• Journal of Power Electronics
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• 제15권3호
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• pp.841-848
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• 2015

As a vital part of renewable energy and electrical traction, power converters are supposed to have high reliability and good performance. However, power semiconductors produce considerable heat when the power converter works, which results in high junction temperatures that lower the reliability and performance of the power semiconductors. Many studies show that ambient humidity has a significant effect on power devices, but the influence of high humidity on junction temperatures has yet to be studied. Therefore, this paper presents a thermal model for power converters in moist air to obtain the junction temperature increase, which is utilized for the power converter used in a Switched Reluctance Motor System. Simulation results show that the law of converter temperature distribution is independent of the relative humidity in the case of fixed ambient temperature, whereas the temperature in the power converter decreases as the ambient relative humidity increases. These simulation results are validated with the experimental results.

• 센서학회지
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• 제32권6호
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• pp.447-454
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• 2023

The Korea Laboratory Accreditation Scheme (KOLAS) operates accreditation programs for ensuring measurement traceability with the International System (SI) of Units - the highest calibration standard that measurements can be tested against. As of September 2023, there are 70 KOLAS-accredited laboratories in the Republic of Korea that specialize in humidity calibration. Among them, 32 KOLAS laboratories, along with one laboratory not affiliated with KOLAS, participated in the proficiency test (PM 2023-11) for relative humidity transducers in 2023. This proficiency test was conducted within a relative humidity range of 20-90% at a temperature of approximately 20 ℃, taking into consideration the calibration and measurement capability (CMC) of the participating laboratories. The primary objective of the proficiency test was to establish the measurement equivalence between each participating laboratory and the reference laboratory, by calculating the number of equivalence (En). When |En| was less than 1, the measurements from the participating and reference laboratory were equivalent. Out of the 33 participating laboratories, 32 successfully met this criterion and passed the proficiency test.

• Nuclear Engineering and Technology
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• 제56권5호
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• pp.1725-1732
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• 2024

In nuclear power plants, reactor coolant leakage can occur due to various reasons. Early detection of leaks is crucial for maintaining the safety of nuclear power plants. Currently, a detection system is being developed in Korea to identify reactor coolant system (RCS) leakage of less than 0.5 gpm. Typically, RCS leaks are detected by monitoring temperature, humidity, and radioactivity in the containment, and a water level in the sump. However, detecting small leaks proves challenging because the resulting changes in the containment humidity and temperature, and the sump water level are minimal. To address these issues and improve leak detection speed, it is necessary to quantify the leaks and develop an artificial intelligence-based leak detection system. In this study, we employed bidirectional long short-term memory, which are types of neural networks used in artificial intelligence, to predict the relative humidity in the leakage area for leak quantification. Additionally, an optimization technique was implemented to reduce learning time and enhance prediction performance. Through evaluation of the developed artificial intelligence model's prediction accuracy, we expect it to be valuable for future leak detection systems by accurately predicting the relative humidity in a leakage area.

• Journal of the Korean Wood Science and Technology
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• 제35권5호
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• pp.7-15
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• 2007

To evaluate the durability of finger-jointed woods according to change of humidity conditions, four types of finger-jointed woods glued with different kinds of adhesives and finger pitches were made with Sitka spruce, and the effect of humidity conditions on creep performances was investigated. The shape of creep curves differed among humidity conditions, and the inclination of creep curves was greatest in 85%RH, and lowest in 65%RH. Their creep curves showed a linear behavior beyond approximately one hour, regardless of humidity conditions. The A values of the creep curves fitted to power law increased with increasing relative humidity, whereas the A' values were in order of 30 > 85 > 65%RH unlike the A values. The initial deformation increased with increasing relative humidity, whereas the creep deformation unlike the initial deformation was in order of 85 > 30 > 65%RH, and it was found that the creep deformation of finger-jointed woods indicated the smaller amount in air-dry moisture content rather than in a low moisture content less than 30%RH. Finger-jointed woods with 6.8 mm (L) pitch had the greater creep amount than in those with 4.4 mm (S) pitch in all humidity conditions. The difference of creep amount between both adhesives in all humidity conditions was small. Relative creep at 240 hr was greatest as 62.2~71.9% in 85%RH, and the values indicated 2.1~2.6 times that of 30%RH and 3.0~3.6 times that of 65%RH and were equal or slightly greater than that of solid spruce.

• 환경영향평가
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• 제14권3호
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• pp.135-145
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• 2005

This study was conducted to investigate the characteristics of meteorological environment variation before and after construction of Nak-dong river estuary barrage. We used meteorological data(air temperature, precipitation, relative humidity, visibility, wind) at Gimhae airport meteorological station. The construction of river estuary barrage can change climate at the neighboring districts and influence human's health and vegetable. The construction of Nakdong river estuary barrage brought rise of temperature, decrease of relative humidity and increase of poor visibility frequency.

• 한국식품저장유통학회지
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• 제4권2호
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• pp.101-113
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• 1997

Temperature, relative humidity and ventilation are closely related one another, and they are the main factors to be controlled for the environmental control system of a storage facility. Conventional environmental control systems do not consider the interrelationship between temperature, relative humidity and ventilation, which results in low performance and high energy consumption. To overcome the inefficiency of the conventional ones, it was developed an on-off control system based on the interrelationship between the factors. The usefulness of the system was illustrated with the results produced by a set of experiments in a real world.

• 한국건축시공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국건축시공학회 2019년도 춘계 학술논문 발표대회
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• pp.195-196
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• 2019

The temperature and relative humidity in concrete change with the passage of time depending on factors such as compressive strength. They are also different depending upon internal depth of concrete. In this study, we have measured the change of the temperature and relative humidity in the concrete for two years to act as the parameters to evaluate the concrete durability and effective maintenance.

• 설비공학논문집
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• 제24권11호
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• pp.759-766
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• 2012

To estimate the cooling load for the following day, outdoor temperature and humidity are needed in hourly base. But the meteorological administration forecasts only maximum and minimum temperature. New methodology is proposed for predicting hourly outdoor temperature and humidity by using the forecasted maximum and minimum temperature. The correlations for normalized outdoor temperature and specific humidity has been derived from the weather data for five years at Seoul, Daejeon and Pusan. The correlations for normalized temperature are independent of date, while the correlations for specific humidity are linearly dependent on date. The predicted results show fairly good agreement with the measured data. The prediction program is also developed for hourly outdoor dry bulb temperature, specific humidity, dew point, relative humidity, enthalpy and specific volume.

• 한국조경학회지
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• 제37권4호
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• pp.94-99
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• 2009

본 연구는 하이드로컬쳐 실내녹화방법을 실내습도 개선의 중요한 수단으로 활용하기 위해, 관엽식물로 매우 보편화된 스킨답서스(Scindapsus aureus)와 싱고늄(Syngonium podophyllum)을 대상으로 하이드로컬쳐 식재 부피비율인 2%, 3%, 5% 차이와 3%의 동일한 하이드로컬쳐 식재대에서의 화분용토, 식물종의 차이에 따른 실내습도 변화를 실측하였으며, 그 결과는 다음과 같다. 하이드로컬쳐 부피비율에 따른 습도 변화에 있어서 스킨답서스의 경우, 식물이 투입하지 않았던 대조구에 비해 식물이 있는 생장상 내 상대습도가 높았다. 특히, 식물과 식재대의 용적비율이 높아질수록 습도가 높아졌다. 상대습도 25%인 대조구에 비해, 2%는 40%를, 3%는 45%를, 5%는 50%로 측정되었다. 싱고늄은 하이드로컬쳐 부피비율 2%는 40%를, 3%는 44%를, 5%는 46%로 각각 나타내어 대조구인 25%의 상대습도보다는 높았으나 부피비율에 따른 상대습도 차이는 확연하지 않았다. 하이드로컬쳐 식재대 내의 화분용토와 식물종에 따른 상대습도 변화를 살펴보면, 대조구인 하이드로볼 식재대 내의 하이드로볼 처리구에서 초기 상대습도가 다소 높았으나, 시간이 지남에 따라 물 식재대 내의 흙화분 처리구와 유사한 약 45%의 상대습도를 유지하였다. 물 식재대 내의 하이드로볼 처리구에서 상대습도가 약 30%로 나타났으며, 하이드로볼 식재대 내의 하이드로볼 처리한 산호수는 상대습도 약 38%로 측정되었다.

• 한국대기환경학회지
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• 제20권2호
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• pp.161-174
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• 2004

Aerosol formation and growth by water vapor reactions were investigated in a 2.5 -㎥ indoor smog chamber filled with the unfiltered ambient air. The relative humidity of test ambient air was elevated at 59～64% or 84～88% by adding water vapor. The aerosol number size distribution and the concentrations of $O_3$, NO, NO$_2$, and SO$_2$ were measured during the experiments. The $O_3$ and NO$_2$ gases were well reacted with the water vapor at high relative humidity of 84～88%, and the reaction rates of these gases seemed to be decreased at low relative humidity of 59～64%. The formation and condensational growth phenomena of ambient aerosols by water vapor reactions were observed in a Teflon bag, depending strongly on the initial particle size distribution. The water vapor reactions might be affected by the contents of oxidants produced by photochemical reactions under sunlight.