• 방사성폐기물학회지
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• 제19권2호
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• pp.255-266
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• 2021

Solid-state mechanochemical reduction combined with subsequent melting consolidation was suggested as a technical option for the oxide reduction in pyroprocessing. Ni ingot was produced from NiO as a starting material through this technique while Li metal was used as a reducing agent. To determine the technical feasibility of this approach for pyroprocessing, which handles spent nuclear fuels, thermodynamic calculations of the phase stabilities of various metal oxides of U and other fission elements were made when several alkaline and alkali-earth metals were used as reducing agents. This technique is expected to be beneficial, not only for oxide reduction but also for other unit processes involved in pyroprocessing.

• Nuclear Engineering and Technology
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• 제55권8호
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• pp.3071-3079
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• 2023

Helium production in the nuclear fuel matrix during irradiation plays a critical role in the design and performance of Gen-IV reactor fuel, as it represents a life-limiting factor for the operation of fuel pins. In this work, a surrogate model for the helium production rate in fast reactor MOX fuels is developed, targeting its inclusion in engineering tools such as fuel performance codes. This surrogate model is based on synthetic datasets obtained via the SCIANTIX burnup module. Such datasets are generated using Latin hypercube sampling to cover the range of input parameters (e.g., fuel initial composition, fission rate density, and irradiation time) and exploiting the low computation requirement of the burnup module itself. The surrogate model is verified against the SCIANTIX burnup module results for helium production with satisfactory performance.

• 한국수소및신에너지학회논문집
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• 제22권6호
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• pp.884-894
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• 2011

Effects of temperature, volatile content, particle diameter and solid input weight were investigated in the batch fluidized bed reactor using OCN703-1100 particle as oxygen carrier and Roto coal and char as fuels. Two solid fuels represented the best reactivity at different temperature, $900^{\circ}C$ for Roto coal and $950^{\circ}C$ for char, respectively. However, we selected $900^{\circ}C$ as the best operating temperature because the improvement of reactivity of char at $950^{\circ}C$ was negligible. Char represented better reactivity than Roto coal because char contains low volatile than Roto coal. For both solid fuels, reactivities were improved with increasing of the particle diameter. These results were explained by solid mixing tests in a transparent fluidized bed using two char particles having different particle size ranges and OCN703-1100 particle. The bigger particle showed better solid mixing with OCN703-1100 particle, and therefore, represented better reactivity. For both solid fuels, reactivities were improved with increasing of the solid input weight within the experimental conditions of this study because the weight of coarse particles increased with the solid input weight increased, and therefore, these coarse particles can mix well with the oxygen carrier.

• 공업화학
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• 제19권6호
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• pp.592-599
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• 2008

오일샌드는 원유성분이 함유되어 있는 모래로 종전에는 높은 생산비용으로 인해 큰 관심을 끌지 못했지만, 최근 고유가 시대를 맞아 새로운 대체원유로서 세계적으로 주목받고 있다. 특히 오일샌드로부터 추출한 역청을 개질(upgrading)하여 합성원유를 만드는 기술을 통해 그 가치 및 활용가능성을 더욱 넓힐 수 있다. 본 연구에서는 개질 기술이 출원되기 시작한 1969년부터 2006년까지 미국, 캐나다, 일본, 유럽, 한국의 213건의 특허를 수집하여 특허출원 동향 분석을 수행하였다. 개질 기술은 수소화 분해 기술, 코킹 기술, 열분해 기술, 아스팔텐 제거 기술, 초임계 기술, 생물학적 기술, 수소화 처리 기술, 가스화 기술 및 기타 기술의 9가지 세부기술로 나누어 정리하였다. 오일샌드로부터 합성원유 생산기술 중 개질 기술은 1970년대 이후 특허 출원 건수가 증가하다가 1980년대 초반에 가장 많은 특허를 출원하였고, 최근 들어 다시 서서히 증가하는 경향을 보이고 있다. 다른 나라에 비해 오일샌드 관련 기술력이 취약한 한국도 자원 자주개발율을 높이기 위해 오일샌드 생산 및 활용기술, 특히 축적된 석유정제 기술력에 기반한 개질 기술 개발이 필요한 상황이다.

• 한국신재생에너지학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국신재생에너지학회 2010년도 춘계학술대회 초록집
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• pp.153-153
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• 2010

The world is moving towards a post-carbon society and needs clean and renewable energy for sustainable development. There are many methodological approaches which are helping this shift based on analyzed data about energy resources and which focus on limited types of energy including liquid fossil, solid fossil, gaseous fossil, and biomass (e.g. IPCC Guidelines, ISO 14064-1, WRI Protocol, etc.). We should also consider environmental impact (e.g. greenhouse gas emissions, water use, etc.) and the economic cost of the renewable energy to make a better decision. Recently, researchers have addressed the environmental impact of new technologies which include photovoltaics, wind turbines, hydroelectric power, and biofuel. In this work, we analyze the environmental impact with a carbon emission factor to present a correlation between $CO_2$ emission and the cost of energy resources standardized by the energy output. In addition, we reviewed Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) as another methodology. Researchers who are studying energy systems have ignored the impacts of entire energy systems, e.g. the extraction and processing of fossil fuels. In power sector, the assessment should include extraction, processing, and transportation of fuels, building of power plants, production of electricity, and waste disposal. Therefore LCA could be more suitable tool for energy cost and environmental impact estimation.

• 한국원자력학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국원자력학회 2004년도 추계학술발표회 발표논문집
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• pp.1188-1189
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• 2004

• 한국방사성폐기물학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국방사성폐기물학회 2005년도 추계 학술대회 논문집
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• pp.293-294
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• 2005

• 한국원자력학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국원자력학회 2003년도 춘계학술발표대회 요약집
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• pp.227.1-227.1
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• 2003

• 한국분말야금학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국분말야금학회 2004년도 International Symposium on Powder Materials and Processing
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• pp.89-90
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• 2004

• 한국원자력학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국원자력학회 2005년도 춘계학술발표회
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• pp.185-186
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• 2005