• Journal of Institute of Convergence Technology
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• v.1 no.2
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• pp.25-28
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• 2011

Void fraction has been measured for the gas-liquid cocurrent slug flow in 8mm vertical acrylic tube using an optical method. Bubble speed, length and period could be measured with the two sets of laser-infrared sensor modules mounted 25mm apart alongside the tube, which were designed to detect variation of light intensities with a time delay when two parallel laser beams were refracted successively by a passing bubble. It was found that the results were in good agreement with the previous studies in the literature suggesting that the method used in this study were sound and accurate.

• Journal of Institute of Convergence Technology
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• v.1 no.2
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• pp.29-32
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• 2011

In this paper, we will introduce the overview of new project dealing how to increase of refrigeration cycle COP using nano-fluids, CuO, TiO2, Al2O3, that are used on similar previous studies. Recently many studies were performed to show the effect of nano-fluids at refrigeration cycle. But, the reason was not cleared yet. In general, the flow phenomena at the evaporator were guessed to be mixed with the partial pool boiling condition and the flow boiling condition from the previous results not published yet. So, we hope that the COP increase of refrigeration cycle will be verified and showed through this project.

• Journal of Institute of Convergence Technology
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• v.1 no.2
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• pp.16-24
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• 2011

The angular electrostatic microactuator using skewed electrode array (SEA) scheme was proposed. The moving and fixed electrodes are arranged to make the driving force perpendicular to the rotating moment of arm. By changing the electrode overlap length, the magnitude of electrostatic force and stable displacement will be changed. In order to optimize the design, electrostatic FE analysis were carried out and the empirical force model was established for SEA. Simulation was performed to make the comparison between conventional actuators and SEA. The proposed SEA generates actuating torque 2 times greater than a comb-drive and stable actuator displacement 40% greater than a parallel plate type actuator. The angular electrostatic microactuator using skewed SEA scheme was designed and fabricated using SoG process.

• Journal of Institute of Convergence Technology
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• v.1 no.2
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• pp.37-42
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• 2011

The purpose of this research is to improve nitrogen removal efficiency in winter season through rise of water temperature of extraneous water by using solar energy which is estimated to have great potential among new regeneration energy and while operating Plug-Flow Reactor to improve nitrogen removal efficiency by selecting A/O process among sewage waste water treatment processes as the necessity of solving the problem of nitrogen removal efficiency according to reduced water temperature in winter season and strengthening of water quality criteria regarding discharged sewage waste water suggested in the research background. Summarizing the research result, supply of solar energy source improves the function outstandingly when removing nitrogen, (nitrogen removal rate before operating solar energy 55.4% ${\rightarrow}$ nitrogen removal rate after operating solar energy 84.1%).

• Journal of Institute of Convergence Technology
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• v.1 no.2
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• pp.1-5
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• 2011

It is known that as many as 15-20 in 10,000 children are diagnosed with autistic spectrum disorder. A framework of the treatment system for children with autism using affective computing technologies was proposed by Chung and Yoon. In this paper, a prototype for the framework is proposed. It consists of emotion stimulating module, multi-modal bio-signal sensing module, treatment module using virtual reality, and emotion recognition module. Primitive experiments on emotion recognition show the usefulness of the proposed system.

• The Optical Journal
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• s.133
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• pp.73-79
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• 2011

올해로 20회째를 맞이하며 아시아 최고의 사진영상분야 전시회로 성장한 '2011 서울국제사진영상기자재전(이하 P&I 2011)'이 지난 4월 21일부터 24일까지 나흘간 서울 코엑스 본관 1층 A홀에서 성황리에 치러졌다. 통합 이미징 전시회를 지향하는 P&I 2011는 촬영 단계부터 편집, 출력, 저장, 활용에 이르기까지 사진 전반의 것을 아우르는 전시회로 거듭나는 한편, 타 분야와의 융 복합을 통해 카메라 본연의 핵심기술을 활용한 혁신적인 제품이 선보였다. 국내 토종카메라 업체인 삼성을 비롯하여 캐논, 니콘, 올림푸스, 파나소닉 등 카메라 제조사와 프린터 및 사진 액세서리 업체 등 세계 20개국 117개사가 참가했으며 전시기간동안 전년도보다 105.4%나 늘어난 총 7만700여명의 참관객이 다녀간 것으로 나타나 카메라를 비롯한 사진영상분야에 대한 소비자들의 뜨거운 관심을 재확인할 수 있었다.

• Journal of Institute of Convergence Technology
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• v.3 no.1
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• pp.25-29
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• 2013

The purpose of this paper is to determine the fuel change and weight change impact on the fuel economy and emission characteristic of ICE (Internal Combustion Engine) vehicle. According to fuel type, fuel consumption and emission characteristics were measured and fuel used in this paper was gasoline, diesel, and LPG. Four vehicles with different weight were tested and the fuel economy were compared and analyzed by using scatter graph. Test was carried out using chassis dynamometer, CVS (Constant Volume Sampler), and emission measurement system. Diesel vehicle less emited $CO_2$ compared to gasoline and LPG. Even if same $CO_2$ between gasoline and LPG, there are difference fuel economy depending on carbon proportion of specific fuel. The heavier weight of vehicle, the worse of fuel economy and Better fuel economy performance on highway driving mode.

• Journal of Institute of Convergence Technology
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• v.3 no.1
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• pp.31-35
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• 2013

Unsteady fluid dynamics analysis of flow characteristics inside a Metal DPF system is done using a commercial CAE software, CFD-ACE+. The time profiles of both temperature and pressure of exhaust gas are given as initial conditions. It was found that the position of connecting pipes and the numbering of exhaust gases did not affect the flow uniformity. The presence of a DPF resulted in the significant flow nonuniformity effect on the flow characteristics at the inlet of the DPF. Present results can be applied to the selection of optimal geometry that produces uniform flow characteristics inside a DPF system.

• Journal of Institute of Convergence Technology
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• v.3 no.1
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• pp.41-44
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• 2013

Process and manufacturing data are numerously accumulated to the enterprise database in industries but little of those data are utilized. Data mining can support a decision to manager in process from the data. However, it is not easy to field managers because a proper adoption of various schemes is very difficult. In this paper, six scenarios are conducted using data mining schemes for the various situations of field claims such as yield problem, trend analysis and prediction of yield according to changes of operating conditions, etc. Scenarios, like templates, of various analysis situations are helpful to users.

• Journal of Institute of Convergence Technology
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• v.3 no.1
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• pp.37-40
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• 2013

Plant factory industry as a new agriculture is in the spotlight. In this paper, we experimented plant factory applied photovoltaic system and LED lighting. For growing the plant, red, blue and white LED were placed into 1:4:3. Electric power generated by the photovoltaic system was supplied on DC power supply instead of AC. The designed and experimented power generation amount per day of photovoltaic system were 2,860 Wh and 2,272 Wh respectively. Plant has not been grown at the dead space of LED lighting so it is required to array LED lighting.