• Nuclear Engineering and Technology
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• v.48 no.6
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• pp.1360-1367
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• 2016

This paper introduces a boron meter with improved accuracy compared with other commercially available boron meters. Its design includes a new fitting function and a multi-detector. In pressurized water reactors (PWRs) in Korea, many boron meters have been used to continuously monitor boron concentration in reactor coolant. However, it is difficult to use the boron meters in practice because the measurement uncertainty is high. For this reason, there has been a strong demand for improvement in their accuracy. In this work, a boron meter evaluation model was developed, and two approaches were considered to improve the boron meter accuracy: the first approach uses a new fitting function and the second approach uses a multi-detector. With the new fitting function, the boron concentration error was decreased from 3.30 ppm to 0.73 ppm. With the multi-detector, the count signals were contaminated with noise such as field measurement data, and analyses were repeated 1,000 times to obtain average and standard deviations of the boron concentration errors. Finally, using the new fitting formulation and multi-detector together, the average error was decreased from 5.95 ppm to 1.83 ppm and its standard deviation was decreased from 0.64 ppm to 0.26 ppm. This result represents a great improvement of the boron meter accuracy.

• Design & Manufacturing
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• v.16 no.1
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• pp.55-61
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• 2022

As meters become digital and smart, energy data such as electricity, gas, heat, and water can be accurately and efficiently measured with a smart meter, providing consumers with data on energy used, so that real-time demand response and energy management services can be utilized. Although it is developing from a simple metering system to a smart metering industry to create a high value-added industry fused with ICT, illegal counterfeiting of electronic meters is causing problems in intelligent crimes such as manipulation and hacking of SW. The meter not only allows forgery of the meter data through arbitrary manipulation of the SW, but also leaves a fatal error in the metering performance, so that the OIML requires the validation of the SW from the authorized institution. In order to solve this problem, a quantitative confirmation device was developed in order to eradicate the act of cheating the fuel oil quantity through encoder pulse operation and program modulation, etc. In order to prevent the act of deceiving the lubricator, a device capable of checking pulse forgery was developed, manufactured, and verified. In addition, the performance of the device was verified by conducting an experiment on the meter being used in the actual field. It is judged that the developed quantitative confirmation device can be applied to other flow meters other than lubricators, and in this case, accurate measurement can be induced.

• 한국신재생에너지학회:학술대회논문집
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• 2010.11a
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• pp.170-170
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• 2010

The energy conversion from the temperature difference between hot and cold source like ocean thermal energy conversion (OTEC), requires a long and large-diameter pipe (about 1000 to 10,000 meters long) to reach the deep water. The pipe diameter ranges from 2.8 meter for proposed early test systems, to 5 meter for large, commercial power generation systems. The pipe must be designed to resist collapsing pressures produced by water temperature and density differences, and the reduced pressure required to induce flow up the pipe. Other design considerations include the external-drag effect on the pipe due to ocean currents, and the wave-induced motions of the platform to which the pipe is attached. Various approaches to the pipe construction have been proposed, including aluminum, steel, concrete, and fiberglass. More recently, a flexible pipe construction involving the use of fiberglass reinforced plastic has been proposed. This report presents the results of a scaled fixed cold water pipe (CWP) model test program performed by EES(Engineering Equation Solver) to demonstrate the feasibility of this pipe approach.

• Journal of Korean Society of Water and Wastewater
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• v.23 no.6
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• pp.833-842
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• 2009

A series of laboratory experiments has been performed to investigate the behaviour of interfacial layer of saltwater wedge in estuary. Experimental conditions have been established according to densimetric Froude number, which is a dimensionless number comparing inertia force with buoyancy due to the density difference. To observe the behaviour of saltwater wedge, conductivity meter has been used to detect salinity. Time averaged and temporal variation of observed properties have been analyzed to determine and investigate the interfacial layer. The location and profile of interfacial layers have shown the dependency on densimetric Froude number. The thickness of interfacial layer has been also dependent on the variation of densimetric Froude number.

• Proceedings of the Korea Water Resources Association Conference
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• 2009.05a
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• pp.1342-1345
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• 2009

조위영향을 받는 감조하천에서는 조위변화의 주기적인 특성으로 인해 일반적인 수위와 유량의 관계가 성립하기 어렵기 때문에 최근 ADVM(Acoustic Doppler Velocity Meter) 또는 UVM (Ultrasonic Velocity Meter)과 같은 자동 유량측정 기법을 통한 연속유량측정이 이루어지고 있다. 한강대교 수위관측소는 대표적인 감조구간으로 이러한 문제를 해결하기 위해 ADVM 방식의 자동유량측정시설이 설치되어 운영 중에 있으며, H-ADCP 센서를 통해 측정된 유속을 Chiou의 무차원단면유속분포법을 이용하여 유량을 계산한다. 이는 최대유속을 유량산정의 지표로 하여 유량을 계산하는 방법으로, 본 연구에서는 한강대교 자동유량측정시설의 측정성과를 이용하여 유속지수법과 무차원유속분포법에 의해 산정된 유량을 비교하였고, 앞의 방법들을 검증하기 위하여 2008년 ADVM을 이용한 이동보트법으로 측정된 유량과 비교하였다.

• 한국생물공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 2002.04a
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• pp.554-557
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• 2002

Antioxidative noudle products were developed with mixed material and antioxidative liquid extracted from natural products. Matrrials were mixed with wheat flour, rice flour, starch and green tea. 3% of green tea was suitable mixing ratio from the mastication data of texture meter, and proper water contents were 33% to prepare these noodles. The suitable mixing ratio of materials were wheat flour(85%), starch( 12%) and greentea(3%) from the physical data of texture meter. Since AUC value of antioxidative liquid was more higher than that of tap water, antioxidative noodle products were expected for good health and preservation of some diseases.

• 한국디지털정책학회:학술대회논문집
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• 2007.06a
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• pp.59-67
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• 2007

현재 우리나라의 상수도 시스템의 경우 대부분 각 가정집에 설치된 계량기의 측정값을 검침원이 육안으로 확인, 수기 기입 방법으로 수도 검침이 이루어지고 있다. 이러한 방법은 사생활 침해 및 범죄로 이어질 가능성이 있다. 본 논문에서는 상수도의 검침데이터를 무선주파수 및 코드분할다중접속방식을 사용하여 송수신 가능한 네트워크 망을 구축, 수신된 데이터 값을 활용하여 각 상수도 수용가의 사용량을 자동으로 검침하여 청구 내역서까지 작성해 주는 상수도 원격검침시스템을 소개한다. 상수도 자동검침시스템은 검침을 자동화하고 이를 무선송신 가능한 검침기와 검침기의 검침데이터 값을 송수신 할 수 있는 중계기 및 집중기, 그리고 CDMA 망을 통한 검침데이터를 수신할 수 있는 애플리케이션 서버 등을 구축하여 지역 내 원격검침 네트워크 망을 구축하는 것을 포함하고 있다. 본 연구의 시스템은 화재, 가스, 전기 등의 검침데이터를 통합으로 수집하여 데이터를 관리하는 통합 시스템으로의 확대가 용이하며 이러한 상수도 원격검침시스템은 누수 및 독거노인 등의 생활보호대상자의 안전을 확인하는 기초 정보로도 활용할 수 있다.

• Proceedings of the Korea Water Resources Association Conference
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• 2010.05a
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• pp.472-477
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• 2010

자동유량측정시설은 연속적인 유량자료를 측정하기 위해 운영되는 실시간-무인화 유량측정 시스템이다. 현재 국내 외에서 유량측정을 위해 설치 및 운영되고 있는 자동유량측정시설은 대부분 초음파유속계를 이용하고 있는는데, 초음파유속계는 유속을 측정하는 방식에 따라 크게 도플러방식 초음파유속계(ADVM, Acoustic Doppler Velocity Meter)와 이동시간차방식 초음파유속계(UVM, Ultrasonic Velocity Meter)로 분류된다. 본 연구에서는 각 방식별로 유량산정방법을 개선하기 위해 설치 운영 중인 자동유량측정시설 중 고령교 지점의 ADVM 방식과 여주, 적성 지점의 UVM 방식을 대상으로 측정성과에 대한 문제점을 분석하고 통계적인 방법을 통해 오측유속을 제거하거나 방식별 또는 지점별 특성을 고려하여 적절한 유량산정방법을 적용하였다. 그 결과 3개 지점에 대한 검증유량과의 평균 상대오차율은 모두 10% 이내로 나타났다.

• Proceedings of the KIEE Conference
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• 2005.07d
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• pp.2492-2494
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• 2005

This study designed on the standard calibration facility for calibration about radar type, ultra-sonic type and floating type. We reviewed calibration facilities, analysis any problems, and proposed optimal plan which uses EDM and electrical level meter.

• Korean Journal of Ecology and Environment
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• v.47 no.3
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• pp.225-231
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• 2014

Discharge measurement during flood season is very difficult. Microwave water surface current meter (MWSCM) can measures river surface velocities easily without contacting water. This study introduces its improved version, MWSCM for general use. The existing version of MWSCM is for floods so that its applicable period in a year is short. It has been improved to extend its applicability in a year. The range of measurable velocity for MWSCM for general use is extended so it can be applied during normal flows as well as high flows. MWSCM for general use can measure the velocity range of $0.03{\sim}20.0ms^{-1}$, whereas MWSCM for floods can measure the velocity range of $0.5{\sim}10.0ms^{-1}$. To make such innovation of MWSCM for general use, the applied microwave frequency of MWSCM was changed from 10 GHz to 24 GHz. Waveguide slot array antenna has been designed with the new development of the circuit of transmitting and receiving part. Improvement requests on the existing MWSCM for floods - weight lightening, measured velocity stabilization, self-test, low power consumption, and waterproof and dampproof - from the users of it have been reflected for the development of the new version of MWSCM.