• Korean Chemical Engineering Research
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• v.51 no.4
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• pp.487-492
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• 2013

Transesterifications of waste oils mixed with animal tallows and vegetable oil by ultrasonic energy were examined over various catalysts for biodiesel production. Reaction activities of the transesterification were evaluated to the ultrasonic energy and thermal energy. The physicochemical properties of feedstock and products were also investigated to the biodiesels produced from the oils in the reaction using ultrasonic energy. The highest fatty acid methyl ester (FAME) yield was obtained on the potassium hydroxide catalyst in the transesterification by ultrasonic irradiation. The effective reaction conditions by ultrasonic energy were 0.5 wt% catalyst loading and 6:1 molar ratio of methanol to the mixed oils. The reaction rate of the transesterification by ultrasonic energy was faster than that by thermal energy. The highest yields of FAME were obtained as 80% in 5 min and the reaction equilibrium reached at that time.

• Journal of Korean Tunnelling and Underground Space Association
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• v.11 no.1
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• pp.47-56
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• 2009

Rock bolts and shotcrete play a crucial role as a main support system in the underground space. Thus, the safety of the underground space may be affected by the defect of rock bolts. In order to evaluate the rock bolt integrity by using non-destructive technique, the transmission method of the guided ultrasonic waves, which are generated by using the piezo disk elements has been successfully performed. The energy generated by the piezo disk elements, however, is not enough for the rock bolts in the field. In addition, the piezo disk elements should be installed at the end of the steel bar during construction of the rock bolts. The purpose of this study is the devolvement of the reflection method, which may generate enough energy, and the application in the field rock bolts. Both laboratory and field tests are carried out. The guided ultrasonic waves with high energy are generated by the hammer impact with the center punch, and the AE sensor is used to measure the reflected guided waves. The received guided waves are analyzed by the wavelet transform. The peak value of the wavelet transform produces the energy velocity, which is used for the evaluation of the rock bolt integrity. The energy velocity increases with an increase in the defect ratio in both laboratory and field rock bolts. This study demonstrates that the hammer-impact reflection method may be a suitable method for the evaluation of the rock bolt in the field.

• Proceedings of the Acoustical Society of Korea Conference
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• spring
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• pp.171-174
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• 1999

Methyl acetate의 초음파 흡수측정을 0.2-10MHz의 주파수 범위, 은도 5-30에 걸쳐 광회절 초음파 공명법을 사용하여 행하였다. 그 결과, cis와 trans에 의한 완화는 단일 완화현상을 보였고 그 스책트럼으로 부터 완화 주파수와 완화강도를 결정하였다. 완화 주파수의 온도 의존성으로부터 활성화 에너지(${\Delta}H^{#}$)=6.6 kcal/mol을, 완화강도의 온도 의존성에서 엔탈피차(${\Delta}H$)=3.4 kcal/mol을 각각 구하였다.

• Proceedings of the Korea Information Processing Society Conference
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• 2011.04a
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• pp.183-186
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• 2011

본 논문에서는 모바일 초음파(mobile ultrasound) 영상신호의 빔포밍 알고리즘에서 요구되는 고성능 및 저전력을 만족시키는 매니코어 프로세서에 대한 디자인 공간 탐색 방법을 소개한다. 매니코어 프로세서의 디자인 공간 탐색을 위해 매니코어의 각 프로세싱 엘리먼트(Processing Element, PE)당 초음파 영상신호 데이터의 수를 변화시키는 실험을 통해 실행시간, 에너지 효율 및 시스템 면적 효율을 측정하고, 측정된 결과를 바탕으로 최적의 매니코어 프로세서 구조를 선택하였다.

• 한국신재생에너지학회:학술대회논문집
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• 2005.06a
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• pp.164-167
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• 2005

Diethnao lamine(DEA)을 함유한 수용액을 ultrasonic irradiation에 의하여 CdSe 반도체 양자점을 제조하였고 제조된 양자점의 광학적 성질을 조사하였다. CdSe 양자점 제조시 카드뮴을 제공하는 물질로는 $CdCl_2{\cdot}2.5H_2O$를, 셀레늄을 제공하는 물질로는 Se powders를 $Na_2SO_3$ 수용액에서 $90^{\circ}C$, 1시간 reflux 한 $Na_2SeSO_3$를 사용하였다. 상온에서 고출력의 초음파 조사 (20kHz, $60Wcm^{-2}$)에 의한 CdSe반도체 양자점을 얻기 위하여 초음파 시간을 각각 변화시켰고 XRD, UV-Vis, PL, TEM, XPS론 사용하여 CdSe 나노 입자의 특성을 분석하였다. CdSe흡수스펙트럼을 분석한 결과 450-640nm범위에서 양자점 형성에 의한 엑시톤 흡수 봉우리가 관찰되었음을 확인할 수 있었다. 또한 초음파 조사시간을 5분, 15분, 30분으로 증가시킴에 따라 505nm, 525nm, 545nm로서 엑시톤의 흡수 파장이 장파장 쪽으로 이동함을 확인함으로써 초음파 조사시간에 따라 CdSe 양자점의 크기를 변화시킬 수 있음을 알 수 있었다.

• The Journal of the Acoustical Society of Korea
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• v.29 no.2
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• pp.91-96
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• 2010

To improve the limit of efficiency of squeezing oil in a conventional method, which seeds are compressed simply, the adoptability of the additional energy by the ultrasonic wave was investigated experimentally. As the results, using the ultrasonic vibration from the Langevin-type transducer, the efficiency was increased up to 25 %, whereas the conventional method has 15% efficiency. To investigate the additional pressure by the ultrasonic wave, the acoustic impedance of the sample and the vibration velocity of the transducer were measured. Although the amplitude of the ultrasonic is about 2.8 % of the compression pressure, the efficiency is increased a lot as mentioned above because the pressure is changed according to ultrasonic period.

• Journal of the Mineralogical Society of Korea
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• v.13 no.3
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• pp.138-146
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• 2000

Using the ultrasonic interferometry on the single crystal MgO-periclase, adiabatic bulk moduli were determined to be 163.2 GPa and 162.6 GPa from (100) and (110) lattice plane measurements, respectively. Density was measured on polycrystalline MgO by the X-ray diffraction technique. Results from this study were compared with the previously reported values. Further, the present results were converted to the isothermal bulk moduli and, then compared with the published data available including the energy dispersive X-ray diffraction result which was performed on the same single crystal MgO. The principle and techniques ultrasonic interferometry were introduced too.

• Proceedings of the KIPE Conference
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• 2015.07a
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• pp.149-150
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• 2015

압전 마이크로머신 초음파 트랜스듀서(Piezoelectric micro-machined ultrasonic transducers)는 DC 바이어스 전압을 인가해야 구동되는 특성을 가지고 있다. 따라서 초음파 트랜스 듀서를 구동하기 위한 전력증폭기는 DC 바이어스 전압이 요구되므로 기존의 전력증폭기에 비해 효율이 매우 낮아지게 된다. 이를 해결하기 위해 본 논문에서는 압전 마이크로머신 초음파 트랜스듀서를 구동하기 위한 고효율 전력증폭기를 제안한다. 전력증폭기는 AMP부와 전원부로 나뉘며, AMP부는 Class B Amp를 사용하여 높은 증폭 선형성을 갖는다. 전원부는 Amp를 구동하기위한 DC-DC converter가 에너지 회수 동작을 하므로 전력증폭기의 효율을 높일 수 있다. 본 연구에서는 압전 마이크로머신 초음파 트랜스듀서를 구동하기 위한 전력증폭기 회로를 제시하고 시뮬레이션과 실험을 통해 동작 특성을 검증한다.

• Journal of Energy Engineering
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• v.26 no.4
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• pp.67-73
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• 2017

For the bio-fuel conversion of algae, several processes are needed including cultivating, agglomeration, extracting and conversion to the bio-fuel. The production cost for each process makes the total production cost of algae bio-fuel conversion. The production cost of algae bio-fuel has still higher than that of the other commercial bio-fuel. The reduction of production cost for each process enables the competitive price as a bio-fuel. It is difficult to separate the algae from water because of the similar magnitude of density each other. The agglomeration and extracting of algae using ultrasonic wave is rare effect of environmental hazard and also it is appropriate technology for the next generation energy resources. The present research is investigated for the elucidation of algae behavior in the water with the ultrasonics wave. For this purpose, the unsteady computational fluid dynamic analysis has been conducted in the ultrasonic pressure field. The velocity, pressure and algae concentration changes with time have been analysed to clarify the mechanism of algae separation by ultrasonic wave.

• Korean Journal of Optics and Photonics
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• v.28 no.5
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• pp.236-240
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• 2017

In this paper, we investigate the thermal response of skin tissue to high-intensity focused ultrasound (HIFU) by means of infrared (IR) thermal imaging. For skin tightening, a 7-MHz ultrasound transducer is used to induce irreversible tissue coagulation in porcine skin. An IR camera is employed to monitor spatiotemporal changes of the temperature in the tissue. The maximum temperature in the tissue increased linearly with applied energy, up to $90^{\circ}C$. The extent of irreversible tissue coagulation (up to 3.2 mm in width) corresponds well to the spatial distribution of the temperature during HIFU sonication. Histological analysis confirms that the temperature beyond the coagulation threshold (${\sim}65^{\circ}C$) delineates the margin of collagen denaturation in the tissue. IR thermal imaging can be a feasible method for quantifying the degree of thermal coagulation in HIFU-induced skin treatment.