• Journal of Power Electronics
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• 제11권5호
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• pp.632-638
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• 2011

This paper presents a cascaded coil flux control based on a Current Source Parallel Resonant Push-Pull Inverter (CSPRPI) for Induction Heating (IH) applications. The most important problems associated with current source parallel resonant inverters are start-up problems and the variable response of IH systems under load variations. This paper proposes a simple cascaded control method to increase an IH system's robustness to load variations. The proposed IH has been analyzed in both the steady state and the transient state. Based on this method, the resonant frequency is tracked using Phase Locked Loop (PLL) circuits using a Multiplier Phase Detector (MPD) to achieve ZVS under the transient condition. A laboratory prototype was built with an operating frequency of 57-59 kHz and a rated power of 300 W. Simulation and experimental results verify the validity of the proposed power control method and the PLL dynamics.

• Journal of Power Electronics
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• 제19권6호
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• pp.1351-1365
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• 2019

This paper proposes two modified Z-source inverter topologies, namely an embedded L-Z-source inverter (EL-ZSI) and a coupled inductor L-Z source inverter (CL-ZSI). The proposed topologies offer a high voltage gain with a reduced passive component count and reduction in source current ripple when compared to conventional ZSI topologies. Additionally, they prevent overshoot in the dc-link voltage by suppressing heavy inrush currents. This feature reduces the transition time to reach the peak value of the dc-link voltage, and reduces the risk of component failure and overrating due to the inrush current. EL-ZSI and CL-ZSI possess all of the inherent advantages of the conventional L-ZSI topology while eliminating its drawbacks. To verify the effectiveness of the proposed topologies, MATLAB/Simulink models and scaled down laboratory prototypes were constructed. Experiments were performed at a low shoot through duty ratio of 0.1 and a modulation index as high as 0.9 to obtain a peak dc-link voltage of 53 V. This paper demonstrates the superiority of the proposed topologies over conventional ZSI topologies through a detailed comparative analysis. Moreover, experimental results verify that the proposed topologies would be advantageous for renewable energy source applications since they provide voltage gain enhancement, inrush current, dc-link voltage overshoot suppression and a reduction of the peak to peak source current ripple.

• Environmental Engineering Research
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• 제24권1호
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• pp.38-44
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• 2019

The Biochemical Methane Potential (BMP) of fresh leachate and domestic wastewaters codigestion was determined by laboratory Bach Tests at $35^{\circ}C$ over a period of 90 d using a wide range of leachates volumetric ratios from 0% to 100%. To simulate wastewaters plant treatment step, all the ratios were first air stripped for 48 h before anaerobic incubation. The kinetic of biogas production was assessed using modified Gompertz model and exponential equation. The results obtained showed that cumulative biogas production was insignificant in the case of wastewaters monodigestion while the codigestion significantly improves the BMP. Air stripping pretreatment had positive effect on both ammonium concentration and volatiles fatty acids with reduction up to 75% and 42%, respectively. According to the Modified Gompertz model, the optimal anaerobic co-digestion conditions both in terms of maximal biogas potential, start-up period and maximum daily biogas production rate, could be achieved within large leachate volumetric ratios from 25% to 75% with a maximum BMP value of 438.42 mL/g volatile solid at 50% leachate ratio. The positive effect of codigestion was attributed to a dilution effect of chemical oxygen demand and volatile fatty acid concentrations to optimal range that was between 11.7 to $32.3gO_2/L$ and 2.1 to 7.4 g/L, respectively. These results suggested that the treatment of fresh leachate by their dilution and co digestion at wastewaters treatment plants could be a promising alternative for both energetic and treatment purposes.

• 한국생물공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국생물공학회 2005년도 생물공학의 동향(XVII)
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• pp.434-438
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• 2005

생물반응기의 운전 특성과 성능은 온도나 pH, 용존산소 등의 물리화학적 조건 외에 미생물의 종류와 분포비율, 미생물의 대사상태에 따라서도 매우 다양한 특성을 보인다. 질산화 미생물 코팅 담체를 투입한 반응조에서는 담체가 없는 반응조에 비해 질산화 미생물의 양이 증가하였고, 또한 질산화 미생물이 코팅된 담체를 사용한 반응기는 코팅되지 않은 담체를 투입한 반응조에 비해 질산화 미생물 양의 상승효과가 있었다. 질산화 미생물의 양은 운전 기간과 수온의 상승에 따라 증가하는 것으로 나타났다.

• 상하수도학회지
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• 제14권1호
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• pp.37-44
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• 2000

Laboratory experiments were conducted to investigate the performances of anaerobic filters packed with ceramic tube and pall-ring media treating a dairy waste. The media packing volume was 65% of effective volume of anaerobic filter. Organics removals of anaerobic filters were maintained above 80% even at an organics loading rate of $10kgCOD/m^3/d$, and this was comparable to aerobic treatment of organic wastes. Organics removals of the ceramic tube anaerobic filters were always lower than those of the pall-ring anaerobic filters due to intrinsic physical property of ceramic tube, especially lower void space which caused to clogging and entrapment of biogas, substrate transfer limitation, and irregular evolution of biogas leading to loss of solids and biomass. This was clearly observed in higher concentration of TSS in the effluent from the ceramic tube anaerobic filter despite of higher retention capacity of TSS compared with pall-ring media. Vertical distribution of organics and solids in the filters showed above 90% of organics and solids in influent were removed below 20% of reactor height, and 50% of remaining organics and solids were removed though media packing zone. Effluent quality from the anaerobic filter was heavily depended on media itself as well as suspended biomass formed below media. It is therefore concluded that the type of media played an important role in biomass accumulation arid gas-liquid-solid separation efficiency. Type of media did not affect the start-up behaviors of the anaerobic filter, and supernatant from anaerobic digested sludge showed a good performance as a seeding materials.

• 한국환경보건학회지
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• 제24권2호
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• pp.9-19
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• 1998

Laboratory experiments were carried out to investigate the performance of anaerobic sequencing batch reactor(ASBR) for digestion of a municipal sludge. Each cycle of the ASBR comprised feeding, two-or three-day reaction, one-day thickening, and withdrawal. The reactors were operated at an HRT of 10days and 5days with an equivalent organic loading rate of 0.8-1.54 gVS/l/d, 1.81-3.56 gVS/l/d at 35$\circ$C, respectively. Solids accumulation was remarkable in the ASBR during start-up period, and directly affected by settleable solids in the feed sludge. Floatation thickening occured in the ASBRs, and Solids profiles at the end of thickening step dramatically changed at solid-liquid interface. Slight difference in solids concentrations was observed within thickened sludge bed. Efficiencies through floatation thickening were comparable to that of additional thickening of the completely mixed control reactor. Average solids concentrations in the ASBRs were 2.2-2.6 times higher than that in the control throughout the total operation period. The dehydrogenase activity had a strong correlation with the solids concentration. Organics removals based on clarified effluent of the ASBRs were consistently above 86%. Remarkable increase in equivalent gas production of 27-52% was observed at the ASBRs compared with the control though the control and ASBRs showed similiar effluent quality. Thus, digestion of a municipal sludge was possible using the ASBR in spite of high concentration of solids in the sludge.

• 한국수소및신에너지학회논문집
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• 제21권5호
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• pp.460-469
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• 2010

To develop coal gasfication system, many studies have been actively conducted to describe the simulation of steady state. Now, it is necessary to study the gasification system not only in steady state but also in dynamic state to elucidate abnormal condition such as start-up, shut-down, disturbance, and develop control logic. In this study, a model was proposed with process simulation in dynamic state being conducted using a chemical process simulation tool, where a heat and mass transfer model in the gasifier is incorporated, The proposed model was verified by comparison of the results of the simulation with those available from NETL (National Energy Technology Laboratory) report under steady state condition. The simulation results were that the coal gas efficiency was 80.7%, gas thermal efficiency was 95.4%, which indicated the error was under 1 %. Also, the compositions of syngas were similar to those of the NETL report. Controlled variables of the proposed model was verified by increasing oxygen flow rate to gasifier in order to validate the dynamic state of the system. As a result, trends of major process variables were resonable when oxygen flow rate increased by 5% from the steady state value. Coal flow rate to gasifier and quench gas flow rate were increased, and flow rate of liquid slag was also increased. The proposed model in this study is able to be used for the prediction of gasification of various coals and dynamic analysis of coal gasification.

• 한국안광학회지
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• 제20권4호
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• pp.519-526
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• 2015

목적: 객관적 검안기기인 OQAS (Optical Quality Analysis System)를 이용하여 눈물막의 불안정성에 따른 객관적 산란지수의 변화를 연속적으로 관찰하고, 이 측정값과 눈물막파괴시간, 쉬르머테스트 및 맥모니테스트와의 상관성을 알아보고자 하였다. 방법: 대학생 82명($21.51{\pm}3.97$세, 남45명, 여37명), 147안을 대상으로 눈물막파괴시간, 쉬르머테스트, 맥모니테스트를 실시하였고, OQAS의 연속 측정방법을 이용하여 순목 직후 15초 동안 매초간의 객관적 산란지수를 측정하였다. 결과: 정상안과 건성안 군의 객관적 산란지수(OSI value)는 각각 $2.13{\pm}1.16$와 $3.76{\pm}1.42$로 통계적으로 유의한 차이를 보였다(p<0.05). 모든 대상자는 측정 시간이 경과할수록 객관적 산란지수가 증가하였고, 순목 직후 매초 측정된 객관적 산란지수는 6초와 7초 사이에 변화량이 가장 크게 증가하였다(p<0.05). 객관적 산란지수 cut off 30%(sec.) 결과는 눈물막파괴시간(r = 0.855, p = 0.000), 맥모니테스트(r = -0.351, p = 0.003), 쉬르머테스트(r = 0.316, p = 0.012) 순으로 상관성이 있는 것으로 나타났다. 결론: OQAS의 연속측정 방법은 기존의 건성안 검사법과 상관성이 높았다. 객관적 산란지수를 이용한 OQAS 검사방법은 환자의 눈물막 상태를 객관적으로 평가하는데 유용하게 사용될 것으로 생각된다.

• Ocean and Polar Research
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• 제25권3호
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• pp.277-286
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• 2003

Nitrification performance of fixed film biofilters using coarse sand, loess bead, or styrofoam beads in biofilter columns 1 meter high and 30cm in diameter were studied at different hydraulic and organic matter loading rates. Synthetic wastewater was supplied to the culture tank in order to maintain desired TAN concentrations in inlet water to biofilters. All the biofilters were conditioned 5 months before start of sampling. TAN and $NO_2-N$ conversion rates increased with an increase in the hydraulic loading rate (HLR). However, the improvement in biofilter performance was not linearly correlated to HLR in styrofoam bead filters. This is mainly due to the characteristics of the styrofoam beads used. TAN conversion rates of sand filters increased with the increase of HLR up to $200m^3/m^2$. per day. No increase in the TAN conversion rate was observed at the highest HLR since flooding on the media surface took place. HLR had a significant impact on the TAN conversion rates in loess bead filter up to the highest HLR tested (P<0.05). TAN conversion rates were much less at organic matter loading rates of 9 and 18kg $O_2/m^3$ per day than those without the addition of organic matter in styrofoam bead filters. The addition of glucose resulted in a reduction of the TAN conversion rate from 540 to 284g $TAN/m^3$ per day. No significant difference of TAN conversion rates between the two organic matter loading rates was found (p<0.05). This indicates that the impact of organic matter on nitrification becomes less and less sensitive with an increase in the COD/TAN ratio. At an organic matter loading rate of 9kg $O_2/m^3$. per day, a great reduction of TAN conversion rates was observed in sand filters and loess bead filters. Clearly, organic matter can be one of the most Important Impacting factors on nitrification. $NO_2-N$ conversion rates showed a similar trend for TAN. Based on the TAN and nitrite conversion rates, styrofoam beads showed the best performance among the three filter media tested. Also, the low gravity and price of styrofoam beads make the handling easier and more cost-effective for commercial application. The results obtained at the highest organic matter loading rates can be used in the biofilter design in recirculating aquaculture system.

• 생명과학회지
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• 제24권6호
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• pp.686-693
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• 2014

영양분의 제한공급은 인체에 큰 스트레스중의 하나로서, 분자수준의 유전자발현과 생리기능에 영향을 미친다. 영양고갈-스트레스 동안에 일어나는 세포반응을 이해하는 것은 다이어트를 실시할 때에 일어나는 부작용을 최소화할 수 있는 실마리를 제공해준다. Got1 유전자의 발현은 starvation 1시간부터 발현이 증가하다가 24시간에서 정상상태로 돌아왔다. Mat1 유전자의 발현은 starvation 1시간부터 24시간까지 지속적으로 발현이 증가하였다. Rat를 1-3일간 starvation에 의해서는 Got1 유전자의 발현은 큰 변화를 보이지 않았지만, Mat1 유전자의 발현은 cerebral cortex에서 현저하게 줄어드는 반면에 cerebellum과 lung에서는 1-2일간의 starvation에 의해서 유전자 발현이 증가하다가 3일째는 발현이 줄어들었다. Heart에서는 starvation에 의해서 유전자 발현이 관찰되지 않을 정도로 줄어들었다. 간헐 starvation (2일간 starvation 군과 2일간 starvation후 1일간 먹이를 공급한 것과 2일간 starvation + 1일간 먹이를 공급 + 2일간 starvation 군)으로 나누었다. Got1 유전자의 발현은 lung에서만 starvation 후 1일간 먹이를 공급한 군에서 아주 강한 발현을 보였다. liver의 경우는 2일 간 starvation 군과 2일간 starvation후 1일간 먹이를 공급한 군에서 발현이 약해진 후 2일간 starvation + 1일간 먹이를 공급 + 2일간 starvation 군에서 강한 발현을 보였다. Muscle에서는 starvation 시작과 동시에 발현이 현저히 감소 후 2일간 starvation후 1일간 먹이를 공급하면 정상상태로 돌아왔다. Mat1 유전자는 의미 있는 발현 변화가 없었다. Got1 유전자 발현은 ♂의 경우 NaCl 공급에 의해서 lung에서는 강한 발현을 보이고 thymus에서는 감소하였고 나머지에서는 뚜렷한 발현 변화가 관찰되지 않았다. ♀의 경우는 물 공급 보다가 NaCl 공급에 의해서 모두 약한 발현 양상을 보였다. Mat1 유전자의 발현은 ♂의 경우 NaCl 공급에 의해서 lung, kidney, muscle에서 약하지만 상승 발현이 관찰되었다. ♀의 경우는 NaCl 공급에 의해서 상승 발현 하는 것이 관찰되지 않았다.