• Nuclear Engineering and Technology
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• 제18권3호
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• pp.209-217
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• 1986

보론 희석이 불충분한 주기 말에서 부하추종 운전영역을 확장시키기 위해 냉 각재 입구 온도 감소 방식을 사용하였으며, 이 방식을 모사하고 부하추종 운전시 가압경수로 노심의 핵적 특성을 해석하기 위해 3차원적 전산체제를 확립하였다. 해석은 고리 1호기 1주기말에서 12-3-6-3부하추종 운전에 대해 MINB 및 SPINR 모드로 수행되었으며, 부가적으로 이 두 방식에 대한 출력복귀능력도 RETRAN02 코드를 사용한 계통해석과 더불어 시험하였다. 계산결과 냉각재 입구 온도를 감소시킴으로써 부하 추종운전이 주기 말에서도 가능함이 입증되었으며 14$^{\circ}$F의 입구 온도 감소에 따라, SRC가 제어봉만 사용하는 방식보다 MINB 모드에서는 13%, SPINR모드에서는 14%까지 증가됨을 보여주었다.

• 태양에너지
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• 제17권2호
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• pp.23-33
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• 1997

This paper reviews the advanced solar cell structures used in space. These are the structures which incorporate the back surface field and reflectors with very shallow and lightly doped emitters. Their use in space has shown that the thinner cells are more resistive to radiation damage than the thicker ones. It has been found that the charged particles affect both the surface and bulk of the cells used in space. This causes degradation in the output power, which in effect, can be explained by the degrading diffusion length of the cells. The PERL cells showed higher BOL(beginning of life) efficiency and almost the same EOL(end of life) efficiency as structures with wrap-around contact configuration fabricated on 10 ${\Omega}cm$ resistivity substrates. This observation lead to a conclusion that, the space cells do not necessarily need to have very high BOL efficiency except in specific missions which require such.

• Journal of Hospice and Palliative Care
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• 제23권3호
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• pp.162-165
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• 2020

Purpose: The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has brought the world to a standstill and has exposed the lack of preparedness of most nations' health care systems. Even in usual times, palliative care has not received its fair share of recognition as an important component of patient care; instead, the emphasis is often placed on aggressive patient management. Now, with the entire medical community and decision-making committees focussed on intensive patient care, end-of-life care has taken a backseat. Methods: This article is a brief communication. Results: COVID 19 infection has been shown to lead to greater mortality and morbidity in patients with pre-existing illnesses such as hypertension, diabetes, renal failure, and cancer. Patients typically in need of end-of-life care, such as those with late-stage cancer or heart failure, are therefore at a higher risk of both contracting COVID-19 and suffering a more severe disease course. The strict nationwide lockdowns being imposed in most countries have deterred patients from seeking medical attention or hospice care. Every day new research is coming to light regarding COVID 19. This has helped significantly in creating awareness and limiting the spread of disease. However, misinformation is also rampant, leading to discrimination and mistreatment of infected patients. Conclusion: This pandemic has been a terrifying ordeal for all and has exposed our entire population physically, psychologically, emotionally, and financially to unimaginable stresses. In the present scenario, EOL care is as much a necessity as intensive care and should be given at least a fraction of its importance.

• 자원리싸이클링
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• 제33권1호
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• pp.58-68
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• 2024

핵심광물인 니켈, 코발트, 리튬은 NCM계 리튬이온배터리(이하 LIB)의 양극소재로 알려져 있다. 탄소중립 기조에 따라 전기자동차의 보급량 증가로 핵심광물 수요도 증가할 것으로 예상된다. 하지만, LIB용 핵심광물 Li, Co, Ni의 수요대비 공급 부족으로 인해, 폐리튬이온배터리(EOL LIB)의 리싸이클링 수요가 증가할 것으로 예상된다. EOL LIB(폐 LIB) 재활용은 유해화학물질 무기산 침출제인 염산(HCl), 질산(HNO₃), 황산(H₂SO₄)을 침출공정에 적용하여 재활용한다. 본 연구에서는 친환경 대체침출제 메탄술폰산(이하 MSA)의 적용 가능성을 검토하였다. 또한, 침출제 농도, 환원제 농도, 침출시간, 광액농도(P/D), 온도 등의 침출인자가 NCM Black mass 침출에 미치는 영향을 연구하였다. 침출실험 결과, 침출제와 환원제 농도, 침출시간, 침출온도가 증가함에 따라 목적금속 Ni, Li, Co, Mn의 침출률이 향상됨을 확인하였고, 금속의 최대 침출률은 80℃에서 99% 이상으로 나타났다. 또한, MSA는 NCM Black mass 대상 침출에 적용하여 Ni, Li, Co, Mn을 회수할 수 있음을 확인하였다.

• Nuclear Engineering and Technology
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• 제53권6호
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• pp.1747-1755
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• 2021

This paper presents floating absorber for safety at transient (FAST) which is a passive safety device for sodium-cooled fast reactors with a positive coolant temperature coefficient. Working principle of the FAST makes it possible to insert negative reactivity passively in case of temperature rise or voiding of coolant. Behaviors of the FAST in conventional oxide fuel-loaded and metallic fuel-loaded SFRs are investigated assuming anticipated transients without scram (ATWS) scenarios. Unprotected loss of flow (ULOF), unprotected loss of heat sink (ULOHS), unprotected transient overpower (UTOP) and unprotected chilled inlet temperature (UCIT) scenarios are simulated at end of life (EOL) conditions of the oxide and the metallic SFR cores, and performance of the FAST to improve the reactor safety is analyzed in terms of reactivity feedback components, reactor power and maximum temperatures of fuel and coolant. It is shown that FAST is able to improve the safety margin of conventional burner-type SFRs during ULOF, ULOHS, UTOP and UCIT.

• 한국전산유체공학회지
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• 제11권3호
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• pp.8-13
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• 2006

The north panel of a geostationary satellite is used as one of the main radiators, on which communication equipment or bus equipment are installed. The thermal control of panel is designed by using embedded heat pipes and surface heat pipes (or external heat pipes) to spread out heat dissipated from equipment all over the radiator evenly and finally to reject the heat to the space through the radiator efficiently. This panel is also divided by several areas based on the operating temperature and dissipation of equipment in order to increase heat rejection capability of radiator. The thermal analysis is carried out for the hot case, Winter Solsitce EOL (End Of Life), in order to validate thermal design of the panel utilized 6 surface heat pipes and 8 embedded heat pipes. The sensitivity studies for the heat pipe failure case and no heat pipe case are performed and compared to its normal state. The heat transport capability of heat pipe is also obtained from these calculations.

• 대한전기학회:학술대회논문집
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• 대한전기학회 1995년도 하계학술대회 논문집 A
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• pp.376-378
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• 1995

A voltage-temperature limit circuit for the Ni-H2 battery is designed and analyzed for the maximum and the minimum voltage deviations at the worst case of the EOL(end of life). It is demonstrated that the magnitude of voltage deviations due to circuit device tolerances are kept less than 0.3v at the worst case. The maximum and the minimum battery voltages are simulated for the environmental temperature range of $0^{\circ}C-30^{\circ}C$ by using MATHCAD. They are 34.67v and 29.851v, respectively.

• 한국경영과학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국경영과학회/대한산업공학회 2005년도 춘계공동학술대회 발표논문
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• pp.938-946
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• 2005

We study the firm's strategy to price its products and plan the spare parts manufacturing so as to maximize its profit and at the same time to fulfill its commitment to providing the customers with the key parts continuously over the relevant decision time horizon, i.e., the production plus warrantee period. To examine the research question, we developed and solved a two-stage optimal control theory model. Our analysis suggests that if the cost to produce the spare part during the warrantee period is more expensive than that during the production period, the firm should increase its sales price gradually throughout the production period to control its sales. In addition, during the production period it is optimal for the firm to produce the spare parts more than needed so that the overproduced spare parts can be used to partially meet the demand during the warrantee period. We conducted numerical analysis to investigate the sensitivity dynamics among key variables and parameters such as inventory holding cost, unit spare part production costs, part failure rate, and parameters in the demand function.

• 한국해양공학회지
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• 제26권2호
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• pp.58-67
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• 2012

Recently, both the integration of product data during design and production and the effective management of information during full lifecycles have attracted attention from shipyards and ship owners as a result of recycling regulations and a desire for efficient operations. Generally, PLM (Product Lifecycle Management) supports a collaborative environment during the BOL (Beginning of Life) stage, while an ALM (Asset Lifecycle Management) system provides all of the information required to maintain, overhaul, and discard/recycle all or part of a vessel during the MOL (Middle of Life) and EOL (End of Life) stages. The main goal of this paper is to suggest the fundamental configuration of a PALM (Product Asset Lifecylce Management) system and a method that can be used to utilize a marine vessel's lifecycle information during the MOL, emphasizing the maintenance information during the middle of life. The authors also suggest a PALM system configuration in which lifecycle information can be collected by a PEID (Product Embedded Information Device) integrating a microcomputer, sensors, and wireless network communication. Through a prototype PALM system, the suggested features and PALM system configuration are implemented.

• 한국정보통신학회논문지
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• 제9권2호
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• pp.408-414
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• 2005

본 논문에서는 낮은 위상잡음을 갖는 전압제어 유전체 공진 발진기를 비선형 설계하였으며 그 위상잡음을 Lesson식과 비교하여 잘 일치함을 확인하였다. 전압제어 유전체 공진 발진기의 위상잡음을 개선하기 위하여 유전체 공진기와 결합하는 마이크로스트립 라인으로 고임피던스 변환기를 이용함으로써 공진회로의 Q값이 그대로 능동소자에 전달되도록 하였다. 전압제어 유전체 공진 발진기의 고신뢰성을 확보하기 위해 worst case 해석과 part stress 해석을 수행하였으며 이를 바탕으로 신뢰도 분석을 수행하여 위성중계기의 EOL(End of Life)에서 전압제어 유전체 공진 발진기가 정상적으로 동작할 수 있는 확률을 예측하였다. 제작된 전압제어 유전체 공진 발진기는 0-l2V의 제어전압에서 0.56MHz/V의 튜닝계수를 가지고 있으며 136mw의 DC 전력을 소모한다. 또한 -116.3dBc/Hz (a)100KHz와 -94.18dBc1Hz (a)10KHz의 우수한 위상잡음 특성과 7.33dBm 이상의 출력특성을 얻었다.