• Nuclear Engineering and Technology
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• 제41권4호
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• pp.413-426
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• 2009

Nuclear energy plays an important role in world energy production by supplying 6% of the world's current total electricity production. However, 86% of the energy consumed worldwide to produce industrial process heat, to generate electricity and to power the transportation sector still originates in fossil fuels. To cope with dwindling fossil fuels and climate change, it is clear that a clean alternative energy that can replace fossil fuels in these sectors is urgently required. Clean hydrogen energy is one such alternative. Clean hydrogen can play an important role not only in synthetic fuel production but also through powering fuel cells in the anticipated hydrogen economy. With the introduction of the high temperature gas-cooled reactor (HTGR) that can produce nuclear heat up to $950^{\circ}C$ without greenhouse gas emissions, nuclear power is poised to broaden its mission beyond electricity generation to the provision of nuclear process heat and the massive production of hydrogen. In this paper, the features and potential of the HTGR as the energy source of the future are addressed. Perspectives on nuclear heat and hydrogen applications using the HTGR are discussed.

• 설비공학논문집
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• 제17권8호
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• pp.764-771
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• 2005

A theoretical investigation for optimization of conduction-cooled Peltier current leads is undertaken. A Pottier current lead (PCL) is composed of a thermoelectric element (TE), a metallic lead and a high Tc superconductor (HTS) lead in the order of decreasing thermoelectric tempera ture. Mathematical expression for the minimum heat flow per unit current crossing the TE metal interface and that flowing from the metal lead to the joint of the metal and the HTS leads are obtained. It is shown that the temperature at the TE-metal interface possesses a unique optimal value that minimizes the heat flow to the joint and that this optimal value depends on the material properties of the 73 and the metallic lead but not the joint temperature nor electric current. It is also shown that there exists a unique optimal value for the joint temperature between the metal and the HTS leads that minimizes the sum of the power dissipated by ohmic heating in current leads and the refrigerator power consumed to cool the lead, for a given length of the HTS.

• 전기학회논문지
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• 제59권2호
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• pp.344-351
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• 2010

In this paper, we developed a green home simulator using LabVIEW for house designers or users to assess energy saving costs in an easy and direct way. The LabVIEW simulator has a strong graphic user interface, which is intuitive to general users. Therefore, the developed simulator enables one to gather information on electric power consumed in its house and to calculate efficiency for installing green energy generators such as solar and wind power generators. As an actual application, we simulate and compare the efficiencies of installing green energy generators at various cities and seasons using the developed LabVIEW simulator. The simulation results confirm that energy saving effects of green energies are easy to calculate by the proposed green home simulator.

• 한국항공운항학회지
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• 제29권3호
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• pp.52-65
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• 2021

A large amount of time and cost is consumed due to congestions caused by an increasing number of cars which results in a lot of emissions. To overcome these problems, a new electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) aircraft is being considered. Since vertical take off and landing without a separate runway is realized and electricity is used as a power source, it could solve the saturated ground traffic congestions without emissions. In this paper, the initial sizing was performed based on the Nexus 6HX of Belltextron which is a tilt-ducted fan type. In this study, the electric propulsion system that only uses battery was implemented instead of current Nexus 6HX hybrid electric propulsion. Aerodynamic analyses were performed using OpenVSP and XFLR5. Power-to-weight ratio, wing loading, estimated weight were calculated with these analyses.

• 로봇학회논문지
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• 제16권2호
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• pp.86-93
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• 2021

This paper proposes a controller to regulate the supply pressure of the hydraulic power unit (HPU) for driving a bipedal robot. We establish flow rate models for charging accumulator, actuating joints and leaking from actuators and spool valves. This determines the pump driving motor speed to satisfy the demanded flow rate for operating the bipedal robot without the energy loss caused by the bypass through a pressure regulating valve. We apply proposed controller to an onboard HPU mounted on top of bipedal robot platform with twelve degrees of freedom. We implement air-walking motion and squat motion which require variable flow rate to the bipedal robot. Through this experiment, the energy efficiency of proposed controller was verified by comparing the electric energy consumed when the controller was applied and when the pump operated at constant speed. We also shows the capability of the HPU's control performance to regulate supply pressure.

• 한국환경과학회지
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• 제22권11호
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• pp.1499-1508
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• 2013

In the results of investigating the role of LED light quality in enhancing the ornamental value of indoor foliage plants, amber and red light increased plant height, leaf width, and leaf stalk, and the consequent tree shape decreased the ornamental value. The chlorophyll content increased significantly under white light and compound light. With regard to the effect of plant leaf color on ornamental value, the value of lightness was markedly enhanced by red light. As to the functionality of plants according to photosynthetic activity, plants such as Dieffenbachia, Clusia, and Dracaena were found favorable to those staying indoors for a longtime from morning to evening. Spathiphyllum, and Ficus were found to be recommendable for indoor spaces used actively during afternoon because their photosynthesis was activated in the afternoon. With regard to power consumption according to light quality, white light consumed 119 W/hour, around 45% lower than that of fluorescent lamps, so it is considered the optimal artificial light quality that can enhance energy efficiency. Red light consumed 72 W/hour, only 33% of that of fluorescent lamps, but it was not considered the optimal light quality because plant growth was poor under the light quality. White light and compound light were found to be the ideal light sources for improving the functionality and ornamental value of indoor plants and reducing the cost of maintenance, but because compound light hinders people from recognizing the original color of plants and makes their eyes easily tired, white light was considered the optimal light satisfying all of the ornamental value, economic efficiency and functionality resulting from plant growth.

• 한국정보통신학회논문지
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• 제21권6호
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• pp.1106-1112
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• 2017

IoT(Internet of Things)가 산업 전반의 서비스로 발전하고 있고 IoE(Internet of Everything) 통신개념으로 확대 되면서 IoT 디바이스를 이용한 서비스들을 일상생활에서 쉽게 접하고 이용하고 있다. IoT를 활용하여 정보를 수집하기 위해서는 더 많은 디바이스가 필요하고 2020년까지 약 500억 개의 디바이스 수 가 증가할 것으로 예측하고 있으며 현재 디바이스 수의 약 배의 수이다. 점차적으로 모바일 디바이스와 스마트 디바이스와 사물인터넷 디바이스의 수가 증가하고 있으며 이처럼 많은 사물인터넷 디바이스를 운영하기 위해 에너지자원이 필요하게 되며 각각의 디바이스에 소비되는 전력이 적기 때문에 에너지를 대수롭지 않게 생각할 수 있는데 통신시스템에서 가장 중요한 자원은 전력과 대역폭이다. 최적의 통신시스템설계에서 가장 중요한 것은 송신기의 전력과 채널의 대역폭을 가장 잘 활용할 수 있는 기법의 시스템이라 볼 수 있다. 본 논문에서는 증가될 디바이스수를 생각하고 전송 정보와 상관없이 신호를 발생시켜 신호전송에 필요한 에너지 이외의 전력이 소비되는데 전송 정보가 발생하고 정보를 수신할 수신기에 근접할 경우 정보전송을 하여 에너지를 가장 효율적으로 사용하는 방안을 실험을 통해 분석 설계한다.

• 한국대기환경학회지
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• 제20권4호
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• pp.539-553
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• 2004

Up to the present time, many methods to estimate emissions from a particular diesel engines have wholly depended on the quantity of diesel fuel consumed. Then, the recommended emission factors were normalized by fuel consumption, and further total activity was estimated by the total fuel consumed. One of main purposes in the study is newly to develop emission factors for the railroad diesel rolling stock (RDRS) and to estimate a total amount of major gaseous pollutants from the RDRS in Korea. Prior to develop a Korean mode emission factor. the emission factor from the USEPA was simply applied for comparative studies. When applying the USEPA emission factors, total exhaust emissions from the RDRS in Korea were estimated by 28,117tons of NOx, 2,832.3tons of CO, and 1,237.5tons of HC, etc in 2001. In this study, a emission factor for the RDRS, so called the KoRail mode (the Korean Railroad mode) has been developed on the basis of analyzing the driving pattern of the Gyeongbu-Line especially for the line-haul mode. Explicitly to make the site specific emission factors, many uncertainty problems concerning weighting factors for each power mode, limited emission test, incomplete data for RDRS, and other important input parameters were extensively examined. Total exhaust emissions by KoRail mode in Korea were estimated by 10,960tons of NOx, and 4,622tons of CO, and so on in the year of 2001. The emissions estimated by the USEPA mode were 2.6 times higher for NOx, and 1.6 times lower for CO than those by the KoRail mode. As a conclusion, based on the emission calculated from both the USEPA mode and the KoRail mode, the RDRS is considered as one of the significant mobile sources for major gaseous pollutants and thus management plans an(1 control strategies for the RDRS must be established to improve air quality near future in Korea.

• 조명전기설비학회논문지
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• 제21권8호
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• pp.107-112
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• 2007

자속구속형 초전도 한류기는 1차 권선과 초전도 소자가 직렬로 연결된 2차 권선을 갖는 변압기로 구성되어 있다. 이 초전도 한류기는 결선방향에 따라 감.가극 결선으로 나누어진다. 1차 권선과 2차 권선의 인덕턴스 비에 따라 자속구속형 초전도 한류기는 사고전류의 제한특성을 제어할 수 있다. 본 논문에서는 인가전압에 따른 자속구속형 초전도 한류기의 전압 전류 특성을 분석하였다. 감 가극 결선된 자속구속형 초전도 한류기의 인가전압을 증가시켰을 때, 초기에 제한되는 전류 및 초전도 소자의 ??치 시간은 증가하였다. 초전도 소자의 회복시간은 인가전압이 증가함에 따라 증가하였다. 그러므로 자속구속형 초전도 한류기의 회복특성은 초전도 소자의 소비전력이 증가하기 때문에 초전도 소자에서 소비되는 에너지에 크게 의존한다는 것을 확인할 수 있었다.

• 대한전자공학회논문지SD
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• 제43권4호
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• pp.38-48
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• 2006

본 논문에서는 DMB(Digital Multimedia Broadcasting) 단말기에서 사용하기 위하여 유클리드(Euclid) 알고리즘 기반의 RS(255,239,t=8) 복호기를 설계하였다 DMB는 휴대 단말기 상에 방송서비스 제공이 목적이므로 사용된 RS 복호기는 면적이 작아야 하며 실시간처리를 위해 복호 지연시간이 짧아야 한다. 두 조건을 만족시키기 위해 에러의 위치 및 크기를 찾는 방법으로 유클리드 알고리즘을 수정하여 사용하였다. 유클리드 알고리즘 상에서 유한체 나눗셈 연산을 위해 사용하는 Inverse ROM을 17 클럭을 소모하는 나눗셈기로 대체하여 면적을 줄였으며, 유한체 나눗셈기로 인한 지연 시간을 줄이기 위해 차수 연산 없이 유클리드 알고리즘의 동작 제어가 가능한 수정된 유클리드 알고리즘을 제안하였다. 제안한 유클리드 알고리즘은 기본 유클리드 알고리즘에 비해 비슷한 지연시간 조건 하에서 면적을 25% 정도 줄일 수 있었다. 삼성 STD130 $0.18{\mu}m$ 표준 셀 라이브러리를 이용하여 Synopsys 상에서 합성한 결과 유클리드 블록은 30,228개의 게이트수를 가지며 288 클럭을 소모하였으며, 전체 RS 복호기의 크기는 약 45,000 게이트였다.