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Analysis of Installation Methods of Earth Continuity Conductor on Underground Power Cable Systems (지중송전계통 병행지선 설치 방안 검토)

  • Kang, J.W.;Jung, C.K.;Yoon, H.H.;Yoon, J.K.;Kim, D.J.;Kim, J.S.
    • Proceedings of the KIEE Conference
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    • 2008.07a
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    • pp.468-469
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    • 2008
  • In this paper, the effects of earth continuity conductor are deeply analyzed for reducing the level of induced sheath voltage at the single point bonded sections. The various installation conditions of an earth continuity conductor are considered including conductor dimensions, its spacing from the three phase cables, and utilization of two earth continuity conductors when the grounding fault occurs on real power cable systems. Finally, the transient characteristics including reduction effects of induced sheath voltage are proved by EMTP simulations. The optimal installation condition of earth continuity conductor is also proposed based on those results.

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Science Teacher's Perceptions and Orientations about Earth Systems Education: A Case Study (지구계 교육에 대한 과학 교사의 인식과 지향: 사례연구)

  • Lee, Jeong-A;Maeng, Seung-Ho;Kim, Chan-Jong
    • Journal of the Korean earth science society
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    • v.28 no.6
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    • pp.707-719
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    • 2007
  • Teachers play key roles in classroom instruction. The perceptions and orientations of teachers about teaching have substantial effect on the practical context of science teaching. Analyzing science teacher's perceptions and orientations about Earth Systems Education (ESE) offers an opportunity to figure out how the goals of ESE might be dealt with. In this study, lesson plans developed by and in-depth interview results with two teachers were analyzed in terms of ESE perceptions. ESE orientations were also investigated in terms of teaching orientations and integration orientations. Research results showed that the teacher's deep understandings about 'Global Scientific Literacy (GSL)', the ultimate goal of ESE, precede the sound ESE teaching in the classroom. To enhance teachers' GSL, exemplary aspects of various integration, including networked integration, should be provided specifically to teachers. Also, the institutionalized approaches to developing ESE curriculum could help classroom teachers activate ESE teaching in their classroom.

Analysis of Conceptions of Earth System Cycles as Perceived by College Students (대학생들이 인식하는 지구계 순환의 구성 개념 분석)

  • Kim, Yun-Ji;Jeong, Jin-Woo;Wee, Soo-Meen
    • Journal of The Korean Association For Science Education
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    • v.29 no.8
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    • pp.963-977
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    • 2009
  • The purpose of this paper is to identify college students' conceptions of the earth system cycles as learners of earth science education (ESE) and draw educational implications. An eight-week creative story writing project was held with 62 non-science students taking a general course on earth science. Their creative stories were categorized by analyzing the conceptions and types of cycle with a story mapping technique. The cycle conceptions of earth systems were expressed diversely into 32; most of the cycle types were circular and complex, while the others were branch-shaped and linear types that fail to complete the cycles. College students' conceptions of the earth system cycles is biased toward natural-abiotic systems; less than 30% of them are shown to be aware of all three categories: natural-abiotic, natural-biotic, and human systems. It is essential to diversify the content of education on earth system cycles and help learners develop systematic methods of thinking so that they will be able to recognize the impacts of feedback from human activities through ESE.

Protection Techniques Against Electric Shock in Low Voltage DC Grounding Systems Depending on the Analysis of Earth Fault Current Paths (저압직류 접지시스템의 지락경로 흐름 분석에 따른 감전 보호기법)

  • Kim, Dong-Woo;Lim, Young-Bea;Lee, Sang-Ick;Choi, Myeong-Il;Moon, Hyun-Wook
    • The Transactions of The Korean Institute of Electrical Engineers
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    • v.65 no.1
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    • pp.232-238
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    • 2016
  • This paper presents protection techniques against electric shock in low voltage DC(direct current) grounding systems depending on the analysis of earth fault current paths. Firstly, the comparison between alternating current and direct current on human was conducted, and current threshold values for each current path and for long duration were analyzed. Secondly, the analyses of the earth fault current flows were performed depending on the grounding types and earth fault conditions. Lastly, based on these analyses, adequate protection measures of electric shock depending on low voltage DC grounding types were provided.

Determination of Local Vortical in Celestial Navigation Systems (천측 항법 시스템의 수직 방향 결정)

  • Suk, Byong-Suk;Lyou, Joon
    • Journal of Institute of Control, Robotics and Systems
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    • v.13 no.1
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    • pp.72-78
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    • 2007
  • Determination of the local vertical is not trivial for a moving vehicle and in general will require corrections for the Earth geophysical deflection. The vehicle's local vertical can be estimated by INS integration with initial alignment in SDINS(Strap Down INS) system. In general, the INS has drift error and it cause the performance degradation. In order to compensate the drift error, GPS/INS augmented system is widely used. And in the event that GPS is denied or unavailable, celestial navigation using star tracker can be a backup navigation system especially for the military purpose. In this celestial navigation system, the vehicle's position determination can be achieved using more than two star trackers, and the accuracy of position highly depends on accuracy of local vertical direction. Modern tilt sensors or accelerometers are sensitive to the direction of gravity to arc second(or better) precision. The local gravity provides the direction orthogonal to the geoid and, appropriately corrected, toward the center of the Earth. In this paper the relationship between direction of center of the Earth and actual gravity direction caused by geophysical deflection was analyzed by using precision orbit simulation program embedded the JGM-3 geoid model. And the result was verified and evaluated with mathematical gravity vector model derived from gravitational potential of the Earth. And also for application purpose, the performance variation of pure INS navigation system was analyzed by applying precise gravity model.

Investigation of As(III) Sorption by Sand and Alumina under Anoxic Conditions

  • Lee, Seungyeol;Park, Minji;Jeong, Hoon Young
    • Journal of the Korean earth science society
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    • v.43 no.4
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    • pp.532-538
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    • 2022
  • Under anoxic conditions, this study investigated removal of dissolved As(III) by Si and Al oxides including natural sand, chemically washed sand (silica), alumina, and activated alumina. Despite the similar surface area, natural sand showed greater extents of As(III) sorption than chemically washed sand. This was likely due to the high reactivity of Fe(oxyhydr)oxide impurities on the surface of natural sand. For both sands, As(III) sorption was the greatest at pH 7.1, in agreement with the weakly dissociating tendency of arsenous acid. Also, the least sorption was observed at pH 9.6. At basic pH, elevated silicate, which originated from the dissolution of silica in sands, would compete with As(III) for sorption. Due to the highest surface area, activated alumina was found to quantitatively immobilize the initially added As(III) (6.0×10-7-2.0×10-5 M). Alumina showed As(III) sorption compared to or greater than chemically washed sand, although the former had less than 6% of the surface of area the latter. The greater reactivity of alumina than chemically washed sand can be explained by using the shared charge of oxygen.

A Study on the Unification of The Grounding System of SeoulMetro due to Ageing (서울메트로 접지시스템의 경년변화에 따른 개선 접지 기준)

  • Min Byung-Hoon;Kim Gyunl-Sig;Chung Young-Ki
    • Journal of the Korean Society for Railway
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    • v.9 no.4 s.35
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    • pp.394-400
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    • 2006
  • Since Seoulmetro built the first line of electric railway at seoul 1974, the passengers of railway have been increased rapidly, and electric railway requires more electric power for the greater capacity of transport. It is important that we prevent the accidents related with the subway, because all systems of subway are constructed in artificial underground structure. Since the previous versions of the earth system were built to meet the old standards of the electric facility for the lightning, some accidents related with the DC earth fault are causing secondary damages to the electric equipments. So, the old grounding system must be improved, and new standards of grounding system are required. We compare the grounding systems of the domestic railway corporations and the accidents that are related with the grounding systems. And we give ideas to improve the grounding systems and present standards which are suitable to electric railway.

Earth System Science (ESS) Course for Urban Planning and Engineering Undergraduate Students

  • Nam, Younkyeong;Yun, Sung-Hyo
    • Journal of the Korean earth science society
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    • v.38 no.5
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    • pp.357-366
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    • 2017
  • Urban planning and engineering undergraduate students need to understand the earth physical systems and that how human beings interact with the earth systems to planning and engineering urban area. The eco-friendly or geo-friendly design and planning of an urban area is a critical issue not only for economic benefits but more importantly for the sustainable future of urban life. However, little study has been done dealing with the urban engineering students' understanding of the earth as a system and what pedagogical approach is appropriate to improve their understanding of the earth as a system. This study is to investigate the impact of a purposely designed ESS course on urban engineering students' understanding of the earth as a system and their perceptions about the instructional approaches of the course on their learning competency. This study utilized a mixed-methodology with three main data sources: concept maps, student's perception survey about their learning competency, and course contents. Both the survey and concept maps were analyzed quantitatively as well as qualitatively. The result of this study showed that the urban engineering students' experience of team-based research about the topic they chose based on their own interest had a positive impact on their understanding of the earth as a system and their learning competency. The results of this study suggest that structuring and presenting the earth system contents in the context of engineering students' understanding and their future career be effective not only for the improvement of students' content knowledge but also for the enhancement of their learning competency such as creativity and problem-solving skills in everyday life situation.