• Transactions of the Korean Society of Mechanical Engineers A
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• v.34 no.7
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• pp.935-941
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• 2010

HANARO is an open-tank-in-pool-type Korean research reactor that generates 30MW of thermal power. It differs from power plant reactor in that the heat generated by HANARO is exhausted into the atmosphere through a secondary cooling tower, thus maintaining the core temperature constant. During every monthly inspection of the cooling tower, large vibrations that exceeded the permissible limit were observed at cooling fan gear reducer No. 4 of the cooling tower. The purpose of this study is to identify the origin of the large vibration and to repair it. FFT spectrum analysis is performed to identify the part that caused the large vibration. The results of the frequency analysis showed that the vibration frequency was 354 Hz, which is twice the natural frequency of the pinion gear. A check of the pinion gear revealed that there was a crack on the surface of the pinion gear. After the gear was replaced, the reducer operated normally.

• Journal of the Korean Society of Propulsion Engineers
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• v.15 no.6
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• pp.26-37
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• 2011

A 75-tonf-class LRE(liquid rocket engine) thrust chamber with ablative material for technology demonstration was manufactured on the basis of development technologies of 30-tonf-class LRE. Hydraulic characteristics of the thrust chamber were examined through cold flow test and ignition test of low flow condition. Test result showed that hydraulic function was good. Side ignition method with igniter ring also showed a fine function of ignition in operating ways of static condition. But a close review is required to understand the phenomena of generation and extinction of specific frequencies showed in dynamic characteristics ways. To achieve these, a large combustion test facility which is capable of performing combustion test at design condition of the 75-tonf-class thrust chamber should be constructed as soon as possible.

• The Journal of Korean Institute of Electromagnetic Engineering and Science
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• v.18 no.8
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• pp.854-861
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• 2007

In this paper, a compact L-shaped shorted pin patch to be used at local oscillator port in radar detector is proposed. Shorted pin patch operates as short-open cavity while conventional patch operates as open-open cavity. Shorted pins are L-shaped to obtain quarter wave length and three-quarter wave length resonance for the fundamental(X-band) and $2^{nd}(3^{rd})$(K- and Ka-band) mode resonance frequency, respectively. Thus, the proposed patch can be compact. It is also possible to operate at triple band(X-, K-, Ka-band) with small return loss in radar detector, It is expected that shorted pin patch could improve radar detector sensitivity.

• The Journal of Korean Institute of Electromagnetic Engineering and Science
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• v.28 no.9
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• pp.698-706
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• 2017

The risk of high power electromagnetic(HPEM) pulse exposure to the devices used in digital control system such as PLC(programmable logic controller) and communication cable is increasing. In this paper, two different frequency ranges HPEMs were exposed to those control systems to assess the each vulnerability. The vulnerability of the EUTs exposed from HPEM were analyzed and compared with a variation of distances and source power. As the EUTs were exposed to higher level of HPEM, the voltage and communication waveform of the control system had shown a distorted response. And the unshielded twisted pair(UTP) cable connected to the EUTs showed operation failures with induced voltage. However, the foiled twisted pair(FTP) cable shielded the connected device efficiently from the HPEM exposure. Therefore, the necessity of the protection measures against the vulnerability of HPEM exposure for the digital control system used in power facilities and industrial site were verified.

• The Transactions of the Korean Institute of Power Electronics
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• v.9 no.2
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• pp.119-125
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• 2004

This paper is described the indirect induction heated boiler system and induction heated hot air producer using the voltage-fed series resonant high-frequency inverter which can operate in the frequency range from 20〔KHz〕 to 50〔KHz〕. A specially designed Induction heater, which is composed of laminated stainless assembly with many tiny holes and interconnected spot welding points between stainless plates, is inserted into the ceramic type vessel with external working coil. This working coil is connected to the resonant inverter. In the induction heater, it's primary heating section creates low-pressure saturated steam and secondary heating section generates heat distribution evaporating fluid from the turbulence fluid which is flowing through the vessel. The operating performances of this unique appliance in next generation and its effectiveness are evaluated and discussed from the practical point of view.

• Transactions of the Korean Society of Mechanical Engineers A
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• v.38 no.5
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• pp.475-482
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• 2014

The precision hydraulic valve is widely used in various industrial field like aircraft, automobile, and general machinery. Servo actuator is the most important device for driving the precise hydraulic valve. The reliable operation of servo actuator effects on the overall hydraulic system. The performance of servo actuator relies on frequency response and step response according to arbitrary input signal. In this paper, we performed the analysis for the components of servo actuator to satisfy the reliable operation and response characteristics through the reliability analysis, and also induced the design parameters to realize the reliable operation and fast response characteristics of servo actuator for hydraulic valve operation through the empirical knowledge of experts and electromagnetic theories. We suggested the design equations to determine the values of design parameters of servo actuator as like bobbin size, length of yoke and plunger and turn number of coil, and verified the achieved design values through FEM analysis and performance tests using some prototypes of servo actuators adapted in hydraulic valve.

• Proceedings of the Korea Institute of Fire Science and Engineering Conference
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• 2011.11a
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• pp.462-465
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• 2011

최근 우리나라에서는 대형 화재사고가 빈번히 발생함에 따라 그로 인한 재산 및 인명피해가 날로 증가하고 있는 실정이다. 따라서 건축물 내에서 화재가 발생할 경우 인명피해를 최소화하기 위하여 피난유도설비의 설치를 의무화하고 있다. 지금까지 일반적으로 가장 널리 사용되고 있는 피난유도설비로는 유도등이 있으며, 최근 들어 피난유도선의 설치도 다중이용업소를 중심으로 점차 확대되어가고 있는 추세이다. 피난유도설비는 평상시 이용되는 교류 상용전원에 의해서뿐만 아니라 비상시 이용되는 직류 비상전원에 의해서도 정상적으로 작동되어야 하기 때문에, 피난유도설비의 전원장치는 주어진 전원으로부터 주어지는 교류 또는 직류를 발광부에 맞게 일정한 전압과 주파수로 변환시켜주어야 한다. 실제로 LED(발광다이오드) 유도등은 상용전원으로부터 220V의 교류를 받아서 전원장치에서 정류변환을 통해 얻어지는 낮은 전압 24V의 직류를 이용하며, 대부분의 유도등 백라이트로 사용되고 있는 CCFL(냉음극형광램프)에는 상용전원으로부터 220V, 60Hz 교류를 인가받아 전원장치에서 정류 역변환을 통해 만들어진 100kHz의 고주파 교류가 공급된다. 더욱이 유도선의 전원장치에서는 상용전원 220V, 60Hz의 교류를 인가받아 정류 역변환 및 교류변환 과정을 차례로 거쳐 최종적으로 100V, 400Hz의 교류로 전환하여 TFEL(박막전계발광) 소자로 전송하게 된다. 한편, 상용전원이 차단된 상태에서도 전원장치는 마찬가지로 비상전원으로부터 24V의 직류를 공급받아 인버터를 통해 역변환 하여 100kHz의 고주파 교류를 만들어 주거나 추가적인 교류변환을 거쳐 100V, 400Hz의 교류로 변환시켜 내보낸다. 본 연구에서는 상대적으로 복잡한 전력변환 회로들을 포함하고 있는 유도선의 전원장치를 개선하여, 전원장치의 연결가능길이를 기존의 60m에서 최대 100m까지 연장시킴으로써, 터널이나 지하도와 같은 곳에서 특히 경쟁력을 갖게 될 것으로 기대된다.

• Proceedings of the Korean Vacuum Society Conference
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• 2012.02a
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• pp.193-194
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• 2012

그래핀(graphene)은 탄소원자가 육각형 벌집 모양 배열의 격자구조를 가지는 원자 한층 두께의 이차원 물질이다. 그래핀은 전도띠(conduction band)와 가전자띠(valence band)가 한 점에서 만나고 에너지와 역격자의 k 벡터가 선형적으로 비례하는 에너지 구조를 가진다. 이로 인해 그래핀은 매우 빠른 전하 이동도를 가지며 원자 한 층의 두께임에도 불구하고 약 2.3%의 빛을 흡수할 수 있으며 자외선 영역부터 적외선 영역까지의 넓은 파장대의 빛을 흡수 할 수 있다. 이와 같은 그래핀의 우월한 성질을 이용하면 광 응답에 고속으로 반응하고 높은 주파수의 광통신에서도 작동 할 수 있는 그래핀 광소자를 제작할 수 있게 된다. 하지만 미래의 고속 그래핀 광소자를 실현하기에 앞서 그래핀의 광응답에 대한 정확한 이해가 필요하다. 그리하여 본 연구에서는 그래핀 광소자를 제작하고 광소자의 광응답 전기적 성질을 분석하여 그래핀의 광응답 특성을 얻어내고자 실험을 진행하였다. 그래핀을 채널 물질로 하고 소스, 드레인, 후면 게이트를 가지는 일반적인 그래핀 전계효과 트랜지스터(field-effect transistor)를 제작하고 채널에 빛을 비추고 비추지 않은 상태에서의 전기적 성질을 측정하고 그 때 얻어진 그래프의 광응답의 원인을 조사하였다. 이 때 얻어지는 $I_D-V_G$ 그래프가 광 조사 시 왼쪽으로 이동하게 되는데 이의 원인을 각 게이트 전압 구간별로 $I_D$-t 그래프를 획득하여 분석하였다. 또한 광원에 펄스를 인가하여 펄스 형태의 광원을 그래핀 전계효과 트랜지스터에 조사시키고 이에 따른 전기적 성질 변화를 관찰하였다 이 때 다양한 게이트 전압이 인가된 상태에서 레이저 펄스 광원에 의한 광전류를 검출하였으며 이를 분석하였다.

• Journal of Digital Contents Society
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• v.16 no.1
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• pp.97-104
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• 2015

The conventional 1 Hall sensor-type water gauge has some defects that it can not detect counterflow and low-speed flow of water, and it also generates power consumption during even sleep mode. In this paper, a low-power consumption wireless digital remote water gauge with a counterflow detection capability is proposed. The proposed water gauge detects the direction and amount of water flow by using the three Hall sensors placed at $120^{\circ}$ intervals with 8-year national standard life durability. The water gauge with three Hall sensors works without error regardless of water speed does not generate power dissipation during sleep mode by presented reading algorithm for bew water gauge. The proposed water gauge is designed to send its ID, current time and counting value to repeater or central control center with specified frequency by RF Module.

• Journal of the Korea Institute of Information and Communication Engineering
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• v.21 no.9
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• pp.1642-1648
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• 2017

Ultra-wideband antennas are desired for several applications including satellite communications, radars, remote sensing system, telescopes, and microwave imaging systems. There are many types of wideband antenna structures, but the tapered slot Vivaldi antenna is advantageous in terms of cost, weight, scan angle capabilities, end-fire radiation, and ease of feeding and system integration. In this paper, a modified antipodal Vivaldi antenna is presented. A novel AVA with H-shaped parasitic patches has the capacity to improve the radiation characteristics in the whole operation frequencies. A prototype of the modified antenna with RT/duroid 5880 substrate of a relative dielectric constant (${\epsilon}_r$) of 2.2, and a thickness of 31mil is fabricated and experimentally studied as well. It measures a ${\mid}S_{11}{\mid}$ of less than -10dB and gain of 9-12dBi over 7.8-52.5GHz which shows reasonable agreement with the simulated one.