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HEATING OF SUNSPOT CHROMOSPHERES BY SLOW-MODE ACOUSTIC SHOCK WAVES

  • Lee, Myung-Gyoon;Yun, Hong-Sik
    • Journal of The Korean Astronomical Society
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    • v.18 no.1
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    • pp.15-31
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    • 1985
  • Making use of the arbitrary shock theory developed by Ulmschneider (1967, 1971) and Ulmschneider and Kalkofen (1978), we have calculated the dissipation rates of upward-travelling slow-mode acoustic shock waves in umbral chromospheres for two umbral chromosphere models, a plateau model by Avrett (1981) and a gradient model by Yun and Beebe (1984). The computed shock dissipation rates are compared with the radiative cooling rate given by Avrett (1981). The results show that the slow-mode acoustic shock waves with a period of about 20 second can heat the low umbral chromospheres travelling with a mechanical energy flux of $2.6{\times}10^6\;erg/cm^2s$ at a height of $300{\sim}400km$ above the temperature minimum region.

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Effect of ultrasonic waves on anti-freezing for plate-type heat exchanger (평판형 열교환기에서의 제빙억제를 위한 초음파의 영향)

  • Cho, Ki-Ryang;Choi, Kwang-Il;Kim, On;Park, Ki-won
    • Journal of Advanced Marine Engineering and Technology
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    • v.41 no.3
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    • pp.176-181
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    • 2017
  • This study attempted to examine a method of anti-freezing on a plate-type heat exchanger in a low-temperature environment. Freezing condition was observed after ultrasonic waves were generated. Data were recorded to determine the optimal conditions for freezing. Ethylene glycol, which is commonly used in antifreeze formulations, was used as the brine, and the temperature was varied between -8 and $-16^{\circ}C$. The water for freezing provided by the thickness of 1-3 mm. In addition, experiments were conducted by adjusting the output to identify the changes that occurred due to the incidence of ultrasonic energy. The results of the anti-freezing effect were brine temperature, freezing thickness, and frequency band of ultrasonic waves.

A Study on the Estimation of Air-Sea Heat Fluxes and the Wave Characteristics using Chilbaldo Buoy Data (칠발도 Buoy자료를 이용한 해양-대기 열교환량 산출 및 파랑 특성에 관한 연구)

  • Youn, Yong-Hoon;Hong, Sung-Gil;Hong, Yoon;Lee, Ji-Yeon
    • The Sea:JOURNAL OF THE KOREAN SOCIETY OF OCEANOGRAPHY
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    • v.3 no.1
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    • pp.9-15
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    • 1998
  • Hourly meteorological data from a marine buoy ($34^{\circ}49'00"N$, $125^{\circ}46'00"E$) operated by the Korean Meteorological Agency were obtained from July, 1996 to February, 1997. From the data air-sea heat fluxes and marine meteorological characteristics around the area are estimated. The maximum outflux of sensible heat from the sea surface occurred in January (monthly mean value, 12.6 $Wm^{-2}$ and the maximum influx to the sea occurred in July (monthly mean value, 5.5 $Wm^{-2}$). This means that the sea is heated in summer while it loses its heat in winter, and that there is inequality between the absolute values of the two seasons. The outflux of the maximum latent heat occurred in November (monthly mean value, 86.5 $Wm^{-2}$) and reach a value of 300 $Wm^{-2}$, and the maximum influx occurred in July (monthly mean value, 4.6 $Wm^{-2}$). Big difference is shown in their absolute values when the wind becomes strong. The outgoing latent heat flux reaches its maximum in autumn, and it maintains the high value through the whole winter. According to the wave data analysis, the significant wave heights are larger in winter than in summer. The periods of the significant waves are 4~6 sec. In winter, waves propagated from north and northeast are dominant because of the winter monsoon, while in summer waves from south, southwest, and west are relatively frequent.

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A Study on Thermo-Bed Design Development of HPT System (HPT 방식의 온열침대 디자인 개발에 관한 연구)

  • Lee, Bong-Kyu
    • Journal of the Korea Furniture Society
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    • v.22 no.1
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    • pp.72-81
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    • 2011
  • These days, beds have been developed not as furniture to sleep in but Healthcare Furniture. The function of heating, non-electronic-waves and far-infrared rays have been added. Also, eco-friendly materials such as stone, mud, rubber and wood are combined to them together with the radiation-heating method using heat conduction through electronic coil and hot water circulation. Modern people suffer from stress and fatigue. The hot issue is "health." Focused on the health, the development of design for beds considering the influence electronic waves, anions, deep sleep and the density of toxic materials have on human bodies has become urgent. In this study, the trend, specification and efficiency of the functional health-related electronic coil technology are analyzed. Through the analysis, the environmental standards are set. According to them, technology, eco-friendly materials and additional functions for the development of the design are considered. Also, the government is promoting the IEC international standardization for the Korean traditional floor heating style beds. In preparation for that, we adopted new HPT method technology. It enables non-electronic-waves, low electricity and stable temperature maintenance control for the warm top and the cool bottom. Also, the head boards and the frames of the beds can be separated. Through this separation, the beds can be easily moved or installed. Eco-friendly materials such as Hinoki cypress wood and red clay and the existing tables function are combined to the head boards so they can be used as drawers and display shelves. If they are used as separate items, they can be used as covers. This is how we suggest the design for the heating beds.

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Extreme Climate Analysis and Adaptation Research on the Response of Climate Change in the Inland Region of the Korean Peninsula - Case of Deagu Metropolitan Area - (한반도 내륙 지역의 기후 변화 대응을 위한 극한기후 분석 및 적응 방안 연구 - 대구 광역시 사례를 중심으로 -)

  • Yamada, Keiko;Kim, Hae-Dong;Kim, Eun-Ji;Lee, Soon-Hwan
    • Journal of Environmental Science International
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    • v.29 no.7
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    • pp.773-784
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    • 2020
  • In order to protect the lives and property of citizens, the central and local governments are responding by enacting municipal ordinances and regulations as the frequency of extreme weather conditions due to climate change increases and intensity increases gradually. Accordingly, the basic contents and strategies of domestic and foreign policies to cope with cold and heat waves were reviewed, referring to measures suitable for application to the Daegu metropolitan area. In addition, it is intended to provide a policy alternative to Daegu metropolitan area to minimize damage from extreme weather by identifying the current status, characteristics, and future prospects of extreme weather in Daegu metropolitan area. Since the damage caused by the cold wave in Daegu area is not as great as that of other regions, it is urgent to come up with cold wave measures for the health and transportation sectors, and to come up with measures against the heat wave as the damage caused by the heat wave is the most serious in the country. Also we will identify spatial characteristics so that the districts and counties with high vulnerability to extreme weather can be identified and implemented first, and present civic life-oriented facilities and civic action guidelines to overcome cold and heat waves.

Heat and Flow Characteristics During Melting Process of a PCM Inside a Liquid Flexitank for Cargo Containers (화물 컨테이너용 액상 백 내부 PCM의 용융 과정에 대한 열유동 특성 해석)

  • Lilong Sun;Joon Hyun Kim;Jaehoon Na;Jaeyong Sung
    • Journal of the Korean Society of Visualization
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    • v.22 no.1
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    • pp.6-17
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    • 2024
  • This study examined the natural convection heat flow characteristics of the melting process of PCM (palm oil) inside a liquid flexitank(bag) for a cargo container. A film heating element was installed on the bottom of the container, and numerical analysis was performed under heat flux conditions of 1,000 to 4,000 W/m2. As a result, the melt interface of the PCM rises to a nearly horizontal state over time. In the initial stage, conduction heat transfer dominates, but gradually waves at the cell flow and melt interfaces are formed due to natural convection heat transfer. As melting progresses, the Ra number increases parabolically, and the Nu number increases linearly and has a constant value. The Nu number rises slowly under low heat flux conditions, whereas under high heat flux conditions, the Nu number rises rapidly. As the heat flux increases, the internal temperature oscillation of the liquid phase after melting increases. However, under high heat flux conditions, excess heat exceeding the latent heat is generated, and the temperature of the molten liquid is raised, so the increase in melting rate decreases. Therefore, the appropriate heating element specification applied to a 20-ton palm oil container is 2,000 W/m2.

Trend of heat wave events in South Korea using daily minimum air temperature (일 최저 기온을 이용한 한국의 폭염사상 추세)

  • Kim, Ryoungeun;Won, Jeongeun;Lee, Jungmin;Choi, Jeonghyeon;Kim, Sangdan
    • Journal of Wetlands Research
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    • v.21 no.4
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    • pp.344-353
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    • 2019
  • Heat waves are a global phenomenon that exacerbate the risks associated with heat exposure and cause fatal human injury. The subject of this study was tropical night, one of the forms of heat waves. In this study, we investigated how the trend of tropical night in Korea is changing. From 1973 to 2018, we analyzed the temporal changes of the six tropical nights using daily minimum air temperature at 60 ASOS stations in Korea Meteorological Administration. From these analyzes, 10 sites were selected as attention sites for tropical nights: Incheon, Gangneung, Cheongju, Jeonju, Gwangju, Jangheung, Yeosu, Geoje, Gumi, Yeongdeok. The severe sites for tropical nights were identified as 14 sites including Hongcheon, Yangpyeong, Suwon, Wonju, Boryeong, Daejeon, Buan, Jeongeup, Mokpo, Geochang, Miryang, Pohang, Jeju, and Seogwipo. At the severe sites identified, special tropical night measures will need to be established.

Improvement of Vegetation Cooling Effects in BioCAS for Better Estimation of Daily Maximum Temperature during Heat Waves - In Case of the Seoul Metropolitan Area - (식생냉각효과 적용을 통한 BioCAS의 폭염기간 일 최고기온 추정 개선 - 서울 및 수도권지역을 중심으로 -)

  • Lee, Hankyung;Yi, Chaeyeon;Kim, Kyu Rang;Cho, Changbum
    • Atmosphere
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    • v.29 no.2
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    • pp.131-147
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    • 2019
  • On the urban scale, Micro-climate analysis models for urban scale have been developed to investigate the atmospheric characteristics in urban surface in detail and to predict the micro-climate change due to the changes in urban structure. BioCAS (Biometeorological Climate Impact Assessment System) is a system that combines such analysis models and has been implemented internally in the Korea Meteorological Administration. One of role in this system is the analysis of the health impact by heat waves in urban area. In this study, the vegetation cooling models A and B were developed and linked with BioCAS and evaluated by the temperature drop at the vegetation areas during ten selected heat-wave days. Smaller prediction errors were found as a result of applying the vegetation cooling models to the heat-wave days. In addition, it was found that the effects of the vegetation cooling models produced different results according to the distribution of vegetation area in land cover near each observation site - the improvement of the model performance on temperature analysis was different according to land use at each location. The model A was better fitted where the surrounding vegetation ratio was 50% or more, whereas the model B was better where the vegetation ratio was less than 50% (higher building and impervious areas). Through this study, it should be possible to select an appropriate vegetation cooling model according to its fraction coverage so that the temperature analysis around built-up areas would be improved.

Effect of Pressure Variations on Augmentation of Heat Transfer by Ultrasonic Vibrations (초음파 가진시 압력변동이 열전달 향상에 미치는 영향)

  • Yang, Ho-Dong;Oh, Yool-Kwon
    • Proceedings of the KSME Conference
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    • 2004.11a
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    • pp.1069-1074
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    • 2004
  • This study investigated the effect of pressure variations on augmentation of heat transfer when the ultrasonic waves were applied. The augmentation ratio of heat transfer was experimentally investigated and was compared with the profiles of pressure distributions calculated applying a coupled finite element-boundary element method (coupled FE-BEM). As the ultrasonic intensities increase from 70W to 340W, the velocity of the liquid paraffin is found to increase as well as kinetic energy, This physical behavior known as quasi-Eckart streaming results from acoustic pressure variations in the liquid. Especially, the higher acoustic pressure distribution near two ultrasonic transducers develops more intensive flow (quasi-Eckart streaming), destroying the flow instability. Also, the profile of acoustic pressure variation is consistent with that of augmentation of heat transfer. This mechanism is believed to increase the ratio of hear transfer coefficient.

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Heat waves impair cytoplasmic maturation of oocytes and preimplantation development in Korean native cattle (Hanwoo)

  • Sa, Soo Jin;Jeong, Jiyeon;Cho, Jaesung;Lee, Seung-Hwan;Choi, Inchul
    • Korean Journal of Agricultural Science
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    • v.45 no.3
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    • pp.493-498
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    • 2018
  • There has been widespread warming and a general increase in summer temperatures over the Korean peninsula ($0.5^{\circ}C$/10 years from 2001 to 2010). South Korea is transforming into a subtropical region, and the productivity of livestock is affected by the climatic changes. In this study, we investigated whether the summer heat waves affect the developmental competency of Korean native cattle (Hanwoo), a taurine type of cattle with a small portion of indicine varieties. We collected oocytes during the summer (heat stress, HS) and autumn (non-HS condition) and examined the developmental competencies including in vitro maturation and preimplantation embryo development. No significant differences were observed between the HS and non-HS oocytes in nuclear maturation (extrusion of the polar body); however, the cleavage and blastocyst rates were significantly lower in the HS group than those in the non-HS group. The lower developmental competence of the HS oocytes compared to the non-HS is, in part, due to insufficient cytoplasmic maturation because of a higher production of Reactive oxygen species (ROS) levels as well as peri/cortical distributed mitochondria in the HS oocytes after in vitro maturation. Next, we examined the ROS and mitochondria distribution and found a significant increase in the levels of ROS in the HS oocytes and a polarized distribution (pericortical cytoplasm) of mitochondria in the HS oocytes. In summary, impaired cytoplasmic maturation of oocytes from exposure to HS affects the preimplantation embryo development by dysfunction of mitochondria. To improve reproductive performance, embryo transfer using cryopreserved embryos/oocytes is recommended in the hot summer season of South Korea.