• Journal of Mechanical Science and Technology
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• 제15권11호
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• pp.1533-1540
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• 2001

A high-temperature sodium stainless steel heat pipe was fabricated and its performance has been investigated. The working fluid was sodium and it was sealed inside a straight tube container made of stainless steel. The amount of sodium occupied approximately 20% of the total volume of the heat pipe and its weight was 65.7gram. The length of a stainless steel container is 1002mm and its outside diameter is 25.4mm. Performance tests were carried out in a room air condition under a free convective environment and the measured temperatures are presented. The start-up behavior of the heat pipe from a frozen state was investigated for various heat input values between 600W and 1205W. In steady state, axial temperature distributions of a heat pipe were measured and its heat transfer rates were estimated in the range of vapor temperature from 50$0^{\circ}C$ to 63$0^{\circ}C$. It is found that there are small temperature differences in the vapor core along the axial direction of a sodium heat pipe for the high operating temperatures. But for the range of low operating temperatures there are large temperature drops along the vapor core region of a sodium heat pipe, because a small vapor pressure drop makes a large temperature drop. The transition temperature was reached more rapidly in the cases of high heat input rate for the sodium heat pipe.

• International Journal of Internet, Broadcasting and Communication
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• 제14권3호
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• pp.249-257
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• 2022

In recent years, if we order food by easily accessing the online market with our smartphone, we can receive the product in a fresh state at dawn the next day. Cold chain is an industry that can create high added value because it has both the characteristics of general logistics and sensitivity to temperature. Based on the electrical specifications derived from the reefer container capacity requirement investigation, we proved that power supply to up to 33 reefer containers can be made by using three additional auxiliary power supplies which are applied for freight trains in Korea. In this paper, we conducted a research on a design of power supply system for freight train reefer container based on simulation as a basic research necessary for low-temperature distribution and cold chain construction based on the reefer container railroad. Consequently, the simulation was conducted using the three-phase inverter diagram in PSIM and the SVPWM (3-harmonic injection method) control technique, and it was verified that the required power voltage was satisfied with 622V_dc, which is lower than the input voltage of general SPWM of 718V_dc. The details of this paper could be used as a foundational study for constructing cold chains based on a reefer container dedicated to freight trains in the future.

• Journal of Dairy Science and Biotechnology
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• 제35권2호
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• pp.121-133
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• 2017

A small amount of milk is sold as 'untreated' or raw in the US; the two most commonly used heat-treatments for milk sold in retail markets are pasteurization (LTLT, low-temperature long time; HTST, high-temperature short time) and sterilization (UHT, ultra-high temperature). These treatments extend the shelf life of milk. The main purpose of heat treatment is to reduce pathogenic and perishable microbial populations, inactivate enzymes, and minimize chemical reactions and physical changes. Milk UHT processing combined with aseptic packaging has been introduced to produce shelf-stable products with less chemical damage than sterile milk in containers. Two basic principles of UHT treatment distinguish this method from in-container sterilization. First, for the same germicidal effect, HTST treatments (as in UHT) use less chemicals than cold-long treatment (as in in-container sterilization). This is because Q10, the relative change in the reaction rate with a temperature change of $10^{\circ}C$, is lower than the chemical change during bacterial killing. Based on Q10 values of 3 and 10, the chemical change at $145^{\circ}C$ for the same germicidal effect is only 2.7% at $115^{\circ}C$. The second principle is that the need to inactivate thermophilic bacterial spores (Bacillus cereus and Clostridium perfringens, etc.) determines the minimum time and temperature, while determining the maximum time and temperature at which undesirable chemical changes such as undesirable flavors, color changes, and vitamin breakdown should be minimized.

• Nuclear Engineering and Technology
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• 제50권7호
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• pp.1184-1189
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• 2018

Pyroprocessing uses various molten salts during electrochemical unit processes. Reaction products after the electrochemical processes must contain a significant amount of residual salts to be separated. Vacuum distillation is a common method to separate the residual salts; however, its high operation temperature may cause side reactions. In this study, a simple rotation technique using centrifugal force was suggested to separate the residual salts from the reaction products at relatively low temperature compared to the distillation technique. When a reaction product container with porous wall rotates inside a vessel heated above the melting point of the residual salt, the residual salt in the liquid phase is separated through centrifugal force. It was shown that the $LiNO_3-Al_2O_3$ mixture can be separated by this technique to leave solid $Al_2O_3$ inside the container, with a separation efficiency of 99.4%.

• 한국포장학회지
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• 제28권1호
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• pp.67-73
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• 2022

The food cold chain refers to a technology and distribution supply chain applied to maintain a constant temperature suitable for the product from production (harvest) to delivery to consumers. In particular, in Korea, the insulation material used in the food cold chain is mostly EPS (Expanded Polystyrene), which is used as a transport container for various food cold chains. However, according to the government's eco-friendly policy, companies charge environmental contributions to the use of EPS, but due to its low price and convenience of handling, it is still used as a container for delivering food. In this study, in order to measure the domestic delivery environment of general refrigerated foods, changes in impact, temperature, and humidity during transport of the EPS packaging system containing foods and ice pack refrigerants were measured. As a result, there were 2?3 sections in which a high impact force of 40 G or more was generated during transport. This can cause damage to the product and EPS container. The difference in temperature and humidity changes by parcel transport routes is more than 30%, so it is necessary to present accurate standards for the domestic cold chain distribution environment. As a result of microbial experiments. the transportation period had a dominant effect on the increase in total viable count and E. coli count.

• 한국콘크리트학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국콘크리트학회 1999년도 학회창립 10주년 기념 1999년도 가을 학술발표회 논문집
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• pp.333-336
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• 1999

The crack of concrete induced by the heat of hydration is a serious problem, particularly in concrete structures such as mat-slab of nuclear reactor buildings, dams or large footings, foundations of high rise buildings, etc.. As a result of the temperature rise and restriction condition of foundation, the thermal stress which may induce the cracks can occur. Therefore the various techniques of the thermal stress control in massive concrete have been widely used. One of them is prediction of the thermal stress, besides low-heat cement which mitigates the temperature rise, pre-cooling which lowers the initial temperature of fresh concrete with ice flake, pipe cooling which cools the temperature of concrete with flowing water, design change which considers steel bar reinforcement, operation control and so on. The Aim of this paper is to verify the effect of low heat blended cement in reducing thermal stress in slab type's mass concrete such as container harbor structures.

• 한국가스학회지
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• 제24권6호
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• pp.61-69
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• 2020

본 논문은 압력과 온도조건에 따라 수소저장용기 TYPE 1에서 발생하는 거동특성을 FEM(Finite Element Method)으로 연구한 것이다. 용기의 구조안전성 평가를 위해 최고압력에서 발생한 VMS(Von Mises stress)을 소재의 YS(Yield Strength)를 비교하였고, 수명예측을 위한 기초데이터로써 PSED(Plastic Strain Energy Density) 결과를 분석하였다. 해석결과에 의하면 최고압력 40 Mpa 이상의 가스압에서 저장용기의 바닥면에 항복강도보다 높은 VMS가 발생하여 수소가스 저장용기의 안전성은 확보되지 않았다고 판단된다. 또한, 온도조건에 의해 발생한 VMS의 결과는 대단히 낮아서 온도에 의한 거동은 영향을 무시할 수 있다. VMS/YS이 1이하가 되는 최고압력은 약 30Mpa으로 계산되어 본 논문의 대상이 되는 수소저장용기는 30 Mpa이하의 가스충전압력으로 관리되어야 함을 알 수 있다.

• Journal of Biosystems Engineering
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• 제33권6호
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• pp.396-403
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• 2008

Because thermal non-uniformity of transported agricultural products is mainly affected by cooling air flow pattern in the cold transport equipment, the analysis and control of flowfield is key to optimization of cold transport equipment. The objectives of this study were to estimate the effects of geometric and operating parameters of cold container on the air flow and heat transfer, and find the optimum design parameters for the low temperature level and its uniformity in given cold container with CFD simulations. Existences of ducts, gaps between pallets and geometries of exit as geometric parameters and fan blowing velocity as operating parameter were investigated. CFD simulations were carried out with the FLUENT 6.2 code. The result showed that optimum design condition was bulk loading with no duct, wall exit and 8.0 m/s of fan blowing velocity.

• 한국식품영양과학회지
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• 제43권7호
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• pp.1095-1103
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• 2014

본 연구에서는 오징어 개별 포장체를 개발하여 포장하지 않은 오징어와 저온 저장에서의 생존율을 비교함으로써 개별포장체를 활용한 유통시스템을 개발하고자 하였다. 개별 포장체를 이용한 활오징어는 저온 저장($10^{\circ}C$, $8^{\circ}C$, $6^{\circ}C$, $4^{\circ}C$, $2^{\circ}C$, $0^{\circ}C$) 조건 하에서 각 10마리씩 저장하였다. $6^{\circ}C$에서 격리 포장된 활오징어는 72시간까지 84%의 우수한 생존율을 나타내었고 이후 생존율이 감소하다 120시간까지 60% 이상의 생존율을 나타내었다. 또한 최대 7일까지 생존하는 것을 관찰하였다. 최적 온도는 $5^{\circ}C$였으며 $5^{\circ}C$에서 96시간 저장했을 때 70% 우수한 생존율을 나타내었고 최대 7일까지 생존이 가능하였다. 냉장트럭을 이용한 유통 실험에서 $5^{\circ}C$ 저온에서 16시간까지 100%의 우수한 생존율을 나타내었고 저장 20시간 이후에도 90% 이상의 우수한 생존율을 보였다. 냉장트럭에 적재할 용기 실험에서는 사각형의 저장용기가 유리하였다. 상자에 공급하는 최소 해수량 실험에서는 20 L 이상의 해수량에서 15시간 이상, 100% 생존하는 것을 확인하였다. 따라서 오징어 한 마리당 2 L의 해수가 필요한 것으로 판단되었다. 냉장트럭 운송 후 보관 수조의 최적 온도는 $5^{\circ}C$였으며 $5^{\circ}C$에서 저장 72시간까지 90% 이상의 생존율을 나타내었고 최대 7일까지 생존이 가능하였다. 따라서 본 연구 결과, 활오징어의 유통 시 개별 포장체를 사용하여 사각용기에 2 L의 해수를 같이 담아 $5^{\circ}C$의 냉장트럭으로 유통하는 것이 가장 바람직한 것으로 나타났다.

• Journal of Biosystems Engineering
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• 제31권3호
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• pp.161-167
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• 2006

The purpose of this study is to find the optimal conditions of PCM slurry manufacturing equipment for saving the marketing cost and keeping the original quality of products. In addition, the characteristics of the movable container for shipping or distributing products is analysed. The major results are as follows. 1. PCM thermal storage system is designed with the conditions of temperature($-5{\sim}10^{\circ}C$), cold chain time(30 minutes), and one time usage(50 liter). This system includes tank, freezer, circulating pump, cycle type heat exchanger, swelling tank, equipment of supplying PCM supplying unit includes cold tank, cycle type heat exchanger, suction unit and control equipments, etc. 2. After ability test of PCM thermal storage system, it shows that the required freezing time of PCM thermal storage system is less than one of the previous system. The reason is that churn (top and bottom) and compulsion circulation are occurred simultaneously and unit cooler type method is better than chiller type method. 3. By the experiment of transportation latent heat container, it is decided that the best container is $K_1$ with latent heat temperature($0{\sim}5^{\circ}C$) and density(0.15%). However, for $K_l\;and\;K_2$, it is necessary more studies on latent heat thermal conditions and conditions of making method.