• The Journal of the Acoustical Society of Korea
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• 제25권4E호
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• pp.142-147
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• 2006

Blind signal separation is known as a powerful tool for enhancing noisy speech in many real world environments. In this paper, it is demonstrated that the performance of blind signal separation can be further improved by combining with a null beamformer (NBF). Cascading the blind source separation with null beamforming is equivalent to the decomposition of the received signals into the direct parts and reverberant parts. Investigation of beam patterns of the null beamformer and blind signal separation reveals that directional null of NBF reduces mainly direct parts of the unwanted signals whereas blind signal separation reduces reverberant parts. Further, it is shown that the decomposition of received signals can be exploited to solve the local stability problem. Therefore, faster and improved separation can be obtained by removing the direct parts first by null beamforming. Simulation results using real office recordings confirm the expectation.

• Bulletin of the Korean Chemical Society
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• 제26권8호
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• pp.1177-1184
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• 2005

Ab initio quantum chemical molecular orbital calculations have been performed for the unimolecular decomposition of methacrylonitrile ($CH_3C(CN)=CH_2$), especially for HCN and $H_2$ molecular elimination channels. Structures and energies of the reactants, products, and relevant species along the individual reaction pathways were determined by MP2 gradient optimization and MP4 single point energy calculations. Direct four-center elimination of HCN and three-center elimination of H2 channels were identified. In addition, H or CN migration followed by HCN or H2 elimination channels via the methylcyanoethylidene intermediate was also identified. Unlike the case of crotonitrile previously studied, in which the dominant decomposition process was the direct three-center elimination of HCN, the most important reaction pathway should be the direct threecenter elimination of $H_2$ in the case of methacrylonitrile.

• 공업화학
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• 제18권1호
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• pp.84-89
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• 2007

본 연구에서는 열플라즈마 직접분해법에 의해 메탄과 프로판으로부터 수소와 카본 블랙을 생성하는 공정에 대해 조사하였다. 메탄과 프로판의 직접분해 시 열역학적 평형조성을 깁스 자유에너지의 최소화에 근거하여 계산하였으며, 이를 바탕으로 직접분해 실험을 수행하였다. 탄화수소의 직접분해에 의해 생성된 수소의 순도는 분해가스 유량에 의존하는 것으로 나타났으며, 고순도의 수소를 얻기 위한 분해 조건을 조사하였다. 메탄을 분해가스로 사용한 경우 프로판의 경우보다 높은 수소의 순도를 나타내는데, 이는 열플라즈마에 의해 생성된 라디칼의 재결합 등으로 인한 메탄이나 에탄, 그리고 아세틸렌과 같은 부산물이 프로판의 경우에 더욱 많이 생겨나기 때문인 것으로 조사되었다. 생성된 카본블랙은 X선 회절분석과 Raman Spectroscopy 분석을 통해 결정성을 조사하였으며, SEM 분석 및 입도 분석을 통해 카본블랙의 입자 모양과 크기를 조사하였다. 그 결과 구형이며 결정성이 양호한 카본블랙이 생성되었음을 확인하였으며, 메탄으로부터 생성된 카본 블랙이 프로판으로부터 생성된 카본블랙보다 평균 입자 크기가 작은 것으로 나타났다.

• 청정기술
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• 제15권2호
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• pp.122-129
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• 2009

철이 이온교환된 상업용 베타제올라이트를 $450{\sim}900^{\circ}C$ 범위에서의 소성 및 수열처리 온도에 따른 아산화질소 직접분해 반응성을 관찰하였다. Fe-베타제올라이트의 특성분석을 위하여 XRD, $N_2$ 흡착 및 탈착, $^{27}Al-NMR$, XPS 분석을 수행하였다. $900^{\circ}C$에서의 소성처리 온도 및 $750^{\circ}C$에서의 수열처리 후의 Fe-베타제올라이트의 비표면적 및 기공 부피는 30% 정도 감소하였지만, 감소 정도는 수열처리 후에 더욱 심각하게 관찰되었다. 하지만 격자 안의 Al은 이온 교환된 Fe에 의하여 $900^{\circ}C$에서의 소성처리 후에도 낮은 탈알루미늄화에 의해 안정된 사면체 형태의 Al 상태를 유지하였다. 소성 및 수열처리 온도 증가에 따라 아산화질소의 분해반응 온도는 증가하였고 수열처리 후의 비활성화가 소성처리 후보다 심각하게 관찰되었다.

• Nuclear Engineering and Technology
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• 제41권10호
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• pp.1275-1284
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• 2009

A directly heated $SO_3$ decomposer for the sulfur-iodine and hybrid-sulfur processes has been introduced and analyzed using the computational fluid dynamics (CFD) code CFX 11. The use of a directly heated decomposition reactor in conjunction with a very high temperature reactor (VHTR) allows for higher decomposition reactor operating temperatures. However, the high temperatures and strongly corrosive operating conditions associated with $SO_3$ decomposition present challenges for the structural materials of decomposition reactors. In order to resolve these problems, we have designed a directly heated $SO_3$ decomposer using RA330 alloy as a structural material and have performed a CFD analysis of the design based on the finite rate chemistry model. The CFD results show the maximum temperature of the structural material could be maintained sufficiently below 1073 K, which is considered the target temperature for RA 330. The CFD simulations also indicated good performance in terms of $SO_3$ decomposition for the design parameters of the present study.

• Journal of applied mathematics & informatics
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• 제23권1_2호
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• pp.25-42
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• 2007

A direct solver for the Legendre tau approximation for the two-dimensional Poisson problem is proposed. Using the factorization of symmetric eigenvalue problem, the algorithm overcomes the weak points of the Schur decomposition and the conventional diagonalization techniques for the Legendre tau approximation. The convergence of the method is proved and numerical results are presented.

• 대한수학회보
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• 제58권3호
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• pp.637-657
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• 2021

In this paper, we decompose (under unitary similarity) the Kronecker sum A ⊞ A (= A ⊗ I + I ⊗ A) into a direct sum of irreducible matrices, when A is a 3×3 matrix. As a consequence we identify 𝒦(A⊞A) as the direct sum of several full matrix algebras as predicted by Artin-Wedderburn theorem, where 𝒦(T) is the unital algebra generated by Tand T^*.

• Mycobiology
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• 제35권4호
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• pp.191-195
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• 2007

The colonization pattern and extent of decay produced in paddy stubble by soil inhabiting mycoflora were done by using nylon net bag technique. Among the three methods used for isolation of fungi, dilution plate technique recorded the highest number of fungi followed by damp chamber and direct observation method. Nutrient availability and climatic conditions (temperature, humidity and rainfall) influenced the occurrence and colonization pattern of fungi. Maximum fungal population was recorded in October ($48.99{\times}10^4/g$ dry litter) and minimum in May ($11.41{\times}10^4/g$ dry litter). Distribution of Deuteromycetous fungi was more in comparison to Zygomycetes, oomycetes and ascomycetes. In the early stage of decomposition Mucor racemosus, Rhizopus nigricans, Chaetomium globosum and Gliocladium species were found primarly whereas at later stages of decomposition preponderance of Aspergillus candidus, Torula graminis, Cladosporiun cladosporioides and Aspergillus luchuensis was recorded.

• International Journal of Naval Architecture and Ocean Engineering
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• 제11권2호
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• pp.939-951
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• 2019

A novel empirical mode decomposition strategy based on Fourier transform and band-pass filter techniques, contributing to efficient instantaneous vibration analyses, is developed in this study. Two key improvements are proposed. The first is associated with the adoption of a band-pass filter technique for intrinsic mode function sifting. The primary characteristic of decomposed components is that their bandwidths do not overlap in the frequency domain. The second improvement concerns an attempt to design narrowband constraints as the essential requirements for intrinsic mode function to make it physically meaningful. Because all decomposed components are generated with respect to their intrinsic narrow bandwidth and strict sifting from high to low frequencies successively, they are orthogonal to each other and are thus suitable for an instantaneous frequency analysis. The direct Hilbert spectrum is employed to illustrate the instantaneous time-frequency-energy distribution. Commendable agreement between the illustrations of the proposed direct Hilbert spectrum and the traditional Fourier spectrum was observed. This method provides robust identifications of vibration modes embedded in vibration processes, deemed to be an efficient means to obtain valuable instantaneous information.

• 한국태양에너지학회 논문집
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• 제39권3호
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• pp.81-89
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• 2019

Long-term solar irradiance data are required for reliable performance evaluation and feasibility analysis of solar photovoltaic systems. However, measurement data of the global horizontal irradiance (GHI) are only available for major cities in Korea. Neither the direct normal irradiance (DNI) nor the diffuse horizontal irradiance (DHI) are available, which are also needed to calculate the irradiance on the tilted surface of PV array. It is a simple approach to take advantage of the decomposition model that extracts DNI and DHI from GHI. In this study, we investigate variations of solar PV power estimation due to the choice of decomposition model. The GHI data from Korea Meteorological Administration (KMA) were used and different sets of typical meteorological year (TMY) data using some well-known decomposition models were generated. Then, power outputs with the different TMY data were calculated, and a variation of 3.7% was estimated due to the choice of decomposition model.