• 제어로봇시스템학회논문지
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• 제14권11호
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• pp.1174-1179
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• 2008

Many modeling and calibration methods have been developed to analyze and design the biological wastewater treatment process. For the systematic use of activated sludge model (ASM) in a real treatment process, a most important step in this usage is a calibration which can find a key parameter set of ASM, which depends on the microorganism communities and the process conditions of the plants. In this paper, a standardized calibration protocol of the ASM model is developed. First, a weighted effluent quality index(WEQI) is suggested far a calibration protocol. Second, the most sensitive parameter set is determined by a sensitive analysis based on WEQI and then a parameter optimization method are used for a systematic calibration of key parameters. The proposed method is applied to a calibration problems of the single carbon removal process. The results of the sensitivity analysis and parameter estimation based on a WEQI shows a quite reasonable parameter set and precisely estimated parameters, which can improve the quality and the efficiency of the modeling and the prediction of ASM model. Moreover, it can be used for a calibration scheme of other biological processes, such as sequence batch reactor, anaerobic digestion process with a dedicated methodology.

• Journal of Radiation Protection and Research
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• 제42권2호
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• pp.83-90
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• 2017

Background: Different cases exist in the measurement of thyroid radiobioassays owing to the individual characteristics of the subjects, especially the potential variation in the counting efficiency. An In situ Object Counting System (ISOCS) was developed to perform an efficiency calibration based on the Monte Carlo calculation, as an alternative to conventional calibration methods. The purpose of this study is to evaluate the applicability of ISOCS to thyroid radiobioassays by comparison with a conventional thyroid monitoring system. Materials and Methods: The efficiency calibration of a portable high-purity germanium (HPGe) detector was performed using ISOCS software. In contrast, the conventional efficiency calibration, which needed a radioactive material, was applied to a scintillator-based thyroid monitor. Four radioiodine samples that contained $^{125}I$ and $^{131}I$ in both aqueous solution and gel forms were measured to evaluate radioactivity in the thyroid. ANSI/HPS N13.30 performance criteria, which included the relative bias, relative precision, and root-mean-squared error, were applied to evaluate the performance of the measurement system. Results and Discussion: The portable HPGe detector could measure both radioiodines with ISOCS but the thyroid monitor could not measure $^{125}I$ because of the limited energy resolution of the NaI(Tl) scintillator. The $^{131}I$ results from both detectors agreed to within 5% with the certified results. Moreover, the $^{125}I$ results from the portable HPGe detector agreed to within 10% with the certified results. All measurement results complied with the ANSI/HPS N13.30 performance criteria. Conclusion: The results of the intercomparison program indicated the feasibility of applying ISOCS software to direct thyroid radiobioassays. The portable HPGe detector with ISOCS software can provide the convenience of efficiency calibration and higher energy resolution for identifying photopeaks, compared with a conventional thyroid monitor with a NaI(Tl) scintillator. The application of ISOCS software in a radiation emergency can improve the response in terms of internal contamination monitoring.

• Nuclear Engineering and Technology
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• 제53권10호
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• pp.3421-3430
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• 2021

Spherical NaI(Tl) detectors are used in gamma-ray spectrometry, where the gamma emissions come from the nuclei with energies in the range from a few keV up to 10 MeV. A spherical detector is aimed to give a good response to photons, which depends on their direction of travel concerning the detector center. Some distortions in the response of a gamma-ray detector with a different geometry can occur because of the non-uniform position of the source from the detector surface. The present work describes the calibration of a NaI(Tl) spherical detector using both an experimental technique and a numerical simulation method (NSM). The NSM is based on an efficiency transfer method (ETM, calculating the effective solid angle, the total efficiency, and the full-energy peak efficiency). Besides, there is a high probability for a source-to-detector distance less than 15 cm to have pulse coincidence summing (CS), which may occur when two successive photons of different energies from the same source are detected within a very short response time. Therefore, γ-γ ray CS factors are calculated numerically for a ¹⁵²Eu radioactive cylindrical source. The CS factors obtained are applied to correct the measured efficiency values for the radioactive volumetric source at different energies. The results show a good agreement between the NSM and the experimental values (after correction with the CS factors).

• 한국수자원학회논문집
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• 제39권8호
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• pp.677-690
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• 2006

본 연구에서는 LH-OAT (Latin Hypercube Ore factor At a Time) 민감도분석 방법과 SCE-UA (Shuffled Complex Evolution at University of Arizona) 최적화 기법을 적용하여 보청천 유역에서 SWAT모형에 대한 자동보정 방법을 제시하였다. LH-OAT 방법은 전역 민감도분석과 부분 민감도 분석의 장점을 조합하여 가용매개변수 공간에 대하여 효율적으로 매개변수의 민감도 분석이 가능하게 하였다. LH-OAT민감도 분석으로부터 결정된 매개변수의 민감도 등급은 SWAT 모형의 자동보정 과정에서 요구되는 보정대상 매개변수의 선택에 유용하게 적용될 수 있다. SCE-UA 방법을 적용한 SWAT모형의 자동보정 해석결과는 보정자료, 보정매개변수, 통계적 오차의 선택에 따라서 모형의 성능이 좌우되었다. 보정기간과 보정매개변수가 증가함에 따라 검증기간에 대한 RMSE (Root Mean Square Error), NSEF (Nash-Sutcliffe Model Efficiency), RMAE (Relative Mean Absolute Error), NMSE (Normalized Mean Square Error) 등의 모형오차는 감소하였지만, NAE (Normalized Average Error) 및 SDR(Standard Deviation Ratio)은 개선되지 않았다. SWAT모형의 보정에 적용되는 보정자료, 보정매개변수 및 모형평가를 위한 통계적 오차 선택이 해석결과에 미치는 복잡한 영향을 이해하기 위하여 다양한 대표유역을 대상으로 추가적인 연구가 필요하다.

• 대한공간정보학회지
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• 제10권2호
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• pp.87-95
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• 2002

실시간 동적(Real Time Kinematic) GPS는 실시간으로 높은 정밀도의 위치결정을 가능케 해준다. 만약 미지정수를 구하기 위하여 정수해를 사용한다면 수 mm의 정확도를 얻을 수 있고, 실 수해를 얻는다면 수십 cm 의 정확도를 얻을수 있다. 본 연구에서는 통일 측점에 대해 기존의 재래식 측량기법(Total Station), 정적(Static) 상대측위 GPS기법과 현장 Calibration에 의한 실시간 동적(Real Time Kinematic) GPS기법에 의해 측량을 수행하여 각 기법별 측정의 정확도 등을 비교 분석하여 현장 Calibration에 의한 실시간 동적 (Real Time Kinematic) GPS기법의 정확도를 분석고자 한다. 국소지역에서 기존의 실시간 동적(Real Time Kinematic) GPS방식을 보완한 현장 Calibration에 의한 실시간 동적(Real Time Kinematic) GPS 측량을 수행한 결과, 미지정수해의 고정해를 얻지 못하는 경우를 제외하고는 모두 6cm 이하의 오차가 나타났고, Control Point의 측점수를 3개와 4개로 변화시켜 실시간 동적(Real Time Kinematic) GPS 측량을 수행한 결과 두 측정치의 차이는 최대 3cm로 나타났다. 최종적으로 국소지역에서도 현장 Calibration에 의한 실시간 동적(Real Time Kinematic) GPS기법이 사용가능함을 알 수 있었다.

• 한국물환경학회지
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• 제28권2호
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• pp.247-254
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• 2012

Soil and Water Assessment Tool (SWAT) model has been widely used in estimation of flow and water quality at various watersheds worldwide, and it has an auto-calibration tool that could calibrate the flow and water quality data automatically from thousands of simulations. However, only continuous measured day flow/water quality data could be used in the current SWAT auto-calibration tool. Therefore, 8-day interval flow and water quality data measured nationwide by Korean Ministry of Environment (MOE) could not be used in SWAT auto-calibration even though long-term flow and water quality data in the Korean Total Maximum Daily Load (TMDL) watersheds available. In this study, current SWAT auto-calibration was modified to calibrate flow and water quality using 8-day interval flow and water quality data. As a result of this study, the Nash and Sutcliffe Efficiency (NSE) values for flow estimation using auto-calibration are 0.77 (calibration period) and 0.68 (validation period), and NSE value for water quality (T-P load) estimation (using the 8-day interval water quality data) is 0.80. The enhanced SWAT auto-calibration could be used in the estimation of continuous flow and water quality data at the outlet of TMDL watersheds and ungaged point of watersheds. In the next study, the enhanced SWAT auto-calibration will be integrated with Web based Load Duration Curve (LDC) system, and it could be suggested as methods of appraisal of TMDL in South Korea.

• 한국농공학회논문집
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• 제59권2호
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• pp.19-27
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• 2017

Recently, the hydrological model Soil Water Assessment Tool (SWAT) has been applied in many watersheds in South Korea. This study estimated parameters in SWAT for calibrating streamflow in long-term drought periods. Therefore, we focused on the continuous severe drought periods 2014~2015, and understand the model calibrated parameters. The SWAT was applied to a $366.5km^2$ Gongdo watershed by using 14 years (2002~2015) daily observed streamflow (Q) including two years extreme drought period of 2014~2015. The 9 parameters of CN2, CANMX, ESCO, SOL_K, SLSOIL, LAT_TIME, GW_DELAY, GWQMN, ALPHA_BF were selected for model calibration. The SWAT result by focusing on 5 normal years (2002~2006) calibration showed the 14 years average Nash-Sutcliffe model efficiency (NSE) for Q and 1/Q with 0.78 and 0.58 respectively. On the other hand, the 14 years average NSEs of Q and 1/Q by focusing on 2 drought years (2014~2015) calibration were 0.86 and 0.76 respectively. Thus, we could infer that the SWAT calibration trial by focusing on drought periods data can be a good approach to calibrate both high flow and low flow by controlling the 9 drought affected parameters.

• Nuclear Engineering and Technology
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• 제54권11호
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• pp.4220-4225
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• 2022

Monte Carlo (MC) simulations are increasingly being used as an alternative or supplement to the gamma spectrometric method in determining the full energy peak efficiency (FEPE) necessary for radionuclide identification and quantification. The MC method is more advantageous than the experimental method in terms of both cost and time. Experimental calibration with standard sources is difficult, especially for specimens with unusually shaped geometries. However, with MC, efficiency values can be obtained by modeling the geometry as desired without using any calibration source. Modeling the detector with the correct parameters is critical in the MC method. These parameters given to the user by the manufacturer are especially the dimensions of the crystal and its front edge, the thickness of the dead layer, dimensions, and materials of the detector components. This study aimed to investigate the effect of the front edge geometry of the detector crystal on efficiency, so the effect of rounded and sharp modeled front edges on the FEPE was investigated for <300 keV with three different HPGe detectors in point and volume source geometries using PHITS MC code. All results showed that the crystal should be modeled as a rounded edge, especially for gamma-ray energies below 100 keV.

• 품질경영학회지
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• 제19권1호
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• pp.83-94
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• 1991

The purpose of this study is to analyze the economic efficiency of the investment for calibrating measurement instruments in manufacturing industries, and to propose the administration scheme of measurement instruments. To investigate the efficieny of calibration, we estimate a multiple regression model composed of variables - product inferiority-rate, calibration rate, etc-, and verify fitness of the model. According to the statistical analysis by LOGIT method, a forecasting model of product inferiority-rate with calibration-related variables is proposed, and its validity is investigated.

• Transactions on Electrical and Electronic Materials
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• 제5권5호
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• pp.180-184
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• 2004

This paper proposes a novel methodology of systematic global calibration and validates its accuracy and efficiency with application to memory and logic devices. With 175 SIMS profiles which cover the range of conditions of implant and diffusion processes in the fabrication lines, the dominant diffusion phenomenon in each process temperature region has been determined. Using the dual-pearson implant model and fully-coupled diffusion model, the calibration was performed systematically. We applied the globally calibrated process simulator parameters to memory and logic devices to predict the optimum process conditions for target device characteristics.