• Membrane Journal
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• v.9 no.3
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• pp.151-156
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• 1999

Silicone was used in this study to enhance the oxygene permeability of gas separation membranes. PMP and PMMA were used to prepare the copolymers and IPN membranes, respectively. In the case of copolymers, there were two methodsCswelling and solvent evaporation) in this study and it was revealed that this preparation method affected the oxygene permeability. It was also shown that the IPN method brought the enhacement of oxygen permeability and slight decrease of separation factor. Regarding oxygen permeability 10 wt% of PMMA was the best composition of IPN membrane.

• The Journal of the Korea institute of electronic communication sciences
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• v.12 no.3
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• pp.419-426
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• 2017

This paper describes an acoustic echo canceller with double-talk using BSS(: Blind Signal Separation) based on the geometric concept. The acoustic echo canceller may be deteriorated or diverged during the double-talk period. So we use the blind signal separation to detect the double talking by separating the near-end speech signal from the mixed microphone signal. In the closed reverberation environment, the blind signal separation extracts the near-end signal from unknown signals with the transformation and rotation based on the geometric concept. By this method, the acoustic echo canceller operates irrespective of double-talking. We verified performances of the proposed acoustic echo canceller by computer simulations. The results show that the acoustic echo canceller with this algorithm detects the double-talk periods thoroughly, and operates stably in the normal state without diverging of coefficients after ending the double-talking.

• Journal of the Korean Crystal Growth and Crystal Technology
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• v.28 no.1
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• pp.38-43
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• 2018

Ceramic membrane has been widely used for water treatment due to its advantages of eco-friendly property and low energy consumption. However, high porosity of ceramic membrane higher than 40 % may cause a problem of strength, when it is applied to a water treatment module. In order to solve this problem, the strength of the membrane edge was improved by using the ceramic glaze. Four different glaze compositions for low temperature sintering was selected to minimize the deformation of the membrane microstructure. After coating with low temperature glaze, cracks were observed due to differences in thermal expansion coefficient between the membrane and glaze. Thus, the thermal expansion coefficient of glaze was controlled by addition of cordierite and petalite. As a results, the compressive strength of the ceramic membrane, which was coated with the optimized glaze composition, was increased from $27N/m^2$ to $117N/m^2$, indicating that the glaze coating can improve the disadvantages of the fragile ceramic membrane.

• Membrane Journal
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• v.15 no.4
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• pp.330-337
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• 2005

Water selective silica membranes were prepared fur use as membrane reactor for synthesis of dimethyl ether (DME) by methanol dehydration. Silica membranes formed on a Porous SUS tube by ultrasonic spray Pyrolysis (USP) and chemical vapor deposition (CVD) using tetraethoxysilane (TEOS) as precursor. The CVD-derived membranes formed higher level of trade-off line between water permeance and water/methanol selectivity than that of the USP-derived membranes. The membrane reactor possessing water permeance of $1.2\times10^{-7}\;mol\;{\cdot}\;m^{-2}\;{\cdot}\;S^{-1}\;{\cdot}\;Pa^{-1}$ and water/methanol selectivity of 10 exhibited increase in methanol conversion of about $20\%$ comparing to conventional reactor system. These findings led us to conclude that the dehydration membrane reactor simultaneously separating the water vapour produced in the reaction zone was effective in increasing the reaction conversion.

• Journal of the Korean Regional Science Association
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• v.32 no.3
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• pp.17-27
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• 2016

In order to solve the problem of how to estimate the residential segregation, the Spatial Concentration Index(SCI) and Location quotient(LQ) are able to be one of alternative methods, and a comprehensive analysis of the residential segregation phenomenon in the seoul metropolitan area is the aim of the study. The results of SCI show that residential concentration areas in low-rent are some Gyeonggi-do's downtown(Bucheon-si, Suwon-si) as well as rural and urban-rural complex outskirts of the metropolitan area. The results of changing of SCI from 2011 to 2014, downward changes appeared thirteen districts and upward changes appeared fourteen districts. Especially downward change district was Sosa-gu, Bucheon-si and upward change district was Yeongtong-gu, Suwon-si. In conclusion, that high rent level groups are more concentration on specific area than low rent level groups. By decreasing residential concentration districts in low-rent level group, 'diversity' districts have been increasing in seoul metropolitan but the phenomenon of residential concentration in high and low level group have been being intensified. These results could be confirmed by quantitative through LQ. Methodologically LQ would strengthen the explanatory power of SCI, and ongoing research of SCI in conjunction with other quantitative methods will need.

• Journal of radiological science and technology
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• v.40 no.3
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• pp.443-451
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• 2017

Mammography is commonly used for screening early breast cancer. However, mammographic images, which depend on the physical properties of breast components, are limited to provide information about whether a lesion is malignant or benign. Although a dual-energy subtraction technique decomposes a certain material from a mixture, it increases radiation dose and degrades the accuracy of material decomposition. In this study, we simulated a breast phantom using attenuation characteristics, and we proposed a technique to enable the accurate material decomposition by applying weighting factors for the dual-energy mammography based on a photon-counting detector using a Monte Carlo simulation tool. We also evaluated the contrast and noise of simulated breast images for validating the proposed technique. As a result, the contrast for a malignant tumor in the dual-energy weighted subtraction technique was 0.98 and 1.06 times similar than those in the general mammography and dual-energy subtraction techniques, respectively. However the contrast between malignant and benign tumors dramatically increased 13.54 times due to the low contrast of a benign tumor. Therefore, the proposed technique can increase the material decomposition accuracy for malignant tumor and improve the diagnostic accuracy of mammography.

• Journal of Nuclear Fuel Cycle and Waste Technology(JNFCWT)
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• v.13 no.4
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• pp.263-269
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• 2015

It is necessary to investigate the electrodeposition behavior of uranium and other elements on the cathode in the electrorefining process to recover the uranium selectively from the reduced metals of the electrolytic reduction process since transuranic elements and rare earth elements is dissolved in the LiCl-KCl eutectic salt. Study on separation factors of U, Ce, Y and Nd based on U and Ce was performed to investigate the deposition behavior of the cathode with respect to the concentration of rare earth elements in LiCl-KCl eutectic salt. After electrorefining with constant current mode by using Ce metal as a sacrifice anode, the contents of U, Ce, Y and Nd in the salt phase and the deposit phase of the cathode were analyzed, and separation factors of the elements were obtained from the analyses. Securing conditions of pure uranium recovery in the elctrorefining process was investigated by considering the separation factors with respect to $UCl_3$ and $CeCl_3/UCl_3$ ratio.

• The Bulletin of The Korean Astronomical Society
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• v.37 no.2
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• pp.230.2-230.2
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• 2012

경희대학교에서 제작중인 초소형 위성 TRIO-CINEMA (TRiplet Ionosphere Observatory-Cubesat for Ion, Neutral, Electron and MAgnetic fields)에 탑재될 입자검출기 STEIN (SupraThermal Electron, Ion, Neutral)은 정전 편향기를 이용하여 4~300keV의 대전입자 혹은 중성입자들을 분리하여 검출하도록 이루어져있다. CINEMA 운용 궤도에서는 STEIN 정전 편향기를 통하지 않고 검출기 내부로 들어오는 입자들로부터 생기는 배경계수가 포함되어 검출될 것으로 예상되므로 STEIN 검출기의 결과값의 신뢰성을 높이기 위해 배경계수값을 예측할 필요성이 있다. 본 연구에서는 SPENVIS (The Space Environment Information System)를 통해 CINEMA 운용 궤도에 존재하는 입자들의 유량을 계산하였고 GEANT4 (GEometry ANd Tracking)를 통해 CINEMA 운용 궤도상의 STEIN의 외부 환경을 모사하여 배경계수값을 예측하였다. 향후 STEIN의 측정값에 배경계수값을 차감한다면 측정값의 신뢰성이 높아질 것으로 기대된다.

• Proceedings of the Korean Information Science Society Conference
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• 2003.10b
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• pp.562-564
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• 2003

지능형 교통 시스템(intelligent traffic system)의 필요성은 컴퓨터비전기술의 발전에 따라 성장해오고 있다. 지능형 교통 시스템의 바람직한 방법들 중 하나는 비전처리를 통하여 자동차의 수를 계수하는 것이다. 차량이 포함된 도로 이미지들은 디지털 카메라에 의하여 촬영된다. 우선적으로 이미지에서 도로의 중앙선 오른쪽부분은 제외한다. 단순히 개개의 차량을 분리해 나는 것은 겹치는 문제, 그림자, 조명과 같은 많은 문제점을 가지고 있다. 차량계수를 목적으로 이미지를 세밀히 조사하다가 보니 낮에는 차량의 앞 범퍼 끝의 그림자로 밤에는 헤드라이트 불빛으로 차량을 식별할 수 있다는 것을 알 수 있었다. 이 논문에서는 그림자분석을 통한 차량계수를 다루었다. 이 특징을 사용하여 차량을 계수하여 만족할만한 정확성을 성취하는 것이 이 논문의 목표이다.

• Journal of the Korean Society of Hazard Mitigation
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• v.6 no.1 s.20
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• pp.59-68
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• 2006

Flow separation of recirculation zone by increasing of flow and change of its direction at confluence results in backwater due to conveyance reduction. The hydraulic characteristics of flow separation are analysed by experimental results of flow ratios of tributary and main streams and approaching angles. The boundary of flow separation by dimensionless length and width is defined by the streamline of zero and this definition agrees well to the existing investigation. Because flow separation doesn't appear in small flow ratio and approaching angle of $30^{\circ}$, the equation of flow separation with flow ratio and approaching angle is provided. In flow separation consideration and comparing with previous results, the existing equations of dimensionless length and width ratios by function of approaching angle, flow ratio, and downstream Froude number are modified and also contraction coefficient and shape factor are analysed. Dimensionless length and width ratios are proportional to the flow ratio and approaching angle. In analysis of water surface profiles, the backwater effects are proportional to the flow ratio and approaching angle and the magnitude at outside wall is greater than that of inside wall of main stream. The length, $X_l$ from the beginning of confluence to downstream of uniform flow, where the depth is equal to uniform depth, is characterized by width of stream, flow ratio, approaching angle, and contraction coefficient. The ratios between maximum water depth by backwater and minimum depth at separation are analysed.