• Transactions of the Korean Society of Automotive Engineers
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• v.20 no.5
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• pp.36-43
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• 2012

In this work the mixing and flow characteristics of a vane-type static mixer were investigated numerically for the reduction of NOx in the SCR-system of the diesel engines. The mixer was located in the 57 times pipe diameter away from the inlet. The analysis were performed by changing such various parameters as vane shape, angles, blockage ratio and location of the vane. The flow structure through the mixer was characterized by uniformity index and pressure drop. The results show that uniformity index and pressure coefficient are substantially influenced by the vane shape, angle, blockage ratio and position of the vane of the mixer.

• Transactions of the Korean Society of Mechanical Engineers B
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• v.36 no.4
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• pp.397-404
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• 2012

In this research, a numerical study was carried out on the mixing and flow characteristics of a vane-type static mixer for the reduction of $NO_x$ in the SCR systems from the diesel exhaust environments. The mixer was located at a distance of 57 times the pipe diameter away from the inlet. The analyses were performed by changing various parameters such as vane angles, blockage ratio, and location of the vane. Flow characteristics through the mixer were characterized by the uniformity index, swirl number, and pressure drop. The results show that uniformity index, pressure coefficient and swirl number are substantially influenced by the vane angle, blockage ratio and position of the vane of the mixer. In particular, the swirl number was increased when the vane was located near the pipe wall, or the vane angle was increased or scale was extended.

• The Magazine of the IEIE
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• v.30 no.8
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• pp.64-64
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• 2003

국내외적으로, 2.3GHz 대역의 휴대 인터넷 서비스와 이동 고속 무선 패킷 데이터 MBWA(Mobile Broadband Wireless Access) 서비스를 위한 기술 개발 및 표준화 작업이 진행중이며, 이들 기술 표준에서는 데이터 속도의 고속화를 달성하기 위하여 AMC(Adaptive Modulation and Coding)를 요구하고 있다. AMC방식 무선 패킷 시스템은 서비스 지역 내에서 SNR(Signal to Noise Ratio)의 값에 연동하여 가변적인 데이터 서비스 속도를 제공하게 되고, 사용자가 서비스 지역을 이동하면서 제공받는 서비스 품질은 물리 채널의 서비스 속도 변화에 대응하여 변화되므로, 서비스 사업자는 서비스 사용자의 속도 품질을 일정하게 유지하고 관리 제어할 수 있도록 하는 서비스 품질 설계 기준이 필요하다. 따라서, 본 기고문에서는 이들 AMC 방식의 고속 무선 패킷 서비스 시스템 기술의 표준화에 병행하여 공중망 무선 패킷 서비스 시스템의 망 구축 설계시 고려되어야 할 가입자 수용용량과 서비스 품질 등을 산정하고 관리하기 위한 파라미터로서 기지국의 평균 데이터 공급 용량 MDT(Mean Data Throughput), 평균속도 공유 패킷 링크 MSPL (Mean Shared Packet Link) 그리고 서비스 Uniformity 지수 UI(Uniformity Index) 등을 제안하고자 한다.

• The Magazine of the IEIE
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• v.30 no.8
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• pp.844-852
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• 2003

국내외적으로, 2.3GHz 대역의 휴대 인터넷 서비스와 이동 고속 무선 패킷 데이터 MBWA(Mobile Broadband Wireless Access) 서비스를 위한 기술 개발 및 표준화 작업이 진행중이며, 이들 기술 표준에서는 데이터 속도의 고속화를 달성하기 위하여 AMC(Adaptive Modulation and Coding)를 요구하고 있다. AMC방식 무선 패킷 시스템은 서비스 지역 내에서 SNR(Signal to Noise Ratio)의 값에 연동하여 가변적인 데이터 서비스 속도를 제공하게 되고, 사용자가 서비스 지역을 이동하면서 제공받는 서비스 품질은 물리 채널의 서비스 속도 변화에 대응하여 변화되므로, 서비스 사업자는 서비스 사용자의 속도 품질을 일정하게 유지하고 관리 제어할 수 있도록 하는 서비스 품질 설계 기준이 필요하다. 따라서, 본 기고문에서는 이들 AMC 방식의 고속 무선 패킷 서비스 시스템 기술의 표준화에 병행하여 공중망 무선 패킷 서비스 시스템의 망 구축 설계시 고려되어야 할 가입자 수용용량과 서비스 품질 등을 산정하고 관리하기 위한 파라미터로서 기지국의 평균 데이터 공급 용량 MDT(Mean Data Throughput), 평균속도 공유 패킷 링크 MSPL (Mean Shared Packet Link) 그리고 서비스 Uniformity 지수 UI(Uniformity Index) 등을 제안하고자 한다.

• Transactions of the Korean Society of Automotive Engineers
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• v.22 no.3
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• pp.171-178
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• 2014

From now on, in order to meet more stringer diesel emission standard, diesel vehicle should be equipped with emission after-treatment devices as NOx reduction catalyst and particulate filters. Urea-SCR is being developed as the most efficient method of reducing NOx emissions in the after-treatment devices of diesel engines, and recent studies have begun to mount the urea-SCR device for diesel passenger cars and light duty vehicles. That is because their operational characteristics are quite different from heavy duty vehicles, urea solution injection should be changed with other conditions. Therefore, the number and diameter of the nozzle, injection directions, mounting positions in front of the catalytic converter are important design factors. In this study, major design parameters concerning urea solution injection in front of SCR are optimized by using a CFD analysis and Taguchi method. The computational prediction of internal flow and spray characteristics in front of SCR was carried out by using STAR-CCM+7.06 code that used to evaluate $NH_3$ uniformity index($NH_3$ UI). The design parameters are optimized by using the $L_{16}$ orthogonal array and small-the-better characteristics of the Taguchi method. As a result, the optimal values are confirmed to be valid in 95% confidence and 5% significance level through analysis of variance(ANOVA). The compared maximize $NH_3$ UI and activation time($NH_3$ UI 0.82) are numerically confirmed that the optimal model provides better conversion efficiency of $NH_3$. In addition, we propose a method to minimize wall-wetting around the urea injector in order to prevent injector blocks caused by solid urea loading. Consequently, the thickness reduction of fluid film in front of mixer is numerically confirmed through the mounting mixer and correcting injection direction by using the trial and error method.

• Progress in Medical Physics
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• v.25 no.4
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• pp.199-204
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• 2014

The purpose of this study is to evaluate the dosimetric outcome of the field-in-field (FIF) plans compared with tangential wedged beams (TWB) plans for whole breast irradiation of breast cancer patients. Twenty patients with right-sided breast cancer and 10 patients with left-sided breast cancer were retrospectively enrolled in this study. We generated a FIF plan and a TWB plan for each patient to compare dosimetric outcomes. The dose the homogeneity index (HI), the conformity index (CI) and the uniformity index (UI) were defined and used for comparison of the dosimetric outcome of the planning target volume (PTV). To compare the dosimetric outcome of the organs at risk, the mean dose ($D_{mean}$) and the percentage of volumes receiving more than 10, 20 and 30 Gy of the ipsilateral lung and heart were used. The FIF plans had significantly lower HI (p=0.002), higher UI (p=0.000) and CI (p=0.000) than those of the TWB plans, which means that the FIF plans were better than the TWB plans in the dosimetric comparisons of the PTV. The $V10_{lung}$ ($17.1{\pm}7.1$ vs. $18.6{\pm}6.6%$, p=0.020) and $V30_{lung}$ ($10.3{\pm}5.1%$ vs. $10.7{\pm}5.2%$, p=0.000) were lower with the FIF plans compared with those of the TWB plans, with statistical significance. For the left-sided breast cancer patients, $D_{mean}$ of the heart ($2.6{\pm}1.3$ vs. $3.2{\pm}1.4$ Gy, p=0.000), $V20_{heart}$ ($3.4{\pm}2.6$ vs. $3.6{\pm}2.8%$, p=0.005) and $V30_{heart}$ ($2.6{\pm}2.3%$ vs. $2.9{\pm}2.4%$, p=0.004) were significantly lower for the FIF plans in comparison with those of the TWB plans. The FIF plans increased the dose homogeneity, conformity and uniformity of the target volume for the whole-breast irradiation compared with the TWB plans. Moreover, FIF plans reduced the doses to the ipsilateral lung and heart.