• KSBB Journal
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• 제23권4호
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• pp.335-339
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• 2008

Biodiesel is an alternative and renewable energy source, which is hoped to reduce global dependence on petroleum and environmental problem. Biodiesel produced from a variety of oil sources such as vegetable oil, animal fat and waste oils, and has properties similar to those associated with petro-diesel, including cetane number, volumetric heating value, flash point, viscosity and so on. In this study, we investigate the effect of quality of raw materials on alkali-catalyzed transesterification for producing of biodiesel. The increase of content of free fatty acid and water in oil were caused the sharp decrease of conversion yield. Also, the low purity of methanol in reactant was inhibited the reaction rate. In the case of addition of sodium sulfate as absorbent to prepare catalyst solution, the content of fatty acid methyl ester in product was increased more about 1.6% than that of control. However, the addition of zeolite, sodium chloride and sodium sulfate as absorbent in reactant to remove water generated from reaction did not show any enhancement in the reaction yield. This result may provide useful information with regard to the choice and preparation of raw materials for more economic and efficient biodiesel production.

• 융합신호처리학회논문지
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• 제4권2호
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• pp.25-30
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• 2003

최근 들어 디지털 기술의 발전은 문자, 음성, 화상, 비디오 등과 같은 멀티미디어 정보가 매우 큰 비중을 차지하고 있다 이들 중에서 비디오와 관련된 연구로는 비디오 색인 및 검색에 관한 연구가 많이 진행되고 있다. 본 논문에서는 MPEG으로 압축된 비디오 분할을 위한 새로운 알고리즘을 제안한다. Shot 검출 즉 장면전환 검출은 MPEG 비디오 시퀀스에서 분할하는 가장 기본적이면서 중요한 작업이며 비디오 색인 및 검색을 위한 첫 번째 단계이다. 일반적으로 많이 사용되는 분할 알고리즘은 이전 프레임과 현재 프레임을 비교하기 때문에 물체의 빠른 움직임이나 카메라의 움직임, 카메라 후레쉬의 섬광 등 화면 변화에 따라 오검출이 생기는 단점이 있었다 따라서 본 논문에서는 기존 알고리즘에 검출한 장면전환 지점을 사용하여 이웃 프레임들과의 특징차 비교를 통하여 한번 더 판별하였다. 실험 결과 기존 알고리즘 보다 정확한 장면전환 검출을 할 수 있었다.

• International Journal of Automotive Technology
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• 제2권3호
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• pp.109-115
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• 2001

A study has been conducted to clarify the effect of watery vapor concentration in hot ambient on droplet evaporation. Droplets of water, ethanol, n-hexadecaneand n-heptane were used in this experimental study. Ambient conditions are fixed at 470 K in temperature, 0.1 MPa in pressure and 2 m/s in velocity of ambient air. Watery vapor concentration was changed 0%～40% by 10% by add water to air. To obtain the time histories of droplet diameter after exposed in ambient, a suspended droplet in hot and humid ambient stream was synchronized with a back flash light, and enlarged droplet images were taken by a CCD camera. The evaporation rate constant of water droplet decreases slightly with the vapor concentration because diffusion velocity reduction of droplet vapor occurs on the surface. The values of ethanol and n-heptane droplet actively increase by effect that water from condensation of vapor flows into the droplet. The evaporation rate constant of n-hexadecane which has higher boiling point than water increases within around 30% of the concentration.

• Biomolecules & Therapeutics
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• 제24권4호
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• pp.380-386
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• 2016

Silymarin from milk thistle (Silybum marianum) has been reported to show an anti-cancer activity. In previous study, we reported that silymarin induces cyclin D1 proteasomal degradation through NF-${\kappa}B$-mediated threonine-286 phosphorylation. However, mechanism for the inhibition of Wnt signaling by silymarin still remains unanswered. Thus, we investigated whether silymarin affects Wnt signaling in human colorectal cancer cells to elucidate the additional anti-cancer mechanism of silymarin. Transient transfection with a TOP and FOP FLASH luciferase construct indicated that silymarin suppressed the transcriptional activity of ${\beta}$-catenin/TCF. Silymarin treatment resulted in a decrease of intracellular ${\beta}$-catenin protein but not mRNA. The inhibition of proteasome by MG132 and $GSK3{\beta}$ inhibition by SB216763 blocked silymarin-mediated downregulation of ${\beta}$-catenin. In addition, silymarin increased phosphorylation of ${\beta}$-catenin and a point mutation of S33Y attenuated silymarin-mediated ${\beta}$-catenin downregulation. In addition, silymarin decreased TCF4 and increased Axin expression in both protein and mRNA level. From these results, we suggest that silymarin-mediated downregulation of ${\beta}$-catenin and TCF4 may result in the inhibition of Wnt signaling in human colorectal cancer cells.

• 전기학회논문지P
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• 제64권4호
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• pp.236-240
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• 2015

Natural ester has a higher biodegradability, flash and fire points, and a greater permittivity compared to conventional mineral oils. However, natural ester also has a higher pour point, viscosity, and water content. These characteristics hamper circulation and the electrical properties of oil-filled transformer. Thus, this paper applied electromagnetic-thermal-flow coupled analysis method to predict temperature distribution inside 154kV single phase power transformer using natural ester. It modeled in the actual appearance for the tank and winding of the power transformer to improve the accuracy of analysis and applied heat flow analysis that considered hydromechanics and heat transfer at the same time. It calculated the power loss, the main cause of temperature rise, from winding and core with electromagnetic analysis then used for the heat source for the heat flow analysis. It then compared the reasonability of result of measurement analysis based on the result acquired from temperature rise test using FBG sensor on the power transformer.

• Tribology and Lubricants
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• 제34권5호
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• pp.191-196
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• 2018

Bunker C is used in heavy-lift ships, furnaces, and boilers for generating heat, and power. Bunker C has only four regulations for quality standards and is rarely inspected in Korea. For these reasons, other oils such as used lubricant oil are commonly blended with Bunker C. This illegal mixture of fuel can damage the boilers, engines and affect the environment adversely. In this study, we investigate the fuel properties and perform atomic analysis of illegal Bunker C blended with used lube oil. The test results show that higher quantities of used lube oil in Bunker C have higher flash points, total acid numbers, copper corruption, solid contamination, and metal components. Further, increasing quantities of used lube oil in Bunker C cause lower viscosity, sulfur, and V content. However, adequate sample (approximately 1 L) is needed to evaluate presence of adulterants in Bunker C, we attempted the SIMDIST analysis. In the SIMDIST chromatogram, the used engine oils are detected for longer retention times than Bunker C owing to the high boiling point. We also quantitatively analyzed the lube oil content using SIMDIST.

• 한국추진공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국추진공학회 2005년도 제25회 추계학술대회논문집
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• pp.229-232
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• 2005

인화점이 높은 합성 액체연료인 RJ-4의 제조공정 개선에 관한 연구를 수행하였다. 상용원료인 MCPD(Methylcyclopentadiene dimer)를 이용한 RJ-4 연료제조에서 헤테로폴리 텅스토인산 세슘염 촉매와 2단 열 조절반응기를 사용하여 1차, 2차 수소화 및 이성화반응이 1 단계 연속공정으로 가능함을 알 수 있었다. 또한 $AlCl_3$ 대신에 헤테로폴리산 세슘염을 이성화촉매로 사용시 exe-THDMCPD(Tetrahydrodimethylcyclopentadiene)을 얻는 속도가 더 빠르며, 생성물과의 분리가 용이하고, 폐산 발생이 없으므로 환경친화적인 공정임을 확인하였다.

• 한국화재소방학회논문지
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• 제24권5호
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• pp.102-106
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• 2010

본 논문은 실내사격장 화재 원인에 대한 조사를 위하여 권총 사용에 따른 화약잔사 양에 대한 실측 및 발화특성에 관하여 연구하였다. 화약잔사 양은 구경 0.38인치 권총 및 구경 9mm 권총을 사용하였으며, 사대 및 바닥면에 떨어지는 화약잔사를 측정하였다. 화약잔사에 대한 발화특성 평가를 위하여 충격감도, 정전기감도, 마찰감도 및 발화점 시험을 실시하였으며, 비교 평가에는 권총에 일반적으로 사용되는 사용전의 화약(ball powder)을 이용하여 화약잔사와 동일한 시험을 실시하였다. 실험결과 충격감도 및 마찰감도는 화약잔사에서 다소 높게 측정되었으며, 발화점 시험에서는 화약잔사가 비교대상인 사용전의 화약에 비해 낮은 온도에서 발화되는 특성을 나타내었다.

• 한국화재소방학회논문지
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• 제25권3호
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• pp.107-112
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• 2011

본 연구에서는 대전방지필름 제조공장에서의 화재위험성 등을 고찰하였다. 대전방지필름 제조공정에서는 에탄올, 메탄올, 이소프로필알콜 같은 인화점이 낮은 용제가 사용되며 이들 용제의 최소점화에너지는 0.16 mJ~0.65 mJ로 낮은 방전에너지에도 쉽게 착화할 위험성이 있다. 제조공정 각 부분에서 발생하는 정전기 전위를 측정한 결과, 합지 과정의 필름에서 17kV~20kV의 전위가 측정되었다. 이는 화재 폭발 방지를 위한 부도체의 대전 목표 값인 5kV를 초과하는 것이다. 따라서 대전방지필름 제조공장에서 정전기 방전에 의한 화재위험성이 높다는 것을 알 수 있었다.

• 설비공학논문집
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• 제5권3호
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• pp.169-178
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• 1993

Performance charts of capillary tubes for R-134a are presented. The calculation is based on the one-dimensional, adiabatic flow through capillary tube. The length of capillary tube changes with inlet pressure, mass flux, inlet quality(or subcooling), and inside diameter. The length for R-134a is shorter by 12.5~23% than that for R-12 as mass flux varies, by 13~18.5% as inlet pressure changes, by 15~15.2% as inside diameter changes, and by 3.6~20% as subcooling(or quality) changes. In general, the length for R-134a is shorter than that for R-12 by 10~20%. Pressure drop per unit length for R-134a is greater than that for R-12 since specific volume of R-134a is larger that of R-12 and vapor pressure of R-134a is greater than that of R-12. Flash point of R-134a is ahead of that of R-12.