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Experimental Investigation of the Thermal Hydraulics in Lead Bismuth Eutectic-Helium Experimental Loop of an Accelerator-Driven System

  • Xi, Wenxuan;Wang, Yongwei;Li, Xunfeng;Huai, Xiulan;Cai, Jun
    • Nuclear Engineering and Technology
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    • v.48 no.5
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    • pp.1154-1161
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    • 2016
  • The heat transfer characteristics between liquid lead bismuth eutectic (LBE) and helium are of great significance for the two-loop cooling system based on an accelerator-driven system (ADS). This paper presents an experimental study on the resistance characteristics and heat transfer performance in a LBE-helium experimental loop of ADS. Pressure drops in the LBE loop, the main heat transfer, and the coupled heat transfer characteristics between LBE and helium are investigated experimentally. The temperature of LBE has a significant effect on the LBE thermo-physical properties, and is therefore considered in the prediction of pressure drops. The results show that the overall heat transfer coefficient increases with the increasing helium flow rate and the decreasing inlet temperature of helium. Increasing the LBE Reynolds number and LBE inlet temperature promotes the heat transfer performance of main heat transfer and thus the overall heat transfer coefficient. The experimental results give an insight into the flow and heat transfer properties in a LBE-helium heat exchanger and are helpful for the optimization of an ADS system design.

The SWSV signal analysis for decision of heavy metal ion concentration using digital signal processing method (디지털신호처리기법을 이용한 중금속이온농도 결정의 SWSV 신호분석)

  • Lee, Jae choon
    • Journal of Korea Society of Digital Industry and Information Management
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    • v.5 no.4
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    • pp.11-17
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    • 2009
  • Polarography is a subclass of voltammetry where the working electrode is a dropping mercury electrode. More, I developed the experiment for raising up mercury electrode. In Voltammetry, information about an analyte is obtained by measuring the current as the potential is varied at oxidation-reduction reaction. A plot of current vs. potential in a polarography experiment shows the current oscillations correspoding to the drops of Hg falling from the capillary. The drops growth causes capacitive and faradic current. These changing current effects combined with experiments where the potential is continuously changed can result in noisy traces. The raising up type improved upon the method of dropping in hardware. In reduction of the noise, moving average smoothing method have been used. But the other procedure is introduced based on Fourier transformation. So FFT and IFFT engine was implemented and installed in my experiment. However, after experimentation, peak height as the measuring parameter gave a good linear relationship to concentration. The resolution of potential peaks of various kinds, using Zn and Cu as the example, was improved using the smoothing method.

Control of Odor Emissions Using Biofiltration: A Case Study of Dimethyl Disulfide

  • Kim, Jo-Chun;Bora C. Arpacioglu;Eric R. Allen
    • Journal of Korean Society for Atmospheric Environment
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    • v.18 no.E3
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    • pp.153-163
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    • 2002
  • A laboratory- scale dual-column biofilter system was used to study the biofiltration of dimethyl disulfide (DMDS). The gas flow rate and DMDS concentration to the biofilter were varied to study their effect on the remov-al of dimethyl disulfide. Operating parameters such as pH, temperature, and water content were monitored during the biofilter operation and necessary precautions were taken to keep these parameters within the acceptable limits. It was observed that the removal efficiency of DMDS was optimal at neutral pH values. After five month op-eration, the neutralization of the filter beds with sodium carbonate became necessary for the optimum operation of the biofilters. The microbial population already present in the compost mixtures was found to be adequate in treat-ing DMDS. The compost mixtures were found to be similar in terms of biofiltration efficiency of DMDS. However, pressure drops observed in the first column compost mixture (compost/ peat mulch) was extremely high, making this compost economically not feasible. The second mixture (compost/bark) provided pressure drops within accept-able limits. A minimum residence time of 30 seconds at the optimal operating conditions appeared to be adequate for achieving high removal efficiencies (>90%).

Performance Characteristics of Accumulator Heat Exchangers with Operating Conditions of a Refrigeration System (냉동시스템의 운전조건에 따른 열교환기 내장형 어큐뮬레이터의 성능 특성)

  • Kang, Hoon;Park, Cha-Sik;Jeon, Jong-Ug;Kim, Yong-Chan
    • Korean Journal of Air-Conditioning and Refrigeration Engineering
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    • v.18 no.12
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    • pp.984-991
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    • 2006
  • The applications of multi air-conditioners into multiplex and high-rise buildings have been increased by replacing central air-conditioning systems. The pipe length and altitude difference between the indoor and outdoor units can be increased based on installation conditions, which may increase the possibility of flash gas generation at the expansion device inlet. The flash gas generation causes rapid reduction of refrigerant flow rate passing through the expansion device, yielding lower system efficiency. Accumulator heat exchangers have been widely used in multi air-conditioners in order to minimize flash gas generation and obtain system reliability. However, the studies on the heat transfer characteristics and pressure drops of accumulator heat exchangers are very limited in open literature. In this study, the heat transfer rates and pressure drops of accumulator heat exchangers were measured with refrigerant flow rate and operating conditions by using R-22. The heat transfer rate increased with the increase of refrigerant flow rate, while subcooling decreased. The heat transfer rate enhanced with the reduction of inlet superheat and subcooling due to the increased temperature difference between the accumulator and inner heat exchanger.

Study on the Detection of Artificial Dyes in the Commercial Drops by Use of Thin-Layer Chromatography (Thin-Layer Chromatography에 의한 시판 알사탕류의 착색료에 관한 고찰)

  • 구성회;우세홍;한식일;이성호
    • Journal of Environmental Health Sciences
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    • v.1 no.1
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    • pp.14-17
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    • 1974
  • A study was carried out to detect of illegal artificial dyes, and to confirm the used rate of illegal dyes in the production process of commercial drops (candy), from Dec. 10, 1972 to Feb. 10, 1973. In this study, it was used thin layer chromatography, the samples were divided into two groups, group A of inscribed trade name and group B of not inscribed trade name. To contrast with group A and group B, 100 samples were randomly collected in the market places, 50 samples from group A and 50 samples from group B. The following conclusions were obtained: 1) used rate of illegal dyes were 2% of group A and 9% of group B. 2) used rate of illegal dyes were 2% of red, 2% of yellow, 1% of violet and 6% of green, not in blue. 3) used rate of illegal dyes 3% of Rhodamine B, 3% of Auramine and 6% of Light green S.F. Yellowish. 4) Out of 20 cases those used mixed dyes, only one case was confirmed as two illegal dyes, and 4 cases were used one illegal dye.

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Evaluation of Surface and Sub-surface defects in Railway Wheel Using Induced Current Focused Potential Drops (집중유도 교류 전위차법을 이용한 철도차량 차륜의 표면과 내부 결함 평가)

  • Lee, Dong-Hyung;Kwon, Seok-Jin
    • Journal of the Korean Society for Railway
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    • v.10 no.1 s.38
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    • pp.1-6
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    • 2007
  • Railway wheels in service are regularly checked by ultrasonic testing, acoustic emission and eddy current testing method and so on. However, ultrasonic testing is sometimes inadequate for sensitively detecting the cracks in railway wheel which is mainly because of the fact of crack closure. Recently, many researchers have actively fried to improve precision for defect detection of railway wheel. The development of a nondestructive measurement tool for wheel defects and its use for the maintenance of railway wheels would be useful to prevent wheel failure. The induced current focusing potential drop(ICFPD) technique is a new non-destructive tasting technique that can detect defects in railway wheels by applying on electro-magnetic field and potential drops variation. In the present paper, the ICFPD technique is applied to the detection of surface and internal defects for railway wheels. To defect the defects for railway wheels, the sensor for ICFPD is optimized and the tests are carried out with respect to 4 surface defects and 6 internal defects each other. The results show that the surface crack depth of 0.5 mm and internal crack depth of 0.7 mm in wheel tread could be detected by using this method. The ICFPB method is useful to detect the defect that initiated in the tread of railway wheels

Design and Control Method for Sub-module DC Voltage Ripple of HVDC-MMC

  • Gwon, Jin-Su;Park, Jung-Woo;Kang, Dea-Wook;Kim, Sungshin
    • Journal of Electrical Engineering and Technology
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    • v.11 no.4
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    • pp.921-930
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    • 2016
  • This paper proposes a design and control method for a high-voltage direction current modular multilevel converter (HVDC-MMC) considering the capacitor voltage ripple of the submodule (SM). The capacitor voltage ripple consists of the line frequency and double-line-frequency components. The double line- frequency component does not fluctuate according to the active power, whereas the line-frequency component is highly influenced by the grid-side voltage and current. If the grid voltage drops, a conventional converter increases the current to maintain the active power. A grid voltage drops, current increment, or both occur with a capacitor voltage ripple higher than the limit value. In order to reliably control an MMC within a limit value, the SM capacitor should be designed on the basis of the capacitor voltage ripple. In this paper, the capacitor voltage ripple according to the grid voltage and current are analyzed, and the proposed control method includes a current limitation method considering the capacitor voltage ripple. The proposed design and control method are verified through simulation using PSCAD/EMTDC.

Non-Newtonian Intrinsic Viscosities of Biopolymeric and Non-biopolymeric Solutions (II)

  • Jang, Chun-Hag;Kim, Chang-Hong;Ree, Taik-Yue
    • Bulletin of the Korean Chemical Society
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    • v.8 no.4
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    • pp.332-335
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    • 1987
  • This paper is a continuation of our previous $paper,^1$ and deals with Eq.(1) (see the text), which was theoretically derived in the $paper,^1$$ [{\eta}]^f\; and\; [{\eta}]^0$ is the intrinsic viscosity at stress f and f = O, respectively. Equation (1) predicts how $[{{\eta}}]^f / [{\eta}]^0$ changes with stress f, relaxation time ${\beta}_2$ of flow unit 2 and a constant $c_2$ related with the elasticity of molecular spring of flow unit 2. In this paper, Eq.(1) is applied to a biopolymer, e.g., poly (${\gamma}$-benzyl L-glutamate), and nonbiopolymers, e.g., polyisobutylene, polystyrene, polydimethylsiloxane and cellulose triacetate. It was found that the $c_2$ factor is zero for non-biopolymers while $c_2{\neq}0$ for biopolymers as found $previously.^1$ Because of the non-Newtonian nature of the solutions, the ratio $[{{\eta}}]^f / [{\eta}]^0$ drops from its unity with increasing f. We found that the smaller the ${\beta}_2,$ the larger the $f_c$ at which the viscosity ratio drops from the unity, vice versa.

Development of Glass-Beads Rainbow Experimental Apparatus for Analyzing the Principle of Rainbow Formation (무지개 생성 원리 분석을 위한 유리구슬 무지개 실험장치 개발)

  • Son, Moonkyu;Kwon, Munho;Choi, Ho-Meoyng
    • Journal of Science Education
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    • v.45 no.3
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    • pp.326-335
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    • 2021
  • In this study, we developed an experimental apparatus to study the principle of rainbow formation. The rainbow is formed through the dispersion, reflection, and refraction of light on water droplets. However, the rainbow cannot be made from a single drop of water. Thus, we devised an apparatus to observe the principle behind the rainbow formation caused by light rays on many water drops. This we deemed would help students understand the formation of the rainbow. We used glass beads as water drops to reproduce the rainbow phenomena. We also materialized the rainbow by changing various variables such as the position of the observer and the height of the light source, etc.

Nondaily dosing schedule of allergen-specific sublingual immunotherapy: efficacy and safety

  • Heba Wagih Abdelwahab;Amina Abd El-Maksoud
    • Clinical and Experimental Vaccine Research
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    • v.12 no.2
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    • pp.121-126
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    • 2023
  • Purpose: Sublingual immunotherapy is currently promoted by various companies, with administration schedules variable in the different products even though almost all are standardized immunologically. So, this study was planned to examine the efficacy of simple nondaily dosing of sublingual immunotherapy instead of the widely used daily schedule. Materials and Methods: Fifty-two patients with allergic rhinitis and bronchial asthma were enrolled. Sublingual immunotherapy (manufactured at the allergen immunotherapy preparation unit at Mansoura University) was given in suitable bottles with a dropper mechanism that permits comfortable dosing under the tongue. The physician recommended that the patient put the drops under his/her tongue and leave the drops beneath the tongue for 2 minutes before swallowing. This was repeated every 3 days, with the drop number and concentration gradually rising. Results: After 2 months of follow-up, 65.8% responded partially to the symptom score and 26.3% responded completely to the medication score. There was a significant decline in the symptom and medication scores from the baseline scores (p<0.0001). After 4 months of follow-up, 95.8% responded partially to symptom scores and no one has not responded; 54.2% responded completely to medication scores; and 81% of studied patients had no side effects. However, the most frequent side effect was a sore throat. Conclusion: Our nondaily schedule of sublingual immunotherapy is tolerable, safe, and effective in patients with allergic rhinitis and bronchial asthma.