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Accuracy of Estimating Energy Intake in the Korean Urban Elderly: 24-Hour Dietary Recall

  • Kye, Seung-Hee;Kim, Cho-Il;Smiciklas Wright, Helen
    • Nutritional Sciences
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    • v.2 no.2
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    • pp.113-118
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    • 1999
  • Critical evaluation of energy intake data from dietary studies is difficult but important. To investigate the underreporting of total energy intake, we analyzed the one-day dietary intake data collected by 24-hour recall method from 550 elderly Koreans aged 60 years or older. Underreporting was addressed by computing the ratio of energy intake (EI) to estimated basal metabolic rate (BMRest). EI : BMRest ratio was found to be 1.38 for, men and 1.33 for women, with about 14% of men and women classified as underreporters. Underreporting of energy intake was highest in men and women who were overweight, had lower family income, or no school education. For men, the most significant variables to predict the ratio of energy intake to estimated basal metabolic. rate (EI : BMRest) were weight status, members of household, alcohol consumption and age, while income and education level were most significant for women.

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Size and Shape Optimization of the Oil Pump for Fuel Consuming Reduction (엔진 연비 향상을 위한 오일펌프 사이즈/형상 최적화)

  • Jo, Sok-Hyun;Nam, Kyung-Woo
    • Transactions of the Korean Society of Automotive Engineers
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    • v.16 no.1
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    • pp.22-28
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    • 2008
  • Generally block imbedded type oil pump is adopted to make a small engine. In this paper 1D/3D numerical simulations were conducted to reduce energy consumption of the block imbedded type oil pump. At each stage of engine development we have estimated the oil flow rate and pressure to optimize oil pump sizes by using the 1D system analysis and then accomplished 3D CFD(Computational Fluid Dynamics) simulations to optimize oil pump shapes including inlet/outlet port. As a result, the energy consumption of oil pump has been reduced to nearly 27% and the engine fuel consumption to $1{\sim}1.5%$.

A Study on the Oxygen Consumption Rate and Explosion Energy of Combustible Wood Dust in Confined System - Part I: Quantification of Explosion Energy and Explosive Efficiency (밀폐계 가연성 목재분진의 폭발에너지와 산소소모율에 관한 연구 - Part I: 폭발에너지의 정량화 및 폭발효율)

  • Kim, Yun Seok;Lee, Min Chul;Lee, Keun Won;Rie, Dong Ho
    • Journal of the Korean Society of Safety
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    • v.31 no.4
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    • pp.55-63
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    • 2016
  • A dust explosion is a phenomenon of strong blast wave propagation involving destruction which results from dust pyrolysis and rapid oxidation in a confined space. There has been some research done to find individual explosion characteristics and common physical laws for various dust types. However, there has been insufficient number of studies related to the heat of combustion of materials and the oxygen consumption energy about materials in respect of dust explosion characteristics. The present study focuses on the relationship between dust explosion characteristics of wood dust samples and oxygen consumption energy. Since it is difficult to estimate the weight of suspended dust participating in explosions in dust explosion and mixtures are in fuel-rich conditions concentrations with equivalent ratios exceeding 1, methods for estimating explosion overpressure by applying oxygen consumption energy based on unit volume air at standard atmospheric pressure and temperature are proposed. In this study an oxygen consumption energy model for dust explosion is developed, and by applying this model to TNT equivalent model, initial explosion efficiency was calculated by comparing the results of standardized dust explosion experiments.

A Study on the Maximum Capacity Rate of Distributed Generation Considering Power System Transient Stability (분산형전원 투입시 전력계통의 과도안정도 유지 한계용량 산정)

  • Kim, Yong-Ha;Lim, Hyun-Sung;Jung, Hyun-Sung;Back, Bum-Min
    • The Transactions of The Korean Institute of Electrical Engineers
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    • v.58 no.4
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    • pp.718-724
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    • 2009
  • Recently, Increase of energy consumption is continued accordingly because economy is constant growth. so we need long term of energy supply stability and develop new energy source. The effort of environmental improvement is necessary and our country has to educe conservatory gas in these situation, our energy policy is summarized that minimizes energy consumption and uses kinds of energy source. This paper studied some effort of stability that distributed generation put in electric system through line fault, sudden load change. And then this paper calculated penetrated level of distributed generation in system transient stability.

Energy Efficient Transmission Parameters Selection Method for CSMA/CA based HR-WPAN System under Ship Environment (선박환경에서 CSMA/CA기반 HR-WPAN 시스템의 에너지 효율적 전송파라미터 선택방식분석)

  • Park, Young-Min;Lee, Woo-Young;Lee, Seong-Ro;Lee, Yeon-Woo
    • The Journal of Korean Institute of Communications and Information Sciences
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    • v.34 no.10A
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    • pp.760-768
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    • 2009
  • In this paper, we propose the energy efficient transmission parameter selection method for Wireless Personal Area Network (WPAN) system which is applied to e-Navigation system considering various ship models environment. An appropriate selection of transmission parameters of HR-WPAN system is very essential to be considered for saving WPAN devices' energy consumption, when HR-WPAN system is applied to ship area network (SAN). Therefore, we propose an energy consumption model for a ship area network employing IEEE 802.15.3 based CSMA/CA HR-WPAN model and analyze the effect of transmission parameter selection on the performance of energy consumption. In particular, the path loss is the major performance decision parameter for the SAN employing HR-WPAN system, since it varies according to the material of shipbuilding such as steel(for large ship), FRP(for medium size ship) and compound wood(for small ship). Thus, we analyze and demonstrate that the proper transmission parameter selection of transmit power, PHY data rate and fragment size for each ship model could guarantee energy efficiency.

Simulated Analysis on Cooling System Performance Influenced by Faults Occurred in Enthalpy Sensor for Economizer Control

  • Minho KIM;San JIN;Ahmin JANG;Beungyong PARK;Sung Lok DO
    • International conference on construction engineering and project management
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    • 2024.07a
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    • pp.1002-1009
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    • 2024
  • An economizer control is used for cooling a building by modulating outdoor air(OA) intake rate according to measured OA conditions. An OA enthalpy sensor can be faulty during the operating after installation. The sensor mainly is fault in the form of offset. It leads value differences between measured enthalpy and actual enthalpy. The enthalpy differences occurred by the faulty sensor may result in more OA intake or less OA intake than designed OA intake value. The unwanted amount of OA intake negatively affects cooling system performance, especially cooling energy consumption. Therefore, this study analyzed cooling system performance resulted from occurring the faulty sensor in economizer enthalpy control. To conduct the analysis, this study utilized the Fault model in EnergyPlus, a building energy simulation tool. As a result of the analysis, the faulty sensor with positive offset intaked less OA amount than the available OA amount. It lead more cooling energy consumed by cooling equipment such as chiller and circulation pump. On the other hand, the faulty sensor with negative offset intaked more unnecessary OA amount than the required OA amount. It also lead more cooling energy consumption in the cooling equipment. Based on the resultant analysis, this study suggests continuous maintenance and diagnosis for an enthalpy sensor used in the economizer system. It may allow proper operation control for the economizer system, and thus the maximum cooling energy saving can be achieved.

Air Tightness Performance of Residential Timber Frame Buildings

  • Kim, Hyun-Bae;Park, Joo-Saeng;Hong, Jung-Pyo;Oh, Jung-Kwon;Lee, Jun-Jae
    • Journal of the Korean Wood Science and Technology
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    • v.42 no.2
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    • pp.89-100
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    • 2014
  • Energy consumption statistics in 2005 from the Korea Energy Management Corporation show that building energy usage was about 24.2% of total domestic energy consumption, and 64% of total building energy usage was consumed by residential buildings. Thus, about 10% of total domestic energy consumption is due to the heating of residential buildings. Building energy can be calculated by the configuration of the building envelope and the rate of infiltration (the volume of the infiltration of outdoor air and the leakage of indoor air), and by doing so, the annual energy usage for heating and cooling. Therefore, air-tightness is an important factor in building energy conservation. This investigate air infiltration and various factors that decrease it in timber frame buildings and suggest ways to improve air-tightness for several structural types. Timber frame buildings can be classified into light frame, post and beam, and log house. Post and beam includes Han-ok (a Korean traditional building). Six light frame buildings, three post and beam buildings, one Korean traditional Han-ok and a log house were selected as specimens. Blower door tests were performed following ASTM E779-03. The light frame buildings showed the highest air-tightness, followed by post and beam structures, and last, log houses.

Localized Path Selection Algorithm for Energy Efficiency and Prolonging Lifetime in Ad-Hoc Networks (에드 혹 네트워크에서 에너지 효율성과 네트워크 수명 연장을 위한 지역적 경로 선택 알고리즘)

  • Lee, Ju-Young
    • Journal of the Korea Society of Computer and Information
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    • v.15 no.6
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    • pp.65-72
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    • 2010
  • In ad-hoc network, the technique to efficiently consume the limited amounts of energy is an important issue since the wireless terminal node is operated on batteries as their energy resource. In order to extend the system lifetime, through a balanced energy consumption, we must delay the situation in which a particular terminal node's energy is depleted and results in system disconnection. Also, the link, which has low reliability due to the mobility of the node, should be avoided considering the key element when setting up the route. The proposed CMLR method in this paper enables to increase the efficiency of energy consumption with a new cost function considering the residue energy of node, error rate of link, and transmission energy consumption. This method is extending the network lifetime and increasing the energy efficiency by compromising the value between the minimization of the transmission energy consumption and maximization of the node's lifetime. Through the simulations the proposed CMLR algorithm was verified by showing better performance over the conventional methods in terms of network lifetime and path efficiency.

The Experimental Study of the Heat Flux and Energy Consumption on Variable Flow Rate for Secondary Side of DHS (지역난방 2차측 유량변화가 내부 열유속 및 에너지소비량에 미치는 영향에 관한 실험적 연구)

  • Hong, Seong-Ki;Cho, Sung-Hwan
    • Korean Journal of Air-Conditioning and Refrigeration Engineering
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    • v.27 no.5
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    • pp.247-253
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    • 2015
  • The presented work demonstrates the effects of flow rate on the secondary side of DHS (District Heating System). Increasing flow rate at the secondary side of DHS decreases energy consumption and time to reach the set-point of the heated room while increasing heat flux on the floor in the heating space. When flow rate increases, the overall heat transfer rate of radiant floor also increases. However, the results also show overall heat transfer rateto not increased linearly and thus the existence of an optimal flow rate for the secondary side of DHS. Control of the radiant floor with hot water may be more effectively accomplished with a combined control strategy that includes heat flux and a temperature set-point. This experimental analysis has been performed using a lab-scaled DHS pilot plant located at Jeonju University in Korea.

Predicting Method of Penetration Rate of Sheet Pile Using Cone Penetration Test Result (콘관입시험결과를 이용한 널말뚝의 관입속도 예측기법 개발)

  • Lee, Seung-Hyun;Lim, Nam-Gyu;Kim, Byoung-Il
    • Journal of the Korean Geotechnical Society
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    • v.23 no.12
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    • pp.53-60
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    • 2007
  • A program for predicting rate of penetration of sheet pile using cone penetration test results was developed. Especially, energy consumption occurring from lateral vibration of sheet pile was estimated quantitatively in order to overcome overprediction of rate of penetration for shallow depths of pile installation. Penetration rates of pile calculated from developed program were compared with those of field test. Predicted rates of pile penetration for the depths to 12m were $47%{\sim}120%$ of the measured values. As pile penetration depth decreases, the difference between the predicted rate of penetration and the measured rate of penetration decreases.