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A Design Solution for a Railway Switch Monitoring System (분기기 진단 시스템 설계에 관한 연구)

  • Choo, Eun-Sang;Kim, Min-Seong;Yoo, Heung-Yeol;Mo, Choong-Seon;Son, Eui-Sik;Park, Seongguen;Lee, Jong-Woo
    • Journal of the Korean Society for Railway
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    • v.18 no.5
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    • pp.439-446
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    • 2015
  • The turnout system, which determines the direction of the train, is not only a key system but also a vulnerable system. Failure of this system may lead to a delay of the train or even casualties. In this light, it is necessary to precisely the conditions of the turnout system. Currently, ROADMASTER of Germany is used as a diagnostic system in Korea. However, a new diagnostic system should be developed for optimized operation of the turnout system with maintenance that is suitable for the Korean railway environment. In this paper, a Fault Tree Analysis for the representative faults of the turnout system is conducted and physical quantities, which can be the cause of the fault, are classified according to the component and function. Also, the measuring factors for the monitoring are derived and a decision making theory is suggested. On the basis of the results, we propose a new turnout diagnostic system that can provide more driverse and precise information than the conventional system.

Luminescence Characteristics of Blue Phosphor and Fabrication of a UV-based White LED (UV 기반 백색 LED용 청색 형광체의 발광특성 및 백색 LED 제조)

  • Jung, Hyungsik;Park, Seongwoo;Kim, Taehoon;Kim, Jongsu
    • Korean Journal of Optics and Photonics
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    • v.25 no.4
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    • pp.216-220
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    • 2014
  • We have synthesized a $CaMgSi_2O_6:Eu^{2+}$ blue phosphor via a solid-state reaction method. The $CaMgSi_2O_6:Eu^{2+}$ phosphor has monoclinic structure with a space group of C2/c (15), and an emission band peaking at 450 nm (blue) due to the $4f^7-4f^65d$ transition of the $Eu^{2+}ion$. The emission intensity at $100^{\circ}C$ is 54% of the value at room temperature. A white LED was fabricated by integrating a UV LED (400 nm) with our blue phosphor plus two commercial green and red phosphors. The white LED shows a color temperature of 3500 K with a color rendering index of 87 (x = 0.3936, y = 0.3605), and a luminous efficiency of 18 lm/W. The white LED shows a luminance maintenance of 97% after operation at 350 mA for 400 hours at $85^{\circ}C$.

A Study on the Protection for Personal Information in Private Security Provider's (경비업자의 개인정보보호에 관한 연구)

  • Ahn, Hwang-Kwon;Kim, Il-Gon
    • Convergence Security Journal
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    • v.11 no.5
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    • pp.99-108
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    • 2011
  • The purpose of this study is to profile actual conditions of personal information protection systems operated in overseas countries and examine major considerations of personal information that security service providers must know in the capacity of privacy information processor, so that it may contribute to preventing potential occurrence of any legal disputes in advance. Particularly, this study further seeks to describe fundamental idea and principle of said Personal Information Protection Act; enhancement of various safety measures (e.g. collection / use of privacy data, processing of sensitive information / personal ID information, and encryption of privacy information); restrictions on installation / operation of video data processing devices; and penal regulations as a means of countermeasure against leakage of personal information, while proposing possible solutions to cope with these matters. Using cases among foreign countries for this study. Possible solutions proposed by this study can be summed up as follows: By changing minds with sufficient legal reviews, it is required for security service providers to 1) clearly and further specify any purposes of collecting and using privacy information, if possible, 2) obtain any privacy information by legitimate means as it is necessary to collect such information, 3) stop providing any personal information for the 3rd parties or for any other purposes except fundamental purposes of using privacy information, and 4) have full knowledge about duty of safety measure in accordance with safe maintenance of privacy information and protect any personal information from unwanted or intentional leakage to others.

Cost-Benefit Analysis Method for Ageing Equipment of Chemical Plants Using Risk Assessment (위험성평가를 이용한 노후설비에 대한 비용 편익분석 방법)

  • Jung, Soomin;Jung, Changmo;Kang, Seok-Min;Chae, Seungbeen;Kang, Seung-Gyun;Ko, Jae Wook
    • Journal of the Korean Institute of Gas
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    • v.24 no.4
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    • pp.84-92
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    • 2020
  • Most facilities in chemical plants operate in environments that are outside the range of temperature and pressure that can be encountered on a daily basis, and are vulnerable to aging due to these stresses and environmental conditions. The facilities exposed to these conditions are not only likely to fail due to cumulative damage, but also lead to accidents if maintenance and replacement are not performed.Recommendation guidelines called risk-based inspection are widely used around the world-wide. However, limits exist for facilities that have already elapsed for a certain. As a result of the survey on the aging of Ulsan industrial complex in Korea, which carries out proper inspection, many of the facilities have been used for 20 years. Also, most of the facilities where the accident occurred have been in operation for more than 20 years. Therefore, this study suggested criteria for classifying devices that have exceeded a certain period of use as obsolete facilities. In addition, quantitative risk assessment was conducted. The safety investment method using the cost-benefit analysis method was proposed in order to calculate the loss cost and reduce the risk by expressing the risks of the corresponding aged facility as an Economic index. By utilizing the method of cost-benefit analysis of old facilities using the quantitative risk assessment presented in this study, it can be expected to improve the performance and life of old facilities, improve production efficiency and reliability of the system of facilities, change the recognition of safety management costs, increase employee stability, and reduce loss costs.

Monthly Water Balance Analysis of Hwanggang Dam Reservoir for Imjin river in Border Area using Optical Satellite (광학위성을 활용한 임진강 접경지역 황강댐 저수지의 월단위 물수지 분석)

  • KIM, Jin-Gyeom;KANG, Boo-Sik;YU, Wan-Sik;HWANG, Eui-Ho
    • Journal of the Korean Association of Geographic Information Studies
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    • v.24 no.4
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    • pp.194-208
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    • 2021
  • The Hwanggang Dam in North Korea is located upstream of the Imjin River which is a shared river in the border area. It is known to have a reservoir capacity of 350 million cubic meters and releases a discharge primarily for generating hydroelectric power and partly for transferring to the Yesung River basin. Due to the supply of water from the Hwanggang Dam to another basin, the flow of the Imjin River has decreased, which has a negative impact on the water supply, river maintenance flow, water quality, and ecological environment in Korea. However, due to the special national security issue of the South and North Korea border region, the hydrological data is not shared, and the operation method of the Hwanggang Dam is unknown, so there is a risk of damage to the southern part of the downstream area. In this study, the monthly diversion as the long-term runoff concept was derived through the calibrated hydrological model based on optical remotely sensed Images and water balance analysis. As a result of the water balance analysis from January 2019 to September 2021, the average diversion of the Hwanggang Dam was 29.2m3/s, which is equivalent to 922 million tons per year and 45.6% of the annual inflow of 2.02 million tons into the Hwanggang Dam.

The Study for an Improved Methodology of Rail Investment Rating System (철도투자평가체계 개선방안의 고찰)

  • Roh, Byoung-Kuk;Kim, Young-Bea;Jin, Hak-Ki
    • Proceedings of the KSR Conference
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    • 2011.10a
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    • pp.2192-2204
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    • 2011
  • Recently, The government is actively transit road-oriented Traffic System to the eco-friendly and high-efficiency railroad-oriented transportation system for the sustainable green growth. The second plan of Nationwide Railway Network which has been officially announced rearrange to integration, multi-core, open architecture country by the railway network and integrate to the one mega city that rink an important city in one hour 30 minute. But the railroad industry is disadvantageous when it compares with the road industry on the ground that railroad industry peculiarities(a cost-benefit analysis, an environment value, etc) have not reflected in the (preliminary) feasibility study for SOC industry. The government establish Improved methodology of Rail Investment Rating System and improved preliminary feasibility study in railroad project by introduction many content(analysis periods, rate of discount, the benefits of shortening of transit hours, the estimation of traffic accident reduction benefits, investment cost of vehicle substitution and operation and maintenance cost of high speed rail) about the Improved methodology of Rail Investment Rating System. This study is intended to consideration the key content that was included in the Improved methodology of Rail Investment Rating System. In addition, the points to be considered for additional study have been reviewed in this study. We hope we will carry out make a reasonable and objective Rail Investment Rating System and to perform the railway industry of the virtuous cycle such improvement plans are reflected at a hereafter railroad section.

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A Study on Analysis of Productive Construction Project and Influential Elements for Public Owner's Perspective - Focused on Highway Construction - (발주자 관점의 생산적인 건설 프로젝트와 영향요소의 분석에 관한 연구 - 고속도로 건설사업을 대상으로 -)

  • Woo, Sungkwon;Lee, Young-Hwan;Chang, Chul-Ki;Lee, Siwook
    • KSCE Journal of Civil and Environmental Engineering Research
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    • v.32 no.6D
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    • pp.645-653
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    • 2012
  • The productivity management of highway construction is required to innovate the efficiency of investment The productivity management of highway construction is required to innovate the efficiency of investment cost for newly constructed projects and to improve the quality of these projects, as the maintenance and management expenses are steadily increasing for existing highways under operation. However, clear criteria, methods or requirements to measure the productivity and performance in the construction of highways have not been properly established yet. This study defined 5 major elements of the productive projects in terms of construction management which is one of major tasks of the owner. There were the 43 influential elements significantly affecting on the productivity and these elements were categorized into the hierarchical structure which was composed of 3 levels. Also, this study conducted a survey for Korea Expressway Corporation who is the largest owner in Korea's highway construction. As a result, major project performance indicators, which should be addressed for management, to execute the projects successfully, are presented through understanding the extent of the affection of productivity elements on the elements of project performance to attain the productive projects and through understanding the extent of demand to be improved.

A Study on Design for Reliability for the PBA of Warship based on Reliability Physics Analysis (신뢰성 물리학 분석 기반 함정탑재 PBA 신뢰성 설계에 대한 연구)

  • Cha, Jong-Han;Park, Kyoung-Deok;Lee, Ki-Won;Bak, Byeong-Ho;Kim, Hee-Earn;Kwon, Hyeong-Ahn
    • Journal of the Korea Academia-Industrial cooperation Society
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    • v.20 no.12
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    • pp.535-545
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    • 2019
  • The PBA of ship weapon system should be installed and operated under harsh environmental conditions and so it should be highly reliable to endure the mission profiles during its entire lifetime. In the case of PBA failure during operation, rapid maintenance is highly likely to be difficult due to problems such as supply of parts, which can have a devastating effect on the mission. In order to validate the reliability of PBA, a series of tests are performed with PBA samples, but they require time, testing facilities, samples, expenses and failure analysis if failed. The reliability of PBA is predicted on the basis of specifications such as MIL-HDBK-217F, but this specification does not take into account failure mechanisms for specific design details, environment and usage, interconnects and its characteristics that drive many failures of PBA in the field. Therefore, this study predicts the reliability of PBA using an RPA tool and proposes the RPA methodology as a validation process at the design stage. With RPA, it is now possible to achieve design validation including inherent failure mechanism, identification of weakest link, alternative design options, and test plan development.

A Study on the Satisfaction Differences in Dockless Bike in Suwon City (스테이션 없는 공유자전거 이용 만족도 차이 분석연구(수원시 사례를 중심으로))

  • Kim, Sukhee;Lee, Nam il
    • KSCE Journal of Civil and Environmental Engineering Research
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    • v.40 no.2
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    • pp.157-166
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    • 2020
  • The city of Suwon has introduced a dockless bike for the first time in Korea. In this study, a questionnaire was conducted for citizens to suggest improvement through satisfaction analysis. As a result of the survey, 88 % of respondents awarded the presence of a bike, and 90 % answered positively in terms of bike policy; whereas mature civic ethics showed an low satisfaction. For the purpose of usage, approximately 75 % of users mainly used for commuting, business, shopping, and the connection with mass transit. In the result of the primary means of a trip, a private car was most preferred before operation; However, it was found that mode transition has been actively carried out. This suggests significant implications for implementing sustainable urbanism. Meanwhile, The level of satisfaction significantly differed in the field of payment method, charge, usage guidance and publicity by an occupation and age groups commonly. Satisfaction in bike maintenance was statistically differed by an occupation. Satisfaction in Rental-return and registration procedures showed differences by an age groups. The results of this study will contribute to establishment related policies and to more activate dockless shared bike.

Comparisons of Sludge Pre-Treatment Systems : Hydrodynamic vs Ultrasonic Cavitation (수리동력학적 및 초음파 캐비테이션 슬러지 전처리 장치의 비교 연구)

  • Maeng, Jang-Woo;Bae, Jae-Ho
    • Journal of Korean Society of Environmental Engineers
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    • v.31 no.2
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    • pp.90-95
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    • 2009
  • Sludge pre-treatment utilizing cavitation is one of the commercialized methods at present. Cavitation can be generated by two different methods, sonotrode and hydrodynamic principle, and there has been no direct comparison between the two methods. In this study, solubilization efficiency, changes in sludge size distribution, and the methane production potential after pre-treatment by the two methods were compared. The maximum solubilization efficiency per unit energy input with the two methods was similar, and was 302 mg ${\Delta}SCOD/g$ TS at the energy input of 0.18 kWh/L. Break-up of sludge flocs were dominant during the early period of pre-treatment, while cell disintegration continued through the pre-treatment with the increase in the number of particles with less than 1 ${\mu}m$. BMP test results indicated that the methane potential increased up to 24.3% without differences between the two pre-treatments, and the increase in methane potential did not proportional to energy input. Although the energy efficiency of the two methods was quite similar, hydrodynamic methods might be a better choice for field application considering the operation and maintenance cost, and its potential improvement in energy efficiency.