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Studies on Dynamic Responses of Nuclear Power Plant during Frequency and Voltage Decays (계통주파수 및 전압 저하시 원자력발전소 응동 분석)

  • Cho, Sung-Don;Kang, In-Su
    • Proceedings of the KIEE Conference
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    • 1999.07c
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    • pp.1221-1223
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    • 1999
  • The safety loads in a nuclear power plant perform a critical function to plant safety. The design of the electrical auxiliary system should ensure the availability and adequacy of the power supply, and therefore, the frequency and voltage relaying schemes should be installed on the system to monitor and protect against the degraded system condition. If unforeseen contingencies degrade the switchyard frequency and voltage to below the minimum values, the safety related bus should properly be transferred to alternate power source. This paper presents guidelines associated with the protection of nuclear power plants during frequency/voltage decay and the steady-state and dynamic analysis of auxiliary power system that should be performed to support the degraded voltage relay(second level undervoltage relay) setting.

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Simultaneous Measurement of Velocity and Concentration Field in a Stirred Mixer Using PIV/LIF Technique (PIV/LIF기법에 의한 교반혼합기 내의 속도장과 농도장 동시 측정)

  • Jeong, Eun-Ho;Yoon, Sang-Youl;Kim, Kyung-Chun
    • Transactions of the Korean Society of Mechanical Engineers B
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    • v.27 no.4
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    • pp.504-510
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    • 2003
  • Simultaneous measurements of turbulent velocity and concentration field in a stirred mixer tank are carried out by using PIV/LIF technique. Instantaneous velocity fields are measured with a 1K$\times$1K CCD camera adopting the frame straddle method while the concentration fields are obtained by measuring the fluorescence intensity of Rhodamine B tracer excited by the second pulse of Nd:Yag laser light. Image distortion due to the camera view-angle is compensated by a mapping function. It is found that the general features of the mixing pattern are quite dependent on the local flow characteristics during the rapid decay of mean concentration. However, the small scale mixing seems to be independent on the local turbulent velocity fluctuation.

Rapid Depressurization Capability of Monobloc Sebim Valves for KNGR Total Loss of Feedwater Event

  • Kwon, Young-Min;Lim, Hong-Sik;Song, Jin-Ho
    • Proceedings of the Korean Nuclear Society Conference
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    • 1996.11a
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    • pp.389-394
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    • 1996
  • The conceptual design of Korea Next Generation Reactor (KNGR), which is 3914 MWt PWR, includes the safety depressurization system (SDS) to comply with U.S. NRC's severe accident policy. In this analysis, it is assumed that three Monobloc Sebim valves are adopted for the SDS bleed valves of KNGR. The characteristic of Monobloc Sebim are modeled in the CE-FLASH-4AS/REM code for this analysis. The various feed and bleed (F&B) procedures with Sebim valves are investigated for total loss of feedwater (TLOFW) event. It is found that if operators open two out of three Sebim valves in conjunction with four HPSI pumps before hot leg temperature reaches saturation condition, the decay heat removal and core inventory make-up function can be successfully accomplished. Therefore, this F&B procedure can be used for mitigating the TLOFW event of the KNGR. This result also demonstrates the feasibility of adopting the Monobloc Sebim valves for the SDS of KNGR.

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Translational control of mRNAs by 3'-Untranslated region binding proteins

  • Yamashita, Akio;Takeuchi, Osamu
    • BMB Reports
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    • v.50 no.4
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    • pp.194-200
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    • 2017
  • Eukaryotic gene expression is precisely regulated at all points between transcription and translation. In this review, we focus on translational control mediated by the 3'-untranslated regions (UTRs) of mRNAs. mRNA 3'-UTRs contain cis-acting elements that function in the regulation of protein translation or mRNA decay. Each RNA binding protein that binds to these cis-acting elements regulates mRNA translation via various mechanisms targeting the mRNA cap structure, the eukaryotic initiation factor 4E (eIF4E)-eIF4G complex, ribosomes, and the poly (A) tail. We also discuss translation-mediated regulation of mRNA fate.

GROUND TRACK ACQUISITION AND MAINTENANCE MANEUVER MODELING FOR LOW-EARTH ORBIT SATELLITE

  • Lee, Byoung-Sun;Eun, Jong-Woo;Webb, Charles-E.
    • Journal of Astronomy and Space Sciences
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    • v.14 no.2
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    • pp.355-366
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    • 1997
  • This paper presents a comprehensive analytical approach for determining key maneuver parameters associated with the acquisition and maintenance of the ground track for a low-earth orbit. A livearized model relating changes in the drift rate of the ground track directly to changes in the orbital semi-major axis is also developed. The effect of terrestrial atmospheric drag on the semi-major axis is also explored, being quantified through an analytical expression for the decay rate as a function of density. The non-singular Lagrange planetary equations, further simplified for nearly circular orbits, provide the desired relationships between the corrective in-plane impulsive velocity increments and the corresponding effects on the orbit elements. The resulting solution strategy offers excellent insight into the dynamics affecting the timing, magnitude, and frequency of these maneuvers. Simulations are executed for the ground track acquisition and maintenance maneuver as a pre-flight planning and analysis.

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Mathmetical Modeling of Welding Conditions for High Frequency Electric Resistance Welding Process (고주파 전기저항 용접법에서 적정 용접조건의 수학적 모델)

  • 강덕일;장영섭;오주섭;공원일;김용석
    • Proceedings of the KWS Conference
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    • 1996.05a
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    • pp.13-14
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    • 1996
  • High Frequency Electric Resistance Welding process has been widely used in manufacturing welded steel pipes because of its high welding speed and quality. This process utilizes the skin effect as well as the proximity effect of the high frequency current in heating the skelp edge. In this study, an analytical solution of the edge temperature was obtained based on several assumptions. The assumptions includes the expontial decay of weldingcurrent from the surface and neglect of the heat loss in the welding direction. This calculation shows a good agreement with the observations made from the high speed camera. Using tile analytical model, tile heat required as a function of the welding speed and the skelp thickness was determined. These results were compared with the experimental results obtained.

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A Numerical Study on In-cylinder Flow Fields of an Axisymmetric Engine (축대칭 엔진 실린더내의 유동장에 관한 수치적 연구)

  • 최재성
    • Journal of Advanced Marine Engineering and Technology
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    • v.23 no.5
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    • pp.662-670
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    • 1999
  • A numerical prediction was performed to clarify the air motion in the cylinder of an axisymmet-ric four-stroke reciprocating engine at its intake and compression stage. A scheme of finite volume method is used for the calculation. Modified $k-{\varepsilon}$ turbulence model is adopted and wall function is applied to the grids near the wall. The predicted mean velocity and rms velocity profiles showed a reasonable agreement with an available experimental data at its intake and compression stage. The predicted in-cylinder flow fields show that a strong turbulent twin vortex structure is pro-duced during induction but it commences to decay rapidly around inlet valve closure. The mean velocity continues to fall to a low level during compression but the turbulence intensity attains an approximate constant level.

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MONOTONE EMPIRICAL BAYES TESTS FOR SOME DISCRETE NONEXPONENTIAL FAMILIES

  • Liang, Tachen
    • Journal of applied mathematics & informatics
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    • v.23 no.1_2
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    • pp.153-165
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    • 2007
  • This paper deals with the empirical Bayes two-action problem of testing $H_0\;:\;{\theta}{\leq}{\theta}_0$: versus $H_1\;:\;{\theta}>{\theta}_0$ using a linear error loss for some discrete nonexponential families having probability function either $$f_1(x{\mid}{\theta})=(x{\alpha}+1-{\theta}){\theta}^x\prod\limits_{j=0}^x\;(j{\alpha}+1)$$ or $$f_2(x{\mid}{\theta})=[{\theta}\prod\limits_{j=0}^{x-1}(j{\alpha}+1-{\theta})]/[\prod\limits_{j=0}^x\;(j{\alpha}+1)]$$. Two empirical Bayes tests ${\delta}_n^*\;and\;{\delta}_n^{**}$ are constructed. We have shown that both ${\delta}_n^*\;and\;{\delta}_n^{**}$ are asymptotically optimal, and their regrets converge to zero at an exponential decay rate O(exp(-cn)) for some c>0, where n is the number of historical data available when the present decision problem is considered.

Performance Test for Membrane Module Using Dean Vortices (Dean Vortices를 이용한 막모듈의 성능시험)

  • Chung, Kun Yong;Belfort, Georges
    • Membrane Journal
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    • v.2 no.2
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    • pp.104-111
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    • 1992
  • A curved channel duct is designed, built and used specifically to produce Dean vortices as a result of flow around a $180^{\circ}C$ curve. We present evidence using optical reflection of the existmace of the vortices in the curved section and following flat section. Also, three different feed soludons(DI water, a monodispersed styrene-divinyl-benzene latex particle suspension and a yeast suspension) were used to determine the effectiveness of Dean instabilities to destabilize polarization layers. For each suspension, the flux data were compared as a function of time for flow conditions with and without Dean vortices, for a $0.2{\mu}m$ microfiltration membrane. Any permeation flux improvement was not sustained for $2.0De_c$ due to the vortex-decay in the flat section after the curved channel, but a 15~30% permeation improvement was obtained for $3.8De_c$.

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Ionizing Characteristic of Glow Discharge by Controlled Air Flow Rate (공기유량에 따른 글로우 방전의 제전 특성)

  • Choi, Sang-Won
    • Journal of the Korean Society of Safety
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    • v.23 no.5
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    • pp.49-53
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    • 2008
  • Glow discharge has lots of attractive properties, such as lower discharge sustaining voltage, no generation of ozone, and so on. And more, ionizer was developed recently using an atmospheric pressure glow discharge. On the other hand, ionizer needs a compressed or blown air to transport ion for charged objects. This air is very useful in explosive hazardous area to prevent the explosion of flammable gas and/or vapor by ignition sources, e.g. electrical spark. In this paper, we investigated the ionizing characteristic of atmospheric pressure glow discharge by controlled air flow rate from 5 liters to 60 liters a minute, and compared with decay time between the corona discharge and glow discharge as a function of some direction and distance from discharge ion source. We confirmed that an air flow rate needs 25 liters a minute to sustain the most suitable atmospheric pressure glow discharge and to increase an ionizing efficiency.