• Nuclear Engineering and Technology
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• 제55권4호
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• pp.1332-1341
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• 2023

Beam position measurement system can not only provide the beam position monitoring, but also be used for global orbit correction to reduce beam loss risk and maximize acceptance. The Beam Position Monitors (BPM) are installed along the synchrotron to acquire beam position with the front-end electronics and data acquisition system (DAQ). To realize high precision orbit measurement in the main heavy ion synchrotron and cooling storage ring of heavy-ion research facility in Lanzhou (HIRFL-CSRm), a series of alignment and calibration work has been implemented on the BPM and its DAQ system. This paper analyzed the tests performed in the laboratory as well as with beam based on the developed algorithms and hardware. Several filtering algorithms were designed and implemented on the acquired BPM raw data, then the beam position and resolution were calculated and analyzed. The results show that the position precision was significantly improved from more than 100 ㎛ to about 50 ㎛ by implementing the new designed filtering algorithm. According to the analyzation of the measurement results and upcoming physical requirements, further upgrade scheme for the BPM DAQ system of CSRm based on field programmable gate array (FPGA) technology was proposed and discussed.

• Geomechanics and Engineering
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• 제29권4호
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• pp.421-434
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• 2022

In the present study, reference samples were prepared using ore preparation facility tailings taken from the copper mine (Kure, Kastamonu), Portland cement (PC) in certain proportions (3 wt%, 5 wt%, 7 wt%, 9wt% and 11 wt%), and water. Then natural zeolite taken from the Bigadic Region was mixed in certain proportions (10 wt%, 20 wt%, 30 wt% and 40 wt%) for each cement ratio, instead of the PC, to prepare zeolite-substituted CPB samples. Thus, the effect of using Zeolite instead of PC on CPB's strength was investigated. The obtained CPB samples were kept in the curing cabinet at a temperature of 25℃ and at least 80% humidity, and they were subjected to the Uniaxial Compressive Strength (UCS) test at the end of the curing periods of 3, 7, 14, 28, 56, and 90 days. Except for the 3 wt% cement ratio, zeolite substitution was observed to increase the compressive strength in all mixtures. Also, the liquefaction risk limit for paste backfill was achieved for all mixtures, and the desired strength limit value (0.7 MPa) was achieved for all mixtures with 28 days of curing time and 7 wt%, 9 wt%, 11 wt% cement ratios and 5% cement - 10% zeolite substituted mixture. Moreover, the limit value (4 MPa) required for use as roof support was obtained only for mixtures with 11% cement - 10% and 20% zeolite content. Generally, zeolite substitution seems to be more effective in early strength (up to 28th day). It has been determined that the long-term strength losses of zeolite-substituted paste backfill mixtures were caused by the reaction of sulfate and hydration products to form secondary gypsum, ettringite, and iron sulfate.

• 한국가스학회지
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• 제27권4호
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• pp.78-84
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• 2023

최근 이산화탄소배출 감축과 환경오염 물질 저감이 세계적인 이슈가 됨에 따라 규제를 강화하고 있다. 수송 부분에서는 사용 연료를 기존 화석 연료에서 수소 등 친환경 연료로 에너지 전환이 이루어지고 있다. 국내에서는 에너지 전환에 발맞춰 2040년까지 1,200기의 수소 충전소 구축을 목표로 하고 있어, 넓은 인화 범위를 가지는 고압 수소를 공급하는 충전소의 안전성 확보가 매우 중요하다. 본 논문에서는 충전소 사고 발생 시 충전소 내 근로자의 안전확보를 위해 국내 기준과 일본, 유럽 등의 수소 충전소 안전거리 기준 현황을 분석하여 안전거리 설정 가이드 라인을 제시하였다. 안전거리 설정 절차는 유럽의 EIGA 기준에 따라 설비별 사고 발생빈도와 TNO의 EFFECTS 소프트웨어를 활용한 피해 영향 분석을 통해 사망 확률이 3.5E-05 이하가 되는 안전거리를 산출하였다.

• Journal of Ecology and Environment
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• 제47권4호
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• pp.187-192
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• 2023

The United States (US) National Science Foundation's (NSF's) National Ecological Observatory Network (NEON) is a continental-scale observation facility, constructed and operated by Battelle, that collects long-term ecological data to better understand and forecast how US ecosystems are changing. All data and samples are collected using standardized methods at 81 field sites across the US and are freely and openly available through the NEON data portal, application programming interface (API), and the NEON Biorepository. NSF led a decade-long design process with the research community, including numerous workshops to inform the key features of NEON, culminating in a formal final design review with an expert panel in 2009. The NEON construction phase began in 2012 and was completed in May 2019, when the observatory began the full operations phase. Full operations are defined as all 81 NEON sites completely built and fully operational, with data being collected using instrumented and observational methods. The intent of the NSF is for NEON operations to continue over a 30-year period. Each challenge encountered, problem solved, and risk realized on NEON offers up lessons learned for constructing and operating distributed ecological data collection infrastructure and data networks. NEON's construction phase included offices, labs, towers, aquatic instrumentation, terrestrial sampling plots, permits, development and testing of the instrumentation and associated cyberinfrastructure, and the development of community-supported collection plans. Although colocation of some sites with existing research sites and use of mostly "off the shelf" instrumentation was part of the design, successful completion of the construction phase required the development of new technologies and software for collecting and processing the hundreds of samples and 5.6 billion data records a day produced across NEON. Continued operation of NEON involves reexamining the decisions made in the past and using the input of the scientific community to evolve, upgrade, and improve data collection and resiliency at the field sites. Successes to date include improvements in flexibility and resilience for aquatic infrastructure designs, improved engagement with the scientific community that uses NEON data, and enhanced methods to deal with obsolescence of the instrumentation and infrastructure across the observatory.

• 대한안전경영과학회지
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• 제26권1호
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• pp.99-106
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• 2024

In the event of an emergency such as facility shutdown during process operation, the by-product gas must be urgently discharged to the vent stack to prevent leakage, fire, and explosion. At this time, the explosion drop value of the released by-product gas is calculated using ISO 10156 formula, which is 27.7 vol%. Therefore, it does not correspond to flammable gas because it is less than 13% of the explosion drop value, which is the standard for flammable gas defined by the Occupational Safety and Health Act, and since the explosion drop value is high, it can be seen that the risk of fire explosion is low even if it is discharged urgently with the vent stock. As a result of calculating the range of explosion hazard sites for hydrogen gas discharged to the Bent Stack according to KS C IEC 60079-10-1, 23 meters were calculated. Since hydrogen is lighter than air, electromechanical devices should not be installed within 23 meters of the upper portion of the Bent Stack, and if it is not possible, an explosion-proof electromechanical device suitable for type 1 of dangerous place should be installed. In addition, the height of the stack should be at least 5 meters so that the diffusion of by-product gas is facilitated in case of emergency discharge, and it should be installed so that there are no obstacles around it.

• 한국인터넷방송통신학회논문지
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• 제24권2호
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• pp.127-132
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• 2024

최근 이차전지는 다양한 산업 분야에서 사용되고 있다. 특히 소형 및 경량의 특성으로 스마트폰, 노트북, 태블릿 등 다양한 휴대용 전자기기에서 높은 에너지 밀도와 충·방전 효율을 토대로 전기자동차와 에너지저장시스템(Energy Storage System, ESS)의 핵심 부품으로 사용되고 있다. 하지만 이차전지의 과도한 충·방전에 따른 수명감소, 파열, 손상, 화재 등의 문제점이 발생하고 있다. 따라서 BMS(Battery Management System)를 통하여 과도한 충·방전을 보호하고 성능을 향상시킨다. 하지만 실제 리튬이온 배터리를 사용하여 BMS의 차단 및 보호범위 설정하는 데 있어서 이차전지의 수명감소, 파열, 손상, 화재의 문제점이 따른다. 따라서 본 논문에서는 배터리 충방전기와 시뮬레이터를 활용하여 이차전지 중 사용이 높은 리튬이온 배터리와 납축전지의 충전 및 방전 특성을 살펴본다.

• Nuclear Engineering and Technology
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• 제56권1호
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• pp.195-206
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• 2024

Shenzhen Innovation Light source Facility (SILF) is a 3.0 GeV fourth generation diffraction limited synchrotron light source currently under construction in Shenzhen. The SILF storage ring is proposed to use two 500 MHz single cell superconducting radio frequency (SRF) cavities to provide 2.4 MV RF voltage. In this study, we examined the geometric structure of mature CESR superconducting cavities and adopted a beam-pipe-type extraction scheme for high-order modes (HOM). One of the objectives of SRF cavity design and optimization in this study is to reduce E_p/E_acc and B_p/E_acc as much as possible to reduce power loss and ensure stable operation of the cavity. To reduce the risk of beam instability and thermal breakdown, the HOM and Multipacting (MP) are simulated. Moreover, the mechanical properties of the cavity are analyzed, including frequency sensitivity from pressure of liquid helium (LHe), stress, tuning, Lorentz force detuning (LFD), the microphone effect, and buckling. By comprehensive design and optimization of 500 MHz single-cell SRF cavities, a superconducting cavity for SILF storage ring was developed. This paper will detailed present the design and simulation.

• Nuclear Engineering and Technology
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• 제56권1호
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• pp.257-264
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• 2024

The sodium cooled fast reactor (SFR) is one of the Gen-IV reactors with the most operating experience accumulated. Although the technology level is the most mature among the Gen-IV reactors, there is still a safety problem that has not been solved, which is the sodium-water reaction. Since sodium and water are separated only by a heat transfer tube with a thickness of only a few mm, there is inherently a risk of a sodium-water reaction (SWR) accident in the SFR. In this study, it is attempted to quantitatively evaluate the resistance of SWR accidents by replacing the shell and tube steam generator with printed circuit steam generator (PCSG) as a method to mitigate the SWR accident. To do this, a CATS-S (Compact Accident Tolerance Steam Generator-SWR) facility was designed and built. And for the quantitative evaluation of accident resistance, a methodology for measuring the impingement wastage rate was established. As a result of this research, the impingement wastage rate caused by SWR generated in a PCSG was measured first time. It was confirmed that the impingement wastage phenomenon was suppressed in the PCSG, and the accident resistance was higher than that of the SWR through comparison with the experimental results performed in the existing shell and tube steam generator. In conclusion, a PCSG is more resistant to impingement wastage as a result of the SWR accident than existing shell and tube steam generators, and it is estimated that a PCSG can mitigate SWR accidents, an inherent problem of SFR.

• 한국안전학회지
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• 제39권1호
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• pp.9-15
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• 2024

Hydrogen-based electricity and transportation systems are widely recognized as sustainable power sources. However, the low ignition energy of hydrogen, only 1/10th that of conventional fossil fuels, poses a safety concern involving the risk of ignition due to electrostatic discharge from facility workers. Therefore, anti-static systems are imperative for hydrogen-based electricity facilities. To address this, we propose a reliable conductive rubber mat (CRM) to ensure the safety of these facilities. Unlike conventional anti-static floors that utilize conductive paint (CP), the CRM features a uniform distribution of conductive components in chemically and mechanically stable rubber. As a result, the CRM is unyielding to polar solvents (such as ethanol and hydrosulfuric acid) and non-polar solvents (like mineral oil) without increasing its resistance. Moreover, the CRM can withstand mechanical stress. Consequently, the human-body voltage of workers on the CRM would be sufficiently low enough to protect them from hydrogen explosions, thereby enhancing overall safety.

• 한국지리정보학회지
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• 제20권4호
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• pp.89-101
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• 2017

범죄는 장소나 건축물 용도에 따라 발생빈도와 유형이 다르고, 그 장소를 이용하는 사람들의 특성 및 공간 구조 차이에 의해 다양하게 발생한다. 따라서 공간 및 지역특성을 포함한 공간 빅데이터를 활용하여 지역을 분석해 보면 범죄예방 전략을 마련할 수 있다. 아울러 빅데이터와 지능 정보화시대의 도래에 따라 예측적 경찰활동이 새로운 경찰활동의 패러다임으로 등장하고 있다. 이에 보편적인 지방도시 J시를 대상으로 3개년 동안의 7,420건의 실제 범죄사례를 바탕으로 도시공간의 물리 환경적인 특성을 분석하여 범죄발생공간을 규명하고, 위험지역을 예측해 보고자 하였다. 분석에는 다양한 빅데이터 중 범죄를 유발하는 도시 공간 내 물리 환경적 요소에 한하여 공간 빅데이터를 구축하여 공간회귀분석을 실시하였다. 다음으로 분석결과 도출된 가로폭, 평균 층수, 용적율, 1층 사용용도(제2종 근린생활시설, 상업시설, 유흥시설, 주거시설)을 변수로 베이지안확률 기반 범죄발생 위험성 예측 모형(CIPM: Crime Incident Prediction Model)을 개발하였다. 개발된 모델은 실제 범죄발생 지역과의 중첩분석 및 모델의 정확도를 판단하는 Roc curve 분석을 통해 AUC 값이 0.8로 모델이 적합한 것으로 나타났다. 개발된 모델을 토대로 사례지역의 범죄 위험도를 분석한 결과 범죄발생은 상업 및 유흥시설이 밀집된 지역과 건물층수가 높은 지역, 그리고 상업 및 유흥시설과 주거가 혼재해 있는 블록이 범죄발생 확률이 높은 것으로 나타났다. 본 연구는 단순히 범죄의 공간적 분포와 범죄발생 영향요인을 탐색하는 기존의 연구와 달리 범죄발생 예측모델을 확률론적 관점에서 개발하는 영역으로 한 단계 진전되었다는 점에 의의가 있다.