• Nuclear Engineering and Technology
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• 제50권7호
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• pp.1190-1197
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• 2018

Analysis of the GRSW-A model coupled into the FALCON code is extended by simulation of central void formation in fuel pellets due to high-temperature fuel restructuring. The extended calculation is verified against published, well-known experimental data. Good agreement with the data for a central void diameter in pellets of the rod irradiated in an Experimental Breeder Reactor is shown. The new calculation methodology is employed in comparative analysis of modern BWR fuel behavior under assumed high-power operation. The initial fuel porosity is shown to have a major effect on the predicted central void diameter during the operation in question. Discernible effects of a central void on peak fuel temperature and Pellet-Cladding Mechanical Interaction (PCMI) during a simulated power ramp are shown. A mitigating effect on PCMI is largely attributed to the additional free volume in the pellets into which the fuel can creep due to internal compressive stresses during a power ramp.

• Nuclear Engineering and Technology
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• 제55권11호
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• pp.3983-3995
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• 2023

In fast reactors, restructuring of the fuel micro-structure driven by high temperature and high temperature gradient can cause the formation of columnar grains. The non-spheroidal shape and the non-uniform temperature field in such columnar grains implies that standard models for fission gas diffusion can not be applied. To tackle this issue, we present a reduced order model for the fission gas diffusion process which is applicable in different geometries and with non-uniform temperature fields, maintaining a computational requirement in line with its application in fuel performance codes. This innovative application of reduced order models as meso-scale tools within fuel performance codes represents a first-of-a-kind achievement that can be extended beyond fission gas behaviour.

• 한국기후변화학회지
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• 제7권3호
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• pp.357-371
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• 2016

Buildings in the city acts as a cause of distorted wind direction, wind speed, causing the stagnation of the air flow. In the recent trend of climate change can not but consider the temperature rise of the urbanization. This study was aimed to analyze the thermal comfort of planetary boundary layer in different artificial constructions areas which has a direct impact on urban climate, and estimating the warming phenomena. Envi-met model was used to consider the urban structure associated with urban growth in order to precisely determine the impact of the building on the city weather condition. The analyzed values of thermal comfort index were temperature, wind speed, horizontal and vertical turbulent diffusivity. In particular, analysis of the PPD(Predicted Percentage of Dissatisfied) represents the human thermal comfort. In this study, by adjusting the arrangement and proportion of the top floor building in the urban it was found that the inflow of the fresh air and cooling can be derived low PPD. Vertical heat flux amount of the city caused by climate change was a factor to form a high potential temperature in the city and the accumulation of cold air does not appear near the surface. Based on this, to make the city effectively respond to climate change may require a long-term restructuring of urban spatial structure and density management.

• Nuclear Engineering and Technology
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• 제41권2호
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• pp.199-214
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• 2009

High burn-up transformation process in low temperature nuclear fuel oxides material was observed in the early sixties in LWR $UO_2$ fuels, but not studied in depth. Increasing progressively the fuel discharge burn-up in PWR power plants, this material transformation was again observed in 1985 and identified as an important process to be accounted for in the fuel simulations due to its expected consequence on fuel heat transfer and therefore on the fission gas release. Fission gas release was one of the major concerns in PWR fuels, mainly during transient or accidents events. The behaviour of such a material in case of rod failure was also an important aspect to analyse. Therefore several national and international programs were launched during the last 25 years to understand the mechanisms leading to the high burn-up structure formation and to evaluate the physical properties of the final material. A large observations database has been acquired, using the more sophisticated techniques available in hot cells. This large database is discussed in this paper, providing basis to build an engineering-model, which is based on phenomenological description data and information accumulated. In addition this paper has the ambition to construct the best logical model to understand restructuring.

• 한국축산식품학회지
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• 제33권5호
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• pp.664-671
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• 2013

본 연구에서는 식육의 재구성에 첨가되는 식염의 함량을 줄인 저염 재구성육 제품을 제조하기 위하여 다양한 결착제의 활용, GdL 첨가 및 초고압처리 수준에 따른 재구성돈육의 품질 특성을 조사하였다. 본 연구에서 첨가된 0.5% GdL 수준은 제품의 pH를 유의적으로 감소시키며, GdL 자체 혹은 초고압처리에 의한 식육단백질의 젤 형성에 기인하여 효과적으로 pH 저하에 따른 보수력 감소를 억제할 수 있었다. 또한 첨가된 결착제에 의한 부가적인 보수력 및 조직감 향상을 얻을 수 있었다. 따라서 본 연구결과 초고압 처리 및 GdL을 조합 사용함으로써 식육 재구성에 요구되는 식염의 함량을 0.5%까지 저감시킬 수 있었으며, 다양한 식물성 단백질을 활용한 식육 재구성이 가능할 것으로 기대되었다.

• KIEE International Transactions on Power Engineering
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• 제4A권2호
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• pp.100-105
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• 2004

Installed capacity markets in the northeast of the United States ensure that adequate generation exists to satisfy regional loss of load probability (LOLP) criterion. LOLP studies are conducted to determine the amount of capacity that is needed, but they do not consider several factors that substantially affect the calculated distribution of available capacity. These studies do not account for the fact that generation availability increases during periods of high demand and therefore prices, common-cause failures that result in multiple generation units being unavailable at the same time, and the negative correlation between load and available capacity due to temperature and humidity. A categorization of incidents in an existing bulk power reliability database is proposed to analyze the existence and frequency of independent failures and those associated with resource dynamics. Findings are augmented with other empirical findings. Monte Carlo methods are proposed to model these resource dynamics. Using the IEEE Reliability Test System as a single-bus case study, the LOLP results change substantially when these factors are considered. Better data collection is necessary to support the more comprehensive modeling of resource adequacy that is proposed. In addition, a parallel processing method is used to offset the increase in computational times required to model these dynamics.

• Nuclear Engineering and Technology
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• 제43권6호
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• pp.499-508
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• 2011

The paper briefs a fuel performance code, COSMOS, which can be utilized for an analysis of the thermal behavior and fission gas release of fuel, up to a high burnup. Of particular concern are the models for the fuel thermal conductivity, the fission gas release, and the cladding corrosion and creep in $UO_2$ fuel. In addition, the code was developed so as to consider the inhomogeneity of MOX fuel, which requires restructuring the thermal conductivity and fission gas release models. These improvements enhanced COSMOS's precision for predicting the in-pile behavior of MOX fuel. The COSMOS code also extends its applicability to the instrumented fuel test in a research reactor. The various in-pile test results were analyzed and compared with the code's prediction. The database consists of the $UO_2$ irradiation test up to an ultra-high burnup, power ramp test of MOX fuel, and instrumented MOX fuel test in a research reactor after base irradiation in a commercial reactor. The comparisons demonstrated that the COSMOS code predicted the in-pile behaviors well, such as the fuel temperature, rod internal pressure, fission gas release, and cladding properties of MOX and $UO_2$ fuel. This sufficient accuracy reveals that the COSMOS can be utilized by both fuel vendors for fuel design, and license organizations for an understanding of fuel in-pile behaviors.

• 한국농림기상학회지
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• 제9권1호
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• pp.1-16
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• 2007

자연은 잘 이용하면 자원이지만 잘못하면 재해가 되는 이중성을 갖는다. 작목선택, 작부체계, 비배관리에 기후, 토양, 물자원 등 환경정보 활용이 필수이며, 환경정보를 잘 활용하면 자원 활용도를 높여 수량과 품질 개선, 자연재해-에너지소비-오염 경감에 기여한다. 이러한 관계를 잘 알고 있기 때문에 어느 나라에서나 환경정보를 관리하는 부처가 존재한다. 시민생활의 안전과 행복을 위한 일기예보를 위시하여 산업, 교통, 국방을 위한 특수한 기상정보가 기상청에 의해 제공되나, 식량간보와 국토보전의 막중한 임무를 띤 농업분야의 특화된 기상정보는 없다. 이러한 현실인식을 바탕으로 농림부는 '전자기후도 기반 유역단위 농업기상 예보시스템' 사업을 2006년부터 4년간 경희대학교와 한국농림수산정보센터가 공동으로 수행하도록 지원하고 있다. 이 사업은 지난 수년간 크게 발전한 공간정보기술과 소기후추정기술을 이용하여, 1) 전국 840개 표준유역별로 30m 해상도의 전자기후도를 제작함으로써 농업기후자원을 필지단위로 정확히 파악하며, 2)기상청 디지털예보를 기반으로 농업기상예보 해상도를 영농규모 수준으로 높여서, 3) 적지적작, 적지적수 및 유역규모 생태계관리의 의사지원수단을 제공함을 목적으로 한다. 사업성과는 기상청-산림청-농촌진흥청 합동조직인 국가농업기상센터에서 활용하며 시군 자치단체는 한국농림수산정보센터의 기술이전에 의해 독자적인 시스템을 구축할 수 있다. 모든 정보는 초고속인터넷, 휴대폰, 위성통신 등을 통해 수요자에게 배포될 것이며, 이를 통해 우리의 농업기상서비스는 전통적인 발전단계를 뛰어넘어 단번에 선진국 수준에 도달하게 될 것으로 기대된다.공하는 과정에서도 관리를 철저히 하도록 해야 한다. 4. 뽕가지의 항산화능은 춘기, 추기 모두 뽕잎에 비해 상당히 낮은 항산화능을 보였으나, 항산화식품 소재로서 뽕가지를 이용할 경우 5월 하순${\sim}$6월 초순의 신소지를 이용하거나 껍질을 분리하여 이용하도록 한다.으며, 특히 5지점 (S5)은 나머지 4개 지점 (S1 ${\sim}$ S4)의 수질에 비해 뚜렷한 수질악화를 보였는데, 이는 제 5지점 부근의 공단과 분뇨처리시설로부터 유입된 폐수에 의한 점 오염원의 효과로 사료되었다. 어류의 지표종 특성에 따르면, 버들치 (Rhynchocypris oxycephalus), 갈겨니 (Zacco temmincki)와 같은 수질에 대해 민감한 어종은 상류(S1 ${\sim}$ S2)에서의 출현빈도가 하류지점에의 출현빈도에 비해 뚜렷하게 높게 나타나 수질 특성을 반영하는 것으로 나타났으며, 트로픽구조 측면에서 내성종 (Tolerant species)및 잡식성종(Omnivore species)이 하류로 갈수록 증가하는 경향을 보였다.대가 발달한다. 이것으로 볼 때 지열류량은 지질구조와 무관하지 않음을 파악할 수 있다. 특히 이러한 단층대 주변은 지열수의 순환이 깊은 심도까지 가능하므로 이러한 대류현상으로 지표부근까지 높은 지온 전달이 되어 나타나는 것으로 판단된다.의 안정된 방사성표지효율을 보였다. $^{99m}Tc$-transferrin을 이용한 감염영상을 성공적으로 얻을 수 있었으며, $^{67}Ga$-citrate 영상과 비교하여 더 빠른 시간