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A Study on the Operational Status of the Chamber for Testing the Thermal Performance of Curtain Walls

  • No, Sang Tae
    • International Journal of High-Rise Buildings
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    • v.3 no.2
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    • pp.147-154
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    • 2014
  • The purposes of this study were to analyze criteria for measurement chamber design dedicated curtain wall, and how to measure of performance configuration and status of the chamber that is currently being used. Main dealing criteria is AAMA 1503-09. Measurement of data is made in curtain wall Mock-up experiment station with thermal imaging camera. Measurement data using thermal imaging cameras at Mock-up curtain was made at the test site. The results of this study were as follows; There is no U-value test method for actual size of curtain wall. The thermal test outdoor chamber showed heat loss in the connection part of indoor and outdoor chamber. And the indoor chamber showed unstable temperature distribution by height.

A Study on the Infrared Thermographic Imaging in Diagnosis of the Central Type of Herniated Disc (중앙형 추간판탈출증의 진단에서 체열촬영의 의의)

  • Song Bong-Keun;Lee Jong-Duk;Pak Yong-Hyun;Song Un-Yong;Kim Jung-Gyl
    • Journal of Acupuncture Research
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    • v.15 no.2
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    • pp.301-310
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    • 1998
  • Infrared thermographic imaging visualizes noninvasively various abnormal condition by detecting the skin temperature. As the imaging represents the objective condition by the changes in blood flow under the control of autonomic nervous system, it is used to diagnosis and monitor the lumboscral radiculopathy. And asymmetry is important in the diagnosis of disc herniation. The most common type of disc herniation occurs psoterolaterally. This frequently causes nerve root compression leading to a radiculopathy in the distribution of the involved nerve root, most of which also provoke the asymmetric changes in thermography. Central disc herniation, which accounts for 5% to 35% of disc herniation, is typically associated with low back pain. But radiculopathy is usually abscent unless central disc heriniaton is large enough to cause compression of the cauda equina. To evalute the diagnostic value of the thermographic imaging in the diagnosis of central disc herniation, the imaging of 15 normal subjects and 48 patients with central disc herniation documented by CT scan were analyzed. The patients had either bilateral radiculophathy or no radiculopathy. The imaging of patient group with non rediculopathy did not show any significant thermal difference to control. While bilateral radiculopathy group reveled hypothermic pattern compared twith control. Thermal difference between left and right side did not present any significance in non radiculopathy group but hypothermia in bilateral radiculopathy group. Large herniation group demonstrated hyperthemic pattern while the others showed no significant change. Cranial caudal thermal difference did not show any difference between experiment groups. These results shows that infrared thermographic imaging can be used central disc herniation with bilateral radiculopathy, while it seems to little useful on the diagnosis of non radiculopathic disc herniation.

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Inspection of Calandria Reactor Surface of Wolsung Nuclear Power Plant using Thermal Infrared Camera mounted on the Mobile Robot KAEROT/m2

  • Cho, Jai-Wan
    • Proceedings of the KSRS Conference
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    • 2002.10a
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    • pp.578-578
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    • 2002
  • Thermal infrared imaging is a highly promising technology for condition monitoring and predictive maintenance of electronic, electrical and mechanical elements in nuclear power plants. However, conventional low-cost infrared imaging systems suffer from poor spatial resolution compared to commercial CCD cameras. This paper describes an approach to enhance inspection performances for calandria reactor area of Wolsung nuclear power plant through the technique of superimposing thermal infrared image into real CCD image. In the occurrence of thermal abnormalities on observation points and areas of calandria reactor area, unusual hot image taken from thermal infrared camera is mapped upon real CCD image. The performance of the technique has been evaluated in the experiment carried out at Wolsung nuclear power plant in the overhaul period. The results show that localizations of thermal abnormalities on calandria reactor face can be estimated accurately.

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Design and Manufacture of Ultra-Precision Al Flat Mirror Using Thermal Image Optics (열영상 광학계용 초정밀 Al 평면 미러의 설계 및 제작)

  • Kim, Dae-Jung;Choi, Cheol-Ho;Park, Yong-Pil;Gu, Hal-Bon;Kim, Shang-Suk;Kim, Joung-Ho
    • Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Electrical and Electronic Material Engineers Conference
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    • 2003.05b
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    • pp.136-139
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    • 2003
  • Thermal imaging system is electro-optical imaging device which can make visible the difference of infrared energy naturally emitted by objects. It is acquire the same images at any time of the day or night. There it has been readily available to the night observation such as fire control systems. In this study, we are manufacturing thermal image Al flat mirror. The surface roughness 3.539nm Ra and power 0.382 fringe(at 632.8nm), irregularity 0.835 fringe(at 632.8nm) for form waviness of thermal image Al flat mirror are very satisfied. The results will be reflected for development of the ultra precision application. And a brief review of Ultra-precision system in the field of Ultra-precision at Korea photonics technology institute (KOPTI) is present in this paper.

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Malfunction Detection of High Voltage Equipment Using Microphone Array and Infrared Thermal Imaging Camera (Microphone Array와 열화상 카메라를 이용한 고압설비 고장검출)

  • Han, Sun-Sin;Choi, Jae-Young;Lee, Jang-Myung
    • Journal of Institute of Control, Robotics and Systems
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    • v.16 no.1
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    • pp.25-32
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    • 2010
  • The paper proposes a hierarchical fault detection method for the high voltage equipment using a microphone array which detects the location of fault and the thermal imaging and CCD cameras which verifies the fault and stores the image, respectively. There are partial arc discharges on the faulty insulators, which generates a specific pattern of sound. Detecting the signal using the microphone array, the location of the faulty insulator can be estimated. The 6th band-pass filter was applied to remove noise signal from wind or external influence. When the mobile robot carries the thermal and CCD cameras to the possible place of the fault insulator, the fault insulators or power transmission wires can be detected by the thermal images, which are caused by the aging or natural erosion. Finally, the CCD camera captures the image of the fault insulator for the record. The detection scheme of fault location using the microphone array and the thermal images have been proved to be effective through the real experiments. As a result of this research, it becomes possible to use a mobile robot with the integrated sensors to detect the fault insulators instead of a human being.

Visualization of Temperature Distribution Deep Inside the Agar Gel Tissue Phantom Heated Using Moxibustion and 1064 nm Infrared Laser (쑥뜸과 1064 nm 파장의 근적외선 레이저로 가열된 아가젤 조직 팬텀 심부의 온도분포 가시화)

  • Cho, Ji-Yong;Kim, Jung-Kyung
    • Journal of the Korean Society of Visualization
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    • v.8 no.4
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    • pp.54-59
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    • 2010
  • A laser moxibustion therapy device having effect similar to that of traditional moxibustion is being developed using 1064 nm infrared laser. The therapy device allows direct interaction of laser light with the tissue rendering temperature distribution both on the skin surface and deep under the skin. We made a device that could measure temperature of deep under the surface of agar gel tissue phantom using thermocouples. A thermal imaging camera was used to verify results from the temperature measurement device. We compared the characteristics of heat transfer inside the tissue phantom during moxibustion and laser irradiation. The temperature distribution measured by thermocouples was found to be similar to that of distribution given by thermal imaging camera.

Development of Thermal Imaging Observation System (관측용 열상장비의 개발)

  • Hong, S.M.;Song, I.S.;Kim, C.W.;Kim, H.S.;Kim, J.K.
    • Proceedings of the KIEE Conference
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    • 1993.07a
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    • pp.9-11
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    • 1993
  • This paper decribed the development of Thermal Imaging Oservation System(TIOS) using the serial-parallel scan method. The detectors scan five lines at a time. These are put into serial order by electronic scan converter. Digital memory and high speed multiplexer are used for the serial conversion instead of charge coupled devices. As a result, thermal imaging system be presented with exellent performance which MRTD value is less than $0.5^{\circ}K$ at 7.5 cycles/mm.

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Development of Thermal Imaging Observation System (관측용 열상장비의 개발)

  • Hong, S.M.;Song, I.S.;Kim, C.W.;Kim, H.S.;Kim, J.K.
    • Proceedings of the KIEE Conference
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    • 1993.07b
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    • pp.543-545
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    • 1993
  • This paper decribed the development of Thermal Imaging Oservation System(TIOS) using the serial-parallel scan method. The detectors scan five lines at a tine. These are put into serial order by electronic scan converter. Digital memory and high speed multiplexer are used for the serial conversion instead of charge coupled devices. As a result, thermal imaging system be presented with exellent performance which MRTD value is less than $0.5^{\circ}K$ at 7.5 cycles/mm.

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Inspection of Calandria Reactor Area of Wolsung NPP using Thermal Infrared and CCD Images

  • Cho, Jai-Wan;Kim, Chang-Hoi;Seo, Yong-Chil;Park, Young-Soo;Kim, Seung-Ho
    • 제어로봇시스템학회:학술대회논문집
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    • 2002.10a
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    • pp.96.4-96
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    • 2002
  • Thermal infrared imaging is a highly promising technology for condition monitoring and predictive maintenance of electronic, electrical and mechanical elements in nuclear power plants. However, conventional low-cost infrared imaging systems suffer from poor spatial resolution compared to commercial CCD cameras. This paper describes an approach to enhance inspection performances for calandria reactor area of Wolsung nuclear power plant through the technique of superimposing thermal infrared image into real CCD image. In the occurrence of thermal abnormalities on observation points and areas of calandria reactor area, unusual hot image taken from thermal infrared camera is mapped upon re...

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Laser Lock-in Thermal Wave Imaging for Nondestructive Evaluation

  • An, Yun-Kyu;Sohn, Hoon;Kim, Ji Min
    • Journal of the Korean Society for Nondestructive Testing
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    • v.33 no.4
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    • pp.317-322
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    • 2013
  • This paper presents a new laser lock-in thermography (LLT) technique for nondestructive evaluation. LLT utilizes a modulated continuous wave laser beam as a heat source to obtain high fidelity thermal wave images even at the presence of background heat disturbances. The thermal waves propagating along the surface and through-the-thickness directions of a structure are visualized using newly developed laser lock-in amplitude and phase images, enhancing the detectability of surface and subsurface defects. The LLT technique is numerically investigated and experimentally validated using thermal images obtained from a steel specimen with low emissivity.