• The Bulletin of The Korean Astronomical Society
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• v.37 no.2
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• pp.66-66
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• 2012

We describe the space project of Ultra-Fast Flash Observatory (UFFO), which will observe early optical photons from gamma-ray bursts (GRBs) with a sub-second optical response, for the first time. The UFFO will probe the early optical rise of GRBs, opening a completely new frontier in GRB and transient studies, using a fast-response rotatable mirror system which redirects opitical path to telescope instead of slewing of telescopes or spacecraft. In our small UFFO-Pathfinder experiment, scheduled to launch aboard the Lomonosov satellite in June 2012, we use a motorized mirror in our Slewing Mirror Telescope instrument to achieve less than one second optical response after X-ray trigger. We describe the science and the mission of the UFFO project, including a serious version called UFFO-100 which will be launched in 2014. With our program of ultra-fast optical response GRB observatories, we aim to gain a deeper understanding of GRB mechanisms, and potentially open up the z>10 universe to study via GRB as point source emission probes.

• Journal of Power Electronics
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• v.10 no.6
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• pp.643-646
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• 2010

An interactive web-based teaching tool for a power semiconductor course at the University of Central Florida is presented in this paper. A novel approach is introduced using Technology Aided Design Tools (TCAD) to generate time-lapsed 2D semiconductor device cross-section embedded in a webpage using $Adobe^{(R)}$ Flash (web design tool) platform to create interactive movies that demonstrate complex device physical phenomenon. Students can step through the interactive movies forward, backward, pausing, or looping. Each step represents a giving bias condition. Current-voltage plots are represented along with the semiconductor device and a visual point is placed on the IV curve to indicate the current bias conditions. The changes are then reflected in the 2D cross-section movie area and the IV plot. This tool was implemented in a classroom setting to augment the lectures or for discovery learning.

• Journal of the Korean Society of Visualization
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• v.20 no.2
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• pp.38-44
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• 2022

Due to increasingly strict emission regulations for carbon-based fuels in the shipping industry, there is a significant motivation to investigate the alternative fuel. Ammonia is one of the attractive alternative fuels as a carbon-free fuel. Since ammonia has different properties such as high vapor pressure and low boiling point compared to conventional fuels, further research into ammonia spray behavior is important. In this work, the spray characteristics of ammonia and other fluids (ethanol, n-decane) were compared by using numerical simulation. The results show that the spray characteristics of ammonia differs from those of the others due to the occurrence of flash boiling. The narrow-dispersed spray with accelerated velocity at the center have been observed for ammonia. It is also found that droplets of ammonia achieve smaller diameter with more uniform distribution, leading to better atomization behavior compared to the others.

• Applied Chemistry for Engineering
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• v.25 no.3
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• pp.254-261
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• 2014

The transformer is a static electrical device that transfers energy by inductive coupling. Then, heat is occurred at coils, inner transformer was filled with insulating oils for cooling and insulation. Although mineral oil as insulating oil has been widely used, it does not meet health and current environmental laws because it is not biodegradable. Therefore, in this study, the diglycerol ester was synthesized with diglycerol and fatty acids (oleic acid and caprylic acid) over various catalysts for insulating oil having biodegradability, high flash points and low pour points. The sulfated zirconia ($SO_4{^{2-}}/ZrO_2$) catalyst prepared at different calcination temperature shows the highest conversion of fatty acids at $600^{\circ}C$ due to crystallinity and high density of acid sites per surface area. When the molar ratio of oleic acid and caprylic acid is 1:3, the diglycerol ester shows superior insulation properties that are the flash point of $306^{\circ}C$ and pour point of $-50^{\circ}C$. The insulation properties of synthesized diglycerol ester shows the pour point of $-50^{\circ}C$ and the flash point of over $300^{\circ}C$. Therefore, diglycerol ester is superior to the vegetable oils in insulation properties.

• Transactions of the Korean Society of Mechanical Engineers B
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• v.36 no.10
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• pp.1025-1032
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• 2012

The flash lamp annealing (FLA) process has been considered highly promising for manufacturing low-temperature polysilicon on large-scale backplanes. Based on a theoretical estimation, this study clarifies the critical mechanisms of glass backplane deformation during the FLA process. A simulation using a commercial FEM code with viscoelastic models shows that the local region, whose temperature is larger than the glass softening point, undergoes permanent structural shrinkage owing to stress relaxation. For larger backplanes (4th Gen), structural shrinkages and gravitational deflection are critical to deformation in the FLA process, resulting in an "M" shape; in smaller backplanes (0th Gen), the latter is negligible, resulting in a "U" shape.

• Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Industrial Safety Conference
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• 1997.11a
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• pp.97-102
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• 1997

공정상에서 가연성물질의 생산, 처리, 수송, 저장할 때 취급을 잘못하므로써 화재, 폭발 및 유해물질의 누출을 야기시킬 수 있다. 따라서 가연성물질의 안전한 취급을 위해서는 이들 물질의 중요한 기초적인 안전특성(safety property) 자료인 인화점(flash point)에 대한 지식을 필요로 하고 있다. 인화점은 가연성 액체의 화재 위험성을 나타내는 지표로써, 가연성액체의 액면 가까이서 인화할 때 필요한 증기를 발산하는 액체의 최저온도로 정의한다. 인화점에는 하부인화점과 상부인화점으로 나누고 있으며, 일반적으로 하부인화점을 인화점이라 한다. (중략)

• Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Industrial Safety Conference
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• 2003.10a
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• pp.154-159
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• 2003

화학공장과 제조업 등의 사업장에서 발생하는 화재 및 폭발은 설비와 건물의 파괴뿐만 아니라 사업장의 근로자와 인근 주민에 대한 인명 피해까지 초래하는 경우가 많으므로 공정 안전을 위해 화재 및 폭발 분야의 연구에 많은 관심을 가져야 한다. 방화(Fire Protection) 및 방폭(Fire Protection)에 관련되는 특성치로 MSDS의 5번째 항목인 폭발화재시대처방법(Fire-fighting Measures)에서는 폭발(연소)한계(Explosive Limit 혹은 Flammability Limit), 인화점(Flash Point), 최소발화온도(AIT： Auto-ignition Temperature)가 제시되고 있다.(중략)

• Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Industrial Safety Conference
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• 1998.11a
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• pp.83-88
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• 1998

방향족 화합물은 합성수지, 합성고무, 합성섬유 등의 석유화학제품의 원료와 2성분 또는 3성분 이상을 혼합한 도료공업에서 광범위하게 사용되고 있다. 그러나 이들 물질들은 공정상의 제조, 저장, 처리과정에서 고온, 고압의 조건에서 많이 노출되어 있을 뿐 아니라 취급과 사용 중에 부주의로 인한 폭발과 화재사고가 증가하고 있다. 그러므로 사고예방을 위해서는 취급하는 물질의 기본적인 위험 특성을 정확하게 파악하여 예방대책을 강구하여야 하므로, 인화성 액체의 경우에는 위험성의 지표인 인화점(Flash point)을 반드시 파악하여야 한다. (중략)

• Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Industrial Safety Conference
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• 2002.11a
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• pp.178-183
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• 2002

화학공정설계에 있어 온도, 압력, 농도 등에 대한 운전 범위와 반응물, 중간생성물, 생성물 및 부산물에 대한 물성치인 물리적 및 화학적 특성, 안전성, 독성 등을 파악하는 것이 무엇 보다 중요하다. 공정상에서 가연성물질의 생산, 처리, 수송, 저장할 때 취급 부주의로 화재 및 폭발이 야기될 수 있다. 따라서 가연성물질의 안전한 취급을 위해서는 이들 물질의 중요한 기초적인 안전특성(safety property) 자료인 인화점(flash point)에 대한 지식을 필요로 한다.(중략)

• Proceedings of the Korea Institute of Fire Science and Engineering Conference
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• 2011.04a
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• pp.397-401
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• 2011