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Protectability: An Index to Indicate Protection Level of Primary Distribution Systems

  • Lee, Seung-Jae;Park, Myeon-Song;Kang, Sang-Hee;Kim, Sang-Tae
    • KIEE International Transactions on Power Engineering
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    • v.3A no.1
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    • pp.7-16
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    • 2003
  • A new method to evaluate the protection capability of distribution systems is reported in this paper. This work describes the fuzzy evaluation attributes and aggregation method of evaluation results based on a hierarchical model and the modified combination rule. An evaluation grade index called "protectability" is proposed and is expected to be a very uscful tool in defining an optimal protection and realizing the adaptive protection.rotection.

A Case on the Evaluation of the Information System Project to Enhance the Performance of DIMS(Defense Material Information System) (국방물자정보시스템 성능개선 사업평가에 대한 사례)

  • Cho, Sung-Rim;Lim, Gyoo-Gun;Lee, Dae-Chul
    • Journal of Information Technology Services
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    • v.11 no.1
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    • pp.109-123
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    • 2012
  • There are many evaluation models to measure the informatization level of an organization and information system project in the ministry of National Defense of Korea. A information system has to keep up with the environment change as well as the advanced recent information technology (IT). Therefore, the evaluation of an information system project to enhance the performance of the information system should be different from the existing evaluation methods. This study suggests an evaluation case of information system projects to enhance the performance of an information system. In order to achieve the objective of this study, the following steps are taken. First, it reviews the background and the scope of the project to enhance the performance of the Defense Material Information System (DMIS). And it sets up the evaluation logic and develops performance indexes. Then it applies these newly developed performance indexes to the information system project and measures the performance. From this study, we found that both the diffusion and the experience accumulation by its continuous use are significant factors in such evaluations.

Status of Korean Photovoltaic Policy and National R&D Projects (한국의 태양광 정책 및 국가 R&D 과제 현황)

  • Kim, Hee Jung;Pang, Gi Sung;Ahn, Jong Deuk;Park, Chinho
    • Current Photovoltaic Research
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    • v.1 no.1
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    • pp.1-10
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    • 2013
  • The photovoltaic (PV) industry, which occupies about 80% share of domestic new and renewable energy (NRE) sales, has played an important role in the development of the Korean NRE industry. This was made possible by the government's implementation of the 3rd Basic New and Renewable Energy Plan, which promoted strategic PV R&D, infrastructure building, and a variety of PV deployment programs. For instance, 'One Million Green Homes', 'Feed in Tariff', and 'Renewable Portfolio Standards' programs contributed greatly to the dissemination of PV systems in the country. Furthermore, these programs were supported with more than 380 billion Won over 6 year period (2007~2012). The strategic PV R&D contributed to the fast follow-up in commercial technologies. Because of the recent, sharp decline in PV prices caused by oversupply and economic crisis in European countries, both foreign and domestic PV companies are going through painful restructuring. Under these circumstances, the Korean PV industry needs to find a new strategy for making a breakthrough, and in this sense a proactive role of the Korean government is desperately needed.

The Primary Process and Key Concepts of Economic Evaluation in Healthcare

  • Kim, Younhee;Kim, Yunjung;Lee, Hyeon-Jeong;Lee, Seulki;Park, Sun-Young;Oh, Sung-Hee;Jang, Suhyun;Lee, Taejin;Ahn, Jeonghoon;Shin, Sangjin
    • Journal of Preventive Medicine and Public Health
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    • v.55 no.5
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    • pp.415-423
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    • 2022
  • Economic evaluations in the healthcare are used to assess economic efficiency of pharmaceuticals and medical interventions such as diagnoses and medical procedures. This study introduces the main concepts of economic evaluation across its key steps: planning, outcome and cost calculation, modeling, cost-effectiveness results, uncertainty analysis, and decision-making. When planning an economic evaluation, we determine the study population, intervention, comparators, perspectives, time horizon, discount rates, and type of economic evaluation. In healthcare economic evaluations, outcomes include changes in mortality, the survival rate, life years, and quality-adjusted life years, while costs include medical, non-medical, and productivity costs. Model-based economic evaluations, including decision tree and Markov models, are mainly used to calculate the total costs and total effects. In cost-effectiveness or costutility analyses, cost-effectiveness is evaluated using the incremental cost-effectiveness ratio, which is the additional cost per one additional unit of effectiveness gained by an intervention compared with a comparator. All outcomes have uncertainties owing to limited evidence, diverse methodologies, and unexplained variation. Thus, researchers should review these uncertainties and confirm their robustness. We hope to contribute to the establishment and dissemination of economic evaluation methodologies that reflect Korean clinical and research environment and ultimately improve the rationality of healthcare policies.

Evaluation of Structural Integrity of Three-axle Bogie Frame used in Railway Freight Cars (평판화차에 사용되는 3축 대차의 구조 안전성 평가)

  • Kang, Seung-Gu;Shin, Kwang-Bok;Im, Jae-Moon;Park, Jung-Joon;Jeon, Seung-Gie
    • Journal of the Korean Society of Manufacturing Technology Engineers
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    • v.26 no.4
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    • pp.436-440
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    • 2017
  • This study evaluated the design and structural integrity of a three-axle bogie frame in a railway freight car through a numerical analysis and an experimental evaluation. A three-axle bogie frame, which supports the weight of the car body and load, is required to transport heavier cargo because two-axle vehicles have structural limitations. Therefore, this study performed a structural analysis and static load tests to evaluate the design and structural integrity of a three-axle bogie frame. The results obtained from the numerical analysis were compared to those of the experiments. For the bogie frame used in the experiments, a failure evaluation was performed using non-destructive methods. The numerical analysis and experimental evaluation were satisfactory for the structural integrity evaluation.

Microstructural Evolution during Hot Deformation of Molybdenum using Processing Map Approach (변형지도 모델링을 통한 몰리브데늄의 고온 변형에 따른 미세조직 변화 연구)

  • Kim, Young-Moo;Lee, Sung-Ho;Lee, Seong;Noh, Joon-Woong
    • Journal of Powder Materials
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    • v.15 no.6
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    • pp.458-465
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    • 2008
  • The hot deformation characteristics of pure molybdenum was investigated in the temperature range of $600{\sim}1200^{\circ}C$ and strain rate range of $0.01{\sim}10.0/s$ using a Gleeble test machine. The power dissipation map for hot working was developed on the basis of the Dynamic Materials Model. According to the map, dynamic recrystallization (DRX) occurs in the temperature range of $1000{\sim}1100^{\circ}C$ and the strain rate range of $0.01{\sim}10.0/s$, which are the optimum conditions for hot working of this material. The average grain size after DRX is $5{\mu}m$. The material undergoes flow instabilities at temperatures of $900{\sim}1200^{\circ}C$ and the strain rates of $0.01{\sim}10.0/s$, as calculated by the continuum instability criterion.

Re-ignition System using Vacuum Triggered Gap-switch for Synthetic Breaking Test

  • Park Seung-Jae;Suh Yoon-Taek;Kim Dae-Won;Kim Maeng-Hyun;Song Won-Pyo;Koh Hee-Seog
    • KIEE International Transactions on Electrophysics and Applications
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    • v.5C no.4
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    • pp.145-151
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    • 2005
  • The synthetic breaking test method was developed to evaluate the breaking performance of ultra high-voltage circuit breaker and made up of two independent circuits; current source circuit and voltage source circuit. In application of this test method, it is necessary to extend the arc of the test breaker. So, the new re-ignition system using VTGS (Vacuum Triggered Gap-Switch) was constructed to improve the efficiency and reliability of this test. In this re-ignition system, VTGS operates in high vacuum state of $5{\time}10^{17}$torr and control system consists of the triggering device and the air M-G (Motor-Generator). This re-ignition system showed the operating characteristics, such as delay time ($t_d$) and jitter time ($t_j$ not exceeding 5us and 1us respectively, and had the operating voltage of $25\~150kVdc$ at the gap distance of 24mm.

Introduction and Feasibility on a New Technology for the Pipe Wall Thinning Evaluation of Nuclear Power Plants (원전 배관감육 평가를 위한 새로운 기법의 도입 및 타당성)

  • Hwang, Kyeong Mo;Yun, Hun;Park, Hyun Cheol
    • Corrosion Science and Technology
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    • v.13 no.2
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    • pp.62-69
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    • 2014
  • A huge number of carbon steel piping components installed in the secondary system of nuclear power plants are exposed to aging mechanisms such as FAC (Flow-Accelerated Corrosion), Cavitation, Flashing, and LDIE (Liquid Droplet Impingement Erosion). Those aging mechanisms can lead to thinning of the piping components. To manage the wall thinning degradation, most of utilities in the world predict the wall thinning rate based on the computational program such as CHECWORKS, COMSY, and BRT-CICERO, evaluate the UT (Ultrasonic Test) data, and determine next inspection timing, repair or replacement, if needed. There are several evaluation methods, such as band, blanket, and strip methods, commonly used for determining the wear of piping components from single UT inspection data. It has been identified that those single UT evaluation methods not only do not consider the manufacturing features of pipes, but also may exclude the data of the most thinned point when determining the representative wear rate of piping components. This paper describes a newly developed single UT evaluation method, E-Cross method, for solving above problems and introduces application examples for several pipes and elbows. It was identified that the E-Cross method using the length and width of UT data excluded the most thinned points appropriate as the single UT evaluation method for thinned piping components.