A Study on Inflow Rate According to Shape of Dual Structure Perforated Pipe Applied to Seawater Intake System

Title & Authors
A Study on Inflow Rate According to Shape of Dual Structure Perforated Pipe Applied to Seawater Intake System
Kim, Sooyoung; Lee, Seung Oh;

Abstract
97% of water on earth exists in the form of seawater. Therefore, the use of marine resources is one of the most important research issues at present. The use of seawater is expanding in various fields (seawater desalination, cooling water for nuclear power plants, deep seawater utilization, etc.). Seawater intake systems utilizing sand filters in order to take in clean seawater are being actively employed. For the intake pipe used in this system, assuring equal intake flows through the respective holes is very important to improve the efficiency of the intake and filtering process. In this study, we analyzed the efficiency of the dual structure perforated pipe used in the seawater intake system using 3D numerical simulations and the inflow rate according to the gap of the up holes. In the case of decreasing gaps in the up holes toward the pipe end, the variation of the total inflow rate was small in comparison with the other cases. However, the standard deviation of the inflow rate through the up holes was the lowest in this case. Also, stable flow occurred, which can improve the efficiency of the intake process. In the future, a sensitivity analysis of the various conditions should be performed based on the results of this study, in order to determine the factors influencing the efficiency, which can then be utilized to derive optimal designs suitable for specific environments.
Keywords
Seawater intake;Dual structure perforated pipe;Sand filter;Numerical simulation;CFX;
Language
Korean
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