• 한국자동차공학회논문집
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• 제14권4호
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• pp.1-11
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• 2006

The aim in this study is to develop the combined EGR system with a non-thermal plasma reactor for reducing exhaust emissions and improving fuel economy in turbo intercooler ECU common-rail diesel engines. In this study, the characteristics of soot, CO and $CO_2$ emissions under four kinds of engine loads are experimentally investigated by using a four-cycle, four-cylinder, direct injection type, water-cooled turbo intercooler ECU common-rail diesel engine with a combined plasma exhaust gas recirculation(EGR) system operating at three kinds of engine speeds. The EGR and non-thermal plasma reactor system are used to reduce $NO_x$ emissions, and the non-thermal plasma reactor and turbo intercooler system are used to reduce soot and THC emissions. The plasma system is a flat-to-flat type reactor operated by a plasma power supply. The fuel is sprayed by pilot and main injections at the variable injection timing between BTDC $15^{\circ}$ and ATDC $1^{\circ}$ according to experimental conditions. It is found that soot emissions with increasing EGR rate are increased, but are decreased as the applied electrical voltage of the non-thermal plasma reactor is elevated at the same engine speed and load. Results also show that CO and $CO_2$ emissions are increased as EGR rate is elevated, and CO emissions are increased, but $CO_2$ emissions are decreased as the applied electrical voltage of the non-thermal plasma reactor is elevated at the same engine speed and load.

• 한국자동차공학회논문집
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• 제14권3호
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• pp.10-21
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• 2006

The aim in this study is to develop the combined EGR system with a non-thermal plasma reactor for reducing exhaust emissions and improving fuel economy in turbo intercooler ECU common-rail diesel engines. At the first step, in this paper, the characteristics of performance and $NO_x{\cdot}THC$ emissions under four kinds of engine loads are experimentally investigated by using a four-cycle, four-cylinder, direct injection type, water-cooled turbo intercooler ECU common-rail diesel engine with a combined plasma exhaust gas recirculation(EGR) system operating at three kinds of engine speeds. The EGR system is used to reduce $NO_x$ emissions, and the non-thermal plasma reactor and turbo intercooler system are used to reduce THC emissions. The plasma system is a flat-to-flat type reactor operated by a plasma power supply. The fuel is sprayed by pilot and main injections at the variable injection timing between BTDC $15^{\circ}$ and ATDC $1^{\circ}$ according to experimental conditions. It is found that the specific fuel consumption rate with EGR is increased, but the fuel economy is better than that of mechanical injection type diesel engine as compared with the same output. Results show that $NO_x$ emissions are decreased, but THC emissions are increased, as the EGR rate is elevated. $NO_x$ and THC emissions are also slightly decreased as the applied electrical voltage of the non-thermal plasma reactor is elevated. Thus one can conclude that the influence of EGR in $NO_x$ and THC emissions is larger than that of the non-thermal plasma reactor, but THC emissions are greatly influenced by the non-thermal plasma reactor as the EGR rate is elevated.

• 한국멀티미디어학회논문지
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• 제18권1호
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• pp.65-70
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• 2015

Particle accelerator has mainly used in nuclear field only because of the large scale of the facility. However, since laser-plasma particle accelerator which has smaller size and spends less cost developed, the availability of this accelerator is expended to various research fields such as industrial and medical. This paper suggests a visualization system to control the laser-plasma particle accelerator efficiently. This system offers real-time 3D images via convert HDF file comes from plasma data obtained from PIC simulation into OpenGL texture type to analyse and modify plasma data. After that, it stores high-resolution rendering images of the data with external renderer hereafter.

• 플랜트 저널
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• 제4권4호
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• pp.62-70
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• 2008

PGV(Plasma Gasification & Vitrification) system has been developed based on a pyrolysis melting gasification technology that provides the possibilities of acquiring renewable energy. As volume of wastes increases with the rapid industrialization and population growth, eco friendly disposal is drawing more social attention. Pyrolysis plasma technology is regarded as the best environmentally friendly process for the waste disposal among numerous waste disposal processes. Introduced in this paper is the behavior of the plasma torch and a computational fluid simulation dynamics is discussed for designing the melting furnace. Some PGV applications have also been discussed.

• 한국자동차공학회논문집
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• 제22권3호
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• pp.148-156
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• 2014

This study is a follow-up study of "Development of Plasma Ignition System" was presented at the 2013 KSAE spring conference. This study compares lean limit of conventional ignition system with plasma ignition system on constant volume combustion test & Engine Combustion test.

• 대한소아치과학회지
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• 제28권4호
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• pp.638-642
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• 2001

최근에 소개된 Plasma arc lamp를 이용한 고광도 광조사기는 조사되는 광도를 크게 증가시켜 필요한 조사시간을 단축시키고자하는 연구의 결과중 하나이다. 교정 임상에서 브라켓의 접착시 고광도 광조사기를 사용하여 시술시간을 줄인다면 환자뿐만 아니라, 술자에게도 시간적이나 경제적으로 많은 도움을 줄 것이다. 이 연구의 목적은 Plasma arc light를 사용하여 접착시킨 브라켓의 치면에 대한 전단강도를 측정하고 이를 기존의 할로겐 램프를 이용한 광중합 방법과 비교해보기 위함이다. I군은 할로겐 램프를 사용하는 $XL3000^{(R)}$을 이용하여 총 50초간 광중합하였고 II군은 plasma arc lamp를 사용하는 $Flipo^{(R)}$를 이용하여 2초간 광중합하였으며 III군도 $Flipo^{(R)}$를 이용하여 총 5초간 광중합하여 전단강도 측정을 시행한 결과는 다음과 같다. 1. 세 군의 전단강도의 평균은 비슷한 수치를 나타내었다. 2. 세 군간의 통계학적 유의 차가 없었다(p>0.05).

• Journal of Animal Science and Technology
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• 제54권3호
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• pp.191-198
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• 2012

The objective of this study was to evaluate the potential use of a dielectric barrier discharge (DBD) plasma system to improve microbial safety of sliced cheese. The atmospheric pressure plasma (APP) effect on visual appearance and a sensory evaluation were also carried out. The number of Escherichia coli inoculated on cheese slices decreased by 0.09, 0.47, 1.16 and 1.47 log cycles with helium (4 liters/min [lpm]) and 0.05, 0.87, 1.89 and 1.98 log cycles with He/$O_2$ mixture (4 lpm/15 standard cubic centimeters per minute), after being treated with plasma for 1, 5, 10, and 15 min, respectively. Significant reductions were also observed in Staphylococcus aureus inoculated onto cheese slices ranging from 0.05 to 0.45 log cycles with He and from 0.08 to 0.91 log cycles with He/$O_2$-treated samples, respectively. Adding oxygen resulted in a significant increase in inactivation of both pathogens. No visible change in the plasma-treated cheese slices was observed even though the instrumental analysis showed a significant decrease in the $L^*$-value and an increase in the $b^*$-value. The cheese slices were damaged after 10 and 15 min of plasma treatment. In addition, significant reductions in sensory quality including flavor, odor, and acceptability of plasma-treated cheese slices were observed. The results indicate that the DBD plasma system has potential for use in sanitizing food products, although the effect was limited. Further development of the APP system is necessary for industrial use.

• 한국진공학회지
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• 제18권2호
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• pp.102-107
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• 2009

본 연구에서는 ZnO 박막을 성장하기 위한 plasma-assisted molecular beam epitaxy (PAMBE)에 장착된 플라즈마건에 13.56 MHz의 rf 전력을 인가하였을 때 발생되는 산소 플라즈마의 발광 스펙트럼을 광발광 분광기(optical emission spectroscopy: OES)를 이용하여 조사하였다. 실험은 산소 가스 유량을 1 sccm에서 20 sccm, rf 전력을 25W에서 250 W 범위에서 플라즈마건의 오리피스의 직경을 각각 3 mm 와 5 mm로 달리하여 행해졌다. 산소 플라즈마를 발생시켰을 때 오리피스의 직경에 상관없이 전형적인 산소 플라즈마의 발광 스펙트럼이 관측되었다. 특히 776.8 nm와 843.9 nm에서 $3p^{5}P-3s^{5}S^{0}$, $3p^{3}P-3s^{3}S^{0}$ 천이에 기인하는 강한 산소 원자 발광선이 관측되었다. 산소 유량과 rf 파워가 증가함에 따라 776.8 nm와 843.9 nm의 발광 세기는 증가하였고, 776.8 nm의 스펙트럼 발광 세기의 증가율이 843.9 nm의 스펙트럼 발광 세기 증가율보다 컸다. 또한 오리피스 직경이 3 mm일 때가 5 mm일 때보다 산소 플라즈마가 더 안정적으로 발생하였다.

• 한국진공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국진공학회 2016년도 제50회 동계 정기학술대회 초록집
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• pp.195.1-195.1
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• 2016

Currently, as Plasma application is expanded to the industrial and medical industrial, low temperature plasma applications became important. Especially in medical and biology, many researchers have studied about generated radical species in atmospheric pressure low temperature plasma directly adapted to human body. Therefore, so measurement their plasma parameter is very important work and is widely studied all around world. One of the plasma parameters is electron density and it is closely relative to radical production through the plasma source. some kinds of method to measuring the electron density are Thomson scattering spectroscopy and Millimeter-wave transmission measurement. But most methods have very expensive cost and complex configuration to composed of experiment system. We selected Michelson interferometer system which is very cheap and simple to setting up, so we tried to measuring electron density by laser interferometer with laser beam chopping module for measurement of temporal phase difference in plasma jet. To measuring electron density at atmospheric pressure Ar plasma jet, we obtained the temporal phase shift signal of interferometer. Phase difference of interferometer can occur because of change by refractive index of electron density in plasma jet. The electron density was able to estimate with this phase difference values by using physical formula about refractive index change of external electromagnetic wave in plasma. Our guiding laser used Helium-Neon laser of the centered wavelength of 632 nm. We installed chopper module which can make a 4kHz pulse laser signal at the laser front side. In this experiment, we obtained more exact synchronized phase difference between with and without plasma jet than reported data at last year. Especially, we found the phase difference between time range of discharge current. Electron density is changed from Townsend discharge's electron bombardment, so we observed the phase difference phenomenon and calculated the temporal electron density by using phase shift. In our result, we suggest that the electron density have approximately range between 1014~ 1015 cm-3 in atmospheric pressure Ar plasma jet.

• Journal of Power Electronics
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• 제11권4호
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• pp.591-598
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• 2011

This paper investigates a power supply of medium voltage with enhanced ignition characteristics for plasma torches. A series resonant half-bridge topology is presented as a suitable ignition circuitry. The ignition circuitry is integrated into the main power conversion system of a multi-phase staggered three-level dc-dc converter with a diode front-end rectifier. A plasma torch rated at 3MW, 2kA and having a physical size of 1m is selected to be the high enthalpy source for a waste disposal system. The steady-state and transient operations of a plasma torch are simulated. The parameters of a Cassie-Mary arc model are calculated based on 3D magneto-hydrodynamic simulations. The circuit simulation waveform shows that the ripple of the arc current can be maintained within ${\pm}10%$ of its rated value under the presence of a load disturbance. This power conversion configuration provides a high enough ignition voltage, around 5KA, during the ignition phase and high arc stability under the existence of arc disturbance noise resulting in a high-performance plasma torch system.