• Journal of Energy Engineering
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• v.5 no.2
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• pp.146-152
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• 1996

A small power reactor core of 108 MW$\_$th/ was designed with some design constraints: 2 year refueling cycle length, soluble boron free operation, low power density, and proven fuel assembly design - Uljin 3'||'&'||'4 design specifications. CASMO-3 and KINS-3 was used to evaluate operational capability for power level control via control rods. Cycle length, power peaking factor, M.T.C., and power coefficients were also checked. Designed core loaded with KOFAs satisfied all design goals. We found that much more burnable poisons are to be loaded with axial enrichment zoning. Control rod assemblies should be located at every other assemblies with more than 3 banks. Additional shutdown banks are proposed for the safe plant cooldown, which could be located at core periphery.

• Proceedings of the Korea Water Resources Association Conference
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• 2016.05a
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• pp.96-96
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• 2016

최근 들어 지구온난화 등의 환경적 요인과 지역별 온도차 등으로 인해 국지성 호우가 빈발하고 있다. 많은 양의 폭우가 좁은 지역에 집중적으로 비를 뿌리는 국지성 호우는 저지대 침수와 범람, 산사태, 축대 붕괴 등의 위험성 등을 증가시키며, 특히 도시지역은 개발로 인한 지표면의 포장 등 자연공간이 감소하여 개발 전 지표면의 유역 내 저류 및 지연효과가 현저히 감소하고 있다. 시가지의 확대와 도로포장 등 유역 내 불투수층의 증가로 홍수유출량과 첨두유출량이 점차 증가하고 있고 이러한 국지성 호우에 의한 피해는 점점 다양해지고 대형화 되고 있으며, 버스정류장 한 두개 정도의 거리에서도 호우형태가 크게 달라지고 있다. 하지만 영동지방의 경우 1개의 관측소가 $834.4km^2$, 낙동강 유역의 경우 $126.8km^2$로 간헐적으로 분포되어 있다. 많은 양의 폭우가 좁은 지역에 집중적으로 비를 뿌리는 국지성 호우를 관측하기 위해서는 고밀도의 면적강우량 산정이 필요하다. 본 연구에서는 차량용 강우센서를 이용하여 W-S-R 관계식을 개발하였으며, 대상지역인 삼척시내를 대상으로 면적강우량을 산정 하였으며, 실제 관측 면적강우량과의 비교를 통해 차량용 강우 센서를 이용하여 생산된 면적강우량의 효용성을 검토하였다.

• Proceedings of the Korean Nuclear Society Conference
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• 1996.05a
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• pp.213-218
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• 1996

가압 경수로의 노심설계에 있어서 제한된 우라늄 자원의 효율적인 이용을 위한 다양한 방안으로 장주기 운전, 고 방출연소도 및 저누출 장전모형 등을 강구하고 있는 추세이다. 이러한 노심들은 원자로 운전주기 전반에 걸친 공간적 출력 분포 제어와 잉여반응도 제어를 위해 가연성 흡수봉을 사용하고 있으며 이와 관련 하여 가연성 흡수봉에 대한 전략등이 다 각도로 검토되고 있으며 다양한 노심에 대한 최적의 가연성 흡수봉 혹은 그 전략에 대해 많은 연구가 진행되고 있다. 본 연구에서는 웨스팅하우스형 3-Loop 발전소에 대해, 장주기 (18 개월-480 EFPD), 저누출 장전 모형 전략을 채용하여, Er$_2$O$_3$, Gd$_2$O$_3$, ZrB$_2$의 일체형 가연성 흡수봉에 대한 노심특성 및 경제성을 평형노심개념을 적용, KNFC가 노심설계에 사용하고 있는 APA(ALPHA/PHOENIX-P/ANC) 8.0.0 코드 체계를 이용하여 평가하였다. 노심특성에 대해서는 감속재 온도계수, 첨두출력인자, 잔존흡수봉효과 및 노심 연소거동에 대한 평가가 수행되었고, 동일한 주기길이(480 EFPD) 에 대한 우라늄 적재량에 대해 원광비, 변환비, 농축비, 가공비 그리고 이자율 등을 고려하여 핵주기 경제성 평가 코드인 POCO 코드를 이용하여 경제성을 평가하였다.

• Nuclear Engineering and Technology
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• v.26 no.2
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• pp.179-189
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• 1994

A performance of reactor coolant pump in two-phase flow is examined using the pump geometric conditions and the performance of the pump in single-phase flow. Wall friction loss of the reactor coolant pump in single-phase flow is prdicted using the Truckenbrodt boundary layer theory, and the head loss in two-phase flow is predicted with calculated well friction loss and separation loss coefficients. The analysis results are compared with the Combustion Engineering pump test data. The effect of two-phase multiplier on the peak clad temperature in Loss-of-Coolant Accident is also examined using the RELAP5 and the results indicate the importance of its accuracy.

• Korean Journal of Optics and Photonics
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• v.20 no.5
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• pp.276-280
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• 2009

A Cr:YAG crystal was used as a saturable absorber for passive Q-switching of a Nd:$YVO_4$ laser which was pumped by a 1-W continuous wave laser diode. The first surface of the Cr:YAG was high-reflection coated for the pump wavelength. The high-reflection coating improved the absorption efficiency of the pump beam in the Nd:$YVO_4$ through double pass absorption. It also prevented pump beam induced partial bleaching of the Cr:YAG. The peak-to-peak pulse fluctuation of passively Q-switched laser output was approximately 4 %. The minimum pulse-width was measured to be 7.11 ns. Also, the average pulse repetition rate was 9 kHz and the maximum output power was 16.27 mW.

• Journal of Korea Water Resources Association
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• v.47 no.5
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• pp.483-490
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• 2014

The design procedures for a biological reactor and a secondary settling tank (SST) of an activated sludge system are based on the steady state design method (Ekama et al., 1986; WRC, 1984) and the 1-D flux theory design method (Ekama et al., 1997), respectively. This study combined both of the design procedures, to determine the optimum sludge concentration in the reactor and the best design with the lowest cost. The best design of the reactor volume and the SST diameter at the optimum sludge concentration were specified with varying wastewater and sludge characteristics, temperature, sludge retention time (SRT) and peak flow rate. The effects of the influent wastewater characteristics, such as substrate concentration and unbiodegradable particulate fraction, were found to be considerable, but the effect of unbiodegradable soluble fraction was to be negligible. The effects of sludge settling characteristics, were also significant. SRT, as an operating parameter, was found to be an important factor for determining the optimum sludge concentration. However, the effect of temperature was found to be small. Furthermore, for designing a large scale wastewater treatment plant, the number of reactors or SSTs could be estimated, by dividing the total reactor volume or SST area. The new combined design procedure, proposed in this research, will be able to allow engineers to provide the best design of an activated sludge system with the lowest cost.

• The Sea:JOURNAL OF THE KOREAN SOCIETY OF OCEANOGRAPHY
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• v.10 no.1
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• pp.100-112
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• 2005

Soil temperature was measured from the surface to 40 cm depth at three stations with different heights in tidal flat of Gomso Bay, west coast of Korea, for one month in every season 2004 to examine the thermal structure and the variation. Mean temperature in surface layer was higher in summer and lower in winter than in lower layer, reflecting the seasonal variation of vertically propagating structure of temperature by heating and cooling from the tidal flat surface. Standard deviation of temperature decreased from the surface to lower layer. Periodic variations of solar radiation energy and tide mainly caused short term variation of soil temperature, which was also intermittently influenced by precipitation and wind. Time series analysis showed the power spectral energy peaks at the periods of 24, 12 and 8 hours, and the strongest peak appeared at 24 hour period. These peaks can be interpreted as temperature waves forced by variations of solar radiation, diurnal tide and interaction of both variations, respectively. EOF analysis showed that the first and the second modes resolved 96% of variation of vertical temperature structure. The first mode was interpreted as the heating antl cooling from tidal flat surface and the second mode as the effect of phase lag produced by temperature wave propagation in the soil. The phase of heat transfer by 24 hour period wave, analyzed by cross spectrum, showed that mean phase difference of the temperature wave increased almost linearly with the soil depth. The time lags by the phase difference from surface to 10, 20 and 40cm were 3.2,6.5 and 9.8 hours, respectively. Vertical thermal diffusivity of temperature wave of 24 hour period was estimated using one dimensional thermal diffusion model. Average diffusivity over the soil depths and seasons resulted in $0.70{\times}10^{-6}m^2/s$ at the middle station and $0.57{\times}10^{-6}m^2/s$ at the lowest station. The depth-averaged diffusivity was large in spring and small in summer and the seasonal mean diffusivity vertically increased from 2 cm to 10 cm and decreased from 10 cm to 40 cm. Thermal propagation speeds were estimated by $8.75{\times}10^{-4}cm/s,\;3.8{\times}10{-4}cm/s,\;and\;1.7{\times}10^{-4}cm/s$ from 2 cm to 10 cm, 20 cm and 40 cm, respectively, indicating the speed reduction with depth increasing from the surface.

• Transactions of the Korean Society of Mechanical Engineers B
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• v.38 no.5
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• pp.413-421
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• 2014

Desiccant cooling system is an air conditioning system that uses evaporative cooler to cool air and it can perform cooling by using heat energy only without electrically charged cooler. Thus, it can solve many problems of present cooling system including the destruction of ozone layer due to the use of CFC[chloro fluoro carbon] affiliated refrigerants and increase of peak power during summer season. In this study, cooling performance and exergy analysis was conducted in order to increase efficiency of desiccant cooling system. Especially, using exergy analysis based on the second law of thermodynamics can resolve the issue related to system efficiency in a more fundamental way by analyzing the cause of exergy destruction both in whole system and each component. The purpose of this study is to evaluate COP[coefficient of performance], cooling capacity and exergy performance of desiccant cooling system incorporating a regenerative evaporative cooler in various regeneration temperature and outdoor air conditions.

• The Transactions of the Korean Institute of Power Electronics
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• v.7 no.2
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• pp.171-177
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• 2002

The Photovoltaic systems with solar cell way Provide electrical energy to the utility/consumers, which are becoming one of the promising energy substitutes. The photovoltaic system can be classified into two types : One is the stand-alone type, and the other utility interactive one. The latter can return the generated power to the utility, but the former can't. The utility interactive systems are so valuable for peak power cut in summer season. In the photovoltaic systems the maximum power point tracking (MPPT) has been studied for the increase of the generating energy of the photovoltaic system. There are many control methods of MPPT, but a new MPPT algorithm is proposed to overcome the disadvantages of the conventional ones, and as a result the proposed method enables to improve both tracking ability and generating efficiency of photo voltaic system without DC chopper.

• Proceedings of the Korea Society for Energy Engineering kosee Conference
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• 2002.11a
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• pp.71-79
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• 2002

Nuclear design characteristics of duplex burnable poison rod were evaluated based on 24 month cycle fuel for Korean Standard Nuclear Plant. A fuel assembly with duplex burnable poison rod was designed for an equivalent assembly to 16 gadolinia BPs. Duplex BP is composed of inner region of natural U-12wt%Gd$_2$O$_3$ and outer shell of 4.95wt%UO$_2$-2wt%Er$_2$O$_3$. In order to compare this duplex option, assemblies with 140 erbia pins were designed as an alternative option. The variation of k-infinitive, rod worth, pin peaking and MTC were compared. Duplex BP had the better neutronic performance than gadolinia BP in all parameters. However, Duplex BP was worse than erbia BP in the aspect of safety.