• Transactions of the Korean Society of Mechanical Engineers B
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• v.34 no.6
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• pp.643-648
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• 2010

Portable fuel cells are commonly operated in the dead-end mode because of such as high fuel utilization. However, the performance of such systems deteriorates continuously with an increase in the amount of by-products such as water vapor and nitrogen. In this study, to verify the effect of water vapor on Proton Exchange Membrane Fuel Cells (PEMFCs), constant-load experiments were carried out for a current density of 600 mA/cm2 and a voltage of 0.4 V, respectively. The performance of the cell was more stable under constant voltage conditions than under constant current density conditions. Condensed water accumulated in the anode channel near the cell outlet. The experimental results show how the relative humidity (RH = 0.15, 0.4 and 0.75) of air at the cathode side affect the performance of PEMFCs with dead-end anode. At RH values higher than 0.15, the mean power density increased by up to 51% and the mean purge duration decreased by up to 25% compared to the corresponding initial values.

• Nuclear Engineering and Technology
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• v.27 no.6
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• pp.811-824
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• 1995

The CANDU element bowing is attributed to actions of both the thermally induced bending moments and the bending moment due to hydraulic drag and mechanical loads, where the bowing is defined as the lateral deflection of an element from the axial centerline. This paper consider only the thermally-induced bending moments which are generated both within the sheath and the fuel and sheath by an asymmetric temperature distribution with respect to the axis of an element The generalized and explicit analytical formula for the thermally-induced bending is presented in con-sideration of 1) bending of an empty tube treated by neglecting the fuel/sheath mechanical interaction and 2) fuel/sheath interaction due to the pellet and sheath temperature variations, where in each case the temperature asymmetries in sheath are modelled to be caused by the combined effects of (i) non-uniform coolant temperature due to imperfect coolant mixing, (ii) variable sheath/coolant heat transfer coefficient, (iii) asymmetric heat generation due to neutron flux gradients across an element and so as to inclusively cover the uniform temperature distributions within the fuel and sheath with respect to the axial centerline. As the results of the sensitivity calculations of the element bowing with the variations of the parameters in the formula, it is found that the element bowing is greatly affected relatively with the variations or changes of element length, sheath inside diameter, average coolant temperature and its variation factor, pellet/sheath mechanical interaction factor, neutron flux depression factor, pellet thermal expansion coefficient, pellet/sheath heat transfer coefficient in comparison with those of other parameters such as sheath thickness, film heat transfer coefficient, sheath thermal expansion coefficient and sheath and pellet thermal conductivities.

• Environmental and Resource Economics Review
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• v.19 no.3
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• pp.597-632
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• 2010

There is general agreement that global warming is occurring and that the main contributor to this probably is the buildup of green house gasses, GHG, in the atmosphere. Two main contributors are the utilization of fossil fuels and the deforestation of many regions of the world. The burning of fossil fuels increases atmospheric carbon while the burning of fuel-wood reducing fossil fuel consumption along with its forest source maintain an atmospheric carbon level. The standing timber in the forests is a carbon sink, as are wood buildings and structures, and fossil fuel in the ground. This paper is designed to examine a number of current issues related to mitigating the global warming problem through forestry. For this purpose, we develop a modeling approach by integrating timber market, fossil fuel market and carbon cycling model. We use discrete time optimal control theory to identify optimal time paths, the laws of motion, and stationary stats solutions of endogenous variables in the model. On the basis of these results, we identify the optimal amounts of subsidies to be provided or taxes to be imposed by the regulatory agency to mitigate atmospheric carbon accumulation. We also present a numerical example to help illustrate the characteristics of variables in the model when the social cost for atmospheric carbon incrementally shifts upward. A surprising result is that the social cost function for atmospheric carbon has a very smaller impact on the optimal rotation period than previous literature suggested.

• Nuclear Engineering and Technology
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• v.21 no.3
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• pp.193-204
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• 1989

This paper develops a new method for reconstructing neutron flux distribution, that is based on the maximum entropy Principle in information theory. The Probability distribution that maximizes the entropy Provides the most unbiased objective Probability distribution within the known partial information. The partial information are the assembly volume-averaged neutron flux, the surface-averaged neutron fluxes and the surface-averaged neutron currents, that are the results of the nodal calculation. The flux distribution on the boundary of a fuel assembly, which is the boundary condition for the neutron diffusion equation, is transformed into the probability distribution in the entropy expression. The most objective boundary flux distribution is deduced using the results of the nodal calculation by the maximum entropy method. This boundary flux distribution is then used as the boundary condition in a procedure of the imbedded heterogeneous assembly calculation to provide detailed flux distribution. The results of the new method applied to several PWR benchmark problem assemblies show that the reconstruction errors are comparable with those of the form function methods in inner region of the assembly while they are relatively large near the boundary of the assembly. The incorporation of the surface-averaged neutron currents in the constraint information (that is not done in the present study) should provide better results.

• 한국전기화학회:학술대회논문집
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• 2002.10a
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• pp.9-9
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• 2002

• Proceedings of the Korea Society for Energy Engineering kosee Conference
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• 2000.11a
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• pp.111-114
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• 2000

본 논문은 선형모델의 모델 계수의 결정방법으로 사용되는 최소자승법 (Least Squares Method, LSM)의 단점을 해결하기 위해 해석적으로 계산된 자료를 함께 적용하는 방법과 원자로의 출력분포 측정을 위한 SAM (Shape Annealing Matrix) 결정에 적용한 결과를 기술하고 있다. 해석적 자료를 함께 적용할 경우 연료 연소에 따른 원자로 특성변화를 적절히 반영하여 LSM 추정치의 정확도를 크게 개선할 수 있음을 확인하였다.

• Proceedings of the Korean Radioactive Waste Society Conference
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• 2009.11a
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• pp.475-476
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• 2009

CFD 방법을 이용하여 건식저장 용기내 사용후핵연료 열전달 해석을 수행한 결과 연료봉의 붕괴열에 의한 내부 유체의 자연대류 현상과 상세 핵연료 온도분포를 예측할 수 있음을 확인하였다. 향후에는 다양한 시험조건에서 복사열전달을 포함한 정밀한 CFD 계산을 수행하여 피복관 온도분포의 예측치를 실험결과와 비교할 예정이다.

• Proceedings of the Korea Air Pollution Research Association Conference
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• 1999.10a
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• pp.57-58
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• 1999

과거의 대기오염은 $SO_2$와 같은 1차 오염물질이 문제가 되었다. 그러나 저황 연료유의 사용 의무화로 인해 점차 줄어드는 추세에 있는 반면, 최근에는 급속한 산업화와 소득의 증대로 기하급수적으로 늘어나는 자동차와 산업시설에서 배출되는 질소산화물($NO_x$)과 탄화수소류(HCs) 그리고 휘발성 유기화합물 (VOCs)을 포함하는 다양한 천연, 인공물질이 태양광과 반응(광화학반응)하여 2차적으로 생성된 $O_3$ 등에 의한 대기오염이 심각해지고 있다. (전병일 등, 1995)(중략)

• Proceedings of the Korea Air Pollution Research Association Conference
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• 1999.10a
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• pp.47-49
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• 1999

월남전 고엽제 피해와 도시 폐기물 소각로 문제로 일반에게 알려진 다이옥신(Dioxins and Furans)은 기존의 연구결과 토양, 호수와 강의 바닥, 대기, 수계생물, 동식물 및 인체조직 등 거의 모든 자연환경에 존재하는 것으로 밝혀졌다. 특히 도시의 대기는 도시 폐기물 소각로나 자동차 등 화것 연료의 연소에 의해 배출되는 다이옥신, PCBs, PAH 등 많은 오염 물질을 함유하고 있는데 이 중 독성이 가장 높은 물질이 다이옥신이다.(중략)

• Proceedings of the Korea Air Pollution Research Association Conference
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• 2000.11a
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• pp.369-370
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• 2000

동북아시아에서 화석연료의 연소로부터 배출되는 인위적 대기오염물질의 증가는 심각한 문제로 대두되고 있다. 우리 나라의 경우는 도시화, 인구 밀집과 자동차의 증가로 인한 대기오염물질 배출은 대도시에서 공기질 저하를 야기하고 있다. 특히, 서울 지역은 가시도(Visibility), 오존 등의 심각한 공기오염문제를 경험하고 있다. 이러한 대기오염은 국지적 기상변화에 따라 발생하는 도시형 스모그나 안개과 밀접한 관계가 있는 것으로 추정되며, 발생시 에어로졸의 특성변화가 예상되고 있으나, 스모그나 안개 발생시 에어로졸의 특성이나 고도 분포에 대한 연구는 미흡한 실정에 있다. (중략)