• Nuclear Engineering and Technology
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• v.53 no.3
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• pp.763-775
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• 2021

The thermal hydraulic performances of Steam Generator (SG) under both steady and transient operation conditions are of great importance for the safety and economy in nuclear power plants. In this paper, based on our self-developed SG thermal hydraulic analysis code STAF (Steam-generator Thermalhydraulic Analysis code based on Fluent), an improved new version STAF-CT (fully Coupling and Transient) is developed and introduced. Compared with original STAF, the new version code STAF-CT has two main functional improvements including "Transient" and "Fully Three Dimensional Coupling" features. In STAF-CT, a three dimensional energy transferring module is established which can achieve energy exchange computing function at the corresponding position between two sides of SG. The STAF-CT is validated against the international benchmark experiment data and the results show great agreement. Then the U-shaped SG in AP1000 nuclear power plant is modeled and simulated using STAF-CT. The results show that three dimensional flow fields in the primary side make significant effect on the energy source distribution between two sides. The development of code STAF-CT in this paper can provide an effective method for further SG high fidelity research in the nuclear reactor system.

• Proceedings of the KIEE Conference
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• 1999.07c
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• pp.1404-1406
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• 1999

전력계통에서 전류를 측정하는 변류기는 주요 전력 설비와 연계되어 보호 및 감시에 있어 중요한 역할을 수행한다. 그러나 기존방식의 전류 변성기는 자기포화에 의한 파형 왜곡과 써지나 잡음 등의 전기적 장치가 갖는 구조적 문제점을 가지고 있다. 이러한 문제점을 개선하기 위한 방법으로 전류에 의해 형성된 자계에 의해 광신호의 편광(polarization) 회전을 발생시키는 Faraday 효과를 가지는 광센서를 이용하여 보호계전 분야에 적용 가능한 전류계측기술을 개발하였다. 본 논문에서는 기존 전류변성기의 계통 보호에서 발생하는 문제점을 PSCAD/EMTDC 시스템을 이용하여 시뮬레이션 하였으며, 아울러 동일 조건에서 광 CT의 동작 특성을 산출하여 기존 전류변성기와 비교 분석하였다. 분석 결과들로부터 광 CT는 기존 전류변성기가 자기포화되는 상황에서도 정확한 1차 전류의 측정이 가능함을 보였다.

• Proceedings of the KIEE Conference
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• 2008.07a
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• pp.373-374
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• 2008

지금까지 변전소나 발전소에서 전류, 전압을 계측하는 수단으로서 주로 철심과 권선으로 구성되어진 변류기(CT), 계기용 변압기(PT)가 사용되어져 왔다. 최근, 2차측의 계측기나 보호 Relay의 Digital 화가 진전되어져 있다. 또한, Digital Network로 총합한 Intelligent 변전소가 시범적으로 구축되어짐에 따라 Digital Network에 대응한 초고압용 신형 CT, VD가 요구되어지고 있다. 상기와 같은 요구로 인해 당사에서는 기존의 CT.PT의 단점을 보완할 수 있는 245kV GIS용 로고스키코일형 CT와 Capacitive Voltage Divider를 개발 중에 있으며, 센서 자체의 특성시험에서 IEC 60044-7, 8 1Class 기준을 만족하는 특성을 얻을 수 있었다. 이러한 신형 CT.VD의 적용으로 종래의 CT.PT가 차지하는 공간이 필요 없게 되어 컴팩트한 GIS의 구조가 가능하게 될 것이다.

• Proceedings of the KIEE Conference
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• 2006.07a
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• pp.5-7
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• 2006

Current transformers(CTs) whose rating is selected per a full load current of a feeder in high voltage system can be easily saturated due to high fault current that may be several hundred times of the full load current of the feeder. However, the protective relay shall operate properly at the fault without mis-operation under the CT saturation. So, in selecting the CT rating, it is necessary to consider the behaviour of CT and a performance of protection scheme in condition where CT can be saturated. In this paper, a performance of CT and a degree of saturation are studied and verified whether its ratings are proper for the operation of the protective relay.

• Nuclear Engineering and Technology
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• v.55 no.4
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• pp.1342-1349
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• 2023

The planning accuracy of charged particle therapy (CPT) is subject to the accuracy of stopping power (SP) estimation. In this study, we propose a method of deriving a pseudo-triple-energy CT (pTECT) that can be achievable in the existing dual-energy CT (DECT) systems for better SP estimation. In order to remove the direct effect of errors in CT values, relative CT values according to three scanning voltage settings were used. CT values of each tissue substitute phantom were measured to show the non-linearity of the values thereby suggesting the absolute difference and ratio of CT values as parameters for SP estimation. Electron density, effective atomic number (EAN), mean excitation energy and SP were calculated based on these parameters. Two of conventional methods were implemented and compared to the proposed pTECT method in terms of residuals, absolute error and root-mean-square-error (RMSE). The proposed method outperformed the comparison methods in every evaluation metrics. Especially, the estimation error for EAN and mean excitation using pTECT were converging to zero. In this proof-of-concept study, we showed the feasibility of using three CT values for accurate SP estimation. Our suggested pTECT method indicates potential clinical utility of spectral CT imaging for CPT planning.

• Proceedings of the KIEE Conference
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• 2003.11a
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• pp.88-90
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• 2003

In this paper, an algorithm to compensate the distorted signals due to CT(Current Transformer) saturation is suggested. Firstly, WT(Wavelet Transform) is used to detect a start point and an end point of saturation. Filter banks which can be easily realized in real-time applications are employed in detecting CT saturation. Secondly, least-square curve fitting method is used to restore the distorted section of the secondary current. Fault simulations are performed on a power system model using EMTP(Electromagnetic Transient Program). A series of test results indicate that WT has superior detection accuracy and the proposed algorithm which shows very stable features under various levels of remanent flux is also satisfactory.

• Journal of the East Asian Society of Dietary Life
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• v.18 no.3
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• pp.345-352
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• 2008

This study investigated the utilization of tofu stake with turmeric manufacture by analyzing its effects on quality characteristics and shelf-life of tofu made with 0.5 CT(0.5% turmeric power), 1.0 CT(1.0% turmeric power), 1.5 CT(1.5% turmeric power), and 2.0 CT(2.0% turmeric power) in comparison with those ST(standard), In color lightness tofu stake springiness decreased with increasing turmeric power content, while cohesiveness was higher than ST. The gumminess of tofu stake decreased with increasing turmeric power content, while brittleness was higher than ST. Water content of turmeric power tofu stake was higher than ST. Weight of tofu stake increased with increasing turmeric power content, while cooking loss decreased with increasing turmeric power content. Thiobarbituric acid content of turmeric power tofu stake decreased with increasing turmeric power content. For overall acceptability, $0.5{\sim}1.0%$ turmeric power tofu stake attained the highest score.

• Nuclear Engineering and Technology
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• v.53 no.4
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• pp.1304-1310
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• 2021

Two-phase flow, especially gas-liquid two-phase flow, has a wide application in industrial field. The diagnosis of two-phase flow parameters, which directly determine the flow and heat transfer characteristics, plays an important role in providing the design reference and ensuring the security of online operation of two-phase flow system. Computer tomography (CT) is a good way to diagnose such parameters with imaging method. This paper has proposed a novel image reconstruction method for thermal neutron CT of two-phase flow with improved simulated annealing (ISA) algorithm, which makes full use of the prior information of two-phase flow and the advantage of stochastic searching algorithm. The reconstruction results demonstrate that its reconstruction accuracy is much higher than that of the reconstruction algorithm based on weighted total difference minimization with soft-threshold filtering (WTDM-STF). The proposed method can also be applied to other types of two-phase flow CT modalities (such as X(𝛄)-ray, capacitance, resistance and ultrasound).

• The Journal of Korean Institute of Information Technology
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• v.16 no.12
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• pp.101-107
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• 2018

In wireless sensor network technology, which has been applied to various fields, the power supply and the power management of sensors are the most important issues. For this reason, a new concept of power supply and power management device is required. In this paper, we developed an autonomous independent power supply system that supplies the stable power to a sensor node without an additional external input by applying the energy harvesting technology using the electromagnetic induction principle by utilizing the current flowing in the transmission line. The proposed autonomous independent power supply system consists of a power supply using Power CT and a power management system including a charging circuit. The power management device uses a voltage limiter circuit and a monitoring circuit of charging voltage and current to ensure the safety of charging of the battery. In order to verify the performance of the proposed system, we applied it to the SVL diagnostic system and confirmed that it operates stably.

• Proceedings of the Korean Information Science Society Conference
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• 2004.10c
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• pp.220-222
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• 2004

이동 애드 혹 망을 구성하는 노드들은 일반적으로 배터리 전력을 사용하기 때문에 이들의 에너지 소모량을 줄이는 연구들이 각 계층에 대해 이루어져 왔다. 몇몇 연구들은 매체 접근 제어 프로토콜로 많이 이용되는 IEEE 802.11 DCF의 전력 소비량을 줄이기 위한 전력 제어 기법을 제시하였다. 기본 전력 제어기법(BASIC Power Control Protocol)은 RTS-CTS와 DATA-ACK 에 대해서 각각 다른 전력을 적용하는 것이다. RTS-CTS는 최대 전력으로 전송되고, DATA-ACK는 불필요한 에너지 낭비를 줄이기 위해 최소한 의 필요한 전력으로 전송하였다. 그러므로 DATA-ACK의 전송범위(transmission range)와 전송파 감지영역(carrier sensing range)은 RTS-CTS의 영역보다 작아진다. 전송파 감지영역에서 RTS-CTS를 감지한 노드들은 신호를 올바로 해석할 수 없으므로 NAV 값을 EIFS로 설정한다. 이 EIFS 구간은 충돌을 막기에는 너무나 짧기 때문에. EIFS 구간이 지난 후에 채널이 비어있는 상태로 간주하고 전송을 시도하게 된다. 이에 따라 DATA-ACK 수신에 있어서 충돌율이 증가하게 되고 네트웍 전체 처리량이 감소하게 된다. 본 논문에서는 기본 전력제어 기법이 가지는 문제점을 해결하고 전체 네트웍 처리량을 향상 시킬수 있는 새로운 전력제어(Power Control) MAC 프로토콜을 제안하였다.