• Nuclear Engineering and Technology
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• v.20 no.1
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• pp.19-26
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• 1988

The low leakage leading pattern has features as the placement of some fresh fuel assemblies in the core interior to reduce the neutron fluence on the pressure vessel and to enhance the neutron economics. But as fresh fuel assemblies are loaded in the core interior, the local power tends to exceed safety limit due to the high reactivity of the fresh assemblies. Therefore, a large number of burnable poisons must be utilized in a low leakage scheme to suppress the high assembly power as well as the excess reactivity. In this study the effects of burnable poisons are treated as a perturbation on the power distribution, and the 'Power Sensitivity Coefficient' concept is adopted. An application study is performed for cycle 1 of the Korea Nuclear Unit-7 (KNU-7) to justify the usefulness of the reverse depletion method coupled with the above concept. To obtain the optimal burnable poision distribution at the given burnup step, the linear programming technique is adopted. The result shows maximum 4.5% error in the amount of burnable poisons between the calculated and the reference values. It is concluded that the design methodology which consists of the reverse depletion, the power sensitivity coefficient concept, and the linear programming technique can be used to find the optimal turnable poison distribution.

• Transactions of the Korean Society of Mechanical Engineers B
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• v.35 no.1
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• pp.53-60
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• 2011

In this study, an organic Rankine-cycle system using HFC-134a, which is a power cycle corresponding to a low-temperature heat source, such as that for geothermal power generation, was investigated from the view point of power optimization. In contrast to conventional approaches, the heat transfer and pressure drop characteristics of the working fluid within the heat exchangers were taken into account by using a discretized heat exchanger model. The inlet flow rates and temperatures of both the heat source and the heat sink were fixed. The total heat transfer area was fixed, whereas the heat-exchanger areas of the evaporator and the condenser were allocated to maximize the power output. The power was optimized on the basis of three design parameters. The optimal combination of parameters that can maximize power output was determined on the basis of the results of the study. The results also indicate that the evaporation process has to be optimized to increase the power output.

• Journal of the Korean Ceramic Society
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• v.41 no.10 s.269
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• pp.777-782
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• 2004

In this research, $5\times5cm^2$ unit cells were fabricated via liquid condensation process and uniaxial pressing followed by the screen printing of electrolyte and cathode layer. The SOFC stack was assembled with unit cells, gasket-type sealant and metal interconnect. The stack was designed to have a single column with internal-manifold and cross-flow type gas-channels. The SOFC stack produced 15 W, which is $50\%$ of the maximum power being expected from the maximum power density of the unit cell. Controlling factors for the proper operation of the SOFC stack and other designing factors of stack manifold and gas channels were discussed.

• Journal of Advanced Marine Engineering and Technology
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• v.36 no.4
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• pp.459-466
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• 2012

The accurate engine output is basically one of important factors for the analysis of engine performance. Nowadays in-cylinder pressure analysis in internal combustion engine is also an indispensable tool for engine research and development, environment regulation and maintenance of engine. Here, it is essential more than anything else to find the correct TDC(Top Dead Center) position for the accuracy of engine output for diesel engine. Therefore this study is to analyze affecting factors to TDC position in 2-stroke large low speed engine and to suggest new method for determining correct TDC position. In the previous paper, it was mentioned that the accuracy of engine output is influenced by the determination of exact TDC position, and that 'Angle based sampling' method is better than 'Time based sampling' method in terms of precision. It was confirmed that there is 'Loss of angle', which is a difference between compression pressure peak and real TDC caused by heat loss and blow by of gas leakage. Consequently we invented new method, called "An improved method of time based sampling", which can obtain the correct engine output. The results by this method with compensating loss of angle was shown the same result by the 'Angle based sampling' method in encoder setting cylinder. This study is to suggest the new measuring method of exact engine output, and to examnine the reliance on the outcome.

• Nuclear Engineering and Technology
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• v.27 no.4
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• pp.562-570
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• 1995

The recent ABB/CE(Asea Brown Boveri Combustion Engineering) type pressurized oater reactor-s have the on-line monitoring system, i.e., the COLSS(core operating limit supervisory system), to prevent the specified acceptable fuel design limits from being violated during normal operation and anticipated operational occurrences. One of the main functions of COLSS is the on-line monitoring of the DNB(departure from nucleate boiling) overpower margin by calculating the MDNBR(mini-mum DNB ratio) for the measured operating condition at every second. The CETOP-D model, used in the MDNBR calculation of COLSS, is benchmarked conservatively against the TORC mod-el using an inlet flow factor of hot assembly in CETOP-D as an adjustment factor for TORC. In this study, a technique to optimize the CETOP-D inlet flow factor has been developed by elim-inating the excessive conservatism in the ABB/CE's. A correlation is introduced to account for the actual variation of the CETOP-D inlet flow factor within the core operating limits. This technique was applied to the core operating range of the YongGwang Units 3&4 Cycle 1, which results in the increase of 2％ in the DNB overpower margin at the normal operating condition, compared with that from the ABB/CE method.

• Proceedings of the KIEE Conference
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• 2009.07a
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• pp.1668_1669
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• 2009

보일러 연료제어의 근본 목적은 보일러 입력에너지와 출력에너지 간의 평형을 유지하는 것이다. 보일러 출력에너지는 유출증기가 가지고 나가는 총 에너지에 해당하고, 입력에너지는 보일러에 공급되는 연료의 연소에 의해 발생하는 열 에너지에 해당한다. 보일러 연료의 공급과 연소제어에는 여러 가지 변수가 상존하고 있으며, 이 변수들의 영향을 잘 반영하여 필요한 연료량을 실시간으로 정확히 제어하는 것이 결코 쉬운과제가 아니다. 석탄연소발전소의 주연료는 당연히 석탄이며 석탄을 입자가 매우 적은 미분탄으로 가공해서 연소하는 '미분탄 연소방식'을 많이 사용한다. 석탄의 공급과 연소에 영향을 미치는 인자로는 도입 탄종 변화에 따른 발열량, 수분함유량, 기타 성분의 변화가 있으며, 미분기 특성 및 성능변화, 연소용 공기 공급상태 변동에 따른 연소상태변화 등을 들 수 있다. 이 논문에서는 국내 석탄화력 발전소에서 가장 많이 사용하고 있는 전형적인 보일러 연료제어 전략과 알고리듬을 분석하였으며, 여기서 습득한 이론을 바탕으로 내년에는 실제 발전소에 적용할 연료제어로직을 설계할 예정이다.

• Proceedings of the Korean Nuclear Society Conference
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• 1998.05a
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• pp.27-32
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• 1998

붕산수를 사용하는 기존 가압경수로에 적용하는 설계요건을 검토하여 무붕산운전 가압경수로 노심핵설계에 적용할 설계요건을 도출하였다. 무붕산운전 노심에서 운전중 반응도 제어는 제어봉만으로 이루어지기 때문에 제어봉의 삽입 및 인출에 제한을 두지 않아야 한다 따라서 운전중 제어봉의 삽입 및 인출로 인하여 첨두출력인자가 높아지게 되므로 노심 선출력밀도를 낮게 설계해야 한다 또한 제어봉만을 사용하여 상온영출력 상태에서 미임계요건을 만족해야 하기 때문에 고온전출력 상태에서의 노심 잉여반응도를 최소화하여 제어봉 부하를 줄여야 하고, 이를 위해서는 연소에 따른 반응도 변화를 최소화하는 핵연료집합체 설계가 필요하다. 이와 같이 도출된 설계요건을 적용하여 600 MWe급 원자로심을 육방형핵연료로 구성하고 무붕산운전 24개월 주기에 대한 주요 핵설계변수를 분석하여 노심의 핵설계를 평가하였다. 이 연구에서 제시된 노심은 무붕산운전 노심의 제반 설계요건을 만족하고 있으며 기존 가압경수로에 상응하는 경제성을 확보할 수 있는 것으로 판단된다.

• Journal of Advanced Marine Engineering and Technology
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• v.35 no.8
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• pp.1063-1069
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• 2011

This paper presents aerodynamic power outputs of wind turbine of 6 MW wind farm composed of 3 sets of 2 MW wind turbine according to the separation distance by using CFD. Layout design including offshore wind farm and onshore wind farm is key factor for the initial investment cost, annual energy production and maintenance cost. For each wind turbine rotor, not actuator disc model with momentum source but full 3-dimensional model is used for CFD and it has a great technical meaning. The results of this study can be applied to the offshore wind farm layout design effectively.

• Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Information and Commucation Sciences Conference
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• 2017.05a
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• pp.275-278
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• 2017

The automotive society is facing many challenges in minimizing the energy loss to improve performance and fuel economy of the vehicle. This work "Implement of Power Density for AC Generator Using a Fill Factor of Slot" is a research in Electrical Generator design, to improve power density of Alternator used in conventional IC engine powered vehicles. The power density of the alternator directly influences the fuel economy and performance in the motor vehicle. The size and weight of the alternator can be reduced by suitably designing power density of alternator. The simulation model of alternator is made and tested for different stator space factor using solid and round conductor to demonstrate the improvement in the output performance and efficiency. The result shows that there is an average 10% improvement in efficiency of alternator by using the solid conductor. The energy balance of the system also increased SOC in the base model.

• Journal of the Microelectronics and Packaging Society
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• v.17 no.4
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• pp.77-82
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• 2010

Effects of evaporation processes and a reduction annealing on thermoelectric properties of the Sb-Te thin films prepared by thermal evaporation have been investigated. The thin film evaporated by using the powders formed by crushing a $Sb_2Te_3$ ingot as an evaporation source exhibited a power factor of $2.71{\times}10^{-4}W/m-K^2$. The thin film processed by evaporation of the mixed powders of Sb and Te as an evaporation source showed a power factor of $0.12{\times}10^{-4}W/m-K^2$. The thin film fabricated by coevaporation of Sb and Te dual evaporation sources possessed a power factor of $0.73{\times}10^{-4}W/m-K^2$. With a reduction annealing at $300^{\circ}C$ for 2 hrs, the power factors of the films evaporated by using the $Sb_2Te_3$ ingot-crushed powders and coevaporated with Sb and Te dual evaporation sources were remarkably improved to $24.1{\times}10^{-4}W/m-K^2$ and $40.2{\times}10^{-4}W/m-K^2$, respectively.