• 방사성폐기물학회지
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• 제21권4호
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• pp.571-576
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• 2023

The initial development plans for the six reactor designs, soon after the release of Generation IV International Forum (GIF) TRM in 2002, were characterized by high ambition [1]. Specifically, the sodium-cooled fast reactor (SFR) and very-high temperature reactor (VHTR) gained significant attention and were expected to reach the validation stage by the 2020s, with commercial viability projected for the 2030s. However, these projections have been unrealized because of various factors. The development of reactor designs by the GIF was supposed to be influenced by events such as the 2008 global financial crisis, 2011 Fukushima accident [2, 3], discovery of extensive shale oil reserves in the United States, and overly ambitious technological targets. Consequently, the momentum for VHTR development reduced significantly. In this context, the aims of this study were to compare and analyze the development progress of the six Gen IV reactor designs over the past 20 years, based on the GIF roadmaps published in 2002 and 2014. The primary focus was to examine the prospects for the reactor designs in relation to spent nuclear fuel burning in conjunction with small modular reactor (SMR), including molten salt reactor (MSR), which is expected to have spent nuclear fuel management potential.

• 한국경영과학회:학술대회논문집
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• 대한산업공학회/한국경영과학회 2006년도 춘계공동학술대회 논문집
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• pp.1603-1608
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• 2006

Nuclear power plant have focused constituent that is always safety. However, period set to observe element that is economic performance keeping inner place now. Hereupon, in this study, chose fuel replace that is on one main activity doing at nuclear power plant for the target. And chose computerization and data management for fuel replace process to the direction.

• Tribology and Lubricants
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• 제26권3호
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• pp.190-198
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• 2010

GTL(gas-to-liquid) fuel produced by the Fischer-Tropsch process using carbon monoxide(CO) and hydrogen(H2) is expected to be one of the environmental friendly fuel for alternative and blended to petrodiesel. But GTL have poor lubricity due to paraffin as main component of GTL which is not involve polar materials. In this paper, we had investigated the lubricity improvement of GTL fuels with various lubricants using HFRR(high frequency reciprocating rig).

• Journal of Forest and Environmental Science
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• 제33권3호
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• pp.172-186
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• 2017

The effects of application of fuel-reduction treatment in wildfire management has not been tested in dry forests of Ghana. Therefore, the short-term ecological effects of prescribed burning and hand thinning treatments followed by experimental wildfire were investigated in degraded forests and Tectona grandis forest plantations in two forest reserves of different levels of dryness in Ghana. The results showed that more trees were killed in prescribed burning (average of 41% in degraded forest and 18% in plantations) than hand thinning (7.2% in degraded forests and 8% in plantation). More tree seedlings were also killed in prescribed burning (72%) than hand thinning (47%). The mortality of trees and seedlings were greater in Worobong South forest, a less dry forest reserve than the Afram Headwaters forest, a drier forest reserve. Fuel treatment especially prescribed burning compared to the control reduced wildfire effects on forest canopy particularly in the less dry forest and tree mortality especially in the drier forest. Prescribed burning temporarily increased pH, exchangeable potassium (52%) and available phosphorus (82%) in the surface soils of the entire plots. The two fuel treatment methods did not have much influence on basal area, organic matter and total nitrogen. Nevertheless, they were able to reduce the adverse wildfire effects on soil pH, exchangeable potassium, available phosphorus, organic matter and total nitrogen concentrations. Fuel treatments therefore have potential application in dry forest management in Ghana due to their ability to retain important forest ecological traits after a wildfire incidence.

• Journal of Radiation Protection and Research
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• 제21권1호
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• pp.59-72
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• 1996

원자력의 개발과 지속적인 이용은 방사성폐기물과 사용후핵연료의 발생을 야기시키며, 발생된 사용후핵연료의 안전하며 효율적인 관리는 1990년 초부터 중요하며 민감한 국제사회의 이슈가 되고 있다. 특히 구 소련의 해체를 포함한 최근 중부유럽의 정치적인 변화에 따른 안전한 사용후핵연료관리 문제와 현재 원자력산업이 직면하고 있는 어려움 등이 국제정치의 관점에서 그 의미를 더하고 있다. 따라서 국가별로 현재 검토 및 시행되고 있는 사용후핵연료 관리에 대한 현황을 정리하였다. 즉 국제원자력기구에서 개최하고 있는 사용후핵연료관리회의에서 발표된 나라별 관리정책에 대한 현황 및 기타 기술자료에서 발표된 최신의 사용후핵연료관리 실례에 대한 내용을 정리하였다.

• Tribology and Lubricants
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• 제28권1호
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• pp.33-37
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• 2012

Automotive wheel bearing grease helps to reduce stresses and prevent wear of wheel bearings. But it is easily contaminated by water and other contaminants. Previously, our research group reported the change of grease physical properties such as dropping point, work penetration and oxidation work stability, water washout characteristics, leakage tendency, oil separation, evaporation loss and rust protection by water contamination. In this paper, we analyzed the physical characteristics of grease such as lubricity, viscosity and total acid number to investigate the mechanism of thickener decomposition. In water contaminated grease, the total acid number and wear scar were increased, the viscosity was decreased due to the decomposition of lithium complex thickener.

• Tribology and Lubricants
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• 제28권2호
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• pp.93-98
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• 2012

The engine oil is an oil used for lubrication of various internal combustion engines. Recently, the vehicle and engine oil manufacture usually guarantee for oil change over 15000~20000 km mileage, but the most of driver usually change engine oil every 5000 km driving in Korea. In this case, it is possible to cause environmental contamination by used engine oil and increase the cost of driving by frequently oil change. In this study, we investigate the various physical properties such as flash point, pour point, kinematic viscosity, cold cranking simulator, total acid number, and four-ball test for fresh engine oil and used engine oil after vehicle driving (5000 km, 10000 km). The test result showed that the total acid number and wear scar by four-ball test of used engine oil had increased than fresh engine oil, but 2 kind of used oil (5000 km and 10000 km) had similar physical properties.

• 한국에너지공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국에너지공학회 2010년도 춘계학술 발표회
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• pp.175-175
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• 2010

지능화, 고도화되어 제조되는 유사연료유는 차량 안전과 건전한 에너지 산업 육성을 저해시키고 있다는 점에서 문제가 되고 있다. 대표적인 유사경유 유형 중용제혼입의 경우는 적출과정에서 원료와 일반경유와의 혼입율을 조제시험을 통해 확인하고 있는데, 원료확보와 분석에 많은 시간과 노력이 소요되고 있다. 본 연구에서는 예상 유사경유원료를 조사하고 주요 물성에 대한 분석을 근거로 관계식을 도출하였으며, 실제 분석을 대체할 수 있는 예측 프로그램을 제작하였다.

• 동력기계공학회지
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• 제17권5호
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• pp.64-68
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• 2013

One of the water management goals in PEM fuel cell is to avoid flooding and drying in the membrane, therefore the air humidification process is required. In order to increase water removal out of the membrane, the water management system may require the dehumidification process and it also requires a large space for application, moreover the process time is slow. In conformity with this fact, this present study proposes an advanced dynamic fuel cell water management which can be an intermittent optimization control using air flow rate instead of the air humidity as an variable in the optimization process. The results of this study have shown that the membrane flooding and drying can be avoided after being assisted by air velocity controlling method.

• 대한안전경영과학회지
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• 제20권4호
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• pp.7-13
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• 2018

This study investigates the enhancement of the oxygen diffusion rate in the cathode channel of a proton exchange membrane fuel cell (PEMFC) by pure oscillating flow, which is the same as the mechanism of human breathe. Three-dimensional numerical simulation, which has the full model of the fuel cell including electrochemical reaction, ion and electronic conduction, mass transfer and thermal variation and so on, is performed to show the phenomena in the channel at the case of a steady state. This model could analysis the oscillating flow as a moving mesh calculation coupled with electrochemical reaction on the catalyst layer, however, it needs a lot of calculation time for each case. The two dimensional numerical simulation has carried on for the study of oscillating flow effect in the cathode channel of PEMFC in order to reduce the calculation time. This study shows the diffusion rate of the oxygen increased and the emission rate of the water vapor increased in the channel by oscillating flow without any forced flow.