• Journal of the Korean Society for Nondestructive Testing
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• v.30 no.4
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• pp.386-395
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• 2010

The steam generator management program(SGMP) has recently defined the procedures for the qualification of eddy current hardware and technique. These procedures provide two basic methods for qualification. The first way is to qualify the equipment or the probe by using the flaw mechanism and method of the pulled tubes from the heat exchangers or the artificial flawed tubes. The second way is to verify the equivalency with the characteristics of the qualified equipment or probe. In this case, the qualified equipment or probe may be modified to substitute or replace instruments or probes without re-qualification provided that the range of essential variables defined in the examination technique specification sheet are met. This study is to describe the result of the comparative performance evaluation of bobbin coil eddy current probes manufactured by KEPCO Research Institute and probes manufactured by a foreign manufacturer. As a result of this study, although there were minor differences between the two kinds of probes, it was evaluated that the two kinds of probes were almost identical in the significant performance characteristics described in the KEPCO Research Institute guideline.

• Journal of the Korea Institute of Information and Communication Engineering
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• v.13 no.7
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• pp.1399-1410
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• 2009

It is a method to treat pain using medication, neurotomy, and surgery. And acupuncture, ultrasound, electric treatment, and magnetic treatment are applied as a alternative physiotherapy. Electronic therapy is useful but it can be affected by impedance of skin or subcutaneous tissue. So, percutaneous stimulation is leading therapy, that is very randomly. We developed the system which can stimulate parts of acupuncture point noninvasively using the focused magnetic field. And we designed the magnetic stimulation electrode which is considered efficiency of the magnetic stimulation. It can make similar stimulation with manual acupuncture. To confirm the availability and reliability we compared Meridian Electronic Potential(MEP) change between manual acupuncture and magnetic stimulation. From this result, we found out the MEP changes of manual acupuncture and magnetic stimulation were similar. And there were various response properties as changes of stimulation method, intensity, and frequency. Also, the MEP change can be induced by electromagnetic stimulation. We confirmed that it is possible to use electromagnetic stimulation as a acupoint stimulation or pain treatment instrument.

• Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Electrical and Electronic Material Engineers Conference
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• 2007.11a
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• pp.228-228
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• 2007

전력선 통신용 비접촉식 커플러는 고속형(2~30 MHz)과 저속형(100~450KHz)으로 나누어 볼 수 있는데, 고속형은 현재 국내에서 독자적으로 개발되어 다양한 모델이 적용되고 있는 상황이지만, 저속형은 시작품수준으로 제조되어 있으나 신호전송 특성의 향상절구가 필요한 상황이다. 전력선 통신용 커플러는 전력선 또는 모뎀으로 통신신호를 전달하는 기능을 하는 것으로서, 전력선 통신을 위한 핵심부품이다. 따라서 본 연구에서는 100~450 KHz 대역에서 사용 가능한 저속형 비접촉식 커플러를 제조하기 위해, 권선조건, 대전류형 자심재료의 모의 해석, 노이즈 필터조건, 임피던스 매칭, 하우징방법 등의 각 공정 변수를 확립하고자 하였다. 자심재료의 모의해석에서 자심재료의 높이와 전력선 도체 단면적 변화는 자심재료의 전류포화특성에 영향을 미치지 않으며, 유효길이와 에어-갭 크기가 증가할수록 전류포화특성은 향상되는데, 자심재료의 내경이 64 mm일 때 자심재료의 폭((외경-내경)/2)은 15 mm 이상이어야 하고, 에어-갭은 약 $600\;{\mu}m$ 정도의 에어-갭을 형성시켜야함을 확인할 수 있었다. 또한 저속용 비접촉식 커플러 제조조건 실험에서 내경${\times}$외경${\times}$높이가 $64{\times}94{\times}140mm$인 자심재료를 이용하여 권선 수와 에어-갭을 각각 3회, $400{\sim}600\;{\mu}m$ 삽입했을 때, 가장 우수한 특성을 나타내었다. 그리고 저역 통과 필터를 출력부에 내장하여 통신신호 이외의 노이즈를 제거할 수 있었다. 본 연구에서 제조된 300 A급 지중선용 저속형 비접촉식 커플러는 내경${\times}$외경${\times}$높이가 $58{\times}1144{\times}158mm$이고, 100~450 KHz 통신대역에서 약$7{\pm}2dB$의 삽입손실을 나타내었다.

• The Journal of the Acoustical Society of Korea
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• v.41 no.3
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• pp.278-286
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• 2022

In this study, a 33-mode Free-Flooded Ring (FFR) transducer was designed to apply piezoelectric single crystal PIN-PMN-PT, which has high piezoelectric constants and electromechanical coupling coefficient. To ensure low-frequency high transmitting sensitivity characteristics with a small size of FFR transducer, the commercial FFR transducer based on piezoelectric ceramics was compared. To develop the FFR transducer with broadband characteristics, a piezoelectric segmented ring structure inserted with inactive elements was applied. The oil-filled structure was applied to minimize the change of acoustic characteristics of the ring transducer. It was verified that the transmitting voltage response, underwater impedance, and beam pattern matched the finite element numerical simulation results well through an acoustic test. The difference in the transmitting voltage response between the measured and the simulated results is about 1.3 dB in cavity mode and about 0.3 dB in radial mode. The fabricated FFR transducer had a higher transmitting voltage response compared to the commercial transducer, but the diameter was reduced by about 17 %. From this study, it was confirmed that the feasibility of a single crystal-applied FFR transducer with compact size and high-power characteristics. The effectiveness of the performance prediction by simulation was also confirmed.

• Korean Chemical Engineering Research
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• v.61 no.2
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• pp.196-201
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• 2023

In this study, a CNT fiber flexible electrode grafted with CuO nanoparticles (CuO NPs) and polyaniline (PANI) was developed and applied to a nonenzymatic electrochemical sensor for H₂O₂ detection. CuO NPs/PANI/CNT fiber electrode was fabricated through the synthesis and deposition of PANI and CuO NPs on the CNT fiber surface using an electrochemical method. Surface morphology and elemental composition of the CuO NPs/PANI/CNT fiber electrode were characterized by scanning electron microscope with energy dispersive X-ray spectrometry. And its electrochemical characteristics were investigated by cyclic voltammetry (CV), electrochemical impedance spectroscopy (EIS) and chronoamperometry (CA). Compared with a bare CNT fiber as a control group, the CuO NPs/PANI/CNT fiber electrode showed a 4.78-fold increase in effective surface area and a 8.33-fold decrease in electron transfer resistance, which leads to excellent electrochemical properties such as a good electrical conductivity and an efficient electron transfer. These improved characteristics were due to the synergistic effect through the grafting of CNT fiber, PANI and CuO NPs. As a result, this electrode enhanced the H₂O₂ sensing performance.