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Key Technologies
Since 1990, KPS has been methodically implementing its long-term technical development plan to secure 71 key technologies for utilization in domestic and overseas projects. The company has developed proprietary Korean models for nuclear reactor primary systems, gas turbines, and other core technologies, achieving an import substitution value of 45.7 billion in 2006 and 2007 and KRW 47.9 billion in 2008.
Primary Stage Nuclear Maintenance Technology
| No | Core Technology | No | Core Technology |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mechanizing Ultrasonic Testing (Mech'UT(AURoRA/SPAcE)) | 2 | Reactor Vessel Head Penetration(RVHP) examination and Repair |
| 3 | Examination and repair for Reactor Vessel BMI Nozzles | 4 | RVHP & BMI visual inspection |
| 5 | Reator Baffle Former Bolt(BFB) examination and Evaluation of structural stability |
6 | In-Core Thimble Tube ECT examination & evaluation |
| 7 | Internal foreign material examination & removal | 8 | RCS piping instrumentation nozzle welding part repair |
| 9 | Reactor head canopy seal overlay welding | 10 | Weld overlay of Alloy 600 Dissimilar Metal Weld(DMW) zone |
| 11 | Rod Cluster Control Assembly (RCCA) ECT examination & evaluation | 12 | Flange o-ring contact surface examination |
| 13 | Stud hole cleaning & record management (SCAI) | 14 | Stud bolt automatic cleansing & examination |
| 15 | Reactor vessel surveillance capsule installation | 16 | Reactor coolant system debris removal technology |
| 17 | Reactor pressurizer heater sleeve maintenance | 18 | KPS Upper-bundle Lancing System (KULAN) |
| 19 | KPS Tubesheet Inspection System for Westinghouse Steam Generator (W-KTIS) |
20 | KPS Tubesheet Inspection System (KTIS), KPS In-bundle Inspection System (KIIS) |
| 21 | Eggcrate Visual-Inspection System (KEVIS) | 22 | SG Upper In-Bundle FOSAR Technology (KUVE) |
| 23 | Advanced Scale Conditioning Agents (ASCA) | 24 | Steam Generator Chemical Cleaning (SGCC) |
| 25 | ROSA-III & Application Tool OPR-1000 application | 26 | Steam generator heat pipe ECT examination & evaluation |
| 27 | Steam generator heat pipe examination & plugging robot | 28 | Steam generator heat pipe plugging |
| 29 | Steam Generator In-situ Pressure Test (ISPT) | 30 | Upper-bundle In-bundle (UBIB) |
| 31 | Steam generator waterbox remote visual examination | 32 | Steam generator tube/specimen withdrawal |
| 33 | Steam generator(primary) moisture separator replacement | 34 | Steam generator(second) moisture separator replacement |
| 35 | Shell Wrapper Annulus Transport System (SWATS) | 36 | Steam generator weld plug liquid penetrant remote test |
| 37 | OPR-1000 reactor coolant pump shaft crack detection | 38 | OPR-1000 reactor coolant pump casing internals examination and maintenance |
| 39 | Reactor collant pump dilute chemical decontamination process & purification | 40 | Reactor coolant pump anchor bolt removal |
| 41 | Reactor coolant pump main flange maintenance | 42 | Reactor collant pump internals replacement |
| 43 | Steam generator feed water ring replacement | 44 | Overlay repair for socket welds of safety class small bore piping |
| 45 | Automation technology for RVHP thermal sleeve remote visual inspection |
46 | KPS Upper In-bundle Visual Examination System (KUVE) |
| 47 | CFRP Repair and examination for safety classs ESW piping (PAUT) |
Second Stage Nuclear, Water & Thermal Maintenance Technology
| No | Core Technology | No | Core Technology |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Turbine casing heating bolt induction heat | 2 | Turbine-generator remote vibration monitoring & diagnosis |
| 3 | Steam Path Loss Audit(SPA) | 4 | Steam turbine snout tube hard surfacing |
| 5 | Rotor center hole internal surface reproduction & soundness measurement | 6 | Power facility structure diagnostic technology |
| 7 | Wireless communication-based rotating facility alignment | 8 | Generator control & protective algorithm |
| 9 | Generator stator end-winding vibration test(FFA) | 10 | 3D modeling & analysis-based generator reverse engineering |
| 11 | Model integer estimation with generator parameter test | 12 | Generator stator wedge automatic examination |
| 13 | Rotor impedance balance test | 14 | Automatic Synchronizing Device(ASD)diagnosis |
| 15 | Automatic Voltage Regulator (AVR)diagnosis & maintenance | 16 | Silicon Controlled Rectifier(SCR)diagnosis & maintenance |
| 17 | Boiler high temperature/high pressure zone life assessment | 18 | Thermal power plant DeNOx facility retrofit |
| 19 | Thermal power plant Risk-Based Maintenance(RBM)evaluation | 20 | Pump shaft alignment shift analysis & structure diagnosis |
| 21 | Fluid machinery engineering evaluation | 22 | Motor-driven valve diagnosis & evaluation |
| 23 | Air-driven valve diagnosis & evaluation | 24 | Power facility output control valve actuator performance diagnosis |
| 25 | Electric-Hydraulic System Analyzer(EHSAⅡ)-based performance diagnosis | 26 | Small bore piping socket weld zone ultrasound |
| 27 | Nuclear equipment, structure & piping soundness examination | 28 | Standard WPS/PQR development & total management system building |
| 29 | Piping system fluid flow engineering evaluation | 30 | Structure soundness analytic evaluation |
| 31 | Torsional vibration analysis | 32 | Vibration diagnosis & analysis |
| 33 | Computer program-based rotor weight balancing | 34 | Memory-based rotor position measurement and shaft alignment |
| 35 | Structure modal analysis | 36 | Noise diagnosis |
| 37 | Power system protective relay test & diagnosis | 38 | Smart device-based digital protective relay data acquisition & control |
| 39 | IEC61850-based remote control & monitoring system building | 40 | IEC61850-based communication simulator |
| 41 | High pressure surge arrester optimization site test & management | 42 | Power system analysis |
| 43 | High pressure generator insulation record management upgrade & diagnosis | 44 | Generator retaining ring disassembly and assembly using induction heating |
| 45 | Turbine-Generator Rotor journal mechanical working processing | 46 | Air-Cooled Generator Stator Winding-Wire manufacturing |
| 47 | Air-Cooled Generator Stator Coil diagnosis (Thermal Cycle/Voltage Endurance) |
48 | Remote inspection and the foreign material removal technology for the IPB |
| 49 | Phased Array UT for Tube and Pipe Welding | 50 | Corrosion Damage Diagnosis for Tube and Pipe (MMM & PAUT combined) |
Decommissioning Technology
| No | Core Technology | No | Core Technology |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Development of Decommissioning Simulation and Process | 2 | Development of Radiological Characterization for Decommissioning |
| 3 | Development of External radiation dose evaluation in decommissioning |
4 | Development of Technology of Volume reduction and Decontamination for Radwaste |
| 5 | Development of Wastes Filter Separation System of HVAC in NPPs |
GT Maintenance Technology
| No | Core Technology | No | Core Technology |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 501D5 gas turbine disc cubic clutch processing | 2 | 501F gas turbine blade & vane manufacturing |
| 3 | 501F gas turbine blade layer1,2,3,4 & vain maintenance | 4 | 501F gas turbine combustion transition reverse-engineering & maintenance |
| 5 | 501F gas turbine combustor basket swirler part localization & maintenance |
6 | 501G gas turbine combustor liner shape & material restoration maintenance |
| 7 | GE 7FA type gas turbine main parts NDT | 8 | 1,350℃ level gas turbine bucket & nozzle material manufacturing |
| 9 | GE MS9001E gas turbine high temperature parts overhaul | 10 | Gas turbine damaged blade automatic welding maintenance |
| 11 | Monocrystal gas turbine high temperature part damage restoration | 12 | Turbine rotor shrinkage fitting disk phased array ultrasonic technology |
| 13 | 1500℃ gas turbine high temperature parts overhaul | 14 | Turbine rotor center hole phased array test technology |
| 15 | Gas turbine high temperature material/parts braising maintenance technology | 16 | Low turbine rotor last stage blade dovetail reverse-engineering & test technology |
| 17 | 1500℃ gas turbine overhaul (CRI, Comprehensive Rotor Inspection) |
18 | Gas turbine compressor stud bolt extension measurement technology |
| 19 | DLN pilot nozzle bellows manufacturing & replacement | 20 | NON-GE gas turbine high temperature parts stripping technology |
| 21 | DLN-B type combustor basket localizition & maintenance |
22 | 501F type gas turbine blade/vane reverse-engineering & reliability test technology |
| 23 | SMS DLN 501D5 501D5 type 1,2,3 stage blade manufacturing test | 24 | Manufacturing for 501D5 Combustor Basket Parts by 3D printing |
| 25 | Gas Turbine Life Assessment Technology |
Transmission & Distribution and Specialized Technology
| No | Core Technology | No | Core Technology |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 765kV transmission tower wire insulator replacement power line lifting (HYPIC) | 2 | Transmission tower engineering evaluation |
| 3 | Space vector-based overhead transmission line measurement | 4 | Anchor bolt type base materials fixedness and exiting & new tower leg connection reinforcement |
| 5 | Power quality monitoring | 6 | Instrumentation equipment automatic correction |
| 7 | Reliability Centered Maintenance(RCM) | 8 | Power plant thermal performance test & calibration curve calculation |
| 9 | Power plant main control equipment maintenance | 10 | In-Circuit Test(ICT) |
| 11 | HVDC simulation method using modeling softwares | 12 | Ultrasonic Inspection for Tightening Bolt of Tubular Steel Pole |
| 13 | Weld Inspection for Tubular Steel Pole (MMM & PAUT combined) |
14 | Life Assessment for weld of Tubular Steel Pole |
| 15 | Power Plant Prognosis and Health Management Technology |