• 한국신뢰성학회지:신뢰성응용연구
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• 제17권2호
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• pp.103-111
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• 2017

Purpose: Accelerated degradation tests can speed time to market and reduce the test time and costs associated with long term reliability tests to verify the required service life of a product or material. This paper proposes a service life prediction method for components or materials using an accelerated degradation tests based on the relationships between temperature and the rate of failure-causing chemical reaction. Methods: The relationship between performance degradation and the rate of a failure-causing chemical reaction is assumed and least square estimation is used to estimate model parameters from the degradation model. Results: Methods of obtaining acceleration factors and predicting service life using the degradation model are presented and a numerical example is provided. Conclusion: Service life prediction of a component or material is possible at an early stage of the degradation test by using the proposed method.

• 한국유체기계학회 논문집
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• 제18권4호
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• pp.30-35
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• 2015

This study analyzed the variations in the performance and operation of a 200 kW class micro gas turbine according to performance degradation of compressor and turbine. An in-house code, developed by the present authors and presented in the first part of these series of papers, were used for the analysis. The degradation of compressor and turbine were simulated by modifications in the their performance maps: mass flow rate, pressure ratio and efficiency were decreased from the reference values. Firstly, the variations in the operating conditions (air flow rate, pressure ratio) were predicted for the full load condition. Then, the same analysis were performed for a wide partial load operating range. The change in engine's performance (power output and efficiency) due to the component degradation was predicted. In addition, the change in the compressor surge margin, which is an important indicator for safe engine operation, was evaluated.

• 한국태양에너지학회 논문집
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• 제33권4호
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• pp.46-50
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• 2013

This paper investigated wind turbine degradation quantitatively by analyzing the short-term operation records of the Shinan Wind Power Plant. Instead of a capacity factor which is needed to be normalized its variability due to monthly wind speed change, this study suggests an analysis method by taking the difference between the theoretical power output calculated from the nacelle wind speed and actual power output as the quantitative index of performance degradation. For three-year SCADA data analysis of the Shinan Wind Power Plant, it was confirmed that power output degradation rate of 0.54% per year. This value is within the average reduction rate 0.4%/year~0.9%/year of normalized capacity factor of the onshore wind power plants in U.K. and Denmark; however, lower than the rate 2%/year of Canadian wind power plants.

• 대한전자공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 대한전자공학회 2000년도 ITC-CSCC -1
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• pp.113-116
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• 2000

Phase noise of oscillator gives the performance degradation significantly when a high carrier frequency and low transmission rate are used. The BER(Bit Error Rates) degradation of QPSK(Quadrature Phase Shift Keying) transmission is analyzed with the oscillator phase noise level specified in downstream physical interface of LMDS(Local Multipoint Distribution Services) which is described in DAVIC(Digital Audio Visual Council). The model used for the phase noise is a power-law model. We also investigated the effects of the various transmission rates on system performance. For the transmission rate below 0.5 Mbps, the BER performance is severely degraded and we verified that the transmission rate, 20 Mbps, is adequate for the downstream of LMDS systems.

• 한국유체기계학회 논문집
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• 제6권3호
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• pp.36-43
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• 2003

Operating performance of industrial gas turbines in combined cycle power plants depends upon atmospheric conditions. Compressor fouling caused by airborne particles in the atmosphere and their adhesions on compressor blades is one of critical phenomena related to the performance degradation of industrial gas turbines. Compressor fouling provokes increase of pressure loss in inlet duct, decrease of mass flow rate of intake air and decrease of compressor stage efficiency. In this study, impacts of compressor fouling on the performance of an industrial gas turbine operating at design point condition are investigated analytically. As results, it is found that the reduction of produced power with decreased mass flow rate of intake air caused by narrowed flow area by the adhesion of airborne particles on compressor blades is the most dominant impact on the gas turbine performance by the compressor fouling phenomena.

• 한국수소및신에너지학회논문집
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• 제25권3호
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• pp.311-318
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• 2014

Performance degradation of a battery in 20 kWh energy storage system (ESS) under various operating conditions was studied. And energy saving of the ESS was also monitored by connecting with 20 kW photovoltaic (PV). PV-connected ESS saved 5~7% of energy consumption in 2013 compared to that without such system in 2012. As charge-discharge cycle increased, capacity decreased and the performance degradation was glaringly obvious after 40 cycles. And as charge and discharge rate increased, the performance degradation was more serious. After 50 charge-discharge cycles, a lot of degraded product was deposited on the surface of anode and cathode electrodes, and the cathode side was more contaminated. Therefore, in order to maintain the cell performance, it was more important to protect the degradation of the cathode side.

• Korean Chemical Engineering Research
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• 제47권4호
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• pp.441-445
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• 2009

고분자전해질 막의 전기화학적 열화에 미치는 온도의 영향에 대해 연구하였다. 가속 열화 조건(OCV, anode 무가습, cathode 65% RH)에서 셀 온도를 변화시켜 144시간 운전한 후 셀 성능은 12에서 35%까지 감소하였다. 이러한 성능 감소는 FER(Fluoride Emission Rate) 측정에서 알 수 있듯이 과산화수소 혹은 산소라디칼(${\cdot}OH$, $HO_2{\cdot}$)의 공격에 의한 막의 열화에 따른 것으로 라디칼 형성을 위한 가스 crossover의 증가를 가져왔다. 전극에서의 라디칼 생성은 ESR로 확인하였다. 고분자막 열화의 온도 의존성을 나타내는 Arrhenius plot에 얻어진 활성화 에너지 값은 66.2 kJ/mol이었다. 셀 작동온도 증가는 라디칼 형성속도와 라디칼이 막을 공격하는 반응 속도뿐 아니라 가스 crossover 속도도 증가시켜 막 열화를 가속화시켰다.

• 한국음향학회지
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• 제23권6호
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• pp.462-472
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• 2004

본 논문에서는 자동 음성 인식기의 성능 저하를 일으키는 요인으로서 발성 속도의 변동에 따를 성능 저하를 보상하기 위한 기법을 제안하였다. 새로운 기법의 제안에 앞서서. 먼저 발성 속도의 변화에 따른 기존의 은닉 마코프 모델을 이용한 음성 인식기의 성능을 정량적으로 분석하였다. 이러한 분석을 통해 발성 속도에 따른 유의한 성능 저하를 관찰하고, 주어진 음성으로부터 발성 속도를 정량적으로 나타낼 수 있는 변수를 도입하였다. 발성 속도를 학습 시 사용한 음성과 유사하게 변화시키기 위해 본 논문에서는 음성 신호에 대한 시간축 변환을 사용하였으며, 최종적으로 발성 속도에 따라 선택적으로 시간축 변환을 적용하여 발성 속도의 변동에 따른 음성 인식의 성능 저하를 보상할 수 있는 기법을 제안하였다. 10자리의 이동통신용 전화번호를 이용한 음성 인식의 실험을 통해, 제안된 기법은 빠르게 발성하는 음성에 대해 15.5％의 오류율 감소를 가져오는 것을 확인할 수 있었다.

• 한국신뢰성학회지:신뢰성응용연구
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• 제9권2호
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• pp.71-80
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• 2009

This paper discusses the service life prediction methods for CFRP bar for concrete reinforcement using accelerated degradation tests. The relationship between performance degradation and the rate of a failure-causing chemical reaction is assumed for the temperature accelerated degradation tests. Methods of obtaining acceleration factors and predicting service life of the CFRP bar using the degradation model are presented.

• KIEAE Journal
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• 제15권6호
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• pp.11-18
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• 2015

Purpose: The current study analyzed trends in thermal insulation performance with aging, and condensation characteristics caused by the former. Method: Thermal insulation and condensation prevention performance of an architecture were assessed using Temperature Difference Ration Inside, or TDRi. Subjects of this quantitative analysis in thermal insulation performance change due to aging included recently constructed apartments and aged apartments older than 40 years. Time series comparison and analysis were conducted to observed changes in the thermal insulation performance and condensation characteristics. Result: Analysis showed that wall insulation performance degraded with aging regardless of fortified insulating material usage or insulating material type, which caused increased danger of condensation. In addition, when fortified insulating material was installed on the connection between the walls, insulation performance degradation was lower compared to cases in which fortified materials were not used. In all cases from 1 to 10, the rate of thermal insulation performance degradation increased after 20 years of aging.