantly decreased in 4 minutes when air was injected and were reduced in 30 seconds when oxygen was injected. After the introduction of air and oxygen at 32 minutes, 78.1% and 95.8% of tetracycline were removed, 77.1% and 96.3% of doxycycline were removed, and 77.1% and 95.5% of oxytetracycline were removed, respectively. In air and oxygen, 59.6% and 83.0% of clindamycin and 53.3% and 74.3% of erythromycin were removed, respectively. The two antibiotics showed lower removal efficiency than tetracyclines. In conclusion, fish farm discharge water contains five different types of antibiotics that can be reduced using underwater DBD plasma, and oxygen gas injection outperformed air in terms of removal efficiency.

Benthic macroinvertebrates were investigated in thermal discharge that flows Buso stream region from December 2015 to February 2016, Korea. Study site was selected for the upstream, downstream relative to the mixing station and mixing station which thermal effluent flows, water quality analysis and benthic macroinvertebrates composition, taxa of EPT-group individuals, analysis of biological water quality. As a result, a total of 4,015 individuals including 50 species, 30 families, 11 orders, 4 classes, and 3 phyla were recognized. Taxa of species is Ephemeroptera 16 species (32.0%) including 6 families, the density composition was highest in 1,848 individuals (46.03%) Diptera. EPT-group occupied during the study period were a total of 1,876 individuals (46.72%) including 32 species and 17 family, lowest in the mixing station for study period. As a results of community analysis, mixing station in the Limnodrilus gotoi and Chironomidae sp.2, which is dominated by the analysis was Ecdyonurus levis, Cincticostella levanidovae, Nemoura KUa. The dominant species showed a difference in the upstream and downstream. In the functional feeding groups, in the upstream and mixing station Gathering-Collectors, downstream it was analyzed that the ratio of the highest Filtering-Collectors and decreased the ratio of Shredders increasing from upstream to downstream. Habitat orientation group is analyzed that accounted for most of the Clingers and Burrowers, from upstream to downstream toward the higher the ratio of Clingers. Biological water quality assessment results were analyzed the worst state in the mixing station with an average 2.73 (±0.41). Correspondence analysis, correlation analysis results of water temperature and the cold-water species, as the water temperature increases were analyzed by reducing cold-water species and EPT-group.

Hydrogen sulfide (H2S) emitted from various sources is a major odorous compound, and non-thermal plasma (NP) has emerged as a promising technique to eliminate H2S. This study was conducted to investigate lab-scale and pilot-scale NP reactors using corona discharge for the removal of H2S, and the effects of relative humidity, applied electrical power on reactor performance and ozone generation were determined. A gas stream containing H2S was injected to the lab-scale NP reactor, and the changes in H2S and ozone concentration were monitored. In the pilotscale NP experiment, the inlet concentration and flow rate were modified to determine the effect of relative humidity and applied power on the NP performance. In the lab-scale NP experiments, H2S removal was found to be the 1st-order reaction in the presence of ozone. On the other hand, when plasma reaction and ozone generation were initiated after H2S was introduced, the H2S oxidation followed the 0th-order kinetics. The ratio of indirect oxidation by ozone to the overall H2S removal was evaluated using two different experimental findings, indicating that approximately 70% of the overall H2S elimination was accounted for by the indirect oxidation. The pilotscale NP experiments showed that H2S introduced to the reactor was completely removed at low flow rates, and approximately 90% of H2S was eliminated at the gas flow rate of 15 m3/min. Furthermore, the elimination capacity of the pilot-scale NP was 3.4 g/m3·min for the removal of H2S at various inlet concentrations. Finally, the experimental results obtained from both the lab-scale and the pilot-scale reactor operations indicated that the H2S mass removal was proportional to the applied electrical power, and average H2S masses removed per unit electrical power were calculated to be 358 and 348 mg-H2S/kW in the lab-scale and the pilot-scale reactors, respectively. To optimize energy efficiency and prevent the generation of excessive ozone, an appropriate operating time of the NP reactor must be determined.

We performed numerical analyses on the optimal discharge angle of a 4-way cassette air conditioner, which is mounted on the ceiling of the classroom, by using thermal comfort and ventilation indices. We analyzed the effective draft temperature, the local mean age and the local mean residual life time with respect to the variation of the air discharge angle of the air conditioner in all occupied zone. Air diffusion performance index, local supply effectiveness and local exhaust effectiveness were used to investigate the optimal value of air discharge angle. From the results, we found out that the optimal discharge angle of the air conditioner is about 40 degrees in the present model.

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윤성범과 이기혁(1977)의 수치모형을 이용하여 열발전소의 펌프 비상중단시 냉각수 계통에서 발생하는 서어지거동을 해석하였다. 종래에 무시되었던 기계내부계통으로 부터의 유량, 폐정공기실, 및 공기유출입구, 맨홀, 개수로 및 바다의 영향을 고려하였으며, 이들이 서어지 거동에 미치는 영향을 체계적으로 분석하였다. 특히 공기유출입구의 면적에 따른 서어지 제어효과와 공기실의 공기압 변화를 제시하여 실무에의 적용이 용이하도록 하였다.

열발전소에서 비상 가동중단으로 냉각수 배수계통에 발생하는 비압축성 부정류를 해석하는 수치모형이 개발되었다. 개발된 수치모형은 냉각수 기계내부계통, 폐정, 공기실, 관로, 맨홀, 개수로 및 바다 등에 의한 복잡한 흐름에 대해 전체적인 부정류거동을 동시에 해석할 수 있는 기능을 가진다. 수치해법으로는 leap-forg 유한차분법을 적용하였으며, 간단한 경우에 대한 모형의 검증과 함께, 종래 배수암거 하류단에 적용되덕 고정수위경계조건에 대한 검토가 이루어졌다

This paper presents effective simulation of the dispersion of thermal discharge which can be relesed at Boryong power plant. Applied numerical models are finite difference method for hydrodynamic analysis and Masch-model comprised of conditions for ambient current velocity. Application of these models is done in Cheonsu Bay. Summing up the results of this study are as follows; 1. It is found that the result for measurement of temperature appears high at southwardly Songdo on flood. The reason is that tidal currents which flowed north direction were accompanied with southwardly dispersed thermal discharge. A minute particle of thermal plume has a tendency to dispers inward Deacheon Bay. 2. According to the results of numerical experiment, maximum distance for thermal discharge dispersion appeared 10.8㎞ at lower part and 8.6㎞ at upper part with power plant outlet as starting point. 3. Comparative the numerical simulation and Airbone Multispectral Scanner indicated that thermal discharge should be verified separative phenomena. The simulated results were compared with field data set showing good agreement. It is concluded that these model can be simulated well.