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Modeling of Space Radiation Exposure Estimation Program for Pilots, Crew and Passengers on Commercial Flights

  • Hwang, Junga;Dokgo, Kyunghwan;Choi, Enjin;Park, Jong-Sun;Kim, Kyung-Chan;Kim, Hang-Pyo
    • Journal of Astronomy and Space Sciences
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    • 제31권1호
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    • pp.25-31
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    • 2014
  • There has been a rapid increase of the concern on the space radiation effect on pilots, crew and passengers at the commercial aircraft altitude (~ 10 km) recently. It is because domestic airline companies, Korean Air and Asiana Airlines have just begun operating the polar routes over the North Pole since 2006 and 2009 respectively. CARI-6 and CARI-6M are commonly used space radiation estimation programs which are provided officially by the U.S. federal aviation administration (FAA). In this paper, the route doses and the annual radiation doses for Korean pilots and cabin crew were estimated by using CARI-6M based on 2012 flight records. Also the modeling concept was developed for our own space radiation estimation program which is composed of GEANT4 and NRLMSIS00 models. The GEANT4 model is used to trace the incident particle transports in the atmosphere and the NRLMSIS00 model is used to get the background atmospheric densities of various neutral atoms at the aircraft altitude. Also presented are the results of simple integration tests of those models and the plan to include the space weather variations through the solar proton event (SPE) prediction model such as UMASEP and the galactic cosmic ray (GCR) prediction model such as Badhwar-O'Neill 2010.

CSVT법으로 제조된 CdS박막의 전기적 및 광학적 특성 (Electrical and Optical Properties of CdS Thin Films Deposited by CSVT Method)

  • 박기철;심호섭
    • 센서학회지
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    • 제6권5호
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    • pp.414-422
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    • 1997
  • CSVT(close spaced vapor transport)법으로 CdS/CdTe 이종접합 태양전지의 창재에 적합한 낮은 비저항과 적절한 광투과도를 갖는 CdS막을 증착하였다. 기판온도, 분위기압, 소스온도 등의 증착조건에 따른 CdS막의 전기적 및 광학적 특성을 조사하였다. 최적 증착조건은 기판온도 $300^{\circ}C$, 분위기압 100mTorr 및 소스온도 $730^{\circ}C$였으며, 이 때 증착된 CdS 막의 비저항은 $7.21{\times}10^{3}{\Omega}cm$있으며 광투과도는 63%이상이었다. 일반적인 고진공증착법으로 제조된 CdS막에 비해서 결정성이 크게 향상되었고 비저항은 약 3승정도 감소하였으며 광투과도는 비슷하여 창재로서 우수한 특성을 나타내었다.

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성층권 드론에 적용할 멀티레벨 인버터 회로 분석 및 경량화 분석 (Multi-Level Inverter Circuit Analysis and Weight Reduction Analysis to Stratospheric Drones)

  • 황광복;박희문;전향식;이정환;박진현
    • 한국산업융합학회 논문집
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    • 제26권5호
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    • pp.953-965
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    • 2023
  • The stratospheric drones are developed to perform missions such as weather observation, communication relay, surveillance, and reconnaissance at 18km to 20km, where climate change is minimal and there is no worry about a collision with aircraft. It uses solar panels for daytime flights and energy stored in batteries for night flights, providing many advantages over existing satellites. The electrical and power systems essential for stratospheric drone flight must ensure reliability, efficiency, and lightness by selecting the optimal circuit topology. Therefore, it is necessary to analyze the circuit topology of various types of multi-level inverters with high redundancy that can ensure the reliability and efficiency of the motor driving power required for stable long-term flight of stratospheric drones. By quantifying the switch element voltage drop and the number and weight of inverter components for each topology, we evaluate efficiency and lightness and propose the most suitable circuit topology for stratospheric drones.

가변열원에 대응하기 위한 ORC 사이클의 실험적인 연구 (An Experimental Study on the Organic Rankine Cycle to Utilize Fluctuating Thermal Energy)

  • 조수용;조종현
    • 한국유체기계학회 논문집
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    • 제18권4호
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    • pp.13-21
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    • 2015
  • The system design of the Organic Rankine Cycle(ORC) is greatly influenced by the thermal properties such as the temperature or the thermal capacity of heat source. Typically waste heat, solar energy, geothermal energy, and so on are used as the heat source for the ORC. However, thermal energy supplying from these kinds of heat sources cannot be provided constantly. Hence, an experimental study was conducted to utilize fluctuating thermal energy efficiently. For this experiment, an impulse turbine and supersonic nozzles were applied and the supersonic nozzle was used to increase the velocity at the nozzle exit. In addition, these nozzles were used to adjust the mass flowrate depending on the amount of the supplied thermal energy. The experiment was conducted with maximum three nozzles due to the capacity of thermal energy. The experimented results were compared with the predicted results. The experiment showed that the useful output power could be producted from low-grade thermal energy as well as fluctuating thermal energy.

냉매(R245fa)를 이용한 유기랭킨 사이클에 관한 연구 (A Study on the Organic Rankine Cycle Using R245fa)

  • 조수용;조종현;김진환
    • 한국유체기계학회 논문집
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    • 제16권3호
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    • pp.10-17
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    • 2013
  • The organic Rankine cycle has been widely used to convert the renewable energy such as the solar energy, the geothermal energy, or the waste energy etc., to the electric power. Some previous studies focused to find what kind of refrigerant would be a best working fluid for the organic Rankine cycle. In this study, R245fa was chosen to the working fluid, and the cycle analysis was conducted for the output power of 30kW or less. In addition, properties (temperature, pressure, entropy, and enthalpy etc.) of the working fluid on the cycle were predicted when the turbine output power was controlled by adjusting the mass flowrate. The configuration of the turbine was a radial-type and the supersonic nozzles were applied as the stator. So, the turbine was operated in partial admission. The turbine efficiency and the optimum velocity ratio were considered in the cycle analysis for the low partial admission rate. The computed results show that the system efficiency is affected by the partial admission rate more than the temperature of the evaporator.

유기랭킨사이클 작동과 관련한 부품개선에 의한 사이클 효율변화에 대한 영향 (Effect on the Cycle Efficiency by Using Improved Parts for Operating the ORC)

  • 조수용;조종현
    • 한국유체기계학회 논문집
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    • 제19권6호
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    • pp.34-42
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    • 2016
  • The organic Rankine cycle (ORC) has been used to convert thermal energy to mechanical energy or electricity. The available thermal energy could be waste heat, solar energy, geothermal energy, and so on. However, these kinds of thermal energies cannot be provided continuously. Hence, the ORC can be operated at the off-design point. In this case, the performance of the ORC could be worse because the components of the ORC system designed based on a design point can be mismatched with the output power obtained at the off-design point. In order to improve the performance at the off-design point, a few components were replaced including generator, bearing, load bank, shaft, pump and so on. Experiments were performed on the same facility without including other losses in the experiment. The experimental results were compared with the results obtained with the previous model, and they showed that the system efficiency of the ORC was greatly affected by the losses occurred on the components.

무인기용 하이브리드 추진시스템의 특성 및 발전전망 (The Characteristics and Prospects of Hybrid Propulsion Systems for Unmanned Aerial Vehicle)

  • 박토순;송제호;권세진
    • 한국추진공학회:학술대회논문집
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    • 한국추진공학회 2017년도 제48회 춘계학술대회논문집
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    • pp.554-559
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    • 2017
  • 최근 대기오염 물질의 배출, 소음, 과도한 운용비용, 안전성 및 위험 문제 해결을 위한 신개념 항공 추진시스템 개발에 대한 관심이 높아지고 있다. 특히, 기존 항공추진시스템의 효율향상과 연료소모율 감소, 수소나 태양에너지 등 신재생에너지를 이용한 친환경적인 추진시스템 개발, 전기추진과 핵추진 시스템 개발 등을 통한 추력대 중량비가 높은 고효율의 신개념 항공기 개발에 대한 다양한 연구를 수행하고 있다. 이러한 신개념의 항공기 개발을 위하여 두 개 이상의 동력원을 조합하여 추진력을 얻는 하이브리드 추진시스템의 개발이 하나의 대안이 될 수 있다. 본 연구에서는 미래의 친환경적 첨단 무인 항공기에 적용할 수 있는 하이브리드 추진시스템의 동향, 특징 및 개발방안, 발전방안 등을 고찰하였다.

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FedEx Earth Smart: Practices of Environment-Friendly Management

  • Jung, Young-Su
    • 융합경영연구
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    • 제3권4호
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    • pp.21-27
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    • 2015
  • With the recent increasing interest in sustainability management, the latest environmental report tends to be substituted by the expanded sustainability management report. In this work, I would like to introduce the management pattern of a global enterprise that values environmental soundness (environmental friendly) and implements eco-friendly measures. The enterprise chosen in this study is FedEx. In this article, FedEx case is presented how companies can adopt environmental friendly management in their businesses. FedEx has maintained an eco-friendly management since the introduction of the company's eco-friendly transport trucks in 2003, following its development in 2000. In 2005, it installed a solar power plant that can supply up to 80% of the electricity consumed by Oakland Logistics Center in California, USA. FedEx has published the "Global Enterprise Citizenship Report," which contains its business developments in 2009. FedEx has worked hard to minimize the influence caused by packaging of goods to the environment and appealed to customers to use recycled products as much as they can. FedEx also encourages customers to use packaging materials efficiently. A considerable amount of energy has been expended in the eco-friendly programs of FedEx. Although thousands of FedEx vehicles and aircraft operate daily with using large amounts of electricity and fuel, FedEx focuses on energy savings and global environment protection.

범용 실리콘 방사선 센서를 이용한 우주방사선 선량계 개발 (Developments of Space Radiation Dosimeter using Commercial Si Radiation Sensor)

  • 천종규;김성환
    • 한국방사선학회논문지
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    • 제17권3호
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    • pp.367-373
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    • 2023
  • 비행시 승무원이나 승객은 우주방사선과 공기나 비행기 기체와 반응하여 발생한 2차 산란선 등에 의해 피폭을 받게 된다. 항공기 승무원의 경우 우주기상 환경 시뮬레이션을 이용하여 계산된 피폭선량으로 방사선 안전관리를 적용받고 있다. 하지만, 태양활동이나 고도, 비행경로 등에 따라 피폭선량이 가변적이어서 계산법보다는 항로별 측정하는 것이 권고되고 있다. 본 연구에서는 범용 Si 센서와 다중채널파고분석기를 이용하여 우주방사선 선량을 측정할 수 있는 선량계를 개발하였다. 선량계산은 미우주항공국의 우주방사선 측정장비인 CRaTER(Cosmic Ray Telescope for the Effects of Radiation)의 알고리즘을 적용하였다. 표준교정시설에서 Cs-137 662 keV 감마선으로 에너지 및 선량교정을 시행하였으며, 실험 범위에서 선량률 의존성이 없음을 확인하였다. 제작된 선량계를 이용하여 2023년 5월 두바이 인천 구간의 국제선에서 직접 선량을 측정한 결과 국내 우주방사선 선량평가코드(KREAM; Korean Radiation Exposure Assessment Model for Aviation Route Dose)로 계산된 결과와 12% 이내로 비슷하게 나타났으며, 고도와 위도가 높아짐에 따라 계산 결과와 동일하게 선량이 증가하는 것을 확인하였다. 좀 더 많은 실증적 검증 실험이 요구되는 제한점은 있지만, 항공기 내 또는 개인 피폭선량 모니터링에 가성비가 우수한 선량계로 충분한 활용 가능성을 확인하였다.

The actuation equation of macro-fiber composite coupled plate and its active control over the vibration of plate and shell

  • Tu, Jianwei;Zhang, Jiarui;Zhu, Qianying;Liu, Fan;Luo, Wei
    • Structural Monitoring and Maintenance
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    • 제5권2호
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    • pp.297-311
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    • 2018
  • Plate and shell structure is widely applied in engineering, i.e. building roofs, aircraft wings, ship platforms, and satellite solar arrays. Its vibration problem has become increasingly prominent due to the tendency of lightening, upsizing and flexibility. As a new smart material with great actuating force and toughness, macro-fiber composite (MFC) is composed of piezoelectric fiber and epoxy resin basal body, which can be directly pasted onto the surface of plate and shell and is suitable for vibration control. This paper deduces the actuation equation of MFC coupled plate in different boundary conditions, an equivalent finite element modeling method is proposed which uses MFC actuating force as the applied excitation, and on this basis the active control simulation and experiment of MFC over plate and shell structure vibration are accomplished. The results indicate that MFC is able to implement effective control over plate and shell structure vibration in multi-band range. The comparison between experiment and simulation proves that the actuation equation deduced herein, effective and practicable, can be applied into the simulation calculation of MFC vibration control over plate and shell structure.