• Nuclear Engineering and Technology
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• 제44권1호
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• pp.89-102
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• 2012

The buffer and backfill are important components of the engineered barrier system in a high-level waste repository, which should be constructed in a hard rock formation at a depth of several hundred meters below the ground surface. The primary function of the buffer and backfill is to seal the underground excavation as a preferred flow path for radionuclide migration from the deposited high-level waste. This study investigates the hydraulic conductivity and swelling pressure of Kyungju Ca-bentonite, which is the candidate material for the buffer and backfill in the Korean reference high-level waste disposal system. The factors that influence the hydraulic conductivity and swelling pressure of the buffer and backfill are analyzed. The factors considered are the dry density, the temperature, the sand content, the salinity and the organic carbon content. The possibility of deterioration in the sealing performance of the buffer and backfill is also assessed.

• 한국정보통신학회논문지
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• 제25권7호
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• pp.923-929
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• 2021

TCP 통신, 패킷통신은 고품질과 고신뢰성 확보를 위해서는 전송제어 기술이 필요하다. 그러나 실시간 데이터 전송의 경우 비효율적 전송 문제가 발생한다. 이러한 문제점을 극복하여 패킷의 신뢰성 전송을 위해 일반적으로는 단순히 버퍼 수위를 지표로 하는 조기혼잡제어를 사용 하였다. 혼잡을 제어하는 시점을 버퍼 수위에 기준을 두기 때문에 혼잡제어 시점과 해지 시점의 제어가 지연된다. 따라서 본 논문에서는 버퍼 수위 지표뿐만 아니라 네트워크 혼잡을 측정하는 전송 속도와 버퍼 수위가 최적의 설정 이상 수준에 근접하도록 패킷 폐기확률을 결정하는 이상적인 버퍼 수위와 함께 분류 하였다. 제안 방법을 입증하기 위한 실험에서 설정한 이상적인 버퍼 수위에 의해 평균버퍼 수위가 유지되게 함으로 직접 제어할 수 있음을 결과로 나타내었다.

• International Journal of Contents
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• 제6권4호
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• pp.22-29
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• 2010

In flash memory, many previous garbage collection methods only merge blocks statically and do not consider the contents of buffer. These schemes may cause more unnecessary block erase operations and page copy operations. However, since flash memory has the limitation of maximum rate and life cycle to delete each block, an efficient garbage collection method to evenly wear out the flash memory region is needed. This paper proposes a memory compaction scheme based on block-level buffer for flash memory. The proposed scheme not only merges the data blocks and the corresponding log block, but also searches for the block-level buffer to find the corresponding buffer blocks. Consequently, unnecessary potential page copying operations and block erasure operations could be reduced, thereby improving the performance of flash memory and prolonging the lifetime of flash memory.

• 정보처리학회논문지B
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• 제17B권6호
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• pp.413-420
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• 2010

분산 모바일 멀티미디어 시스템에서 클라이언트의 재생 버퍼 수준에 기반하여 통신망 대역폭을 동적으로 할당하는 기법이 본 논문에서 제시된다. 이 기법에서 비디오 요청을 서비스하기 위해 할당된 대역폭의 양은 요구한 클라이언트의 버퍼 수준에 따라 결정된다. 즉 클라이언트의 버퍼 수준이 일시적으로 낮아지거나 높아지면 재생 상황을 개선하기 위한 목적으로 더 많은 대역폭 또는 더 적은 대역폭이 할당되는 것이다. 또한 재생 버퍼 수준 기반 대역폭 할당 기법을 사용함으로써 클라이언트들에게 공평한 서비스가 제공될 수 있다. 고품질의 비디오 재생을 지원하기 위해서 비디오 프레임들은 반드시 재생 시간 전까지 클라이언트에 전송되어야 한다. 이 대역폭 할당 기법의 주목적은 전송이 중단되는 프레임의 수를 최소화하여 비디오 재생 성능과 서비스 품질을 향상시키며 동시에 진행되는 모든 비디오 요청 작업을 공평하게 서비스하는 것이다. 제시된 기법의 성능은 시뮬레이션을 통하여 다른 정적 대역폭 할당 기법과 비교 분석되었으며 프레임의 전송중단율은 버퍼수준에 따라 약 4%에서 9% 정도 감소된 것으로 나타났다.

• KSII Transactions on Internet and Information Systems (TIIS)
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• 제5권6호
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• pp.1147-1165
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• 2011

We present a simple and cost effective rate control scheme for streaming video over a wireless channel by using the information of mobile devices' buffer level. To prevent buffer fullness and emptiness at receivers, the server should be able to adjust sending rate according to receivers' buffer status. We propose methods to adjust sending rate based on the buffer level and discrete derivative of the buffer occupancy. To be compatible with existing network protocols, we provide methods to adjust sending rate by changing the inter-packet delay (IPD) at the server side. At every round-trip time, adjustments of sending rate are made in order to achieve responsiveness to sudden changes of buffer availabilities. A series of simulations and the prototype system showed that the proposed methods did not cause buffer overflows and it can maintain smoother rate control and react to bandwidth changes promptly.

• 한국방사성폐기물학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국방사성폐기물학회 2005년도 Proceedings of The 6th korea-china joint workshop on nuclear waste management
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• pp.236-244
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• 2005

Radioactive wastes arising from a wide range of human activities are in many different physical and chemical forms, contaminated with varying radioactivity. Their common feature is the potential hazard associated with their radioactivity and the need to manage them in such a way as to protect the human environment. The geological disposal is regarded as the most reasonable and effective way to safely disposal high-level radioactive wastes in the world. The conceptual model of geological disposal in China is based on a multi-barrier system that combines an isolating geological environment with an engineered barrier system. The buffer is one of the main engineered barriers for HLW repository. The buffer material is expected to maintain its low water permeability, self-sealing property, radio nuclides adsorption and retardation property, thermal conductivity, chemical buffering property, overpack supporting property, stress buffering property over a long period of time. Benotite is selected as the main content of buffer material that can satisfy above. GMZ deposit is selected as the candidate supplier for Chinese buffer material of High Level Radioactive waste repository. This paper presents geological features of GMZ deposit and basic property of GMZ Na bentonite. GMZ bentonite deposit is a super large scale deposits with high content of Montmorillonite (about $75\%$) and GMZ-l, which is Na-bentonite produced from GMZ deposit is selected as reference material for Chinese buffer material study.

• 한국멀티미디어학회논문지
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• 제12권12호
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• pp.1710-1717
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• 2009

Flash memory has become the most important storage media in mobile devices along with its attractive features such as low power consumption, small size, light weight, and shock resistance. However, a flash memory can not be written before erased because of its erase-before-write characteristic, which lead to some garbage collection when there is not enough space to use. In this paper, we propose a novel garbage collection scheme, called block-level buffer garbage collection. When it is need to do merge operation during garbage collection, the proposed scheme does not merge the data block and corresponding log block but also search the block-level buffer to find the corresponding block which will be written to flash memory in the next future, and then decide whether merge it in advance or not. Our experimental results show that the proposed technique improves the flash performance up to 4.6% by reducing the unnecessary block erase numbers and page copy numbers.

• Nuclear Engineering and Technology
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• 제54권11호
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• pp.4005-4012
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• 2022

As high-level radioactive waste (HLW) generated from nuclear power plants is harmful to the human body, it must be safely disposed of by an engineered barrier system consisting of disposal canisters and buffer and backfill materials. A gap exists between the canister and buffer material in a HLW repository and between the buffer material and natural rock-this gap may reduce the water-blocking ability and heat transfer efficiency of the engineered barrier materials. Herein, the basic characteristics and thermal properties of granular bentonite, a candidate gap-filling material, were investigated, and their effects on the temperature change of the buffer material were analyzed numerically. Heat transfer by air conduction and convection in the gap were considered simultaneously. Moreover, by applying the Korean reference disposal system, changes in the properties of the buffer material were derived, and the basic design of the engineered barrier system was presented according to the gap filling material (GFM). The findings showed that a GFM with high initial thermal conductivity must be filled in the space between the buffer material and rock. Moreover, the target dry density of the buffer material varied according to the initial wet density, specific gravity, and water content values of the GFM.

• Nuclear Engineering and Technology
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• 제31권1호
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• pp.116-132
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• 1999

This study is intended to analyze the requirements of a buffer material that is one of the major components of the engineered barriers in a high-level radioactive waste repository. The characteristics of potential materials for the buffer in the repository were analyzed and a candidate material was selected. And, based on the current knowledge and the information from various sources, the requirements of a buffer material were evaluated. Finally its quantitative functional criteria on the generic viewpoint has been recommended to be supplied as a guideline for the development of the reference disposal concept and the related buffer material in Korea. The criteria are composed of seven major items, such as hydraulic conductivity, retardation capacity, swelling potential and swelling pressure, thermal conductivity, longevity, organic matter content, and mechanical properties.

• Nuclear Engineering and Technology
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• 제45권1호
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• pp.41-52
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• 2013

Adequate design of engineered barriers, including canister, buffer and backfill, is important for the safe disposal of high-level radioactive waste. Three-dimensional computer simulations were carried out under different condition to examine the thermal and mechanical behavior of engineered barriers and rock mass. The research looked at five areas of importance, the effect of the swelling pressure, water content of buffer, density of compacted bentonite, emplacement type and the selection of failure criteria. The results highlighted the need to consider tensile stress in the outer shell of a canister due to thermal expansion of the canister and the swelling pressure from the buffer for a more reliable design of an underground repository system. In addition, an adequate failure criterion should be used for the buffer and backfill.