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A Numerical Study on Spatial Behavior of Linear Absorbing Solute in Heterogeneous Porous Media (비균질 다공성 매질에서 선형 흡착 용질의 공간적 거동에 대한 수치적 연구)

  • Jeong, Woo Chang;Lee, Chi Hun;Song, Jai Woo
    • Journal of the Korean GEO-environmental Society
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    • v.4 no.3
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    • pp.79-88
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    • 2003
  • This paper presents a numerical study of the spatial behavior of a linear absorbing solute in a heterogeneous porous medium. The spatially correlated log-normal hydraulic conductivity field is generated in a given two-dimensional domain by using the geostatistical method (Turning Bands algorithm). The velocity vector field is calculated by applying the two-dimensional saturated groundwater flow equation to the Galerkin finite element method. The simulation of solute transport is carried out by using the random walk particle tracking model with CD(constant displacement) scheme in which the time interval is automatically adjusted. In this study, the spatial behavior of a solute is analyzed by the longitudinal center-of-mass displacement, longitudinal spatial spread moment and longitudinal plume skewness.

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Production of Methyl Ester from Coconut Oil using Microwave: Kinetic of Transesterification Reaction using Heterogeneous CaO Catalyst

  • Mahfud, Mahfud;Suryanto, Andi;Qadariyah, Lailatul;Suprapto, Suprapto;Kusuma, Heri Septya
    • Korean Chemical Engineering Research
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    • v.56 no.2
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    • pp.275-280
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    • 2018
  • Methyl ester derived from coconut oil is very interesting to study since it contains free-fatty acid with chemical structure of medium carbon chain ($C_{12}-C_{14}$), so the methyl ester obtained from its part can be a biodiesel and another partially into biokerosene. The use of heterogeneous catalysts in the production of methyl ester requires severe conditions (high pressure and high temperature), while at low temperature and atmospheric conditions, yield of methyl ester is relatively very low. By using microwave irradiation trans-esterification reaction with heterogeneous catalysts, it is expected to be much faster and can give higher yields. Therefore, we studied the production of methyl ester from coconut oil using CaO catalyst assisted by microwave. Our aim was to find a kinetic model of methyl ester production through a transesterification process from coconut oil assisted by microwave using heterogeneous CaO catalyst. The experimental apparatus consisted of a batch reactor placed in a microwave oven equipped with a condenser, stirrer and temperature controllers. Batch process was conducted at atmospheric pressure with a variation of CaO catalyst concentration (0.5; 1.0; 1.5; 2.0, 2.5%) and microwave power (100, 264 and 400 W). In general, the production process of methyl esters by heterogeneous catalyst will obtain three layers, wherein the first layer is the product of methyl ester, the second layer is glycerol and the third layer is the catalyst. The experimental results show that the yield of methyl ester increases along with the increase of microwave power, catalyst concentration and reaction time. Kinetic model of methyl ester production can be represented by the following equation: $-r_{TG}=1.7{\cdot}10^6{_e}{\frac{-43.86}{RT}}C_{TG}$.

Heterogeneous nucleations in the polyol process for the preparation of fine cobalt particles (미립 코발트분말 합성을 위한 polyol공정에서 비균질계 핵생성 반응)

  • 김동진;정헌생;우상덕;이재장;안종관
    • Journal of the Korean Crystal Growth and Crystal Technology
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    • v.12 no.2
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    • pp.73-79
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    • 2002
  • The polyol process which applies to cobalt, nickel. copper and precious metals is a interesting and unexpected example of such a method for preparing uniform metal powders. The reaction proceeds via dissolution, and the polyol acts simultaneously as a solvent, a reducing agent, and to some extent a protective agent. Submicrometer uniform cobalt particles can be obtained by seeding the reactive medium ($AgNO_3$) to achieve a complete substitution of homogeneous by heterogeneous nucleation. By varying the number of nuclei it is possible to control to some extent the average particle size in the submicrometer (0.5$\mu$m) range.

A meta-analysis on the effects of the differentiated instruction in mathematics (수학과 수준별 수업의 효과에 대한 메타분석)

  • Kim, Sun Hee
    • The Mathematical Education
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    • v.54 no.4
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    • pp.335-350
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    • 2015
  • The purpose of this study was to investigate the effectiveness of the differentiated instruction in mathematics by a meta-analysis. Among the studies conducted for last twenty three years, the relevant 49 research articles were selected, 80 effect sizes were calculated for the cognitive domain and 70 effect sizes for the affective domain. Effect sizes were analyzed with school levels, student level, group organization method such as homogeneous vs. heterogeneous, class transfer and adjusting class sizes for each cognitive domain and affective domain. The results are as the followings: In the cognitive domain, the overall effect size of the differentiated instruction produced a medium effect(effect size=0.68, U3=75.17%). The differentiated instruction showed the highest effect size on elementary school and middle school, mid level students, heterogeneous group, class transfer and not adjusted class size. And in the affective domain, the overall effect size of the differentiated instruction produced a low effect(effect size=0.36, U3=65.36%). The differentiated instruction showed the highest effect size on elementary school, mid level students, and heterogeneous group. Thus the differentiated instruction was proved to be effective in mathematics classes.

The Development of an Integration Tool for the Data Sharing Among the Enterprise information Systems (기업 정보 시스템간 효율적인 데이터 공유를 위한 통합 도구 개발)

  • 한관희;박찬우;최운집;이상한
    • Proceedings of the Korean Society of Precision Engineering Conference
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    • 2004.10a
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    • pp.782-787
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    • 2004
  • Recently, many enterprises are introducing EAI(Enterprise Application Integration) technologies for integrating heterogeneous enterprise information systems. Among EAI levels, data-level integration is relatively straightforward and most popular. However, current commercial solutions have complex functionalities and are expensive for implementing the data integration tasks. Also, they have their own proprietary architectures and have a restricted interoperability. Proposed in this paper is the development of data integration middleware for facilitating data exchanges between the heterogeneous information systems. The main feature of this middleware is a explicit mapping of meta data about the relationships between source and target data. Based on this mapping, users who do not have expertise in information technology at the small & medium enterprise can easily handle data exchange tasks between information systems.

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Heat and mass transfer characteristics in steam reforming reactor (수증기 개질 반응기 내의 열 및 물질전달 특성에 관한 연구)

  • Lee, Shin-Ku;Lim, Sung-Kwang;Bae, Joong-Myeon
    • 한국신재생에너지학회:학술대회논문집
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    • 2006.11a
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    • pp.340-343
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    • 2006
  • In this paper, heat and mass transfer characteristics through experimental and numerical study are extensively investigated in steam reform ins reactor under given operating conditions. In order to get simulated data at outlet of the reformer, heterogeneous reactor model is incorporated. As the reaction also takes place in porous media, two medium approach is used to take into account thermally non-equilibrium phenomena between catalyst and bulk gas. In steam reforming reaction, heat transfer issue is so significant that geometrical configuration study is also conducted.

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Rayleigh wave in an anisotropic heterogeneous crustal layer lying over a gravitational sandy substratum

  • Kakar, Rajneesh;Kakar, Shikha
    • Geomechanics and Engineering
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    • v.10 no.2
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    • pp.137-154
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    • 2016
  • The purpose of this paper is to study the propagation of Rayleigh waves in an anisotropic heterogeneous crustal layer over a gravitational semi-infinite sandy substratum. It is assumed that the heterogeneity in the crustal layer arises due to exponential variation in elastic coefficients and density whereas the semi-infinite sandy substratum has homogeneous sandiness parameters. The coupled effects of heterogeneity, anisotropy, sandiness parameters and gravity on Rayleigh waves are discussed analytically as well as numerically. The dispersion relation is obtained in determinant form. The proposed model is solved to obtain the different dispersion relations for the Rayleigh wave in the elastic medium of different properties. The results presented in this study may be attractive and useful for mathematicians, seismologists and geologists.

Cloud Radio Access Network: Virtualizing Wireless Access for Dense Heterogeneous Systems

  • Simeone, Osvaldo;Maeder, Andreas;Peng, Mugen;Sahin, Onur;Yu, Wei
    • Journal of Communications and Networks
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    • v.18 no.2
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    • pp.135-149
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    • 2016
  • Cloud radio access network (C-RAN) refers to the virtualization of base station functionalities by means of cloud computing. This results in a novel cellular architecture in which low-cost wireless access points, known as radio units or remote radio heads, are centrally managed by a reconfigurable centralized "cloud", or central, unit. C-RAN allows operators to reduce the capital and operating expenses needed to deploy and maintain dense heterogeneous networks. This critical advantage, along with spectral efficiency, statistical multiplexing and load balancing gains, make C-RAN well positioned to be one of the key technologies in the development of 5G systems. In this paper, a succinct overview is presented regarding the state of the art on the research on C-RAN with emphasis on fronthaul compression, baseband processing, medium access control, resource allocation, system-level considerations and standardization efforts.

A Numerical Study on Solute Transport in Heterogeneous Porous Media

  • Jeong, Woo-Chang;Song, Jai-Woo
    • Proceedings of the Korea Water Resources Association Conference
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    • 2002.05b
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    • pp.1027-1033
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    • 2002
  • The solute transport in a two-dimensional heterogeneous porous medium is numerically studied by using a random walk particle tracking (RWPT) method. Lognormally isotropic hydraulic conductivity fields are generated by using the turning band methods with mean zero and four different values of standard deviation. The numerical transport experiments are carried out to investigate the large time and spatial effects of the variable pore velocity field on solute plumes. The behavior of the solute plume through numerical simulations is presented in terms of longitudinal and transverse spatial moments: displacement of center-of-mass, plume spread variance and skewness coefficient. It was observed that the dispersive behavior of the solute plume is strongly affected by the degree of heterogeneity in the flow domain.

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Development of Internet-based Basic Planning System for Ships (인터넷 기반의 선박 기본계획 지원시스템 개발)

  • Lee S.-S.;Lee J.-K.;Lee K.-H.;Park J.-W.;Kim S.-Y.
    • Korean Journal of Computational Design and Engineering
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    • v.9 no.4
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    • pp.406-415
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    • 2004
  • The industrial environment for shipbuilding in 21st century requires increase in few type of ships and marine structures, international cooperation and globalization, while virtual enterprise environment is rapidly establishing. On the other hand, more and more efforts will be spent on internet based distributed and collaborative environment rather than being spent on unit level automations such as CAD, CAM and CAE, and the link between them. Recent internet technology and information technology in heterogeneous environment are being applied in shipbuilding industry as well as in other industries. While these technology are rapidly adopted in major shipyards, many small and medium-sized shipyards does not have enough resources to introduce system designed for large enterprise. In this paper, a prototype of Internet technology based basic planning system is implemented for the small and medium sized shipyards based on the internet technology and concurrent engineering concept. First, the system is designed from the user requirements. Then standardized development environment and tools are selected. These tools are used for defining and evaluating core application technologies for the system development. This can guarantee the survival of small and medium-sized shipyards in 21st century industrial environment.