• Korean Chemical Engineering Research
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• v.55 no.5
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• pp.704-710
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• 2017

Although the desalination technique using gas hydrate formation is at a development stage compared to the commercially well-established reverse osmosis (RO), it still draws attention because of its simplicity and moderate operational conditions especially when using refrigerants for guest gases. In this study, DFT (density functional theory)-based molecular modeling was employed to explain the energetics of the gas hydrate formation using HFC (hydrofluorocarbon) and HCFC (hydrochlorofluorocarbon) refrigerants. For guest gases, R-134a, R-227ea, R-236fa, and R-141b were selected and three cavity structures ($5^{12}$, $5^{12}6^2$, and $5^{12}6^4$) composed of water molecules were constructed. The geometries of guest gas, cavity, and cavity encapsulating guest gas were optimized by molecular modeling respectively and their located energies were then used for the calculation of binding energy between the guest gas and cavity. Finally, the comparison of binding energies was used to propose which refrigerant is more favorable for the gas hydrate formation energetically. In conclusion, R-236fa was the best choice in terms of thermodynamic spontaneity, less toxicity, and low solubility in water.

• Clean Technology
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• v.28 no.3
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• pp.258-266
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• 2022

Resource productivity (GDP/DMC) is defined as GDP divided by DMC. However, it has shortcomings when estimating the value-added generated from material processing. In this paper, an energy coefficient is applied to GDP to develop a sub-indicator (referred to as GDPe/DMC). Consequently, South Korea, which is a secondary industry-oriented country, created 1,094.60 USD/ton from input materials and was ranked 4th on the OECD list, which is 10 levels higher than the level estimated by GDP/DMC. However, Luxembourg, which is a tertiary industry-oriented country, is ranked 16th on the OECD list, which is 12 levels lower than the level estimated by GDP/DMC. The resource productivity estimated by the sub-indicator (GDPe/DMC) developed in this study indicates that secondary industry-oriented countries are undervalued in the existing main GDP/DMC calculation. On the other hand, tertiary industry-oriented countries are downgraded due to the industrial features of the GDPe/DMC calculation. As a result of this paper, GDPe/DMC could be considered a more reasonable indicator to directly reflect the material input effect compared to the existing main indicator, GDP/DMC. This means that GDPe/DMC-induced resource productivities could be estimated to be slightly higher than the GDP/DMC-induced resource productivities for secondary industry-oriented countries. It is expected that the sub-indicator, GDPe/DMC, proposed in this study could be useful especially for comparing and analyzing the resource productivities between countries that have different industry structures. This study intended to consider a structurally energy/resource-intensive industry in estimating and analyzing national-level resource productivity. Thus, the sub-indicator, GDPe/DMC, may help minimize the distortion of interpreting national resource productivities in various situations, and be utilized as a more efficient tool when used together with GDP/DMC.

• Journal of the Institute of Electronics Engineers of Korea SC
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• v.48 no.4
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• pp.63-70
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• 2011

In this paper, we proposed a method for estimating energy expenditure using the unfixed axis of the accelerometer. Most studies adopted waist-placement because of the fact that the waist is close to the center of mass of a whole human body. But we adopted pocket-placement, which is capable of using unfixed axis of sensor, that is more convenient than conventional methods. To evaluate the proposed method, 28 male subjects performed walking and running on a motor driven treadmill. All of subject put on the indirect calorimeter and fixed accelerometer, then data were simultaneously measured during exercise. The regression analysis was performed using the test group(n=20) and the regression equation was applied to the control group(n=8). A strong linear relationship between energy expenditure and unfixed accelerometer signal was found. Futhermore, the coefficient of determination was significantly reliable($R^2$=0.98) and showed zero of p-value. The error of energy expenditure estimation between indirect calorimeter and two types of accelerometer was 15.0%(fixed) and 17.0%(unfixed) respectively. These results show the possibilities that the unfixed accelerometer can be used in estimating the energy expenditure during exercise.

• Annual Conference of KIPS
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• 2017.04a
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• pp.493-496
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• 2017

본 논문은 딸기 재배 시설에서의 이루어지고 있는 온실 환경에서 생장 관리 기술의 생장 상태 및 환경 변화를 인지하는 과정에서 수집되는 환경데이터와 제어장치 간의 상관관계를 비교 및 분석하고, 이를 통해 전력소비량에 대한 에너지효율을 높이면서 최적의 생장 환경을 제공할 수 있는 시스템을 제안한다. 제안하는 시스템은 딸기 재배 시설의 품질 향상 및 생산량 증대를 지원하는 온실 생장 환경 모니터링 시스템 개발에 대한 연구이다. 향후에는 다양한 환경데이터와 제어장치 간의 상관관계의 정밀 분석을 통해 온실환경제어 시스템을 개선할 수 있는 연구가 될 것으로 기대된다.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society of Postharvest Science and Technology of Agricultural Products Conference
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• 2003.10a
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• pp.148.2-149
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• 2003

고사리(Pteridium aquilinum)는 참고사리과에 속하는 다년생 양치식물로서 온대지방과 열대지방에 널리 분포되어 있으며 이른봄부터 늦가을까지 산야에 생육되며 북극 남아프리카 지역을 제외한 전세계에 광범위하게 자생하고 있다. 고사리는 봄철에 어린싹을 삶아 물에 담구었다가 먹거나 건조시켜 저장해서 이용하는데 현재 유통되고 있는 건고사리는 수확, 건조 및 저장 중에 비위생적인 관리 등에 의해 미생물의 증식 및 해충의 발생 등으로 품질이 크게 저하되어 저장상 많은 어려움을 안고 있다. 방사선에 의한 식품 저장은 이미 그 건전성과 경제적 타당성이 인정되어 세계 여러나라에서 실용화되고 있으며 특히 건조 채소류의 살균, 살충을 위한 방사선의 이용은 제품의 재수화성을 증가시킨다는 보고도 있다. 따라서, 본 실험에서는 국내에서 소비량이 비교적 많은 건고사리에 Co-60 감마선을 조사하여 건고사리 조리전 필수 조리조작인 불림조작 조건에 따른 복원력 및 물리적 특성을 분석하였다. 건고사리에 조사선량을 0, 3, 5, 7kGy로 달리 하여 조사하였고 침지온도, 침지 시간에 따른 수분함량, 부피, 수화 복원력, 색상, 조직감을 측정하였다. 실험결과, 조사선량이 높을수록 부피 증가율, 수화 복원력은 대조구에 비해 유의적으로 증가하였다. 조직감 중 경도는 침지온도, 시간 및 조사선량이 증가할수록 감소하여, 건고사리를 불리기 위해 드는 시간이 단축되어 에너지 절감의 효과가 있는 것으로 파악되었다.

• The Journal of the Korea institute of electronic communication sciences
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• v.14 no.5
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• pp.943-950
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• 2019

Machine learning can greatly improve the efficiency of work by replacing people. In particular, the importance of machine learning is increasing according to the requests of fourth industrial revolution. This paper predicts monthly power transactions using MLP, RNN, LSTM, and ANFIS of neural network algorithms. Also, this paper used monthly electricity transactions for mount and money, final energy consumption, and diesel fuel prices for vehicle provided by the National Statistical Office, from 2001 to 2017. This paper learns each algorithm, and then shows predicted result by using time series. Moreover, this paper proposed most excellent algorithm among them by using RMSE.

• Transactions on Semiconductor Engineering
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• v.2 no.1
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• pp.1-8
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• 2024

When processing depthwise separable convolution, low utilization of processing elements (PEs) is one of the challenges of systolic array (SA). In this study, we propose a new SA architecture to maximize throughput in depthwise convolution. Moreover, the proposed SA performs subsequent pointwise convolution on the idle PEs during depthwise convolution computation to increase the utilization. After the computation, we utilize unused PEs to boost the remaining pointwise convolution. Consequently, the proposed 128x128 SA achieves a 4.05x and 1.75x speed improvement and reduces the energy consumption by 66.7 % and 25.4 %, respectively, compared to the basic SA and RiSA in MobileNetV3.

• Journal of the Korean Society of Food Science and Nutrition
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• v.45 no.9
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• pp.1358-1365
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• 2016

The purpose of this study was to verify the drying characteristics of seasoned red pepper sauce and establish optimal drying conditions for far infrared drying of seasoned red pepper sauce. Seasoned red pepper sauce, which was dried by heated air, was used. One kg of seasoned red pepper was spread at thicknesses of 10 and 20 mm and dried by a far infrared dryer until a final moisture content of $15{\pm}0.5%$. The far infrared dryer conditions were air velocity of 0.6, 0.8 m/s and drying temperatures of 60, 70, and $80^{\circ}C$. The drying models were estimated using a determination coefficient and root mean square error. Drying characteristics were analyzed based on factors such as drying rate, color changes, content of capsaicinoids, and energy consumption. The results can be summarized as follows. The drying rate (that is, drying time) tended to be reduced as temperature and air velocity for drying increased. The Page and Henderson models were suitable for drying of seasoned red pepper sauce by a far infrared dryer. Redness decreased after far infrared drying under all experimental conditions. The color difference was 18.18 under the following conditions: thickness 20 mm, temperature $70^{\circ}C$, and air velocity 0.8 m/s. This value was slightly higher than those under other far infrared drying conditions. The capsaicinoid properties of seasoned red pepper sauce decreased under all far infrared drying conditions. The highest capsaicin (19.91 mg/100 g) and dihydrocapsaicin (12.87 mg/100 g) contents were observed at a thickness of 10 mm, temperature of $80^{\circ}C$, and air velocity of 0.8 m/s. Energy consumption decreased with higher temperature, slower air velocity, and thinner seasoned red pepper sauce.

• Journal of the Korean Institute of Gas
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• v.22 no.3
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• pp.32-37
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• 2018

Recently, the distributed power generation market using natural gas is expected to expand gradually according to the government's future energy conversion policy. Distributed power generation means small power generation source near the power demand site, which has the advantage of reducing the construction costs of the transmission and distribution infrastructure, operating cost and power loss. A typical example of distributed generation using natural gas is the trigeneration system. In this study, we conducted a basic study on the performance analysis of trigeneration desiccant system for dehumidifying / cooling / heating in the air conditioner room by using the cold and engine waste heat energy generated in the trigeneration system. It shows that the system efficiency increases and the energy consumption decreases as the temperature difference between the inlet and outlet of the trigeneration system increases compared with the general air conditioning system.

• 한국신재생에너지학회:학술대회논문집
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• 2011.05a
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• pp.145.2-145.2
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• 2011

메탄 하이드레이트는 낮은 온도와 높은 압력 조건에서 물분자들의 격자구조에 메탄가스분자가 포획되어 수소결합으로 형성되는 외관상 얼음과 비슷한 결정성 화합물이다. $1m^3$의 메탄 하이드레이트는 표준상태에서 $172m^3$의 메탄가스와 $0.8m^3$의 물로 분해되며, $-10^{\circ}C{\sim}-20^{\circ}C$의 온도에서는 하이드레이트 입자표면에서 생성되는 얼음막으로 인하여 상압에서도 안정하게 존재하는 자기보존 효과를 가지고 있다. 따라서 이와 같은 특징을 천연가스 수송 및 저장의 방법으로 이용할 경우 $-162^{\circ}C$의 초저온을 만들고 유지시키기 위하여 고가의 설비를 필요로 하는 기존의 LNG 수송방법을 대체할 수 있다. 특히 연간 천연가스 소비량을 0.4 ~ 1.0 million ton으로 가정했을 때, 하이드레이트 수송방법은 LNG 수송에 비해 18 ~ 25% 정도의 비용을 절약할 수 있는 경제적인 방법으로 알려져 있다. 그러나 하이드레이트를 인공적으로 제조할 경우 물분자와 가스분자의 반응율이 낮기 때문에 하이드레이트가 생성되기까지 많은 시간이 소요되며, 하이드레이트에 포획되는 가스분자의 양도 적다. 따라서 본 연구에서는 이와 같은 문제점을 해결하기 위하여 다공성 물질인 천연 제올라이트와 제올라이트 13X를 이용하여 제올라이트 혼합유체를 제조하였으며, 메탄가스와 반응시켜 하이드레이트를 생성시키는 실험을 수행하였다. 그 결과, 하이드레이트 생성 시 천연 제올라이트와 제올라이트 13X 모두 0.01 wt%의 혼합비율에서 가장 좋은 효과를 나타내었으며, 하이드레이트에 포획된 가스의 양은 같은 과냉도 조건에서 천연제올라이트와 제올라이트 13X 혼합유체를 이용하여 하이드레이트를 생성 시켰을 때, 증류수보다 각각 4배, 5배 높음을 보였다. 또한 낮은 과냉도에서 하이드레이트 생성 시 제올라이트, 제올라이트13X 혼합유체에서 하이드레이트 생성시간이 증류수에서 하이드레이트를 생성시킬 때보다 빨라짐을 확인하였다.