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Development of Moving Alternating Magnetic Filter Using Permanent Magnet for Removal of Radioactive Corrosion Product from Nuclear Power Plant

  • M. C. Song;Kim, S. I.;Lee, K. J.
    • Nuclear Engineering and Technology
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    • v.34 no.5
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    • pp.494-501
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    • 2002
  • Radioactive Corrosion Products (CRUD) which are generated by the neutron activation of general corrosion products at the nuclear power plant are the major source of occupational radiation exposure. Most of the CRUD has a characteristic of showing strong ferrimagnetisms. Along with the new development and production of permanent magnet (rare earth magnet) which generates much stronger magnetic field than the conventional magnet, new type of magnetic filter that can separate CRUD efficiently and eventually reduce radiation exposure of personnel at nuclear power plant is suggested. This separator consists of inner and outer magnet assemblies, coolant channel and container surrounding the outer magnet assembly. The rotational motion of the inner and outer permanent magnet assemblies surrounding the coolant channel by driving motor system produces moving alternating magnetic fields in the coolant channel. The CRUD can be separated from the coolant by the moving alternating magnetic field. This study describes the results of preliminary experiment performed with the different flow rates of coolant and rotation velocities of magnet assemblies. This new magnetic filter shows better performance results of filtering the magnetite at coolant (water). How rates, rotating velocities of magnet assemblies and particle sizes turn out to be very important design parameters.

Implementation of a closed-loop signal processor for the open-loop FOG (개회로 FOG의 폐회로 신호처리기의 구현)

  • 김도익;예윤해
    • Korean Journal of Optics and Photonics
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    • v.8 no.5
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    • pp.426-430
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    • 1997
  • A signal processor is implemented to verify the possibility of a closed-loop signal processing for the open-loop fiber-optic gyroscope (FOG). As an all-digital implementation of phase tracking scheme, it does analog-to digital conversion of the detector output and signal processing all-digitally thereafter for a noise-immune FOG signal processor. It has a potential of 36-bits resolution in the $2\pi$ range which is best in the number and sets no limit in the magnitude of the phase shift. The new signal processor was tested on an all-fiber gyroscope and turned out to have a resolution of $3\mu$rad(corresponds to 0.74 deg/hr), which is good enough to measure the Earth's rotation rate.

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Variation of the M2 tide amplitude around the Jeju-Do (제주도 주변 M 2조의 진폭변화)

  • Kim, Kuh;Lee, Sang-Ho
    • 한국해양학회지
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    • v.21 no.3
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    • pp.171-183
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    • 1986
  • The amplitudes of the M2 tide recorded at Seoguipo and Jeju are 77.9cm and 70.1cm respectively, which differ by 7.8cm over a distance of 30km across the Jeju-Do. The difference is an example of the geographical variation of the tidal amplitude around the Jeju-Do, the larger amplitude being along its southern coast compared with that along its northern coast. This variation can be explained in terms of effects of an island on the wave propagation as modelled by Proudman(1914). A numerical experiment of the M2 tide around the Jeju-Do reproduces the basic pattern of the observed variation and results are consistent with the theory. Due to the rotation of the earth larger and smaller amplitudes result along the left-hand and right-hand coasts of an island for an observer facing the direction of the wave propagation in the northern hemisphere.

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Performance Improvement of Azimuth Estimation in Low Cost MEMS IMU based INS/GPS Integrated Navigation System (저가형 MEMS 관성측정장치 기반 INS/GPS 통합 항법 장치에서 방위각 추정 성능 향상)

  • Chun, Se-Bum;Heo, Moon-Beom
    • Journal of Advanced Navigation Technology
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    • v.16 no.5
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    • pp.738-743
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    • 2012
  • Kalman filter is generally used in INS/GPS integrated navigation filter. However, the INS with low performance inertia sensor can not find accurate azimuth in initial alignment stage because sensor noise level is too large compare to Earth rotation rate, therefore the performance and stability of Kalman filter can not be guaranteed. In this paper, the extended Kalman filter and particle filter combined filter structure which can be overcome large initial azimuth error is proposed.

Magnetic characteristics of Pt/Co modualted films (Pt/Co 인공격자다층막의 자기특성에 관한 연구)

  • Kim, Chan-Wook;Onishi, Atushi
    • Korean Journal of Materials Research
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    • v.4 no.2
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    • pp.233-240
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    • 1994
  • We have investigated how the magneto-optical and recording properties of Pt/Co modulated films vary with sample preparation conditions : sputtering at various gas pressures, sputtering with Xe instead of Ar, and etching the buffer layers, etc. The magneto-optical characteristics of Pt/Co multilayers was comparable with those of currently prevailing rare-earth transition-metal alloys(Tb-Fe-Co amorphous films). On a disk of $12{\times}[Pt10.7\;{\AA}/Co2.8{\;}{\AA}]$ multilayer enhanced with 70nm silicon nitride, we have achieved a CNR of 36dB with a reading laser(${\lambda}\;=\;780nm$) power of 2.5-4.5mW for 720KHz carrier at 1.4m/s and the enhanced kerr rotation angle of $1.23^{\circ}$ at 780nm. It is suggested that Pt/Co modulated films clearly are very promising magneto-optical materials for a commercially use.

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DEVELOPMENT OF A TOY INTERFEROMETER FOR EDUCATION AND OBSERVATION OF SUN AT 21 cm

  • Park, Yong-Sun;Kim, Chang-Hee;Choi, Sang-In;Lee, Joo-Young;Jang, Woo-Min;Kim, Woo-Yeon;Jeong, Dae-Heon
    • Journal of The Korean Astronomical Society
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    • v.41 no.3
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    • pp.77-81
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    • 2008
  • As a continuation of a previous work by Park et al. (2006), we have developed a two-element radio interferometer that can measure both the phase and amplitude of a visibility function. Two small radio telescopes with diameters of 2.3 m are used as before, but this time an external reference oscillator is shared by the two telescopes so that the local oscillator frequencies are identical. We do not use a hardware correlator; instead we record signals from the two telescopes onto a PC and then perform software correlation. Complex visibilities are obtained toward the sun at ${\lambda}\;=\;21\;cm$, for 24 baselines with the use of the earth rotation and positional changes of one element, where the maximum baseline length projected onto UV plane is ${\sim}\;90{\lambda}$. As expected, the visibility amplitude decreases with the baseline length, while the phase is almost constant. The image obtained by the Fourier transformation of the visibility function nicely delineates the sun, which is barely resolved due to the limited baseline length. The experiment demonstrates that this system can be used as a "toy" interferometer at least for the education of (under)graduate students.

A Comparative Analysis of Astronomy Areas in the Elementary Science Textbooks of Korea and the U.S.A. (우리나라와 미국 초등 과학 교과서의 천문 영역 내용 비교 분석)

  • Kwon, Kye-Hyeon;Park, Il-Woo
    • Journal of Korean Elementary Science Education
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    • v.29 no.2
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    • pp.166-185
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    • 2010
  • Astronomy areas in the elementary science textbooks of Korea and the U.S.A. have been compared to find advantages and disadvantages of Korean textbooks. The analysis objects are the 7th national curriculum science textbooks for Korea and the Macmillan McGraw-Hill(MMH) science textbooks for the U.S.A. The results are as follows: First, in contexts, Korean science textbooks contain mostly inquiry activities and partly reading materials. However, MMH ones contain mostly explanations including photographs, related activities, and various reading materials. Second, in the contents and order, the observation activities of constellations are emphasized in Korean science textbooks, while the MMH ones explain solar system up to the universe in details. In addition, Korean science textbooks deal with one subject only once during the whole elementary course while MMH ones deal with one subject repeatedly in several grades. Third, in the frameworks of the international mathematics and science study (TIMSS) 2007, Korean science textbooks do not introduce some contents presented in TIMSS 2007, whereas MMH textbooks introduce every one of them in time. Fourth, the major subjects such as change of moon phases, constellations, the solar system, and change of seasons are handled independently in Korean science textbooks without strong correlation, while they are systematically done related with the rotation and the revolution of the earth in MMH ones.

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DESIGN OF THE HIGH SPEED INSTRUMENT ROTATOR FOR KHU ARTIFICIAL SPACE OBJECTS MONITORING SYSTEM (경희대학교 인공우주물체 관측시스템을 위한 고속 관측기기 회전 장치의 설계)

  • Min, S.W.;Kim, S.J.;Jang, M.;Mun, B.S.;Seol, K.H.
    • Publications of The Korean Astronomical Society
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    • v.21 no.2
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    • pp.75-79
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    • 2006
  • An alt-azimuth type mount system, developed at the Space Science and Technology Laboratory, Kyung Hee University, has been found to experience some difficulties in monitoring of the artificial space objects. Since the telescope installed on the alt-azimuth mount does not rotate on the same axis as the earth does, this mount system needs an instrument rotator to correct the field rotation. Although there are some commercial instrument rotators already in the market, those are not suitable for our system due to their low interchangeability. In this study, we have designed a new high speed instrument rotator and calculated the deformation of new designed system using structural analyses.

Water Quality Evaluation on the Bottom Water of Masan Bay by Multivariate Analysis (다변량 해석에 의한 마산만 저층수의 수질평가)

  • Lee, Mu-kang;Hwang, Jeung-Wook;Choi, Young-Kwang
    • Journal of Environmental Science International
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    • v.5 no.1
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    • pp.15-23
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    • 1996
  • During the last two decades, many industrial complexes for heavy and chemical industries have been established along the Korean coastline, thereby increasing the pollution materials burden on the coastal environment of seawater. Masan Bay is one of the most polluted coastal areas in Korea and the main soures of pollutants are domestic and industrial wastewater from Masan, Changwon. This study was aimed to evaluate relationships among the physicochemical parameters in the bottom water of Masan bay and to examine environmental factors affecting to pollutions of seawater by factor analysis. 'rife factor loading, 1 is showed higher increasing inclination after 1989 year in station 1. The variance of pollutant materials is showed 43.7% in which the coastal inflow water is indicated external loadings(factor 1 : NO3--N, TN, factor 4 : SiO2-Si) corresponded to domestic sewage, industrial wastewater, and earth-sands in the bottom water of Masan bay And the internal loadings(factor 2 : SS, salinity, factor 3 . W.T., DO) are explained 33.8%'corresponded the phenomena of sedimentary layer and oxygen concentration. Therefore, The external loadings are explained by the higher factor pollutantal variance in Masan bay.

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Design of Intelligent system with Fuzzy Logic for MR Sensor in destortion (Fuzzy Logic을 이용한 센서의 왜곡 현상의 지능형 추론 시스템 설계)

  • Kim, Young-Gu;Bak, Chang-Gui
    • Journal of the Korea Institute of Information and Communication Engineering
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    • v.11 no.10
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    • pp.1986-1991
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    • 2007
  • In this paper, we discussed, intelligent soft filter for MR(magnetoresistive) sensor. Most navigation systems today use some type of compass to determine heading direction. Using the earth's magnetic field, electronic compass based on MR(magnetoresistive) sensors can electrically resolve better then 0.1 degree rotation. Intelligent methode for soft building a one degree compass using MR(magnetoresistive) sensors will also be discussed. Compensation techniques are shown to correct for compass tilt angels and nearby ferrous material disturbances. we proved the fuzzy logic that based on the way the ham deals with inexact information is useful for MR sensors.