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Energy Efficiency and CO2 Emissions of the Transportation System of Kazakhstan: A Case of Almaty

  • Yessekina, Aiman;Urpekova, Amina
    • The Journal of Asian Finance, Economics and Business
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    • v.2 no.3
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    • pp.41-46
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    • 2015
  • Energy saving in the transport sector in the framework of the annual growth of energy consumption, the degree of negative impact on the environment and the amount of harmful emissions are becoming increasingly important. The article considers the world tendencies of energy consumption in transportation sector and emphasizes its dependency from oil. Also article describes the dynamics of energy use and CO2 emissions from transport of city Almaty. In conclusion authors identify a number of problems in the transport sector, which hinder the implementation of energy efficiency measures and measures to reduce CO2 emissions.

SHIELDING PERFORMANCE OF A NEWLY DESIGNED TRANSPORT CASK IN THE ADVANCED CONDITIONING SPENT FUEL PYROPROCESS FACILITIY

  • Park, Chang-Je;Jeong, Chang-Joon;Min, Deok-Ki;Kang, Hee-Young;Choi, Woo-Seok;Lee, Joo-Chan;Bang, Gyeoung-Sik;Seo, Ki-Seog
    • Nuclear Engineering and Technology
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    • v.40 no.4
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    • pp.319-326
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    • 2008
  • To transport process wastes efficiently from the Advanced Spent Fuel Conditioning Pyro-process Facility (ACPF) at the Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute (KAERI), a new hot cell cask has been designed based on an existing hot cell padirac transport cask, with not only a neutron absorber for improved shielding capability, but also a docking facility for an easy docking system. In the new hot cell cask, two kinds of materials have been considered as shielding materials, polyethylene and resin. To verify the transport compatibility of the waste and spent fuel for the ACPF, neutron and photon shielding calculations were performed using the MCNPX code. The source term was evaluated by the ORIGEN-ARP code system based on spent PWR fuel. From the calculation, it was found that the maximum surface dose rates of the hot cell cask with the two candidates were estimated within the limit (2 mSv/hr).

Estimation and utilization of transport LPG demand function (수송용 LPG 수요함수의 추정 및 활용)

  • Lee, Seung-Jae;Han, Jong-Ho;Yoo, Seung-Hoon
    • Journal of Energy Engineering
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    • v.21 no.3
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    • pp.301-308
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    • 2012
  • This paper attempts to estimate the demand function for the transport LPG and to analyze long-run and short-run price and income elasticities. In addition, the paper measures consumer surplus and economic value ensuing from the transport LPG consumption by utilizing the estimated long-run price elasticity. The price and the income data are the monthly real transport LPG price and the monthly composite index adjusted by real transport LPG price from 2003 to 2012. Unit root test, co-integration test and error correction model are to take the procedure of estimation of demand curve. The demand for transport LPG is considered to be inelastic and the long-run demand is more elasticity than that of short-run. Price elasticity of demand estimate here is -0.422, and the estimated consumer surplus and economic value in 2010/03 are 966 and 1,781 billion won, respectively.

THE IMPLEMENTATION OF BORON TRANSPORT EQUATION INTO A REACTOR COMPONENT ANLAYSIS CODE (원자로 기기 열수력 해석 코드에서 붕소 수송 방정식의 구현)

  • Park, Ik Kyu;Lee, Seung Wook;Yoon, Han Young
    • Journal of computational fluids engineering
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    • v.18 no.4
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    • pp.53-60
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    • 2013
  • The boron transport model has been implemented into the CUPID code to simulate the boron transport phenomena of the PWR. The boron concentration conservation was confirmed through a simulation of a conceptual boron transport problem in which water with a constant inlet boron concentration injected into an inlet of the 2-dimensional vertical flow tube. The step wise boron transport problem showed that the numerical diffusion of the boron concentration can be reduced by the second order convection scheme. In order to assess the adaptability of the developed boron transport model to the realistic situation, the ROCOM test was simulated by using the CUPID implemented with the boron transportation.

A Study on DMT Transport System for Rail Logistics (철도물류활성화를 위한 DMT 수송시스템 개발에 관한 연구)

  • Kim, Jong-Man;Lee, Yong-Sang
    • Proceedings of the KSR Conference
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    • 2009.05a
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    • pp.1691-1707
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    • 2009
  • These days, environment has became more and more important global issues including Climate Change Convention which 40 developed countries have to decrease CO2 emission by 5.2% compared with 1990 emission. Rail transport in Korea are becoming more important as a solution for environment and energy owing to high energy consumption country. Rail transport is environment-friendly mode compared with truck mode (energy consumption 14.2 times, CO2 emission 13.4 times), but it has door-to-door problem and "DMT transport system for rail logistics" can be a solution for this problem and this system can lead to environment-friendly transport mode by rail. This study will review the background of worldwide and Korean DMT system, customers' needs, and analyze transport cost with other transport mode. Through theses kinds of review and analysis, this study will propose DMT terminal, DMT rolling stock, and DMT operation system.

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The Effect of Energy Transport using Capillary Pumped Loop with PVA sponge Wick (PVA 스폰지 윅을 갖는 Capillary Pump Loop의 에너지 전달효과)

  • Jun, C.H.;Jang, Y.S.;Kim, O.G.
    • Solar Energy
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    • v.19 no.2
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    • pp.21-28
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    • 1999
  • This study was carried out to investigate the effect of energy transport using capillary pumped loop with PVA sponge wick. The results obtained from this study are as follows. The configuration of capillary pumped loop was adequate and PVA sponge was of great use for the manufacture of capillary pump. The energy transport reached maximum when the working fluid amount was 750cc the wall temperature distribution indicated high values through out the entire length of the pipe. As the opening of a nozzle was increased, energy transport was increased but the effect was decreased.

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Strategies of the Korea-UAE Cooperation for Hydrogen Station and Hydrogen Bus (한국과 UAE의 수소 충전소와 수소 버스 협력 전략)

  • KWON, YOUNG-IN;KIM, SEOLJOO;BAEK, YOUNGSUN;JUNG, BYUNGDO
    • Journal of Hydrogen and New Energy
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    • v.32 no.6
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    • pp.431-441
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    • 2021
  • UAE is first country in Middle East to approve UN Paris Climate Agreement. Ministry of Climate Change and Environment of UAE announced National Climate Change Plan for carbon reduction to replace 24% by clean energy. Dubai open its first hydrogen station in UAE and Middle East in 2017, and Abu Dhabi planed to open second hydrogen station in 2019 but not realized. Korean government announced hydrogen economy roadmap in 2019 and various hydrogen cooperation are realized between UAE, Korea, Germany, USA, and Japan. MOU between Ministry of State of UAE and Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport of Korea in 2019 for the cooperation of hydrogen city. This study propose strategies for the 'Hydrogen Based Public Transport in UAE' by the support of Korea government considering various stakeholder.

Molecular Biology of Glucose Transporter Families (포도당운반체의 분자생물학)

  • 안용호
    • Journal of Life Science
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    • v.4 no.4
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    • pp.170-175
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    • 1994
  • The glucose transport across the mammalian plasma membranes is carried out by members of two distinct gene families, $Na^+$/glucose to transporter (SGLT) and glucose transporters (GLUTs). The energy requiring SGLT utilizes the sodium gradient to transport glucose and galactose against the concentration gradient. The energy independent transport (Facilitative transport) of glucose down the concentration gradient is mediated by the members of GLUTs. The facilitated transport of glucose is saturable, sterospecific and bidirectional across the membrane. To date, 6 kinds of isoforms of facilitative glucose transporters are found. These proteins are expressed in a tissue and cell specific manner, and shows distinct properties that reflect their specific functional roles.

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Structural integrity of KJRR-F fresh nuclear fuel under vehicle-induced vibration for normal transport condition

  • Jeong, Gil-Eon;Yang, Yun-Young;Bang, Kyoung-Sik
    • Nuclear Engineering and Technology
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    • v.54 no.4
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    • pp.1355-1362
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    • 2022
  • Nuclear fuel, including its fresh state, must be handled safely due to its critical and hazardous nature. Under normal transport conditions, several interactions take place among different components, such as transport cask used for loading the nuclear fuel and tie-down structure to attach with the vehicle. To ensure structural integrity of the nuclear fuel, vibrations and impacts transmitted from the vehicle must be sufficiently reduced. Therefore, in this study, we conducted two transportation tests from Daejeon to Kijang in Korea to verify the vehicle-induced vibrational characteristics of the KJRR-F fresh nuclear fuel when transported under normal transport conditions. The speed and location of the vehicle were obtained via GPS, and the accelerations between the vehicle and the KJRR-F fresh nuclear fuel were measured. Additionally, using the acceleration results, a structural analysis was conducted to confirm the structural integrity of the nuclear fuel under the most severe conditions during normal transport.