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Application of Tuned Mass Damper to Mitigation of the Seismic Responses of Electrical Equipment in Nuclear Power Plants

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  • Sung Gook Cho

    (R&D Center, Innose Tech Co., Ltd., 30 Songdomirae-ro, Yeonsu-gu, Incheon 21990, Korea)

  • Seongkyu Chang

    (Academic-Industry Cooperation Foundation, Kunsan National University, 558 Daehak-ro, Gunsan-si 54150, Korea)

  • Deokyong Sung

    (Department of Civil & Railroad Engineering, Daewon University College, 316 Daehak-ro, Jecheon, Chung-Buk 27135, Korea)

Abstract

A tuned mass damper (TMD) was developed for mitigating the seismic responses of electrical equipment inside nuclear power plants (NPPs), in particular, the response of an electrical cabinet. A shaking table test was performed, and the frequency and damping ratio were extracted, to confirm the dynamics of the cabinet. Electrical cabinets with and without TMDs were modeled while using SAP2000 software (Version 20, Computers and Structures, NY, USA) that was based on the results. TMDs were designed while using an optimization method and the equations of Den Hartog, Warburton, and Sadek. The numerical models were verified while using the shaking table test results. A sinusoidal sweep wave was applied as input to identify the vibration characteristics of the electrical cabinet over a wide frequency range. Applying various seismic loads that were adjusted to meet the RG 1.60 design response spectrum of 0.3 g then validated the control performance of the TMD. The minimum and maximum response spectrum reduction rates of the designed TMDs were 44.7% and 62.9%, respectively. Further, the amplification factor of the electrical cabinet with the TMD was decreased by 53%, on average, with the proposed optimization method. In conclusion, TMDs can be considered to be an effective way of enhancing the seismic performance of the electrical equipment inside NPPs.

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  • Sung Gook Cho & Seongkyu Chang & Deokyong Sung, 2020. "Application of Tuned Mass Damper to Mitigation of the Seismic Responses of Electrical Equipment in Nuclear Power Plants," Energies, MDPI, vol. 13(2), pages 1-22, January.
    • Handle: RePEc:gam:jeners:v:13:y:2020:i:2:p:427-:d:309184
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    1. Shinyoung Kwag & Jinsung Kwak & Hwanho Lee & Jinho Oh & Gyeong-Hoi Koo, 2019. "Enhancement in the Seismic Performance of a Nuclear Piping System using Multiple Tuned Mass Dampers," Energies, MDPI, vol. 12(11), pages 1-26, May.
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    1. Piotr Brzeski & Mateusz Lazarek & Przemyslaw Perlikowski, 2020. "Influence of Variable Damping Coefficient on Efficiency of TMD with Inerter," Energies, MDPI, vol. 13(23), pages 1-14, November.
    2. Andrzej Dymarek & Tomasz Dzitkowski & Krzysztof Herbuś & Piotr Ociepka & Andrzej Niedworok & Łukasz Orzech, 2021. "Method for Tuning the Parameters of Active Force Reducing Building Vibrations—Numerical Tests," Energies, MDPI, vol. 14(24), pages 1-17, December.

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