• Nuclear Engineering and Technology
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• 제50권3호
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• pp.488-493
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• 2018

The Firebrick Resistance-Heated Energy Storage (FIRES) concept developed by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology aims to enhance profitability of the nuclear power industry in the next decades. Studies carried out at Massachusetts Institute of Technology already provide estimates of the potential revenue from FIRES system when it is applied to industrial heat supply, the likely first application. Here, we investigate the possibility of operating a power plant (PP) with a fluoride-salt-cooled high-temperature reactor and a closed Brayton cycle. This variant offers features such as enhanced nuclear safety as well as flexibility in design of the PP but also radically changes the way of operating the PP. This exploratory study provides estimates of the revenue generated by FIRES in addition to the nominal revenue of the stand-alone fluoride-salt-cooled high-temperature reactor, which are useful for defining an initial design. The electricity price data is based on the day-ahead markets of Germany/Austria and the United States (Iowa). The proposed method derives from the equation of revenue introduced in this study and involves simple computations using MatLab to compute the estimates. Results show variable economic potential depending on the host grid but stress a high profitability in both regions.

• The International Journal of Costume Culture
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• 제6권1호
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• pp.11-18
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• 2003

Agricultural drainage salt generated during irrigation of crops in San Joaquin Valley, California, exceeds 600,000 tons annually and cumulates in the field in a rapid rate. As a result, the waste is taking out more farmlands for salt storage and disposal, imposing serious concerns to environment and local agricultural industry. In searching for a potential solution to reduce or eliminate the waste, this research explored feasibility of producing a value-added product, sodium sulfate, from the waste and utilizing the product in textile dyeing. The results indicated that sodium sulfate could be produced from the salt and could be purified by a recrystallization method in a temperature range within the highest and lowest daily temperatures in summer in the valley. The recovered sodium sulfate samples, with purities ranging from 67% to 99.91, were compared with commercially available sodium sulfate in the dyeing of levelling dyes. In nylon fabrics, the salt samples had little color difference in the dyeing with C.I. Acid Yellow 23 and C.I. Acid Blue 158. All salt samples' gray scale was 5 grade. In wool fabrics, the salt samples had little color difference in dyeing with C.I. Acid Yellow 23 and C.I. Arid Blue 158. All salt samples' gray scale was 5 grade. Generally, the dyeing of levelling dyes using recovered salts from farm drainage had little color difference than the dyeing of levelling dyes using commercial sodium sulfate.

• 한국축산식품학회지
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• 제30권6호
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• pp.886-895
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• 2010

The level of fat and salt can affect the product quality and storage stability of processed meats. Additionally, consumers' demands require dietary guidelines for developing low-fat/salt functional foods. Microbial transglutaminase (MTGase), which enhances textural properties by catalyzing protein-protein cross-linkages, was introduced to develop healthier lowfat/salt meat products. The potential possibilities of low-fat/salt processed meats were reviewed under optimal conditions for functional ingredients from several previous studies. The addition of non-meat protein (e.g. sodium caseinate and soy protein isolates), hydrocolloids (e. g. konjac flour, carrageenan, and alginates), and MTGase alone or in combination with other functional ingredients improved textural and sensory properties similar to those of regularly processed meats. When MTGase was combined with hydrocolloids (konjac flour or sodium alginate) or other functional ingredients, gelling properties of meat protein were improved even at a low salt level. Based on these reviews, functional ingredients combined with new processing technologies could be incorporated into processed meats to improve the functionality of various low-fat/salt meat products.

• 대한토목학회논문집
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• 제26권6B호
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• pp.623-631
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• 2006

본 연구에서는 하상변화가 존재하는 자연하천에서의 물질거동을 해석하기 위한 주기적저장대모형을 개발하였다. 저장대 구조에 따른 저장효과를 살펴보기 위하여 자연하천의 특성을 고려한 4개의 주기적 여울-소 구조를 갖는 와 흐름에서 소금물과 염료를 이용하여 실험한 모형실험결과를 이용하였다. 염료실험 결과, 물질이동 및 혼합거동은 하상 및 하안의 구조에 영향을 받는 것으로 나타났다. 기존의 저장대분산모형이 주기적으로 변화하는 저장대 구조에 의한 이동 및 질량교환 효과를 정확히 재현하지 못하는 것에 비해서 경계변화에 따른 질량교환 효과를 보다 효과적으로 재현할 수 있는 주기적저장대모형은 모형 실험 결과를 잘 재현하는 것으로 나타났다. 새로운 저장대모형을 미국 텍사스주의 Sabin River에 적용하였으며, 그 결과는 실험을 통해서 수집된 농도분포를 잘 재현하는 것으로 나타났다.

• 한국정보통신학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국정보통신학회 2015년도 춘계학술대회
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• pp.274-276
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• 2015

영상 처리는 인터넷 시대가 발전함에 따라 중요한 한 분야로 인식되고 있다. 영상은 획득, 저장, 전송하는 과정에서 여러 가지 원인으로 인해 영상의 열화가 발생된다. 주로 salt and pepper 잡음을 제거하기 위한 영상 복원에 관한 많은 연구가 계속되고 있다. 따라서 본 논문은 영상에 첨가된 salt and pepper 잡음의 영향을 제거하기 위해, 화소 분포를 이용한 변형된 메디안 필터를 제안하였다. 그리고 객관적인 판단을 위해, 기존의 방법들과 비교하였으며 판단의 기준으로 PSNR(peak signal to noise ratio)를 사용하였다.

• Geomechanics and Engineering
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• 제9권4호
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• pp.499-511
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• 2015

The creep property of salt rock significantly influences the long-term stability of the salt rock underground storage. Triaxial creep tests were performed to investigate the creep behavior of salt rock. The test results indicate that the creep of salt rock has a nonlinear characteristic, which is related to stress level and creep time. The higher the stress level, the longer the creep time, the more obvious the nonlinear characteristic will be. The elastic modulus of salt rock decreases with the prolonged creep time, which shows that the creep damage is produced for the gradual expansion of internal cracks, defects, etc., causing degradation of mechanical properties; meanwhile, the creep rate of salt rock also decreases with the prolonged creep time in the primary creep stage, which indicates that the mechanical properties of salt rock are hardened and strengthened. That is to say, damage and hardening exist simultaneously during the creep of salt rock. Both the damage effect and the hardening effect are considered, an improved Maxwell creep model is proposed by connecting an elastic body softened over time with a viscosity body hardened over time in series, and the creep equation of which is deduced. Creep test data of salt rock are used to evaluate the reasonability and applicability of the improved Maxwell model. The fitting curves are in excellent agreement with the creep test data, and compared with the classical Burgers model, the improved Maxwell model is able to precisely predict the long-term creep deformation of salt rock, illustrating our model can perfectly describe the creep property of salt rock.

• 한국식품과학회지
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• 제32권2호
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• pp.373-379
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• 2000

숙성된 저염 젓갈을 초고압으로 처리한 후 $25^{\circ}C$에서 저장하는 동안 미생물 및 품질변화를 측정하여 저장성 증진효과를 검토하였다. 멸치젓을 $20^{\circ}C$에서 압력을 달리하여 처리하였을때 저장 초기에는 생균수의 감소폭이 큰 반면, 그 이후에는 적었으며 거의 일정한 경향을 보였다. 저장 중 생균수의 감소 정도는 초기 생균수에 따라 달라, 낮은 처리압력으로 인하여 초기 생균수가 많으면 서서히 감소하였고, 높은 처리압력으로 인하여 초기 생균수가 적으면 그 수준을 유지하였다. 처리온도와 시간을 달리 하였을 때에도 처리압력에 따른 변화와 유사한 경향을 보였다. 과산화물가는 처리압력, 온도, 시간에 관계없이 처리직후에 1.5-2배 증가하였고, 저장 중에는 다소의 증가와 감소를 반복하는 현상을 보였다. TBA가는 저장 2일만에 최저치에 도달하였다가 그 후 서서히 증가하였으며, 저장 12일부터는 급격히 증가하는 특이한 현상을 나타내었다. VBN은 처리압력과 온도가 높을수록 저장 중 그 변화 폭이 적었다. 아미노태질소 함량은 처리압력, 온도, 시간에 관계없이 저장기간의 증가에 따라 거의 변화 없이 초기값을 유지하였다. 따라서 멸치젓을 초고압으로 처리하면 미생물 살균으로 저장 안정성을 증진시킬 수 있을 것으로 기대된다.

• 한국수소및신에너지학회논문집
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• 제26권1호
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• pp.54-63
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• 2015

The secondary battery using sodium is investigating as one of power storage system and power in electric vehicles. The secondary battery using sodium as a sodium battery and sodium ion battery had merits such as a abundant resources, high energy density and safety. Sodium battery (sodium molten salt battery) is operated at lower temperature ($100^{\circ}C$) compared to NAS and ZEBRA battery ($300{\sim}350^{\circ}C$). Sodium ion battery is investigating as one of the post lithium ion battery. In this paper, it is explained for the principle and recent research trends in sodium molten salt and sodium ion battery.

• 디지털산업정보학회논문지
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• 제17권2호
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• pp.1-11
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• 2021

Salt and pepper is a type of impulse noise. It may appear due to an error in the image transmission process and image storage memory. This noise changes the pixel value at any position in the image to 0 (in case of pepper noise) or 255 (in case of salt noise). In this paper, we present an algorithm for SAP noise reduction. The proposed method consists of three steps. In the first step, the location of the SAP noise is detected, and in the second step, the pixel value of the detected location is restored using a weighted average of the surrounding pixel values. In the last step, a reliability matrix around the reconstructed pixels is constructed, and additional correction is performed with a weighted average using this. As a result of the experiment, the proposed method appears to have similar or higher objective and subjective image quality than previous methods for almost all SAP noise ratios.

• 한국신재생에너지학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국신재생에너지학회 2008년도 춘계학술대회 논문집
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• pp.161-164
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• 2008

For the development of solar thermal power tower plant from the early 80' to today, various kinds of receiver have been tested and evaluated. Most of 1st generation receiver used water/steam as a working fluid to operate steam turbine and now the first commercial solar power tower PS-10 also makes saturated steam. However, to increase thermal efficiency of storage system and to obtain practical use of solar energy, molten salt system have been used from THEMIS project in France at 1984. The Solar Tres plant of 17 MWe power generation will be constructed in Spain and have plan to operate 24 hours in summer. The air volumetric receiver system can be integrated with combined cycle of gas turbine and HRSG and also with steam turbine easily. Therefore, related researches to develop higher efficient solar power tower plant and to operate with stable are widely performed in the world.